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A lone person stands in the middle of a winding road with worn-down buildings and dry vegetation surrounding both sides of the path.

NYFF 60 Review: ‘Beirut the Encounter’ is pure cinematic poetry

Lebanese director Borhane Alaouié questions the human condition through his powerful visual language and his instilling of a lingering sense of melancholy. "Beirut the Encounter" will screen at the 60th New York Film Festival on Oct. 16 at Lincoln Center.
Yezen Saadah, Staff Writer Oct 14, 2022

A beautiful 2K digital restoration of late Lebanese filmmaker Borhane Alaouié’s 1981 film “Beirut the Encounter” was screened in Film at Lincoln Center as a part of the...

“The Girl and the Spider” explores themes of love and loss. The film centers on two roommates clashing as one of them moves out of their apartment. (Image courtesy of Cinema Guild)

Review: The brittle poetry of ‘The Girl and the Spider’

“The Girl and the Spider” is a graceful film that explores how love can leave the loss of friendship in its ashes.
Egesi Iheduru, Contributing Writer Dec 10, 2021

The soft Swiss drama “The Girl and the Spider” (dir. Silvan Zürcher, Ramon Zürcher) captures the emotional side of a tense relationship between former roommates, Lisa and...

Dating apps like Tinder have their positives and negatives. French director Cédric Klapisch offers his perspective on their place in the world in his film Someone Somewhere. (Staff Photo by Jake Capriotti)

‘Someone, Somewhere’ Is a Puzzlingly Successful Rom-Com

French director Cédric Klapisch crafts a unique movie with much to say about depression, therapy and Tinder.
Nicholas Weid, Staff Writer Mar 26, 2020

“Someone, Somewhere” is not what I expected. Going in with minimal information, I quickly settled into what I anticipated to be a slowly paced film about two leads both struggling...

Parasite is a Korean movie that was released in the U.S. on October 11, 2019. 
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‘Parasite’: The Movie Experience of the Year

The Korean candidate for best foreign-language film and winner of the Palme d’Or is a landmark of cinematic achievement.
Alexandra Bentzien, Contributing Writer Oct 15, 2019

Bong Joon-ho’s "Parasite" is not for the polite, the critic with folded hands or the reserved, well-postured movie-goer who blinks regularly. This year’s Palme d’Or winner...

“Sweet Bean” is a new Japanese drama film directed by Naomi Kawase.

‘Sweet Bean,’ From Japan, Is Slow Yet Satisfying

Carter Glace, Staff Writer Mar 25, 2016
"Sweet Bean", the new film from Japanese director Naomi Kawase, focuses on the relationship between a bakery owner and the elderly woman he hires.
Marguerite tells the story of Marguerite Dumont as she follows her love for singing, while lacking the talent.

“Marguerite” is a Surprising, Off-Key Delight

Dejarelle Gaines, Copy Chief Mar 8, 2016
French film "Marguerite" centers on a wealthy, aspiring opera singer — who cannot sing.
Miroslav Slaboshpitsky’s new film,  “The Tribe”, revolves around the lives of students in a deaf boarding school in Ukraine.

Beautiful and Bloody, ‘The Tribe’ is Brutal to Watch

Ethan Sapienza, Film Editor Mar 4, 2016
"The Tribe" is the story of a bloody and brutal boarding school for the deaf in Ukraine.
Mountains May Depart For Naught

‘Mountains May Depart’ For Naught

Ethan Sapienza, Film Editor Feb 12, 2016
Chinese director Jia Zhangke's new film looks at China's economic boom.
Pilou Asbæk stars in A War: an Oscar-nominated film directed by Tobias Lindholm.

‘A War’ Amounts to Courtroom Drama, Remains Too Stoic

Tony Schwab, Staff Writer Feb 10, 2016
The Oscar nominated film is a standard courtroom drama but with unsettling battle sequences.
The Club, directed by Pablo Larraín, follows the story of four former priests and the woman who tends to them and how their lives are disrupted by a Vatican emissary.

“The Club” Succeeds Without Being Preachy

Tony Schwab, Staff Writer Feb 5, 2016
The Chilean film is a thought-provoking look at priests and sexual abuse.
Rams is a new Icelandic film directed by Grímur Hákonarson which tells a captivating story between men and sheep.

Battle of Brothers and Sheep in Lyrical Film ‘Rams’

Sydney Rappis, Contributing Writer Feb 3, 2016
The Icelandic film won the Un Certain Regard Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 2015.

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