As a visceral study of degenerate power, Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather series succeeds in meeting our historical moment, where One Battle After Another fails.
The restraint and emotional insight of Father Mother Sister Brother shows how Jim Jarmusch has brought spiritual depth to the New York grit of his films.
Beyond the headliners of this year’s French Film Festival are some treasures, including Jodie Foster in A Private Life and Lucile Hadžihalilović’s unsettling The Ice Tower.