A Woman Called Golda
Ingrid Bergman’s last performance also became one of her best, as Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir. Framed by a visit to the Milwaukee of her childhood that she makes near…
Franklin
As the colonies are fighting against the United Kingdom for independence, Benjamin Franklin (Michael Douglas) arrives in Paris together with his young grandson (Noah Jupe), hoping to build an alliance…
Blix Not Bombs
It’s a clash between generations as young filmmaker Greta Stocklassa meets veteran diplomat Hans Blix, now in his late 90s but still sharp. Blix handled many crises throughout his long…
The Crown: An Audience with Elizabeth
Olivia Colman, Imelda Staunton and Claire Foy. Photo: Netflix Queen Elizabeth II has been a part of Peter Morgan’s life for a long time now. After writing several lauded plays…
Oslo
In 1993, two Norwegian diplomats (Ruth Wilson, Andrew Scott), who are also married, talk Palestinian and Israeli representatives into secret negotiations. This adaptation of the play may lose some of…
I Am Curious (Blue)
Director Vilgot Sjöman divided his I Am Curious project into two movies. This follow-up to Yellow continues in the same vein, with a fictitious romance and a socialist examination of…
I Am Curious: Too Sexy for U.S. Customs
Börje Ahlstedt and Lena Nyman. Photo: Sandrew When this film reached the United States in the late 1960s, there was controversy. U.S. Customs had the film impounded and it remained…
A Very English Scandal
In 1961, Liberal MP Jeremy Thorpe (Hugh Grant) has a romantic affair with a troubled young man, Norman (Ben Whishaw); as Thorpe’s political career takes off, Norman gets back in…
No
In 1988, dictator Augusto Pinochet allows the people of Chile to vote on the future of his regime; ad man René Saavedra (Gael García Bernal) is hired by the opposition…
Argo: The Great Escape
Photo: Warner In my reviews of Persepolis (2007) and A Separation (2011), I wrote that those films offer a well-needed opportunity to understand Iran. Argo, however, is not that type…