Could Michael Haneke’s "The White Ribbon" stand in for Antonin Artaud's concept of the "theater of cruelty"?
As anyone plugged into the matrix knows, James Cameron's "Avatar" is an event film because of the boundary-pushing technology that powers its spectacle.
Hydra Magazine presents Part One of our 30 Best Films of the 2000s.
Terence Davies' "Of Time and the City" presents the director's hometown of Liverpool as a city that is equally fictional and nonfictional.
Carlos Reygadas' "Silent Light" is not a film that centers on the religion of the Mennonites in Mexico, but it is a religious film that treats of miracles: the everyday miracles of love, harvest, and repentance.
Roy Andersson's "You, the Living" completes the diptych that began with "Songs from the Second Floor" and gives us a message of hope within the ennui of modern life.
