Ann Hui’s July Rhapsody is a melodrama about marital discord with a light touch, where both partners explore other relationships.
Quick Thoughts
Visions du Réel Review: Piotr Pawlus and Tomasz Wolski’s In Ukraine
Tomasz Wolski’s observational documentary In Ukraine is the best and most harrowing film I’ve seen about the Ukraine War because it focuses on the banal.
Visions du Réel & HotDocs Review: Erik Gandini’s After Work
Erik Gandini works with documentary images and sounds as if he’s making a musical in his creative nonfiction film After Work, a look at varying attitudes to work around the world.
Visions du Réel Review: An Inhabited Volcano
The documentary film An Inhabited Volcano offers a personal look at the 2021 La Palma volcano eruption through WhatsApp messages.
Quick Thoughts: Alice Winocour’s film Paris Memories (Revoir Paris)
With her new film Paris Memories (Revoir Paris), Alice Winocour continues her exploration of traumatised bodies and PTSD that has defined all of her films to date.
Whistler Reviews: Jason James’ Exile and Bruce Miller’s Conviction
Jason James’s feature Exile and Bruce Miller’s short Conviction both tell stories of a previously incarcerated Indigenous man struggling to set himself free.