The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness
Dir. Mami Sunada
True to form, this documentary about the famed Japanese animation studio enjoys lingering in the ordinary day to day experience…
Indian Horse
Dir. Stephen S. Campanelli
This Canadian drama produced by Clint Eastwood is based on the true story of Saul Indian Horse, a famous indigenous…
Columbus
Dir. Kogonada
What goes well with a love story? Creative architecture. Columbus the movie is such a great and genuine exploration of…
Goodbye, Dragon Inn
Dir. Tsai Ming-liang
Serene and almost silent, Goodbye, Dragon Inn is a film contemplating an old movie theater in Taipei. In its heyday,…
Evil
This thriller is about a modern-day Catholic “assessor” who investigates supernatural cases to see if an exorcism is needed. Don’t…
Show Me Love
Dir. Lukas Moodysson
Set in the small town of Åmål, western Sweden, the debut feature by Lukas Moodysson (We Are the Best), is…
A Silent Voice
Dir. Naoko Yamada
Watching A Silent Voice, sensitive viewers will likely feel repulsion toward the main character, Shoya Ishida — and maybe you…
Joint Security Area
Dir. Chan-wook Park & Park Chan-wook
Not many places are worse to find a dead body than in the border of North and South Korea. The…
High School
Based on a forthcoming memoir by queer music duo Tegan & Sara, High School follows the twin sisters in ’90s…
The Official Story
Dir. Luis Puenzo
Most people aspire to have families, deciding to form their own by marrying, bearing children, and if fertility makes that…
Maron
Maron, the character, and in many ways, a past version of himself, is a recovering alcoholic who abuses coffee in…
Ilo Ilo
Dir. Anthony Chen
At the height of the 1997 Asian financial crisis, a small Singaporean family scrambles to keep their middle-class status afloat.…
Dix pour cent
Dir. Antoine Garceau & Marc Fitoussi
Think of Dix pour cent, or Call My Agent!, as it was so horribly translated, as a smart French version…
Taipei Story
Dir. Edward Yang
Slow and almost silent, Edward Yang’s second feature film pins us down in a fast-moving city. In 1980s Taipei, Chin…
Sidewalls
Dir. Gustavo Taretto
A Spanish 500 Days of Summer mixed with a more urban and up to date You’ve Got Mail. I liked…
Line of Duty
Though it may be self-serious nearly to the point of parody, Line of Duty is that rare hard-boiled police show…
The Central Park Five
Dir. David McMahon & Ken Burns
The Central Park Five is a harrowing documentation of the unseen narrative surrounding the 1989 Central Park Jogger case. Five…
