[embed]https://www.facebook.com/razaodeaspecto/videos/184623099294721/[/embed] The Evening Hour / USA (Director: Braden King, Screenwriter: Elizabeth Palmore; Principal Cast: Philip Ettinger, Stacy Martin, Cosmo Jarvis, Michael Trotter, Kerry Bishé, Lili Taylor). Cole, a popular, young health aide at a nursing home living in rural Appalachia,...

[embed]https://www.facebook.com/razaodeaspecto/videos/181587876580358/[/embed] Luxor / Egypt/United Kingdom (Director and Screenwriter: Zeina Durra. Principal Cast: Andrea Riseborough, Karim Saleh, Michael Landes, Sherine Reda, Salima Ikram, Shahira Fahmy).         Hana is seeking mental peace and physical respite after an overwhelming period spent working at...

[embed]https://www.facebook.com/razaodeaspecto/videos/493649298221179/[/embed] Amulet/ United Kingdom (Director and Screenwriter: Romola Garai; Principal Cast: Carla Juri, Alec Secareanu, Imelda Staunton, Angeliki Papoulia).  Following an accident that leaves him homeless in London, former soldier Tomaz is brought to the rotting home of Magda, a...

[embed]https://www.facebook.com/razaodeaspecto/videos/2474923802636921/[/embed] Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness / Iran/France/Germany/Switzerland/Luxembourg (Director and Screenwriter: Massoud Bakhshi; Principal Cast: Sadaf Asgari, Behnaz Jafari, Babak Karimi, Fereshteh Sadr Orafaee, Forough Ghajebeglou, Fereshteh Hosseini). Maryam is a young woman who has been sentenced to death for...

[embed]https://www.facebook.com/razaodeaspecto/videos/500662567300581/[/embed] Summer White (Blanco de Verano) / México (Director: Rodrigo Ruiz Patterson; Screenwriters: Rodrigo Ruiz Patterson, Raúl Sebastián Quintanilla; Principal Cast: Adrián Rossi; Sophie Alexander-Katz; Fabián Corres). Rodrigo is an introverted 13-year-old who spends much of his time alone—except when...

[embed]https://www.facebook.com/razaodeaspecto/videos/1529260420576701/[/embed] The Nowhere Inn / Director: Bill Benz; Screenwriters: Carrie Brownstein, Annie Clark; Principal Cast: Annie Clark, Carrie Brownstein). Annie Clark’s musical persona, St. Vincent, is a shapeshifting anomaly of sounds, styles, and acclaimed artistic ingenuity. But what about Clark...

[embed]https://www.facebook.com/razaodeaspecto/videos/1306545166203975/[/embed] Identifying Features (Sin Señas Particulares) / México/Spain (Director: Fernanda Valadez; Screenwriters: Fernanda Valadez and Astrid Rondero; Principal Cast: Mercedes Hernández, David Illescas, Juan Jesús Varela, Ana Laura Rodríguez, Laura Elena, Ibarra Xicoténcatl Ulloa. Magdalena hasn’t heard from her son...

[embed]https://www.facebook.com/razaodeaspecto/videos/181316586413199/[/embed] Epicentro / Austria/France/U.S.A. (Director and Screenwriter: Hubert Sauper). Waves crashing over a breakwater at the edge of the sea—this dramatic opening image conveys the vital spirit of a place that has withstood decades of external pressure. On the streets...

[embed]https://www.facebook.com/razaodeaspecto/videos/865761363867507/[/embed] Never Rarely Sometimes Always / USA (Director and Screenwriter: Eliza Hittman; Principal Cast: Sidney Flanigan, Talia Ryder, Théodore Pellerin, Ryan Eggold, Sharon Van Etten). Autumn, a stoic, quiet teenager, is a cashier in a rural Pennsylvania supermarket. Faced with...

[embed]https://www.facebook.com/razaodeaspecto/videos/160225095276655/[/embed] The Night House / USA (Director: David Bruckner; Screenwriters: Ben Collins, Luke Piotrowski; Principal Cast: Rebecca Hall, Sarah Goldberg, Stacy Martin, Evan Jonigkeit, Vondie Curtis-Hall). Reeling from the unexpected death of her husband, Beth (Rebecca Hall) is left alone...

[embed]https://www.facebook.com/razaodeaspecto/videos/2536983733247715/[/embed] Jumbo / France/Luxembourg/Belgium (Director and Screenwriter: Zoé Wittock; Principal Cast: Noémie Merlant, Emmanuelle Bercot, Sam Louwyck). Jeanne, a shy young woman, lives at home with her uninhibited bartender mother and works the graveyard shift as a cleaner at an...

[embed]https://www.facebook.com/razaodeaspecto/videos/483092422602511/[/embed] This is not a burial, it's a ressurection /Lesotho/South Africa/Italy (Director and Screenwriter: Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese; Principal Cast: Mary Twala Mhlongo, Jerry Mofokeng Wa Makheta, Makhaola Ndebele, Tseko Monaheng, Siphiwe Nzima). In the mountains of Lesotho, an 80-year-old widow...

[embed]https://www.facebook.com/razaodeaspecto/videos/579722425762182/[/embed] The Perfect Candidate / Germany & Arábia Saudita (Director: Haifaa Al Mansour; Screenwriters: Haifaa Al Mansour, Brad Niemann; Principal Cast: Mila Alzahrani, Dhay Khalid Abdulraheem, Shafi Alharthy). The first Saudi woman to direct a feature film, Haifaa Al Mansour...

[embed]https://www.facebook.com/razaodeaspecto/videos/217477399273546/[/embed] Cuties (Mignon) / France (Director and Screenwriter: Maïmouna Doucouré; Principal Cast: Fathia Youssouf, Médina El Aidi-Azouni, Esther Gohourou, Ilanah Cami-Goursolas, Myriam Hamma, Maïmouna Gueye). Eleven-year-old Amy lives with her mom, Mariam, and younger brother, awaiting her father to rejoin...

Com o lançamento do filme 1917 (cuja crítica exclusiva do Razão de Aspecto você pode ler aqui), a Primeira Guerra Mundial (ou “A Grande Guerra”, como era chamada na época) volta às atenções dos cinéfilos.  Embora o filme de Sam...

Sundance 2020. No dia 23 de janeiro, começa o Festival de Sundance – o maior e mais importante festival de cinema independente do mundo. Durante 11 dias, a indústria do cinema independente estadunidense e mundial se reunirá em Park City,...