"Humboldt USA" is a visually majestic portrait of various Americans trying to save what is left of nature and wildlife which uses places named after the 19th century father of ecology as an organizing framework. It will screen May 2 at the Museum of the Moving Image's First Look festival. Go here for showtimes and tickets.
Alexander von Humboldt was one of the most important...
Beginning on May 1, the Criterion Channel is presenting a curated collection of the films of Kimi Takesue. "Directed by Kimi Takesue: Crossings and Encounters" will stream three of her most acclaimed features and eight of her shorts.
I reviewed her 2023 film "Onlookers" two years ago. It was an immersive study of tourists shot in Laos constructed of longish master shots of foreigners walking...
"Soundtrack for a Coup D'etat" is a fascinating and highly entertaining study of the unexpected relationship between some famous Jazz musicians and the C.I.A.-backed...
"Another Happy Day," a new indie comedy about a first-time mother's post-partum depression is hilarious and acted to perfection. It begins streaming Tuesday, October...
"Universal Theory" is a German film that blends science fiction and film noir tropes in a visually impressive manner recalling Hitchcock and Orson Welles...
