Sergei Loznitsa's powerful Ukraine doc Maidan
Photo courtesy of TIFFJesse Hawthorne Ficks reports from the recent 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. Previous installment here!
Zhang Yimou's Ju Dou (1990) was an unofficial remake of the American film noir The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) — and it was also a showcase for the 25-year-old Gong Li. I've grown up with each of his films over the past decades, including classics To Live (1994) and The Road Home (1999). His latest, Coming Home (China), is his most gut-wrenching film yet.