To say that a two-and-a-half-hour-long film is on the shorter side of a director’s filmography may sound like a deeply confused claim, but for Filipino auteur Lav Diaz — whose works are less like films…
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DocumentaryReviews
Melbourne Documentary Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘Enemies of the State’
by James Y. Leeby James Y. LeeTake one look at, say, Netflix’s vast documentary catalog, and you’ll instantly realize that the true-crime documentary genre has found itself in a state of oversaturation. From the litany of same-ish docs on streaming services…
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DramaReviews
‘There Is No Evil’: Four Tales of Impossible Choices and the Death Penalty
by Ingridjeby Ingridje2016 will for me always be linked with the death of Abbas Kiarostami, one of my all-time favorite directors and the godfather of Iranian cinema. Luckily, there is still a lot of talent around. There…