Setting out to break expectations, the dark comedy called LaRoy, Texas twists and turns in landscapes both bright and bleak. As writer...

A century-old Nobel Prize winning novel from Poland gets a visual twist with The Peasants as filmmakers spice up a story in a painterly...

In The Lost Daughter Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley both earned Oscar nominations playing the same character at different ages....

A documentary with an agenda, God & Country covers the genesis and growth of Christian Nationalism in the United States. Using Katherine...

Finding a fresh spin on a heavily saturated event proves a challenge even in light of recent shifts with the case of Natalee Holloway,...

Review 2024 Taste of Things While foodies may fall for France’s entry into Oscar’s international film pool, hot dog fans might scratch...

NPR listeners of the “This American Life” program find something extra to appreciate in a movie whose boast as quote “based on a true...

Back in 2021 I left a theater and wrote, “If you walk into the movie Dune cold, you may find yourself lost in a hot desert,” a line that...

My initial reaction watching title nun Cabrini as she sets out to build orphanages for children in New York slums during the 1880s might...

A film focusing on a true-life do-gooder who rescued hundreds of children from Nazi terrors deserves celebration rather than criticism....

When the 2004 wine-infused movie Sideways got a best picture nomination, I started pumping up my Oscar celebration by pairing drinks with...

On the heels of making short films, writer-director Ruben Sainz adds time more than content to his 116 minute project, Magoada, or “hurt”...

Pura Vida! Costa Rica (youtube.com) A movie changed Costa Rica culture and highlights the country's joyous spirit with culture and such...

Though filmed in Hamburg, Germany’s nominee for a best international film Oscar hit home, reminding me of circumst ances I faced decades...

Switching gears from his international fame as a go-to bad guy, Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen proves a fine hero in The Promised Land. ...

Maintaining his focus on the lives of Finland’s working class, writer-director Aki Kaurismäki provides a pleasantly low-key, sort-of...

The first Metro we took on our 2023 visit to Paris proved the last for that trip—and perhaps for all others. No heartbreaking love...

Before reviewing Zone of Interest, my mind goes back to all those writing classes I once took. My teachers hated the word interest and...

A documentary set in a tiny Icelandic town, The Home Game captures the spirit of community and teamwork. Support from Iceland’s film fund...

Movies turn trials into courtroom battlegrounds, which intensifies the intrigue for , a prize-winning feature from writer-director...