A simple plan goes fiendishly out of hand in Dying Twice, Living Thrice, Karim Lakzadeh’s existential critique of modern day Iran.
Simple Plans Are Never Simple
Tag: Film
La Perra Woofs the Landing
With films about dogs easy to love — because after all, who doesn’t love dogs — it takes a special talent to make something as cynical and ugly as La Perra.
Another Unhappy Family, Excellently Portrayed
Valentina Maurel’s sophomore feature, Forever Your Maternal Animal, is a touching tale of familial bonds, mental illness and feminine sexuality.
Big Rigs. Even Bigger Feelings.
Flesh and Fuel rises above its euro-drama trappings by capturing a great sense of sweetness and vulnerability among the continent’s gay trucking community.
Shana. Chaos Under Pressure.
Anchored by an excellent performance by Eva Huault, Shana is a deeply entertaining Parisian-set tale of Jewish identity and feminine chaos.
Something Rotten on the Isle of Anglesey
A romantic trip to the Welsh goes horribly wrong when emails from a deceased ex-boyfriend threaten to derail everything in Worm, Ned Caderni’s assured debut.
Michael, Stop. We’ve Had Enough.
In our first edition of Double Take, Redmond and Jared discuss Antoine Fuqua’s misguided and insidious Michael Jackson biopic.
Heat. A Bleak Glass Desert Mirage.
Capturing the Gulf States as they suffer from temperatures rising over 50 degrees, Jacqueline Zünd’s Heat is a bleak and bold artistic vision.
“You never see factories in cinema” — Christian Petzold on Miroirs No. 3
Christian Petzold sits down with Journey Into Cinema to discuss Miroirs No.3, arguing with his family, and why repairing things is the opposite of capitalism.
The Roots of Madness (It’s America)
The Roots of Madness is an excellent exploration of American intervention in the Middle East that sadly suffers from a fatal omission.