The New York Times – Film:
This sentimental drama about an upstanding cop caught up in the 1974 school desegregation conflict in Boston recycles tired white-savior clichés.
Author: Devika Girish
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Five International Movies to Stream Now
The New York Times – Film:
This month’s picks include a Kafkaesque Tamil head trip, an Argentine queer drama, a Rwandan girls-school thriller and more.
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Five International Movies to Stream Now
The New York Times – Film:
This month’s picks include a Kafkaesque Tamil head trip, an Argentine queer drama, a Rwandan girls-school thriller and more.
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‘The Village House’ Review: A Family and the Walls That Enfold It
The New York Times – Film:
Over two decades, babies are born, elders die, young people move on, but a home remains, even though visitors dwindle.
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Five International Movies to Stream Now
The New York Times – Film:
This month’s picks include an Argentine heist thriller, a whimsical Palestinian romance, a German period drama and more.
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‘Africa’ Review: Aging and its Discontents
The New York Times – Film:
In Oren Gerner’s semi-fictional portrait of his family, a father grapples with retirement, poor health and a growing sense of obsolescence.
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‘Saturday Fiction’ Review: Theater of History
The New York Times – Film:
In this period drama set in Shanghai in December 1941, the resplendent Gong Li conveys depths of pain and longing even when the script offers none.
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Five International Movies to Stream Now
The New York Times – Film:
This month’s picks include a French high school comedy, a documentary about football-obsessed Syrian refugees, a Chinese slacker movie and more.
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‘How to Survive a Pandemic’ Review: Racing for a Shot
The New York Times – Film:
The director David France’s new documentary, about the global effort to develop and disseminate vaccines for the coronavirus, inspires striking candor from some of its subjects.