Everson's non-technique may hold a harsh mirror up to our implicit involvement in his subject's plight, but his approach quickly becomes disheartening.
A documentary observing the tedium of work for African Americans in dead end factory jobs.
Anno, while acknowledging the history through the use of archive and via her interviewees, firmly accentuates the positives and the strides that have been made.
Consideration of LGBTQ+ activism in Cuba in the run up to a historic vote on same-sex marriage.
The writers have a clear idea of where they are starting and where they want to get to. What they don't always have is a good way to go between the two.
At a stag night involving one of the largest crime families in Israel, assassins kill all the men. The women, who have lost their status and power all at once, are thrown into a new reality in which they must fight for their place in the male world of the temple only power.
A confident and well-constructed tale that is built on the firm foundations of a great ensemble cast.
Lucia, Aurora, and their mother, Elena, plan to leave Lima in 1992 and seek opportunities in the US. Their farewell involves reconnecting with the kids' estranged father, adding to the emotional turbulence of their departure.
On what should be a fun night at a Brooklyn warehouse party, an outbreak of flesh-eating zombies
forces a ragtag group of drag queens, partygoers and party-throwers to band
together and somehow survive the night.
Anchoring the audience with a perennial fence-sitter allows more room for the inevitable impact of the characters' stories, without the weight of an absolute ideological argument.
An Englishman signs up to fight in the Korean War.
Lance Hammer’s drama confronts its subject unsentimentally head on with no holds barred.
As advanced dementia erodes an older woman’s ability to communicate her inner life, her husband and daughter struggle to act in her best interests, navigating love and the fragile boundaries between care, protection and autonomy.
Taking its time and drifting lightly from one scene to another, this beautifully composed film really gets under the skin of its subjects, who seem marvellously at ease with the camera.
A proud transgender sex worker since the age of 11, Luana Muniz, now 59, shapes a new reality in her 'hostel' by housing a new generation of transgender sex workers in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Mirza may sometimes over-indulge in sentiment, but there’s a warmth to the film that makes it easy to like, and she handles its more chaotic scenes with flair.
Against the backdrop of a shared obsession with Bollywood fantasy, Mariam, a Pakistani Muslim woman, and her Canadian-born daughter Azra come of age in two different eras.
In piecing the whole thing together, Kontakos appears to have been spoiled for choices, but she delivers a strong narrative which never gets overwhelmed by its content.
Profile of Chelly Wilson, a Christmas-celebrating Jewish grandma, a lesbian who married men, and a proud owner of porn cinemas in 1970s NYC.
While in some ways the collapsing of the Siegels' wealth may seem like commeuppance for their excessiveness, Greenfield has painted such a human portrait that Jackie, in particular, remains sympathetic, even when she is adding to her own tragedy.
Snapshot of the effect of the mortgage crisis on billionnaire 'Timeshare King' David Siegel and his family.
Particularly intriguing here is the overlap between hentai and art.
Trailblazing artists, activists, and everyday people from across the spectrum of gender and sexuality defy social norms and dare to live unconventional lives in this kaleidoscopic view of LGBTQ culture in contemporary Japan.
Zbanic's measured approach ensures that we can't look away from the unfolding horror - something that she makes clear many at the time, both peacekeepers and non-Muslim residents, found all too easy to do.
A UN translator in Srebrenica when the Serbian army takes over the town faces a difficult choice.
A few contrived moments, such as the metaphorical stag the Queen spots on her estate, only marginally detract from what is otherwise a fascinating drama on previously uncharted cinematic territory.
The experiences of Queen Elizabeth II after the death of Princess Diana.
A psychologically astute and darkly funny look at the deep bonds of female friendship and the damage that can be wrought by those closest to you.
Following her father's suicide and breaking up with her boyfriend, Catherine seeks refuge with her friend Virginia, but the young woman's shaky grasp on reality strains their relationship to breaking point.
With its simple plot and gentle pacing, Quiet Chaos relies on character and performance to keep viewers interested, and for the most part it pulls it off well.
A bereaved husband decides to spend each day waiting for his daughter outside her school, discovering a new world in the process.
