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Shoplifters by George Wolf “Sometimes it’s better to choose your own family.” A softly nuanced testament to home being where the heart is (and the Palme d’or winner at Cannes),…read more →
Shoplifters by George Wolf “Sometimes it’s better to choose your own family.” A softly nuanced testament to home being where the heart is (and the Palme d’or winner at Cannes),…read more →
The Cakemaker by George Wolf A delicately subtle and sometimes poetic film, The Cakemaker boasts sterling performances and finely drawn characters for a resonant meditation of love, loss, faith and…food.…read more →
Ava by Rachel Willis A single act of teenage rebellion is the catalyst for a family’s destruction in director Sadaf Foroughi’s feature debut, Ava. It’s a harmless action that tears…read more →
Tom of Finland by Hope Madden Leathermen, homoeroticism, beefcake—three things you should not expect from the film Tom of Finland. This biopic, often gorgeously shot with a painterly eye that…read more →
The wonderful, must-see Chilean import Gloria drops on home audiences today, boasting a beautiful performance by Paulina Garcia in the lead role. A sort of coming-of-middle-age tale, it’s a film…read more →
We normally like to use For Your Queue to champion an underseen new release and pair that with an older film you may have missed. This week, however, there are…read more →
The Academy did a nice job this year in honoring foreign language films. Each candidate was wonderful, and we were especially pleased to see The Hunt and The Broken Circle…read more →
The Past by Hope Madden Original films – not reboots, franchises, or adaptations – are a relative anomaly in today’s movie landscape. Truly original works that take you into authentic…read more →
A Touch of Sin by Hope Madden A handful of befuddled but beautifully realized characters fall through the tears in the cultural fabric of a too-rapidly modernizing China in Zhangke…read more →