Prepare to be charmed by Peter Lataster and Petra Lataster-Czisch’s documentary Miss Kiet’s Children, a heartwarming ode to the power of education, and the reality of the refugee crisis on European shores.
While tiptoeing on the line of empowering and exploitative, Flower is an unconventional teen film for a new generation that finds its true strength in in its leading lady Zoey Deutch.
For this Staff Inquiry, we examine the films that make us cry, with examples ranging from the personal to overall moving manifestations of life’s struggles.
Using almost an entirely autistic cast, Keep the Change is a groundbreaking, intimate portrait that humanizes and explores a vast array of people living with Autism.
Paddy Considine’s long-awaited second film in the director’s chair is an emotionally manipulative disappointment, that has replaced the grit of his debut with a stale, maudlin predictability.
Susan Walters’ All I wish offers a minimally interesting story, but serves up some fine performances from Sharon Stone, Ellen Burstyn, Liza Lapira, Tony Goldwyn, and Gilles Marini.
After years as a struggling actress, Ana Asensio decided to try get her own project off the ground. A year after it’s SXSW premiere, and her film, MOST BEAUTIFUL ISLAND, has endured a wave of acclaim. She spoke to Andrew Winter about the process of producing, directing and starring in the film.
We had the chance to talk with Mike Ott, director of fiction/non-fiction blend CALIFORNIA DREAMS, about documentary filmmaking and about the fine line between fiction and reality.
While better than its predecessor, Beyond Skyline is still a sequel to a thinly conceived film, and even the freshest coat doesn’t work to hide the issues underneath.
Based on the true story of survival, a young couple’s chance encounter leads them first to love, and then on the adventure of a lifetime as they face one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in recorded history.
Twelve Monkeys is Terry Gilliam’s dystopian vision of time travel, in which everything that happens is inevitable, probing into questions of the meaning and purpose of life.
Custody is an impressive debut feature from Xavier Legrand, that manages to avoid exploitation even as it generates untold amounts of tension from a realistic domestic drama.