All articles by David Kempler

A girl is abducted and murdered and her father is bent on revenge. Unfortunately, it’s the audience that gets tortured.

Brazilian movie’s message is strong, but the pace is almost painfully slow.

Two young people with little ambition live off a third one with even less ambition, whose dad has lots of money. Very little happens.

Documentary about M. C. Escher examines what makes him such an unusual figure in the art world and why his art took so long to pierce the mainstream.

Unusual French documentary is only for the most hardcore cinephiles, and maybe not even for them.

Documentary tells us that simply breathing on commercial airliners may be more risky than flying on them.

Russia’s entry for Best International Feature Film of 2020 tells an astounding, true story, but it’s not quite an astounding film.

This Argentinian dark comedy is exactly what you need right now.

This documentary on high school baseball in Japan is fun and informative but leaves the impression that there’s a lot more worth exploring here.

This documentary based on the book of the same name is worthwhile, but mostly made me interested in reading the book.