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More Freedom and More Shocking

By David Wilentz

Director Kazuo Hara is known for raw, transgressive documentaries that boldly attack the repressive mores of Japan.

Easy. Good. Pick One.

By Tessa DeCarlo

A major success in Switzerland, Vitus is a movie about childhood rebellion against adult expectations that is itself exceedingly eager to please.

Let the Punishment Begin

By Jesi Khadivi

If 2006 was the year of Werner Herzog, then 2007 belongs to Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

Herzog: (Non)Fiction

By Jed Lipinski

Werner Herzog explores the heart’s crevasses more thoroughly than any living director.