Review: “The Broken Circle Breakdown”
Ups and downs are constantly juxtaposed in "The Broken Circle Breakdown," a bluegrass-infused Flemish meller about two lovers who lose their little daughter to cancer.
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Review: “On My Way”
A middle-aged former Miss Brittany needs more than a cigarette break in "On My Way," a road movie from actress and occasional helmer Emmanuelle Bercot that's constructed entirely around a tender…
Review: “La Maison de la radio”
A terrific docu from Gallic nonfiction filmmaker Nicolas Philibert, "La Maison de la radio" adds revealing images to sounds that will be familiar to millions of French public-radio listeners.
Review: “Night Train to Lisbon”
Though not quite a train wreck (the tech package is pedestrian rather than bad), Bille August's "Night Train to Lisbon" feels like a relic of the good ol' Europudding days.
Review: “Mes seances de lutte”
Auds for this extended pre-coital conversation and subsequent collection of money shots will be confined to sprocket operas or Internet downloads.
Review: “The Eternal Return of Antonis Paraskevas”
A Greek Weird Wave entry of sorts that makes up for its formally less striking execution with a more accessible story, "The Eternal Return of Antonis Paraskevas" follows an aging morning talkshow…
Review: “Vic + Flo ont vu un ours”
Two ex-convicts and lovers try to get back to normal in the Canuck backwoods in the oddball offering "Vic + Flo ont vu un ours."
Review: “The Nun”
If it weren't for the luminous face of Belgian actress Pauline Etienne ("Restless"), this plodding adaptation of Diderot's anti-clerical novel would be a snoozefest of epic proportions.
Review: “No Man's Land”
That you don't need more than one riveting talking head and a little intelligence to make a terrific docu is amply demonstrated by "No Man's Land," from Portuguese vid artist and scribe-helmer Salome…
Review: “It's All So Quiet”
There are no easy rewards for the protagonist -- or indeed, the viewer -- of "It's All So Quiet," the austere but subtly powerful fifth feature of Dutch auteur Nanouk Leopold ("Wolfsbergen,"…
