Honor Debuts Robot Phone at Venice, Backed by a $300M Film Hit
The success of Lan Hongchun’s Dear You has brought him to Venice this year, one stop on a global…
‘Place to Be’ Review: Ellen Burstyn Carries a Corny Road Movie
I have to be honest: As much as I love Ellen Burstyn — and who doesn’t love Ellen…
‘Holy Wood Dust’ Review: Victor Kossakovsky’s Soothing Tree Doc
Cinematic lyrical poet Victor Kossakovsky (Architecton, Gunda) offers in Holy Wood Dust another distinctive non-fiction meditation on a…
‘The Color of the Sun’ Review: An Okinawa-Set Coming-of-Ager
Though the genre did of course exist before 2017, it feels as though Call Me By Your Name…
‘From Inside Out’ Review: Wim Wenders’ 3D Doc on Peter Zumthor
There are of course many viewers out there who’re passionately devoted to James Cameron’s Avatar thrill rides alongside…
‘Hombre Al Agua’ Review: Gael García Bernal’s Chaotic Comedy
The winning combination of whimsy, gravitas and good looks that Gael García Bernal has brought to both the…
‘Woman Unknown’ Review: Somber Portrait of a Post-WWII Danish Maid
Many of us in America have a utopian idea of Denmark, perhaps for good reason: It ranks quite…
‘It Will Happen Tonight’ Review: Nanni Moretti’s Star-Crossed Romance
Did celebrated Italian auteur Nanni Moretti, known at home and abroad for his leftist political satires and introspective…
‘The Basics of Philosophy’ Review: Jack Huston in Paul Schrader Drama
When Paul Schrader’s new moral drama The Basics of Philosophy begins, we are on a fictional college campus…