Watch the Lights (2024)Director: Alex Ayre Everyone can relate to the journey of the dreamer, the conqueror, and the artist – to those with an extraordinary dedication to expression, both of the self and towards others. We can all see ourselves in the heroes that fall and get back up again, and we are each […]
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The Iron Claw (2023)Director: Sean DurkinScreenwriter: Sean DurkinStarring: Zac Efron, Jeremy Allen White, Harris Dickinson, Stanley Simons, Holt McCallany, Maura Tierney, Lily James The latest film from Sean Durkin, the respected writer-director behind The Nest, begins with close-up shots of lead actor Zac Efron’s bulging body getting out of bed. Efron’s skin is so tightly
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The Zone of Interest (2023)Director: Jonathan GlazerScreenwriter: Jonathan GlazerStarring: Christian Friedel, Sandra Hüller Are you sitting comfortably? Good. You ought to be. You’re reading this on a machine that uses rare materials mined by children, on internet you access through a system of wiring that deteriorates ecosystems, in a space that would once act as
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Anatomy of a Fall (2023)Director: Justine TrietScreenwriters: Justine Triet, Arthur HarariStarring: Sandra Hüller, Samuel Theis, Milo Machado Graner, Swann Arlaud, Antoine Reinartz Justine Triet unfolds entrenched systemic misogyny in her Oscar-nominated courtroom drama Anatomy of a Fall, a pointed and wordy multilingual picture that features one of the great performances of 2023. French director and
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In 2023, the work of some of the world’s greatest filmmakers has come to define what many consider to be cinema’s best year of the 2020s so far, with tentpole studio releases earning critical acclaim in greater numbers than in any other year for more than a decade and smaller films earning increased box office
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Tár (2022)Director: Todd FieldScreenwriter: Todd FieldStarring: Cate Blanchett, Noémie Merlant, Nina Hoss, Sophie Kauer, Mark Strong There is something of a European sensibility to Todd Field’s long-awaited return to the director’s chair, Tár (2022); a hint of Ruben Östlund in its tightly weaved story elements and profound use of epilogue, a touch of Thomas Vinterburg
Jackass Forever (2022) Director: Jeff Tremaine Starring: Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, Chris Pontius, Preston Lacy, Dave England, Ehren McGehey, Jason “Wee Man” Acuña, Spike Jonze We go to the movies to see things we’ve never seen before, to be taken to exotic locations we can’t even imagine visiting on holiday, to escape the drab or even
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Walk, Run, Cha-Cha (2019/2020) Director: Laura Nix “Before I learned dancing, I could only use my body to walk, to swim, to run. Today I can use my body to reach another level of freedom.” 2020 Oscar-nominated documentary short subject Walk, Run Cha-Cha is a personal and personable film that feels as much as if it is
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Ema (2019) Director: Pablo Larraín Screenwriters: Guillermo Calderón, Alejandro Moreno Starring: Mariana Di Girolamo, Gael Garcia Bernal, Santiago Cabrera, Paola Giannini, Cristián Suárez, Mariana Loyola One of the most alive, bustling and energetic movies of 2019, Pablo Larraín’s intense and morally atypical character study combines the trademark features of some of Europe’s most provocative filmmakers
Official Secrets (2019) Director: Gavin Hood Screenwriters: Gregory Bernstein, Sara Bernstein, Gavin Hood Starring: Keira Knightley, Matt Smith, Matthew Goode, Rhys Ifans, Ralph Fiennes, Katherine Kelly, Indira Varma, MyAnna Buring, Tamsin Greig, Shaun Dooley Keira Knightley is the lead of a star-studded British cast for X-Men Origins: Wolverine and Eye in the Sky director Gavin Hood’s retrospective reevaluation of
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