independent films

An Ingenious New French Comedy of Art and Friendship

July 9, 2024

One of the privileges and pleasures of working as a film critic is that people occasionally send me movies that aren’t yet available in the U.S. Some of them...

The Rediscovery of “Naked Acts” Expands Film History

June 12, 2024

Movies that rely on symbolism usually do so through conspicuous artifice, whether that of high style (Hitchcock, Hawks, Wes Anderson) or of rigorous reserve (Michelangelo Antonioni, Alain Resnais). But...