Paul Schrader's Oh, Canada is for true Schrader heads only.
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Malcolm Washington's The Piano Lesson relies on the strength of its source material to compensate for some of its ambitious, if uneven, filmmaking choices.
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Hong Sang-soo's latest minimalist work is a charming, emotional work that investigates art and romance.
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David Cronenberg's latest is a sad, strange elegy to his late wife.
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Anton and Anders discuss this documentary featured at Hot Docs 2024 on how the search for dinosaur bones links colonialism, the global bone trade, and scientific discovery.
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The Wasp and the Orchid is an intriguing first-person account of the migration crisis hitting Europe and Africa.
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Fire Tower is a pleasant, instructive film that showcases a unique occupation and the eccentric individuals that pursue it.
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Rising Up at Night has striking footage of the DRC’s capital, Kinshasa, but its editorial approach is muddled.
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Porcelain War is beautiful propaganda, but propaganda nevertheless.
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This well-meaning documentary never justifies its feature length or the specific focus of its narrative.
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Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger is an interesting primer on the works of these great directors, as well as an insightful window into the artistic journey of Martin Scorsese.
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Agent of Happiness shows the process behind Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness and interrogates the very notion of what composes a happy life.
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The late Pema Tseden’s Snow Leopard is a beautiful drama that captures the mysterious power of the Tibetan plateau.
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Ethan Hawke’s Wildcat examines the life and work of Flannery O’Connor in unconventional, passionate fashion.
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Ali Kalthami’s Mandoob is a strong debut that recalls classic film noirs in its exploration of one pathetic man’s increasingly bad decision making.
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Time Bomb Y2K is an easygoing primer on the Y2K panic composed entirely of archival footage.
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Benoît Bringer’s The Rise of Wagner investigates the history of the Wagner Group and its war crimes committed in Syria, Ukraine, and African Central Republic.
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Martín Benchimol’s The Castle is an eclectic and dryly humorous examination of life in a decaying manor in the Argentine countryside.
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Laura Gabbert’s documentary with food writer Ruth Reichl exposes the precarious state of North America’s food supply.
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Kathleen Jayme and Asia Youngman’s I’m Just Here for the Riot examines the social consequences of the 2011 Vancouver Stanley Cup Finals riot.
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