Last Train to Zhili: Bing Brings Youth Cycle to Circular Close
Wang Bing completes his ‘Youth’ trilogy with finale Youth (Homecoming), which features the most...
Spill the Tea: Sissako Flounders with Tepid Brew
The level of ineptitude apparent in every regard of Black Tea, Abderrahmane Sissako’s first narrative feature in...
Divine Love
Brazilian director Gabriel Mascaro’s third feature, Divine Love (previously known as Overgod) has been highly anticipated ever since his 2015 breakout Neon Bull (read...
Overgod
Brazil’s Gabriel Mascaro broke into international success with his provocative sophomore film Neon Bull (read review) in 2015, where it won a Special Jury Prize...
Xi You (Journey to the West)
Director: Tsai Ming-liang
Writer: Tsai Ming-liang
Producer: Vincent Wang, Fred Bellaiche
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Lee Kang-sheng, Denis Lavant
This weekend, the Berlin...
The thrill of meeting Marjane Satrapi reminded me of being 6 years old at Disney Land when I met the living, breathing Cinderella. Except Cinderella was an actress with a blond wig and Marjane is the real woman behind her autobiographical graphic novel, turned movie, “Persepolis”. The distinctive mole on her nose and her dark sultry eyes rose off the page and appeared in front of me, smoking and speaking with a French accent.