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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

England's Cannes entries include the Kitchen Sink (realism) Liam Lacey. Cannes, france. Published May 16, 2010. ... "I'm in a rut," complains a character in Mike Leigh's new film, ...

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 ...

A shift from a vaudevillian aesthetic to a narrative one of comic realism was necessary in order to sustain an audience.The vaudeville aesthetic dominated comedy. It was a variety show of short ...