‘The Conformist’ Is a Political Thriller Washed in the Hues of a Thousand Psychosexual Dreams
Bernardo Bertolucci’s magnificent drama The Conformist bridges the supreme elegance of the jazz age with Euro mod-chic.
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‘Ripper Street’ Is a Smart, Witty and Humane Drama
Ripper Street's greatest strength is to avoid direct reference to the killings as an investigative project and to treat them as traumatic events from which its characters are trying to recover.
‘War Witch’ Is a Remarkable Statement About Resilience and Agency
Remarkably, Kim Nguyen’s War Witch shows us that nothing is hopeless; that even in our darkest moments, we have agency.
‘Marketa Lazarova’, a Haunting Czech Epic, Will Entrance You
Feel the terrifying beauty of being lost in Czech film Marketa Lazarova‘s alien world and you will be rewarded with a grounding, perhaps even a comfort in the dystopian present.