This weekend’s ’Winter’s Tale’ is a swing-for-the-fences attempt at telling a romantic fable via magical realism, but where it misses the mark, other films have managed to pull off this ...

IN Andrea Arnold’s new film, “Fish Tank,” an unsmiling 15-year-old named Mia (Katie Jarvis), who lives in a housing project in Essex, in England, becomes close to the boyfriend of her ...

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Britain beats America for political realism in film. 7245_large.jpg ... British filmmakers long used to taking on social and political topics, are prime examples of directors who feel it is their duty ...

Webs were slung, shields were thrown, and backs were broken as audiences were engrossed in the plights of characters formerly followed only by so-called “nerds.” It seems that with each ...

LOS ANGELES, March 5, (RTRS): More than 2.2 million people are incarcerated in the United States, up from 300,000 people 40 years ago, but not only are stats like those absent from Brett Story’s ...

L’Atalante was released during France’s poetic realism era and is considered one of the key examples of the style. These films came about when the French film industry sat precariously on the ...

The premieres reflect a broader shift in Chinese cinema toward realism. According to an industry report, in 2023, more than half of the top 20 films drew from real-life themes, contributing 32% of ...

Two of New York’s most respected film critics had a bit of an online altercation over the weekend, with The New Yorker‘s Richard Brody lashing out on The New York Times‘ A.O. Scott and his ...