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Harlem Serenade: Barry Jenkins brings 'Moonlight' magic to James Baldwin's 'If Beale Street Could Talk'

Harlem Serenade: Barry Jenkins brings 'Moonlight' magic to James Baldwin's 'If Beale Street Could Talk'

If John Ford’s westerns recount the white, European narrative of settlement in America, they are also archetypal stories of ordinary men and women who are called to extraordinary acts of heroism.
A Haunting Crime: Piazza and Grassadonia's 'Sicilian Ghost Story' recalls a notorious kidnapping

A Haunting Crime: Piazza and Grassadonia's 'Sicilian Ghost Story' recalls a notorious kidnapping

Antonio Piazza was a Palermo-based journalist and Fabio Grassadonia an author and college professor when the two men met at a screenwriting workshop in Turin, Italy.
Washington's Friday Harbor Film Festival showcases socially conscious films

Washington's Friday Harbor Film Festival showcases socially conscious films

Friday Harbor is a resort town on San Juan Island, the most populous of the isles that comprise an archipelago famous for its variety of resident and migrating whales.
Crime and Passion: Jia Zhangke's 'Ash Is the Purest White' is a time-spanning story of love and betrayal

Crime and Passion: Jia Zhangke's 'Ash Is the Purest White' is a time-spanning story of love and betrayal

Jia Zhangke’s 'Ash Is the Purest White' had its American premiere at the New York Film Festival on Oct. 1 and opens in U.S. theatres on March 15, 2019.
Film Review: On Her Shoulders

Film Review: On Her Shoulders

Powerful documentary provides an intimate perspective on the oppression and sexual abuse of the Yazidi minority in Iraq.
'What You Gonna Do When the World’s on Fire?' illuminates African-American lives in New Orleans and Jackson, MS

'What You Gonna Do When the World’s on Fire?' illuminates African-American lives in New Orleans and Jackson, MS

Judy Hall is a name that will be on everyone’s lips after the New York Film Festival premiere of Roberto Minervini’s What You Gonna Do When the World’s on Fire? The Italian documentary filmmaker follows half a dozen African-American subjects in his beautifully shot black-and-white film, but Hall...
Film Review: Hale County This Morning, This Evening

Film Review: Hale County This Morning, This Evening

This impressionistic debut film from African-American photographer RaMell Ross provides striking images, although not a command of the medium that would result in a definitive portrait of its subjects.
Film Review: I Am Not a Witch

Film Review: I Am Not a Witch

This striking and original film by a Zambian-Welsh writer-director is a feminist allegory set in Zambia.
Film Review: The Swan

Film Review: The Swan

An awkward debut film by an Icelandic director, 'The Swan' centers on a nine-year-old girl on her first summer away from home.
Film Review: Never Goin' Back

Film Review: Never Goin' Back

In her debut feature, writer-director Augustine Frizzel crafts a girl buddy movie with far too many male characters.