KVIFF 2018 Review: Farhadi’s ‘Everybody Knows’ a Gripping Family Drama
Director Asghar Farhadi gets powerhouse performances from Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem in his latest feature
July 13, 2018
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Director Asghar Farhadi gets powerhouse performances from Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem in his latest feature
Set entirely inside the offices of an emergency line operator, this suspenseful drama is one of 2018’s top thrillers
Gael García Bernal plays the college dropout behind one of the art world’s biggest crimes in this new film from the director of Güeros
A man is only satisfied when others feel sorry for him in this startling, dryly funny new comedy from the writer of The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Paul Rudd is back in action in this fast, loose, and engaging comic book sequel that reduces the stakes and comes out ahead
This unlikely sequel to the 2015 drug cartel drama widens the scope to present a brutally effective tale
In the spirit of Planet Earth, this Czech nature documentary captures the wonderful creatures that thrive, and adapt, in a changing landscape
This slick, gruesomely violent rape-revenge fantasy has been hailed as a feminist manifesto, but it isn’t exactly a thoughtful enterprise
The real-life 1976 hijacking of an Air France flight and subsequent standoff in Entebbe makes for compelling material from director José Padilha
Rooney Mara stars opposite Joaquin Phoenix’s Jesus in this earnest and perhaps even timely account of Christ and his followers
This tale of a fictional African nation is one of Marvel’s most unique movies – and 18 films in, that’s a good thing
Jan Hřebejk and Petr Jarchovský’s trilogy blends into their beloved Pelíšky with this sweet and touching final film
This sequel to The Force Awakens zigs where that movie zagged, delivering some genuine surprises along the way
Director Taika Waititi injects some eccentric humor into the Marvel Universe, resulting in the best Thor movie to date
Diane Kruger gives a riveting performance as a woman who has lost her family in this new film from director Fatih Akin
The Avengers star has his best role since The Hurt Locker as a Wyoming tracker on the trail of a killer
Actor Jiří Macháček gives one of his finest performances in director Jan Hřebejk and writer Petr Jarchovský’s impressive second outing of 2017
This unusual, brilliantly-directed drama charts the relationship between two slaughterhouse employees – that takes place mostly in their dreams
World-renowned 92-year-old opera singer Soňa Červená lights up the screen in this documentary from Olga Sommerová
This Czech-British co-production starring Rudolf Hrušínský alongside a quartet of UK thespians is a fascinating relic of 1960s European cinema
This prequel spinoff in the Conjuring franchise is single-minded in its intent to spook audiences, and it does so with terrifying flair
Marvel’s latest success welcomes the friendly neighborhood webslinger back into the MCU in grand fashion
It’s Ape-Pocalypse Now as the battle between apes and humans comes to a head in this latest installment in the franchise
A Cairo cop investigates the murder of a singer in this gritty drama set in the wake of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution