In Lean on Pete, Charley’s search for home moves the plot, but the emotional journey to find home is at the heart of all Andrew Haigh’s work (Weekend, …
[Read more...] about Looking for home in the films of Andrew Haigh
Alex Heeney
Arsalan Amiri on making a realistic genre film, Zalava, in Iran
Writer-director Arsalan Amiri and co-writer Ida Panahandeh discuss their first foray into genre territory, Zalava, which won prizes at the Venice International …
[Read more...] about Arsalan Amiri on making a realistic genre film, Zalava, in Iran
Yuni is a smart Indonesian coming-of-age story
In Kamila Andini's Yuni, the eponymous teenager tries to figure out who she is amidst growing patriarchal pressures. Kamila Andini’s coming-of-age …
[Read more...] about Yuni is a smart Indonesian coming-of-age story
The Gravedigger’s Wife offers a touching slice of Somali life
The Gravedigger's Wife follows a Somali gravedigger's desperate search for funds to finance life-saving surgery for his wife. In Khadar Ayderus Ahmed’s …
[Read more...] about The Gravedigger’s Wife offers a touching slice of Somali life
Holocaust drama The Survivor is a showcase for Ben Foster
Ben Foster gives a complex, layered performance in Barry Levinson's The Survivor, a film that serves as Holocaust Trauma 101. In 1999, Barry Levinson …
[Read more...] about Holocaust drama The Survivor is a showcase for Ben Foster
Benediction thoughtfully depicts a community of gay men
Benediction may be Terence Davies's gayest film yet: a character study of a WWI poet who keeps trying to reinvent himself and find solace. Jack Lowden was on …
[Read more...] about Benediction thoughtfully depicts a community of gay men