Earthling romance blossoms among alien invaders in “Monsters,” a wondrously atmospheric drama from the young British filmmaker Gareth Edwards. More
“We are not pickers of garbage; we are pickers of recyclable materials,” Tião, an impoverished Brazilian catadore, or trash picker, declares to a talk-show host in Lucy Walker’s inspiring documentary “Waste Land.” More
One interpretation of “The Kids Grow Up” — a plausible if not necessarily generous reading of the film — is that it’s about how difficult it can be to live with a documentary filmmaker. Or at least with Doug Block, the director of this one. More
“A Small Act” would have been a pretty good documentary even if things had merely gone the way the filmmakers probably envisioned at the start of the project. But when unforeseen developments rewrote the script, as it were, the film took on a depth that made it all the more remarkable. More
WITH its picture-perfect canals and waterside palazzi, Venice is a romantic idyll. No wonder 18 million tourists pile onto the floating city each year. But what is surprising is that the embattled residents still manage to carve out a hometown for themselves — a pastiche of in-the-know restaurants, underground bars, quiet piazzas and calmer, outlying islands. And that’s not counting all the cultural offerings that Venetians take full advantage of. The cool art scene now goes beyond the Biennale. And instead of sinking, architectural icons have re-emerged as new landmarks. More
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