Angry Inuk is a small step forward in acknowledging the complexity of an issue that’s long been portrayed as black and white.
Afterimage
Afterimage is an austere biopic set in postwar Łódź, depicting the final years of Polish painter Władysław Strzemiński.
PACmen
PACmen is pitched as a pulling back of the curtain, though it’s unfortunate when all that’s behind it are a couple of crusty mops and a bucket.
Risk
Laura Poitras’ documentary following Wikileaks founder Julian Assange suffers from a scattershot focus, unable to coalesce into anything more than an interesting collection of hard-to-get footage.
An Insignificant Man
Directors Khushboo Ranka and Vinay Shukla rely almost exclusively on a broad brush to paint the narrative of political figure Arvind Kejriwal.
Happy End
Though formally demanding, the latest film from Austrian director Michael Haneke feels thematically easy for those familiar with his work.
Roller Dreams
Despite its exuberant archival footage, Kate Hickey’s Venice Beach skating doco never quite does justice to the themes it explores.
78/52
Alexandre O. Philippe’s cinephilic documentary neuters interesting avenues of discussion around Hitchcock and Psycho, instead preferring to traffic in the superficial.
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
Guy Ritchie’s laddish, inconsistent take on Arthurian legend probably should’ve left the sword in the stone.
Ghost in the Shell
The visually stunning, Scarlett Johansson-led remake of Mamoru Oshii’s anime classic can’t escape the spectre of its strange racial politics.