Diego Semerene

Louis Garrel’s magnetism is so astonishing that you feel as if he’s the only one who could withstand Angelina Jolie’s on-screen presence, and that makes it a pity that the two actors share just a couple of scenes.

As much as Binoche is the backbone of Queen at Sea, Courtenay and Calder-Marshall’s raw performances are no less impressive.

Leyla Bouzid’s ability to capture the complexities and contradictions of familial affection is what makes In a Whisper so impressive.

Freudians will have a field day with Markus Schleinzer’s 17th-century-set folk tale.

Jimpa’s exploration of non-binary identity ultimately proves superficial.

Whatever the post-colonial lessons are, I Only Rest in the Storm’s characters articulate them too evidently, as if preemptively justifying the making of a film in or about “Africa” on the condition that the white man’s presence is relentlessly denounced.

The film is a philosophical account of the shaky ground that human existence stands on.

The film truthfully hints at the sharp whirs behind the smooth façade of everyday life.

The Ice Tower is, ultimately, an aesthetic and nostalgic exercise.

Radu Jude’s cinema isn’t exactly absurdist, though it exposes the absurdities of a present reeling from the unresolved injustices of yore.