Good, marketable cinema usually comes from the same continents over and over again. Countries in those continents have support structures that ensure that out of the lot some film school graduates are going to become great filmmakers. The reverse of this seems to be true, too. People desirous of becoming filmmakers but who have the misfortune of being born in countries such as Laos, Nigeria or North Korea and who have

…is probably not a day spent in France. The Cannes [...]

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Kelly Reichardt likes uncomplicated. As early as when “Wendy and Lucy” came out her films have testified to her ultra-sharp minimalism and efficiency. “Night Moves,” a genre film in which three environmentalists (they're David Koresh league, but for the tree-hugger set) conspire together to blow up a dam follows the same ethos of subtlety. In lieu and place of a psychological drama about eco-terrorism Reichardt ventures

Alba Rorhwacher, an Italian actress whose Audrey Hepburn-like grace matches her exceptional qualities as actress became known to American audiences for playing Tilda Swinton's daughter in "Amore." She will be coming to the Cannes Festival next week to support "Le Meraviglie" ("The wonders," in Italian) a film in which she has the leading role, and which was directed by her sister Alice Rohrwacher. It's the end of summer, a village in the Umbria

In “Joe,” which stars Nicolas Cage and Tye Sheridan, I saw one Oscar winner, one up-and-coming actor who just worked with an Oscar winner, and one great character actor, Ronnie Gene Blevins, who’s worth more than any Oscar. Blevins was the last actor to appear on-screen with the late Peter Falk. According to Blevins, whom I recently spoke to, he learned a lot from the experience. In “Joe” Blevins plays Willie Russell