“Explain it to this camera”: Cinema as History and Healing in Abbas Kiarostami’s Close-Up (1990)

A review of Abbas Kiarostami’s ‘Close-Up’ (1990)

A Bestiary of Ugly Feelings

Rijneveld slips into pettier, liminal emotions, masterfully creating cross-sections of envy, guilt, and boredom in ‘The Discomfort of Evening.’

The Endearing Tragedy of ‘Less’

A review of Andrew Sean Greer’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book ‘Less’

The Virtue of Humanity in ‘Wings of Desire’

A review of Wim Wenders’ film ‘Wings of Desire’ (1987)