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Whether being praised or hated, Canadian filmmaker Xavier Dolan has shined internationally through his films. Critics often highlight his youth (at 29 he has already made seven films), separating him from more accomplished directors. Some…

How much can you criticize a film for achieving exactly what it sets out to do? This is the analytical quandary I’ve often found myself in when watching difficult films that don’t like their audiences very much. Michael Haneke’s Funny Games…

There’s no question that, at least for those of us with predominately American sensibilities, The Knife seemed as foreign in their unashamed liberal politics as they did in their geographical point of origin. Throughout almost all of their…