La Grazia
Dir. Paolo Sorrentino
In his last few months as president, Mariano de Santis has a few loose ends to tie up. This includes…
The Count of Monte Cristo
With a movie adaptation released earlier in the same year, this miniseries version of the classic French novel was overlooked.…
All We Imagine as Light
Dir. Payal Kapadia
All We Imagine as Light is a political film that has many smart and moving things to say about the…
Chicken for Linda!
Dir. Chiara Malta & Sébastien Laudenbach
While the market for animation is mostly dominated by American 3D and Japanese anime, once in a while, a film…
La Chimera
Dir. Alice Rohrwacher
La Chimera is often meandering. Scenes flitter about and move at different paces, resembling dreams more than they do reality,…
Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle
Dir. Arthur Harari
It’s an incredible story, but it’s one that only really deserves to be told a certain way, which director Arthur…
The Truffle Hunters
Dir. Gregory Kershaw & Michael Dweck
With truffle being so expensive, you would think that the world would eventually figure out how to get this tasty…
200 Meters
Dir. Ameen Nayfeh
How far would you go for the people that you love? Regardless of the answer, whether that would be one…
The Eight Mountains
Dir. Charlotte Vandermeersch & Felix Van Groeningen
Spanning over decades and continents, The Eight Mountains depicts the kind of childhood friendship that remains central to one’s whole…
This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection
Dir. Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese
A relatively straightforward story of a village of Sotho people building the courage to resist unwanted development on their land…
We Are Who We Are
There is a warm glow and a languid mood about We Are Who We Are that makes it feel familiar…
ZeroZeroZero
The drug trade is international, but it is rarely portrayed as such on TV. Drug thrillers often take place in…
Cabrini
Dir. Alejandro Monteverde
After drawing controversy for the embellished, modern day-set Sound of Freedom, director Alejandro Monteverde and writer Rod Barr pivoted to…
A Hidden Life
Dir. Terrence Malick
Terrence Malick (The Tree of Life) is back in full form with this three-hour movie based on a true story.…
My Brilliant Friend
Dir. Laura Bispuri
This wonderful Italian epic made by HBO was a huge hit in Italy but remains little-known elsewhere. It’s based on…
The Ciambra
Dir. Jonas Carpignano
This fiery coming-of-age drama has an unlikely origin story: director Jonas Carpignano was first introduced to the sprawling Roma clan…
Never Look Away
Dir. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
It’s impossible to describe this incredible movie as one thing or the other. It’s an epic three-hour saga that takes…
No Dogs or Italians Allowed
Dir. Alain Ughetto
With cardboard houses, sugar winters, and broccoli trees, No Dogs or Italians Allowed at first seems lighthearted, playful, and not…
Miracle in Milan
Dir. Vittorio De Sica
Best known for Italian neorealist classic Bicycle Thieves, Vittorio De Sica followed it up with a surprisingly hopeful fantasy comedy…
