Author: Jeremy Lawrence
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Gods of Mexico, an Artistic Triumph that Eschews Narrative
The documentary depicts the indigenous people of Mexico with sublime reverence, highlighting a generational harmony with the land.
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Docunight Presents: Iranian Women’s Stories
Four documentaries, now streaming on the Criterion Channel, embody the adopted slogan of the current protest movement: Woman, Life, Freedom
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Searching for Identity in Iñárritu’s Bardo
The director’s latest is a dreamlike exploration of a consciousness torn between two homelands, and the implications of history and memory suspended in limbo.
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EO, More Than Just a Lost Donkey
The human experience is described through the eyes of a marginalized outsider, neither judgmental nor invested, just an observant donkey.
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Here Comes a ‘Spirited’ Christmas
Spirited inverts the tropes of the holiday musical genre to update an age-old tale for 2022. It’s a paean to those who make grand spectacles possible.
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‘Tár’ — The Monster’s Side of Paradise
A film for the post-MeToo era that inverts the narrative with an ironic coda, Tár depicts the duality of a sensitive artist capable of great evil and vile manipulation.
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An Interview with Writer/Director/Producer Penelope Lawson
We chat with Penelope Lawson about her short film, The Dinner Party, her experience founding her own production company, and fun cinema.
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Hong Sang-soo’s Hat Trick
In The Novelist’s Film, Hong explores the meaningful things people share and inspire by virtue of simply engaging with one another.
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Not So Quiet on the Western Front
An anti-war film denouncing the valorization of senseless violence, ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ is (unfortunately) all too relevant in 2022.
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An Interview with Writer/Director Albert Acosta
We sat down with Writer/Director Albert Acosta to discuss his debut short film, (ha-ha), Acosta’s foray into narrative cinema, and how his personal experiences have shaped his filmmaking philosophy.