Mami Wata
Nigerian writer-director C.J. Obasi has taken an old West African folktale about a water deity who looks out for her land-lubbing followers through a priestess and crafted an absorbing fantasy-thriller…
Robert Irwin: A Desert of Pure Feeling
I'll admit that going into this eye-opening documentary, I could not have told you who Robert Irwin was. I realized later though that I have seen his work. And now…
Killers of the Flower Moon
Martin Scorsese is unquestionably one of our great American filmmakers. But why does he have to make all his films so damn long? The Wolf of Wall Street was 3…
El Conde
In this new dark satire from Pablo Larraín (Spencer, Neruda), Chilean general and dictator August Pinochet (Jaime Vadell) is a vampire. It's not a stretch. He did suck the country…
Cassandro
I've been a fan of Gael Garcia Bernal (Y tu mamá también, "Mozart in the Jungle", No) for a very long time. I love that he tackles such a wide…
The Inventor
Jim Capobianco who earned a well-deserved Oscar nomination for writing the delightful Ratatouille takes on the later years of Leonardo da Vinci in his directorial debut. His engaging animated feature…
Between Two Worlds
Juliette Binoche stars in this French drama in what initially seems like an uncharacteristic role for her. Marianne is a down on her luck woman looking for a menial job…
Golda
1973, Israel is in a fight for its very existence. At the helm is a very tough little Wisconsin-raised woman named Golda Meir who will win the wars being waged…
Scrapper
Georgie (Lola Campbell) is just 12-years-old, but she's been living alone since her mom died not too long ago, faking an uncle named Winston Churchill when need be to fool…
The Owners (Vlastnici)
This Czech comedy written and directed by Jiří Havelka is based on his award winning play, The Society of Owners. Produced in 2019, it is just now making its way…