Foreign Language
Review: ‘Happening’ Provides Pathos and Empathy Through Its Abortion-Centered Story
An adaptation of Annie Ernaux's eponymous novel, looking back on her experience with abortion when it was still illegal in France in the 1960s.
‘Moffie’ Review: A Beautiful Yet Brutal Story of Queer Identity in 1980s South Africa
A young man in 1981 South Africa must complete his brutal and racist two years of compulsory military service while desperately maintaining the secrecy of his homosexuality.
Sundance 2021 Review: ‘Hive’ Stands in Stony Defiance of the Patriarchy
Fahrije's husband has been missing since the war in Kosovo. She sets up her own small business to provide for her kids, but as she fights against a patriarchal society that does not support her, she f...
Sundance 2021 Review: ‘One For the Road’ Sappily Tackles Friendship and Heartache
Alan French reviews "One for the Road," a film from the Sundance Film Festival 2021. "One for the Road" is directed by Nattawut Poonpiriya and produced by Wong Kar-Wai.