Pawlikowski: Zimna Wojna (Cold War) (2018)
Like Ida, Cold War deals with the aftermath and ongoing legacy of the Second World War, although its scope is simultaneously more expansive and more microcosmic than Pawel [...]
June 2018
Maoz: Foxtrot (2017)
Samuel Maoz’s latest film has a clear imperative – to make a definitive statement about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict while simultaneously refraining from the way in [...]
Kechiche: Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno (2017)
Abdellatif Kechiche’s Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno is the first instalment in a trilogy that is destined to be epic in scope if the length and sprawl of this opening is [...]
Wiseman: Ex Libris: The New York Public Library (2017)
Over the last decade, Frederick Wiseman’s films have started to take on a new magisterial scope and sweep, frequently running over three hours as he condenses a life’s [...]
Schroeder: The Venerable W. (2017)
Barbet Schroeder’s The Venerable W. forms part of what he has described, broadly, as a “Trilogy of Evil,” following his 1974 documentary about Idi Amin and his 2004 [...]
Mr. Mercedes (Audience Network) (2017)
It may not have been as hyped as some of its peers, but Mr. Mercedes is one of the most memorable adaptations of Stephen King’s work this decade, on both the big and small [...]
Boyle: Trainspotting (1996)
No film punctured the aspirations of Cool Brittania, the promises of New Labour, or the tide of optimism that swept over the 1990s quite like Trainspotting, which remains one [...]