There’s a single-take sequence in “Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell” that, over roughly 20 minutes and less than a mile’s journey, seems to distill a small corner of eternity. We are somewhere in the ...

I try not to be too dogmatic these days about telling people that there are certain movies they should see only on the big screen. That said, if there is one movie right now that you should see in a ...

An uncommonly strong debut from the Vietnamese director Pham Thien An asks existential questions without answers. By Alissa Wilkinson When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film ...

Thien An Pham's supremely accomplished first feature may seem narratively slender for its three-hour runtime, but its layered abundance of sensory detail casts an unshakable spell. Fully delivering on ...

“The sudden death of his sister-in-law brings unexpected responsibilities to Thien (Le Phong Vu), who is reluctantly tasked with bringing his five-year-old nephew Dao to their countryside hometown. On ...

The complex dance of doubt and religious faith is frequently cast in terms of a quest. One might be “on a faith journey,” or be “a lost soul,” or be “searching” for meaning and the divine — all images ...