

Jafar Panahi’s “Taxi Tehran”
Joyful and ingenious, this view of a cross section of people in Tehran by way of a shared taxi turns a series of seemingly disparate stories into a coherent and potent whole

Michelangelo Frammartino’s “Il buco”
One of the most breathtakingly beautiful films of the last few years takes an almost zen approach to telling the parallel stories of a shepherd and a group of cave explorers while remaining easily accessible to a wider audience; a sublime cinematic experience