Scarred Hearts or death in the time of nationalism — a...
This past week, the Miami Jewish Film Festival announced the prize-winning movies of its 20th annual edition of the festival. The Hungarian movie 1945 won...
Neruda blends fact and fiction for refreshing test of the biopic...
Last year, Chilean director Pablo Larraín made his English language debut with an unorthodox biopic on Jacqueline Kennedy (Jackie uses strong performance, meticulous staging...
Paterson reveals bonds between the banal and the sublime — a...
No matter what the results, legendary indie writer-director Jim Jarmusch dares to walk a fine line in cinema. Sometimes he stumbles over it and...
20th Century Women speaks to an era with humor and heartache...
20th Century Women tells both an expansive and personal story via three women and two guys, all of varied ages, during the waning years of...
The Last Laugh reveals the need for humor in tragedy —...
The idea that humor can be found in tragedy has been an age-old question for many comedians. Charges of “too soon” or concerns over...
One Week and a Day reveals a strong new voice in...
Last year, Manchester by the Sea showed that despite great tragedy, life goes on ... and sometimes it can be funny (Manchester by the Sea ruminates...
Creepy stumbles on concern for plot over authentically creepy moments —...
Though a bit bogged down by the superficiality of constraints of the police procedural, Creepy (Kuripi: Itsuwari no rinjin), the new movie by Japanese...
In Julieta Almodovar returns to his focus on women – a...
Julieta, the latest film by Spanish auteur Pedro Almódovar, focuses on the lives of women and how chance encounters and the power of love...
Best Films of 2016 according to Hans
Here they are, the 20 best films I saw in 2016, in reverse order. It was an incredible year and the list could have...
Sieranevada encapsulates Romanian society via claustrophobic family drama — a film...
In his latest exploration of Romanian society, writer-director Cristi Puiu offers an intimate examination at a family and its internal dysfunctions. The dynamics in Sieranevada serve...