“An American Pickle” Should Have Stayed in the Jar
Wacky antics ensue when a 100-year-old Jewish man wakes up from a pickled hibernation in the modern world.

A documentary about Mehdi Sahabi. Mehdi Sahabi was an Iranian translator, painter, and writer. Born in the provincial Iranian capital of Qazvin in 1944.
Wacky antics ensue when a 100-year-old Jewish man wakes up from a pickled hibernation in the modern world.
In The Novelist's Film, Hong explores the meaningful things people share and inspire by virtue of simply engaging with one another.
The repeated actions, the blood on the petals, the rustling under the floor…An ambient short horror film takes us into another realm.
Netflix’s new mystery thriller, The Marked Woman (released originally as La Desconocida), is confusing. More critically, though, it commits the worst mistake a movie can make: it’s boring. From Spanish director Gabe Ibáñez, the film squanders its premise at every turn, fills the story with unlikeable characters, and lacks emotional payoff.
As one of the women said in the film, friendship in your teens is “as important as any lover” and it’s clear they lived that philosophy throughout their early adult lives as well.
An impressive narrative structure, a perfect use of the continuous shot technique, and great interpretations make "Boiling Point" one of the best films of 2021.