French cinema is alive and well in 2008 (Ryan Werner, rejoice!), as evidenced by several high profile releases that have made their way into American theaters: Arnaud Desplechin’s A Christmas Tale, Laurent Cantet’s The Class, Guillame Canet’s Tell No One, […]

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Wendy is a drifter, almost broke and headed to Alaska to find work in a fishery. She is sober and kind and it’s unclear what kind of bad luck has befallen her, but she is petrified about money and keeps […]

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(All of Us is playing in New York City at Cinema Village. Visit the film’s official website to watch a trailer and learn about upcoming screenings.) On the surface, Emily Abt’s All of Us is about African-American women and their […]

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(The Pool is now finally available on DVD thanks to Kino Lorber. Visit the film’s official website to learn more.) Arguments arise all the time about “white” or “American” filmmakers venturing into indigenous lands or communities to make films that […]

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(Ballast is now available on DVD and Blu-ray through Kino International. Visit the film’s official website to watch a trailer and learn more.) There’s a moment relatively early in Lance Hammer’s extraordinary debut, Ballast, that might go unnoticed by many, […]

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