Stephen Karam adapts his own play with The Humans, a family drama that echoes the joys of theatre while still making ample use of the tools of cinema. The …
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Essays
Spencer: A visceral but flimsy portrait of Princess Diana
Spencer, Pablo Larraín's impressionistic portrait of Princess Diana (Kristen Stewart), takes big swings that rarely hit. Spencer is now available on VOD in …
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In Young Plato, great teaching means more than just academics
With Young Plato, Neasa Ní Chianáin continues her cinematic exploration — which began with In Loco Parentis (School Life) — of exceptional Irish teachers and …
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Small pleasures in What do we see when we look at the sky?
Writer-director-editor Aleksandre Koberidze's Berlinale film, What do we see when we look at the sky?, chronicles small pleasures in the life of a city. The …
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Zero Fucks Given (Rien à foutre) is a character study about the grind of life under capitalism
Julie Lecoustre and Emmanuel Marre's Zero Fucks Given (Rien à foutre) is a character study about a flight attendant struggling under the indifference and sexism …
Middle-aged women take centre stage at Cinefranco 2021
Margaux Hartmann and The Lodger are both films about middle-aged grieving widows: one who gets a new lease on life, and one who's stuck in the …
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