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CLOSING NIGHT Another entirely surprising film from a director who, at 80, remains at the peak of his powers, Clint Eastwood’s Hereafter explores the possibility of establishing connections with loved ones who have passed on—an enterprise marked by skepticism as well as an adventurous sense of hope. An engrossing, nuanced ensemble piece with a cast… Read more…
“One of the best of the fest…bridges the world of silent cinema with that of the modern age.” -Manohla Dargis, the New York Times More than ever a force of nature, the Portuguese master Manoel de Oliveira, 102 this December, delivers one of his most magical films: a radiant ghost story in which a dead… Read more…
“[A] funny gross-out about a Mexican family of cannibals, which delivers its gore with modest chomping and its political allegory more bluntly.” -Manohla Dargis, the New York Times. The sudden death of its patriarch leaves a Mexican clan bereft, panicked about their survival, and fumbling to continue a family tradition—namely, a cannibalistic rite that involves… Read more…
