The Sweet Hereafter: a fragmented film labouring under too many issues about loss and betrayal of children
Atom Egoyan, “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997) It won quite a few Best Film and Director
French and French-language Films
Hidden: a film about guilt, trust, colonial exploitation and manipulation of signs is overburdened by art and cleverness
Michael Haneke, “Caché / Hidden” (2005) An imaginative if overly layered thriller about a couple
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: a psychedelic slapstick comedy satire on American society and its values
Terry Gilliam, “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” (1998) From that period of Johnny Depp’s
Solaris: a philosophical science fiction film investigates the nature of reality and humans’ relationship with the cosmos
Andrei Tarkovsky, “Solaris” (1972) The great Soviet director Andrei Tarkovsky was nothing if not consistent:
Breaking Inequality: a well-intentioned documentary based on a simplistic view of corruption in American politics and economy
“Breaking Inequality” (2013) An urgent and impassioned documentary made to appeal to all Americans, “Breaking
A highly informative documentary about GE plants in “A Silent Forest: the Growing Threat, Genetically Engineered Trees”
Ed Schehl, “A Silent Forest: the Growing Threat, Genetically Engineered Trees” (2011) Narrated by Canadian
Quills: a shallow treatment of individual rebellion against a repressive society
Philip Kaufman, “Quills” (2000) Intended as an inquiry into the extremes of sexual licentiousness and
Latin American Films (Spanish language)
Everybody has a Plan: slow-burn character study burdened by hokey plot twists and themes of identity, choice and responsibility
Ana Piterbarg, “Todos tenemos un Plan / Everybody has a Plan” (2012) Ah, don’t we
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The Name of the Rose: quite good if underrated adaptation of a literary novel with some extra features
Jean-Jacques Annaud, “The Name of the Rose” (1986) Based on Umberto Eco’s novel of the
A harrowing but necessary report on new drug scourge in “Sisa: Cocaine of the Poor”
Nick Alhmark / Vice, “Sisa: Cocaine of the Poor” (2013) Distressing to watch, yes, but