In Terrestrial Verses, the sole Iranian entry in the 2023 Cannes official selection, writer-directors Ali Asgari and Alireza Khatami have constructed a relevant omnibus of single-take vignettes about the “hellish” everyday life in their tyrannical country.
Terrestrial Verses: Writer-Directors Ali Asgari and Alireza Khatami’s Anthology of “Ordinary” Life in Iran (Cannes Film Fest 2023)
March 21, 2024 by
Cannes Film Fest 2023: Best–“Fallen Leaves” by Aki Kaurismäki
March 19, 2024 by
The film belongs to the auteur’s Proletariat series, which already includes Shadows in Paradise (1986), Ariel (1988), and The Match Factory Girl (1990).
Cannes Film Fest 2023: Best Films–“Anatomy of a Fall”–Text and Subtext
March 19, 2024 by
Starring a sensational Sandra Hüller as a German novelist on trial for the murder of her husband, French director Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall is grippingly rich in text and subtext.
Cannes Film Fest 2023: Best Films–“The Breaking Ice” by Anthony Chen
March 18, 2024 by
The location of Anthony Chen’s intimate film, The Breaking Ice, the icy Chinese city of Yanji near the North Korean border, offers insights into the circumstances of its protagonists lives, which are suspended as if frozen in place.
Cannes Film Fest 2023: Best Films–Wim Wenders’ Anselm
March 18, 2024 by
Wim Wenders’ latest 3D documentary, Anselm, offers a fascinating chronicle of German painter-sculptor Anselm Kiefer’s deeply tactile, maximalist oeuvre.
