"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...
A friend of mine used to always observe that if he ever visited Hawaii he'd probably never leave. After watching Christopher Kahunahana's indie feature...
In 1974 a Soviet nuclear submarine, the K-129, disappeared. Though the Soviets couldn’t locate it, U.S. military intelligence did (it had sunk three miles...
“Lola” is a remarkable Irish-British science fiction film directed by Andrew Legge. Emma Appleton and Stefanie Martini give dazzling performances as two sisters (Thomasina...
