A deeply tender narrative finds illumination in stillness.
Few films in recent memory have undergone a production process that rivals the dramatic material of the work itself quite like Mohammad Rasoulof’s The Seed and the Sacred Fig.
Ryan J. Sloan and Ariella Mastroianni’s genre-bending debut is a triumph of bootstrapped independent cinema.
Future films of any stripe will be hard-pressed to surpass the ambition and ostentation of Emilia Perez.
The Palme D’Or winner’s torrential, jaunty pace belies a bleak portrayal of sex work under a setting American sun.