Directors Jarius McLeary and Gethin Aldous document a four-day therapy session inside Folsom Prison with THE WORK, a beautiful film with a willingness to step into fear to find a raw, unremitting beauty in the witnessing of healing.
Napalm
Eschewing intellectual history for the personal, Claude Lanzmann’s North Korean journey explores the sadness beyond the political facts.
Maliglutit
Maliglutit offers a meticulous preservation of an endangered lifestyle unsullied by the grot of America’s cultural imperialism.
Sydney Film Festival Announces Seven New Titles From Cannes Film Festival
In a late announcement made early this morning, the Sydney Film Festival added seven new titles to their 2017 program, all direct from the recently wrapped Cannes Film Festival.
Hacksaw Ridge
Depicting the service of a religious American pacifist in World War II, Mel Gibson’s new directorial outing is overtly beatific and brutal.
Wiener-Dog
The newest from Todd Solondz continues his penchant for funny and withering social critique with a four-part anthology of sharp, sad stories.
Happy Hour
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s five-hour film is a fascinating organic and character-driven drama that showcases an astounding attention to the minutiae of the lives of four women.
Sunset Song – An Interview with Terence Davies
With his adaptation of Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s classic novel SUNSET SONG screening at the Melbourne International Film Festival, we spoke to director Terence Davies about his film, great melodramas and, surprisingly, Channing Tatum.
In Jackson Heights
The latest long-form documentary from Frederick Wiseman examines a multi-cultural Queens borough with breath-taking eloquence and joy.
Everybody Wants Some!!
The latest feature-length hangout from Richard Linklater, EVERYBODY WANTS SOME!!, is a generous, congenial study on male competitiveness and the thrill of youth.