As “Poor Things” swept through the festival circuit, recruiting more devotees into the fold of the “Greek Weird Wave,” Yorgos Lanthimos was already finishing his next cinematic venture. “Kinds of Kindness” presents a conceptual exploration of the nature of manipulative…

Critics have heralded Carlos Reygadas as the “third wave of Mexican cinema in one person,” positioning him as a successor to Buñuel and Jodorowsky. Initially destined for diplomacy after studying at an English college and working at the European Commission,…

The Atlantic landscape, with its sandy dunes, fishing boats, white cliffs, and wind-combed heather—a scene both picturesque and harsh. “On picturesqueness and harshness” aptly describes Bruno Dumont’s “Slack Bay,” where two facets of the human soul suffer equally: the aristocratic…

Transporting the viewer to the legendary premises of the Cinecittà studio near Rome, “Finally Dawn” nostalgically harks back to the 1950s. The narrative unfolds with a classic setup of a Cinderella-like transformation in a fairy-tale world: accompanying her sister to…

At the “Ricochets” exhibition at the Barbican Centre, the rational questions of “why” and “what for,” often tethered to contemporary art practices, are jauntily supplanted by the phenomenon of play—an eternally youthful and invariably captivating pursuit. Through his global journeys,…

For over half a century, the cultural and social landscape of the East End has served as a muse for the veteran artist duo Gilbert & George. To label them merely a duo, however, would be to underestimate their union:…