Anyone who checked out last spring’s Mondo Cinema screening will have already seen the over-the-top short “I, an Actress.” In it, filmmaker George Kuchar, osten...
The new French film “Declaration of War” exists in an unusual, if not entirely new, genre. Valerie Donzelli and Jérémie Elkaïm — its two writers, lead actors ...
Leila Hatami (left) and Peyman Moadi in "A Separation." (Photo courtesy sonyfilmclassics.com)
The title and setup of the exhausting -- and terrific -- “A Separ...
Pina Bausch's genius was in using theatrical techniques to push the boundaries of dance.
You don’t need to know much about modern dance to be enraptured by “Pi...
The new German film "Young Goethe in Love" is an energetic, punchy, contemporary take on a popular 18th-century love story. German poet Johann Wolfgan...
They come in various lengths, diverse formats and from around the globe, so the 10 Academy Award nominees for best short films are always a mixed bag....
The Atlanta Jewish Film Festival, which starts Wednesday, February 8, and will last for three weeks in its longest incarnation yet, has become an annual must-...
A weird thing happens at film festivals. Deprived of sleep but jazzed by the buzz of the event, viewers -- journalists, producers, film buyers -- some...
Producer, star and freshly named Oscar nominee for her lead performance, Glenn Close has wanted to bring “Albert Nobbs” to the screen ever since she p...
Reduced to their essence, this is what movies are: a dance of darkness and illumination, splashed across a screen. The Emory University film series “P...