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'Aurora' on Netflix’s Tragic Ending Explained
Caution: Don't watch this Filipino horror film if you have a fear of water. Or ghosts. Or corpses.
'3 Faces' is a rebel's mystery that morphs into an Iranian road trip
Iranian director Jafar Panahi’s latest film begins disturbingly, with a cellphone video of a young woman killing herself. Her reasoning? Her old-school parents won’t let her attend acting school. The...
Netflix Doubles Down on German Originals with Three New Films
Projects include romantic comedy Isi & Osi, supernatural drama Freaks, and satire Concrete Gold.
'The Heiresses' is a haunting tale of survival after lost privilege
A middle-aged woman is nudged out of her comfort zone in Paraguay’s “The Heiresses,” the country’s submission for Oscar consideration. That choice seems largely based on the brilliantly understated performance...
'I Am Not An Easy Man' on Netflix: Not As Much Of A Rom-Com As It Is A Goddamn Horror Movie
In this Netflix film, a French male chauvinist suddenly finds himself in a world where the tables have been turned and women dominate society.
Netflix's 'I Am Not an Easy Man' Is a French Comedy That Flips Gender Expectations
Movie: I Am Not an Easy Man (Je Ne Suis Pas un Homme Facile) Directed By: Eleonore Pourriat Director’s Previous Credits of Note: Primarily an actress in France, this is...
Gorgeous animated film calls out Iran's sexism
The sexual repression and gender double standards of modern-day Iran are explored through the perspectives of three women, a young man and a little boy in this gorgeous, bleak feature...
This Scandinavian sci-fi thriller is dark as hell, in the best way
From “Carrie” to “Stranger Things,” young women with burgeoning supernatural powers are a formidable (and metaphor-laden) sci-fi sisterhood. The latest entry in the group is “Thelma,” in which a timid...
What Is 'Fe de etarras'? What You Need To Know About Netflix’s New Spanish Language Film
Netflix's second Spanish language original movie follows a dysfunctional group of terrorists as they wait in a safe house for a call telling them to go into action.
This French musical flick is better than 'La La Land'
If “La La Land” left you cold, take heart: There are better new musicals out there. Exhibit A: the French “Footnotes,” which sets its show tunes in a workers’ strike...
'A Separation' director's latest takes a dark turn
Like his Oscar-winning “A Separation,” Iranian director Asghar Farhadi’s latest, nominated for this year’s Best Foreign Language Film, is an expertly crafted domestic thriller. “The Salesman” includes a play within...
What’s New On DramaFever November 2016: Exclusive Premieres, Medical Dramas, Period Pieces, And More
Sick of American television? DramaFever has your back with exclusive premieres.
This Iranian ‘Poltergeist’ will scare the Shiite out of you
“They’re coming,” says the little girl in “Under the Shadow,” but she isn’t talking about the missiles raining down on Tehran during the 1980s Iran-Iraq War. In a tightly controlled...
Who knew songs about a serial killer could be so awesome?
It certainly doesn’t sound promising: a film of a British stage musical, its lyrics taken verbatim from interviews with the neighbors of a serial killer. Yet the result — directed...
Natalie Portman’s first try at directing is a dud
Natalie Portman’s directorial debut is an adaptation of a novel by Amos Oz, one of Israel’s most famous writers. Set in Israel around the country’s 1948 birth, Portman’s screenplay is...
World War II heroes get their due in 'Anthropoid'
Sean Ellis’ old-fashioned World War II resistance movie is tricked out with hand-held camera-work and the inevitable surfeit of close-ups. The true story is astounding: In 1942, Czechoslovakian nationals Jan...
Soldiers mysteriously vanish in 'Neither Heaven nor Earth'
Director Clément Cogitore’s strange and engrossing spin on the war movie genre focuses on a group of French soldiers in a remote outpost in Afghanistan. Despite the dangers, they’ve settled...
Art documentary can't make museums exciting
Even people who don’t recognize his name know the work of Hieronymus Bosch, the Dutch-born painter who died 500 years ago. The most famous ones — reproduced everywhere from T-shirts...
French drama 'Summertime' is a drag to watch
Two dull people have a dull love affair in ��Summertime,” a French drama that drags on like an August afternoon. Izïa Higelin stars as a lesbian farm girl who leaves...
'Lights Out' is a freaky mother-daughter ghost story
Swedish filmmaker David F. Sandberg makes an impressive feature debut with this spooky, less-is-more expansion of his short that landed him this first Hollywood gig. The simple, highly effective gimmick...