French-Vietnamese filmmaker Trần Anh Hùng understands what the most important things in life are. His latest feature, “The Taste of Things,” which won him Best Director at the 76th Cannes Film Festival…
Actor Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor is the kind of artist who brings genuine passion to a project. There is almost no other way to partake in a film like “Origin.” Writer-director Ava DuVernay’s latest…
Being a widow can be hard, and being a widow with a young child presents even more challenges, but Nawal (Mouna Hawa), the protagonist of “Inshallah a Boy,” has the weight of…
Cord Jefferson can fully relate to the main character of his blisteringly funny directorial debut, “American Fiction.” The same could be said about any viewer from an underrepresented community who walks in to…
For over fifty years, Martin Scorsese has been one of the dominant figures in American cinema. The great director’s films make up a gritty, ferocious tapestry of our society from the ground up. To look…
The tale of an unlikely folk hero’s rise during the not-so-distant past is front and center in Craig Gillespie’s latest film, “Dumb Money.” Paul Dano stars as Keith Gill, a financial analyst…
There is a special glee in the way director Josh Greenbaum talks about the making of his latest movie, “Strays.” It could be because directing this kind of movie leaves an infectious…
Long ago established as a cult figure, Wes Anderson remains one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary American cinema. His style is so recognizable even someone who has never seen one of…