Pinochet’s Chile in 1976 is a time where any opposition to his dictatorship meant quiet disappearance and torture or murder out of the public eye.
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Plan 75 (2022)
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This is a beautiful mood piece that explores what the world might look like if the elderly were no longer valued.
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This is just the kind of documentary you want to watch. It’s got intrigue, a charismatic protagonist and it captures real-life drama unfolding on camera.
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There was something deeply compelling about this rigorous and austere look at identity and trauma by Hungarian director Kornél Mundruczó.
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Lorenzo Vigas pares back dialogue and fills the frame with the vast expanses of Northern Mexico in this contemplative story of loss and separation.
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Satyajit Ray is a master of pared-back social drama that exposes the class and social structure of India.
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Carlota Pereda gives us a delicious revenge movie that expands the story from her 2018 short film.
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A surprising gut punch of a documentary that is as tense as a thriller and an emotional tribute to volunteers.
Continue readingMona Lisa and the Blood Moon (2021)
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My expectations were high for this second feature from A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night director Ana Lily Amirpour.
Continue readingThe Apartment with Two Women (같은 속옷을 입는 두 여자) (2021)
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Where Leila’s Brothers was all shouting and drama in its portrayal of a dysfunctional family, Kim Se-in shows us the quiet bitterness of an intense mother-daughter relationship.
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