Nestled — or hidden — in between Brazil and Argentina, the country of Paraguay is mostly…
Best International Feature Film
Iran’s Daring Official Oscar Entry
This year, there are two films vying for the best international feature film Oscar which are…
Documentary Filmed in Ukrainian Health Facility
Gar O’Rourke joins the likes of Frederick Wiseman with an immersive observational documentary that takes a…
the First Act of a Larger Biopic
Zaur Gasimli’s “Taghiyev: Oil” is the first film in a potential tetralogy, so it should come…
Francesco Costabile’s Staid Family Melodrama
The title of Luigi Celeste’s memoir, “Non sarà sempre così”— which serves as the source material…
Honorable Man Seeks to Preserve His Family
A powerful period drama set amongst the minority Albanian population of the wild Montenegro mountains during…
Evocative Romance Spans Three Decades Against the Backdrop of a Country in Constant Crisis
Born on the same day in the same Beirut hospital just a minute apart, while war…
Emotionally Underpowered Kyrgyz Oscar Entry
Rooted in unassuming pastoral rhythms, veteran Kyrgyz writer-director Aktan Arym Kubat’s “Black Red Yellow” gently weaves…
A Lookalike Prompts Looking In in Modest Mystery
Nima (Tandin Bihda) doesn’t know exactly what she’s looking for at the start of “I, the…