Review: ABC Africa

The specters of those dual devils “commission” and “committee” hang darkly over Abbas Kiarostami’s film.

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Review: Crazed Fruit

Ko Nakahira slyly uses the conventions of the postwar teen rebellion flick while simultaneously undercutting them with his own jagged rhythms.

Review: Pulse

During a Kiyoshi Kurosawa film, one sits in anticipation of the horrors lingering just outside the frame.

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Review: The Women

The tagline says it’s all about men, but this 1939 comedy is really a testament to the females of a certain era, and how they go about securing their comfort and happiness.

Review: Lila Says

Ziad Doueiri’s follow-up to 1998’s well-received West Beirut doesn’t hawk a naïve liberal’s vision of assimilation and cultural identity.

Review: Humoresque

Those who are familiar with the once-lauded plays of Clifford Odets will find his hyperbolic, wondrously godawful style all over the dialogue.

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Review: Yes

An intellectual, a feminist, and a socialist, writer-director Sally Potter places her films within the realm of the conceptual.

Review: The Perfect Man

To Hilary Duff’s credit, she not only cries well but also makes her use of the word “self-preservation” in casual conversation sound convincing.

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