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‘Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn’ Film Review: Romanian Oscar Entry Explores the Meaning of XXX Privacy and Hypocrisy
A structurally inventive comedy from provocative filmmaker Radu Jude wrestles with history, misogyny, religion, and stubborn provincial morality
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‘Labyrinth of Cinema’ Film Review: Nobuhiko Obayashi’s Head-Spinning History Lesson
The late filmmaker’s final work is an extravagant message of peace to a world forever at war
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‘The Jesus Music’ Film Review: Amy Grant, Stryper and TobyMac Dominate an Eager-to-Please Documentary
The Contemporary Christian Music industry is afraid of its own shadow — and so is the film
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‘Days’ Film Review: Tsai Ming-liang Finds Men Living in a Lonely Place
The latest from the acclaimed Taiwanese filmmaker is a spare, nearly silent story of urban solitude and human connection
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‘Mandibles’ Film Review: Absurdist French Comedy Doubles Down on the Dumb
The latest from Quentin Dupieux (”Rubber“) turns a giant insect puppet and a nonsense plot into a happy road trip to nowhere
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‘Undine’ Film Review: Christian Petzold’s Romantic Drama Plumbs the Depths of European Myth
German actors Paula Beer and Franz Rogowski breathe life into doomed lovers at the intersection of fantasy and history
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‘Vitalina Varela’ Film Review: Pedro Costa Summons a Dark Night of Grief
The filmmaker returns to the immigrant community of his earlier films, masterfully examining abandonment, memory, and resilience.
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10 Great ‘Small’ Movies You Might Have Missed in the 2010s, From ‘Manakamana’ to ‘The Fits’ (Photos)
Decade in Review: ”Did You Wonder Who Fired The Gun?“ and ”Milford Graves Full Mantis“ rank among the highlights of the decade
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‘In Fabric’ Film Review: Say No to the Dress
Peter Strickland’s dazzling, strange, retro fashion horror story is a gory, absurdist delight
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‘The Current War: Director’s Cut’ Film Review: Benedict Cumberbatch and Michael Shannon Liven Up a Dull History Lesson
Story of the industrialization of electrical power is the ”Schoolhouse Rock“ video you never asked for
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‘Downton Abbey’ Film Review: Adorable PBS Aristocrats Win the Class War, Again
Satisfyingly cozy fan service struggles to keep up with dozens of ”Downton“ characters
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‘Ray & Liz’ Film Review: Richard Billingham Documents the Slow Disintegration of a Dysfunctional Family
The photographer’s powerful and melancholy debut feature lives inside the pain of an alcoholic household
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All 13 Jim Jarmusch Films Ranked, From Worst to Best (Photos)
How does ”The Dead Don’t Die“ rank among the idiosyncratic indie auteur’s filmography?
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‘Halston’ Film Review: Corporation Crushes Couture in Cautionary Documentary
Frédéric Tcheng’s look at the life and career of Halston issues a warning against corporate domination
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‘Pasolini’ Film Review: A Great Director’s Death, Delivered in Pieces
Willem Dafoe stars as legendary (and legendarily murdered) filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini in Abel Ferrara’s fragmented, frustrating film
