Dekel Berenson’s superb short film Anna sheds light on the “love tours” industry in Ukraine
Martin Scorsese’s recent essay on Federico Fellini makes a very important point about what cinema is
Uberto Pasolini’s Nowhere Special, screening at IFFK 2021, is moving without being melodramatic
International Film Festival of Rotterdam: In Dear Comrades!, Andrei Konchalovsky’s record of the Novocherkassk massacre
Dea Kulumbegashvili’s Beginning, on MUBI, studies a suffering woman with a static camera
Massoud Bakhshi’s Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness, which screened at IFFI, is an 'eye for an eye' drama set in a TV studio
Mads Matthiesen’s Sundance winner Teddy Bear, now on MUBI, is a gently told male-emancipation story
Pradeepan Raveendran’s Soundless Dance dives into the war-torn mind of a Sri Lankan Tamil in Paris
Ekwa Msangi’s Farewell Amor is an immigrant drama about coming to terms with a family member who’s now a stranger
Maurice Pialat’s The Mouth Agape looks death in the eye without sentimentality or embellishment
Hannes Stöhr’s Berlin is in Germany talks about an East German adjusting to life in a unified nation
Jan Komasa’s The Hater on Netflix is a quietly chilling story about the virtual world’s revenge on the real world
Soorarai Pottru, The Motorcycle Diaries, and a response to the truth-versus-fiction issue in biopics
Sophia Loren transformed from glam star to great actor in Vittorio De Sica’s Two Women
Fernanda Valadez’s Identifying Features, playing at Dharamshala, is a poignant drama about would-be illegal migrants
Jan Komasa’s Corpus Christi, playing at Dharamshala, makes you think about faith and prayer, sinners and saints
Isamu Hirabayashi’s Shell and Joint, playing at Dharamsala, is a fascinating look at life and death
