It’s sixth-grader Simon’s day to deliver milk cartons at school before classes start. But when…
Most countries choose films on serious subjects for their annual Academy Award entries, so it…
In 2005, Yesterday, a South African film about the AIDS plague, earned an Academy Award…
Just as World War I is about to break out, Filip, a Serbian school headmaster,…
In March 1996, seven French Trappist monks were kidnapped from their monastery in Algeria.…
Dogtooth (Kynodontas) is such a bad film that it calls into question the Academy’s nomination…
Inspired by a play by Lebanese-Canadian writer Wajdi Mouawad, Incendies is a powerful reminder…
Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi) opens with not one, but two prologues. First, in 1925,…
In a Better World (Hævnen) deals with many familiar cinematic themes — violence, revenge, divorce,…
Javier Bardem won a best actor nomination for his role in Biutiful. The last…