Boyhood: The Moment Seizes You
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High Art: Photo Finish
The first lesbian film of the New Queer Cinema to cross over in a big way to mainstream audiences, Lisa Cholodenko’s debut feature is a vivid portrait of a heroin-addled New York City subculture of artists, strivers, and hangers-on.
West Indies: The Fugitive Slaves of Liberty: Torrents of Fire, Torrents of Blood
Unfolding in a blaze of vivacious color, Med Hondo’s musical masterpiece is a wildly ambitious exploration of the history of French colonial aggression, the enslavement of African peoples, and their subsequent liberation struggles.
Sentimental Value: Between Trauma and the Sublime
In this powerful drama about family and memory, Joachim Trier explores how the past lives on in us, shapes us, and partly determines who we are and how we feel.
Lenny: High-Wire Act
Featuring a quasi-documentary format that was innovative for its time, Bob Fosse’s complex portrait of stand-up comedian Lenny Bruce is a gesture of postmortem outreach from one prickly, jagged-edged artist to another.