YNOT at the Movies

"Happy as Lazzaro" superbly mixes a mysterious fable with social reality and creates a timeless character.

Gorgeously shot in black and white, "1945" grippingly unfolds when two mysterious men arrive at a village in Hungary after World War II has just ended.

Shot in the Bay Area, "Blindspotting" unflinchingly yet eloquently tackles racial issues without cliché.

Hao Wu's "People's Republic of Desire" captures the phenomenon represented by a group of fame seekers in the digital age.

"Leave No Trace" intimately tells an arresting story about a pair of father and daughter who choose to live off the grid in a forest in Oregon.

A jaw-dropping, entertaining, heartbreaking, thought-provoking, and fascinating story is incredibly unfolded in "Three Identical Strangers."

Chinese singer-actress Rene Liu (劉若英)'s directorial debut "Us and Them" is a profoundly moving and irresistibly nostalgic portrait of a young couple's relationship impacted by China's economic boom.

Paul Thomas Anderson impeccably composes a compelling story in "Phantom Thread" with a triumphant performance from the cast.

With an eloquent storytelling style quite similar to Edward Yang, the new Chinese director Zhang Dalei's (张大磊) "The Summer Is Gone" beautifully captures a 12-year-old boy's idle summer against the backdrop of China's social and economic transformation in the '90s.

The family in Koreeda's "Shoplifters" might be short on money, but they never lack love and affection.