The Film Yap

A beautiful, sad, elegiac tale from Sweden, a bittersweet mix of summer’s rapturous joy and winter’s deep song of regret. Continue reading →

The Oscar-winning Iranian drama dissects the collision between two families and how seemingly minor disputes become life-changing events. Continue reading →

A Dutch family film that is just too whimsical for its own good, this flick will appeal to children and cat lovers alike. Continue reading →

“The Skin I Live In” is the sort of psychosexual thriller Alfred Hitchcock only wishes he could’ve made during his era. Continue reading →

The Oscar winner for Best Foreign Film is a bold and gripping portrait of the ways in which we come together and how we isolate one another. Continue reading →

A wondrously kinky and twisted excursion into Pedro Almodóvar’s voyeuristic obsessions. Continue reading →

The stunning Oscar-winning drama from Denmark has mastered the polar extremes of human passion. Continue reading →

A French film whose plot is deliberately puzzling but whose inner truth is never in doubt. Continue reading →

A delightful mix of farce, sex comedy, paean to women’s liberation and soft-pitch socialism. It’s French, of course. Continue reading →

“The Lives of Others” as shot through the feel-good filter of “Mr. Holland’s Opus,” “The Concert” tells a tale rarely shown in film, let alone so exuberantly. Continue reading →