Features
Friday, June 26 2009
The Futility of Truth or Reconciliation in Waltz with Bashir
Although it examines culpability and responsibility in service of truth and reconciliation, this film fails to address the structures of power, and arguably perpetuates the very atrocities that it sets out to condemn.
Friday, January 16 2009
Best Complexities in 2008
The most remarkable films of 2008 were small, smart, and complicated. While they're surely worth seeking out for their own pleasures, they also represent the sort of movies that will find theatrical releases even harder to manage in the shrinking economy.
Thursday, January 15 2009
Outside the Lines - The Top 20 International/Indie Films of 2008
With many indie/international films receiving more and more mainstream approval from unfamiliar audiences, many of the titles here could be considered part of the overall 2008 Best Of. But their individuality and multicultural appeal keep them a quality concept apart.
Reviews
Friday, January 23 2009
Waltz with Bashir (Vals Im Bashir)
As Waltz with Bashir makes visible its distrust of imperfect history and daunting memory, it insists on their necessity.
Blogs
Friday, January 30 2009
This 'Waltz' is a Disturbing Dance with Death
It's an exercise in memory, an attempt to recall the unfathomable and unimaginable. It's animation taking the place of atrocity, the literal spoils of war…
News
Thursday, January 29 2009
A painful, personal dance in ‘Waltz With Bashir'
Every lawyer knows eyewitnesses are the most fallible authorities in reconstructing past events. Even if they filter self-serving interpretations and prejudices out of their testimony,…
