Everything I Don’t Know ★★½
With a strong performance at its center and a sense for the subtle dynamics of family obligations, Ana Lambarri TellaecheContinue Reading
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San Simón ★★★
Contributing to the growing body of Spanish cinema dealing with the unresolved legacies of the Civil War and Francoist repression,Continue Reading
The Sleeper. The Lost Caravaggio (documentary) ★★
Caravaggio has become a rockstar of painting, comments one of the art experts hunting after a formerly unknown work byContinue Reading
As We Breathe ★★★
A slow-burning film in more than one sense, Seyhmus Altun‘s somber debut feature, screening in the New Directors section atContinue Reading
The Son and The Sea ★★★
The inability to communicate one’s inner state and feelings is at the core of Stroma Cairns‘ emotionally eloquent debut feature,Continue Reading
White Flowers and Fruits ★★★
Ghosts, grief, and growing up form a melancholic mêlée in Sakamoto Yukari‘s directorial debut about characters quite literally haunted byContinue Reading
One Battle After Another ★★★★
“The revolution will not be televised.” It’s the title of the classic Gil Scott-Heron song, a defining, poetic ode toContinue Reading
Maspalomas ★★½
From an outsider’s, and possibly especially an American, point of view, Spain may look like an LGBTQ+ haven with itsContinue Reading
Franz ★★
Having been to Prague, where the troubled title character of Agnieszka Holland‘s erratic biopic spent most of his life, significantlyContinue Reading
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey ★★½
Earlier this year, Mike Flanagan’s The Life of Chuck began with a mystery. ‘Who is Chuck?’, the man whose faceContinue Reading
