Author Donovan Renn

If you're looking for explanations or answers to the mysteries of this beguiling film, the original Thai title might be a clue: Sud pralud. You can hear this spoken in the closing moments of each half of Tropic...

Right out of the gate, Die Söhne der großen Bärin (The Sons of Great Bear) is confrontational, startling, and something else we can't quite describe. Deafening and slightly jazzy war drums play over the opening...

Les Parents terribles begins with hand-drawn animation of a theatre curtain rising to reveal not a stage, or even a wide shot, but a jarring close-up of the bizarre Georges (Marcel André) in a scuba mask, aimin...

It’s unfortunate that realist cinema has earned itself – unfairly, for the most part – a reputation for being tedious. However, Ermanno Olmi, the acclaimed Italian director best known for the three-hour-long pe...