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Film Review: The Unknown Girl

Film Review: The Unknown Girl

A young doctor has a crisis of conscience in the latest incisive drama from the Dardenne Brothers.
Rite of Passage: Deepak Rauniyar’s Nepal-set drama ‘White Sun’ blends the personal and political

Rite of Passage: Deepak Rauniyar’s Nepal-set drama ‘White Sun’ blends the personal and political

A breath of fresh air from the top of the world.
In Search of... The Dardenne Brothers' 'Unknown Girl' revisits their theme of ordinary people facing moral dilemmas

In Search of... The Dardenne Brothers' 'Unknown Girl' revisits their theme of ordinary people facing moral dilemmas

Belgian filmmakers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne have been making movies together since the 1980s. The brothers, who write, direct and produce, are best-known for their breakout films, La Promesse (1996), about a young man (Jérémie Renier) whose father (Olivier Gourmet) trafficks African...
Rap Goddess: Danielle Macdonald delivers a breakout performance in Geremy Jasper’s 'Patti Cake$'

Rap Goddess: Danielle Macdonald delivers a breakout performance in Geremy Jasper’s 'Patti Cake$'

If you think rap music is all 'Straight Outta Compton' (2015), this is your 411 (a hip-hop expression for “news”): All hip-hop, including the 1990s “gangsta rap” of F. Gary Gray’s film, originated in 1970s-era New York City.
Film Review: This Time Tomorrow

Film Review: This Time Tomorrow

Lina Rodriguez's excellent sophomore feature overturns the longstanding male perspective of female teenage characters as little more than objects of desire.
Step by Step: In Amanda Lipitz's doc, dance leads to empowerment

Step by Step: In Amanda Lipitz's doc, dance leads to empowerment

When Amanda Lipitz was a girl attending summer camp, one of her counselors asked if she would like to try her hand at choreography.
Film Review: Footnotes

Film Review: Footnotes

Homage of movie musicals of years past has a certain charm but fails to live up to its illustrious predecessors.
Film Review: Birthright: A War Story

Film Review: Birthright: A War Story

A necessary, if not always well-constructed, examination of the perilous state of reproductive rights in the United States.
'No Dress Code Required' follows the quest of two men to marry in Mexicali

'No Dress Code Required' follows the quest of two men to marry in Mexicali

Cristina Herrera Borquez’s documentary 'No Dress Code Required' is a love story, although it does not begin with love at first sight.
'The Apology' examines the painful legacy of Asia's 'comfort women'

'The Apology' examines the painful legacy of Asia's 'comfort women'

Tiffany Hsiung’s The Apology, screening at the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival in New York City, centers on Grandmother Adela of the Philippines, Grandmother Cao of China and Grandmother Gil of South Korea. All three are in their 80s and are survivors of trafficking and sexual...