These horses aren’t just lucky talismans; they also possess a purity of spirit that rehabilitates many of the show’s jaded characters.
The 40-odd festival titles I caught at Rotterdam this year offered consistent amazement.
Hell on Earth? Not quite.
Del Rey’s been called anti-feminist, though for what reason I still can’t discern.
Walter Hugo Khouri is an undervalued master.
A lot of talk regarding season three of Justified has centered around whether the show could successfully replace Mags Bennett.
The Pornographer is exemplary of the Boca do Lixo’s comic style, much of which revolves around fantasy.
J. Cole is the only one nominated for best new artist that we can’t see winning.
It’s in this episode where one is first able to grasp how the different permutations of fortune have washed the show’s ensemble ashore.
Interest in the work of the legendary “pink” film director has been resuscitated since his most recent film.
This Sunday, Maya Arulpragasam is going to the Super Bowl, which is like Harold Bloom going to Disney World.
Rogério Sganzerla’s electric movie is one that Brazilian cinephiles know practically by heart.
It’s certainly ambitious in its attempt to reveal the dark underbelly of much of today’s comedy.
The films we consider historically vital are usually films we can easily see.
With “Harlan Roulette,” the full potential of season three is starting to show itself.
The story of Boca do Lixo filmmaking began a few years before any of its movies.
The bait and switch of the year so far can be found in the first 30 seconds of Zebra Katz’s irresistibly spare song.
The film is as modest and self-explanatory as its lower-case title suggests.
In Luck, the majestic thoroughbreds shine as they stand backlit by the sun.
It strives for a handheld immediacy and raw emotional power that it only intermittently achieves.