The films of Romanian director Cristian Mungiu form a unique arc in capturing the social divisions of European society for the last few decades. Many of his characters are confronted with…
There is a comfortable casualness in the way Ronan Day-Lewis describes finding the plot for his feature debut, “Anemone.” No doubt this is because he wrote the screenplay with his father,…
After working 30 years as an actress, it would take a special screenplay to lure Scarlett Johansson to the other side of the camera, and she found it in “Eleanor the…
It is rare to start a new chapter at age 94, but actress June Squibb did just that last year with her first-ever lead role in “Thelma,” a heartfelt and hilarious…
This has been quite a year for writer Justin Kuritzkes. The playwright, novelist and screenwriter has been launched to the forefront of arthouse cinema with director Luca Guadagnino. Early in the year,…
For Latvian filmmaker Gints Zilbalodis, telling a story does not always require communication through words. He likes the way an expression in the eyes or a gesture can convey so much. In…
German filmmaker Edward Berger returns to a war zone with “Conclave.” After receiving much acclaim and Academy Awards recognition for his visceral “All Quiet on the Western Front,” set in the…
Elijah Wood has played the son many times throughout his 35-year career, but for the first time he explores the parent-child relationship from the other side by portraying a father in Ant Timpson’s…