The Japanese Dog is an account of loss and healing, fragility and strength. Beneath the film’s apparent sentimentality, metaphysical and religious themes are always close at hand, lending it a rare glow of sincerity. The particular brand of lightness …Read more

Longtime television actor Blake Robbins makes his directorial debut with a bold voice. His first film The Sublime and Beautiful is an intensely emotional ride. Robbins also stars in the film as the lead, a father dealing with the all-consuming grief …Read more

Director Pirjo Honkasalo’s Concrete Night takes place over the course of the day before Ilkka (Jari Virman) begins his prison sentence. Worried about her younger son Simo (Johannes Brotherus), their mother (Anneli Karppinen) asks Ilkka to spend his l …Read more

As Netflix becomes one of the world’s greatest creators of groundbreaking television, it was about time they got in the business of making period epics to compete with other networks’ offerings like Outlander and Game of Thrones, and with Marco Polo …Read more

While the name Chuck Workman might not ring a bell from the get-go, chances are you have seen his work without being aware of who made it. His 1986 Oscar winning short film, Precious Images, comprised of almost 500 half-second-long splices of some of …Read more

Although the buddy comedy is certainly a well-worn template, the triumph of The Foxy Merkins, is its ability to make it seem shiny and new. This quirky film follows two lesbian prostitutes, one of whom actually identifies as heterosexual, in their mi …Read more

The Film Society of Lincoln Center will present Making Waves: New Romanian Films from December 4-8. As in years past, their selection includes works from some of the most exciting Romanian filmmakers like Tudor Cristian Jurgiu and Stere Gulea  – both …Read more

While recent films like Beaufort and Lebanon have made us see the horrors endured by the Israeli military during combat, very few filmmakers have chronicled the less violent, but undeniably terrible fact that life in the army can be quite dull. Even …Read more

At a time when the pleas of so many groups pursuing equal rights are being trivialized, it’s refreshing and inspiring to see a film like Mary Dore’s She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry, a rousing documentary that chronicles the birth of the Women’s Libe …Read more

In some circles, Liz Tuccillo is regarded as a dating guru; known for her work as story editor on the seminal HBO show Sex and the City and her bestselling books He’s Just Not That Into You (co-written with Greg Behrendt) and How to Be Single, she ha …Read more