Note: This feature was originally published in 2023 as part of Film at Lincoln Center’s Edward Yang retrospective. A Confucian Confusion and Mahjong are now available on The Criterion Collection. What splits the fine line between desire and expectations? Is...
Premiering at Cannes Film Festival earlier this year, Orwell: 2+2=5 marks the latest documentary from I Am Not Your Negro and Exterminate All the Brutes director Raoul Peck. Capturing the prophetic writings of 1984 and Animal Farm author George Orwell...
One of the great discoveries from this year’s Sundance Film Festival was Sierra Falconer’s directorial debut Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake). The lovely anthology feature made up of four stories was boarded by Joanna Hogg as executive producer and...
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Cannes coverage. The Balconettes opens in theaters on August 22. The chic balconies of Marseille certainly offer an image that is photogenic enough to open Noémie Merlant’s sophomore feature,...
No matter that a child born the day after Edward Yang’s death will start college this month; the Taiwanese filmmaker’s stature has grown so much in the last 18 years that a Criterion release or restoration debut offers more excitement...
Jiaozi’s film is a sprawling, hyperkinetic exercise in mythological storytelling. The post ‘Ne Zha II’ Review: Who Wants to Live Forever appeared first on Slant Magazine.
With Summer nearing an end and the routine of life resuming, respite may be found in Shudder's lineup for September. The big one is Sean Byrne's horror flick, Dangerous Animals, so big that only subscribers in the U.S. will...