Reviews

Little Trouble Girls

The spiritual and the sexual are inextricably linked from the first scene of Little Trouble Girls.

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69
Left-Handed Girl

It’s been more than 20 years since Shih-Ching Tsou directed a movie, not that she hasn’t been busy.

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68
Sirāt

In Islamic eschatology, the bridge to paradise is “narrower than a strand of hair and sharper than a sword.”

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67
Sound of Falling

A powerful reminder of what movies — and only movies — can do, Sound of Falling is, quite simply, the best film of the year.

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66
Sentimental Value

Would a house rather be empty or full?

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65
A House of Dynamite

One of the scariest books I’ve ever read is Annie Jacobsen’s Nuclear War: A Scenario, which presents a terrifyingly plausible account of how an actual nuclear conflict might unfold.

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64
Bugonia

After Queen Elizabeth II died, the royal beekeeper performed one of his most important duties: telling the bees.

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63
It Was Just an Accident

Vahid’s first mistake is only digging one grave.

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62
Roofman

Jeffrey Manchester can tell you the exact number of houses on his block and how many of them have chimneys, but he can’t afford to buy his daughter a bike for her birthday or give his wife a good reason not to leave him.

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61
The Ice Tower

If David Lynch directed a live-action adaptation of a Disney movie, it might look something like The Ice Tower.

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60
Chain Reactions

The challenge in making a documentary about a movie is accomplishing more than simply making people want to watch said movie.

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59
My Sunshine

Beginning with the first snow of winter and ending with the spring thaw, My Sunshine documents more than one kind of season.

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58