In a world where the overdevelopment of land has led to major climate disasters, perhaps such high stakes warrant drastic measures.

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I met with Lebanese director Nadine Labaki (Caramel) on Saturday, September 8, 2018, at the Toronto International Film Festival, to discuss her Cannes Jury Prize-winner, Capernaum (original title “Capharnaüm”) (which I also reviewed). The movie, shot with non-actors from Beirut’s […]

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The whole is assembled in a lyrical, mostly non-narrative order, meanings emerging gradually over the film's just-over-two-hour length. It's beautiful, but exhausting, as such explorations generally are. Patience required.

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With over 500 hours of footage shot for an eventual two-hour finished movie, it's a masterwork of docudrama production, showcasing this kind of hybrid filmmaking at its best.

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I may not want to eat at Katrine's house next year, but I enjoyed watching her own particular mess play out.

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With The Old Man & The Gun, Lowery has sent Redford sailing into the horizon on a high note.

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Les Salopes or the Naturally Wanton Pleasure of Skin is a strong, unapologetic feminist reclamation of female sexuality.

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