Breathless
Jean-Luc Godard’s breakthrough follows small-time crook Michel, who steals a car, murders a policeman, and then reconnects with old flame Patricia in Paris.
Chicago Intl Film Festival
A Brief History of Chasing Storms
A road-trip through “tornado alley” yields an evocative cinematic essay mapping the natural disaster as destructive event and iconic American symbol.
Bugonia
Two conspiracy-obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.
Calle Malaga
In this warmly spirited drama, eighty-year-old María plots to remain in her beloved Tangier home even as her daughter threatens to displace her.
Celtic Utopia
A wry portrait of a new wave of Irish folk musicians unafraid to confront their country’s colonial and conservative past.
