The world is changing. Of course, each day brings changes, some small, some momentous. But for women in Saudi Arabia, changes are happening rapidly. In Haifaa Al Mansour?s The Perfect Candidate we see a woman who almost by accident finds herself in a role that not...
?What kind of animal could execute someone?? What kind of person could kill someone? Could you? What if the reason is that it is your job? Could you be the executioner of someone given the death penalty? There Is No Evil from dissident Iranian director Mohammed...
?When a man?s virtue exceeds his talent, he becomes the superior man.? Perhaps you think kung fu movies are all about the graceful movements. You may expect great flying leaps and masterful kicks and punches. The Paper Tigers, from director Tran Quoc Bao, goes in a...
"Isn't it quite fantastic?" Watching Roy Andersson?s About Endlessness is more like wandering through an art museum than sitting in a theater. This film is not about a story. It is about looking carefully at scene after scene of what may seem like ordinary life, but...
Making Sense, directed by Gregory Bayne, strives to make those with disabilities visible. The story is built around those disabilities, but also around the abilities that are also part of those lives. It does so not only with the story, but by using disabled actors in...
?This is a family matter.? Bettina Oberli?s My Wonderful Wanda is about family?and about the ways families become intertwined without planning to. It also serves as a bit of social commentary of the relationship of the haves and have nots of society. Wanda (Agnieszka...
?I?m doing everything within my power.? Quo Vadis, Aida? is a fictionalized story based on true events during the Bosnian War. Directed by Jasmila ?abani?, it has been nominated for an Oscar in the Best International Feature Category. It was submitted by Bosnia and...
Is passion enough for building a relationship? In Argyris Papadimitropoulos?s anti-romcom Monday, a couple quickly connect on a sexual level, but then struggle to find if there can be more to their time together. Mickey (Sebastian Stan) and Chloe (Denise Gough) are...
Never mind politics, economics is where you may find really strange bedfellows. In the Italian film Beate (which translates to ?Blessed?), from Samad Zarmandili, two very different groups of women join forces to try to stave off the greed around them. The first group...