Why isn’t Shoplifters sadder?
An analysis of filmmaking techniques, that Hirokazo Kore-eda used to make Shoplifters: a cheerful and wholesome film about a serious topic.
Capitalism is a character in Kelly Richardt’s First Cow
First Cow is a dairy based tale about the means of production, supply and demand, class struggle and greed but with a final moral that wasn’t as anti-capitalist as one would expect.
Nomadland — Dystopian Burning Man for Nomadic Pensioners
Review of Nomadland: a story about moving on from a broken system to find freedom in unstable independence.