Amour, Michael Haneke’s latest film, is a horror story with a foregone conclusion.
Noy Thrupkaew
Noy Thrupkaew is a Prospect senior correspondent.
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This Is Not a Movie Review
Iranian director Jafar Panahi’s latest film revels in the irony of making a film about being forbidden to make a film.
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It All Falls Apart
In the beautiful A Separation, even the family is no refuge from society.
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More Like Tin
The Iron Lady, short on substance and long on sentimentality, is just the sort of film Margaret Thatcher would hate.
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Beautiful Annihilation
Director Lars von Trier’s latest film asks: What do you do when the world’s coming to an end?
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Outsider Art
Dissident filmmakers debate: Should they stay or should they go?
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A Kitchen of One’s Own
It’s difficult to conceive of cooking being a calling if you have
to do it every day on a budget.
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The Soderbergh Experience
In his new film, The Girlfriend Experience, Steven Soderbergh turns to his obsession with the metaphor of economics as prostitution.
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The Power of Political Personality
Puncturing an iconic image of a revolutionary, Steven Soderbergh’s Che operates as a meditation on political power in the everyday.