Published inFanfare‘Misericordia’: A World Without JudgementAlain Guiraudie’s ‘Misericordia’ is a rare movie about sex and murder where no one is punished, and that feels radical.5d ago5d ago
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Published inFanfare‘Code Unknown’ 25 Years Later: A Cruel Portrait of Who We AreIn ‘Code Unknown,’ Michael Haneke confronts a broken society overtaken by senseless violence. The movie is more relevant today.Feb 22Feb 22
Published inFanfare‘Presence’: A Haunting in AmericaSteven Soderbergh’s ‘Presence’ forces audiences to confront the insidious terrors of contemporary American lifeJan 294Jan 294
Published inAn Injustice!‘I’m Still Here’: Faces of the ResistanceWalter Salles’ latest drama about life under Brazil’s military dictatorship is a searing indictment of right-wing regimesJan 27Jan 27
Published inFanfare‘Hard Truths’: The Worst Person in the WorldMarianne Jean-Baptiste hits all her marks as the insufferable Pansy in Mike Leigh’s new movie, but her family relationships strain…Jan 178Jan 178
Published inAn Injustice!‘Spacked Out’ 25 Years Later: A Bracing Portrait of Teenage Girlhood‘Spacked Out’ is the rare teen movie that tackles taboo subjects without playing like a public service announcementJan 93Jan 93
Published inFanfare10 Best Movies of 20242024 was a wonderful year in cinema, but many of the year’s highlights were overshadowed by bloated Hollywood blockbustersDec 16, 202415Dec 16, 202415
Published inFanfare‘All We Imagine as Light’: A Swooning City SymphonyA lush portrait of Mumbai and the people who make it come alive, Payal Kapadia’s fiction feature debut is one of the best movies of the yearNov 21, 202422Nov 21, 202422