Filmmaker Leos Carax’s last release was 2012’s “Holy Motors.” That Cannes-premiered movie ended up not only getting critically-acclaimed, but also appeared in a slew of best-of-the-decade lists, even finishing 20th on our 2010’s critics poll of the best movies of the last decade.
Read moreInterview: Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne talk about Two Days, One Night
"Two Days, One Night" might be the best Dardennes movie yet. Marion Cotillard is mesmerizing in her role as Sandra, a young Belgian mother who discovers her co-workers were pressured to choose between getting a significant pay bonus and having her keep her job. The way Cotillard approaches each and every co-worker, pleading — sometimes even begging — for them to change their vote is heartbreaking. It’s a movie that once again places the talented directing duo on the short list of the very best filmmakers in the world today. I met up with them a few months back to discuss the process, Cotillard and the small details that make a Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne film so damn great.
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Ten years after “13th,” Ava DuVernay is back with its companion piece. “14th” screened Friday at the New York Film Festival, and the conversation afterward wasn't really about the Fourteenth Amendment.