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Crossing the Barriers of Sound and Gender

By Tim Markatos April 4, 2015

Lucrecia Martel serves up a cacophonous brew of middle-class misery in her 2001 debut “La Cienaga,” or “The Swamp,” a film quite unlike any I had ever seen before. I say this on the tail end of...

Film Boasts Bitter Satire

By Tim Markatos February 20, 2015

If death and taxes are the fabled two certainties of life, then attacks on the aristocracy and outrage over awards shows are the two certainties of cinema. With the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...

Belgian Filmmakers Portray Everyday Struggles

By Tim Markatos January 23, 2015

No film now playing in theaters is more immediately pertinent to the life of a Georgetown student than the Dardenne brothers’ “Two Days, One Night.” Presumably, no one reading this column is currently...

1960s Film Explores Greek Politics

By Tim Markatos October 31, 2014

‘Any resemblance to real events and persons living or dead is not coincidental; it’s INTENTIONAL.” The ’60s was a monumental decade for film, but perhaps no other film from that era is quite...

Obscure Chinese Film is a Rare Gem

By Tim Markatos October 3, 2014

“Raise the Red Lantern” is a flat-out masterpiece, though I suspect this is the first time you’re even hearing of it. Let me clarify the “you” in that statement: if you’re an enthusiast...

Kodak Film Captures Spirit of Rome

By Tim Markatos September 19, 2014

‘Roman Holiday.” “La Dolce Vita.” “Bicycle Thieves.” “To Rome with Love.” The Eternal City, as anyone who has been there or seen the aforementioned movies can tell you, is anything but...

Acclaimed Belgian Film Defies the Cliches

By Tim Markatos September 5, 2014

Unless you come from the same stock of cinema-obsessed enthusiasm that I do, you’ve never seen a movie like “Rosetta.” The 1999 winner of the Palme d’Or — the most prestigious award in the...

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