Rose review Sandra Huller is outstanding in grimy examination of gender stereotypes
A monochrome post–Thirty Years' War drama follows Rose, a woman posing as a soldier who subverts gender norms and seizes prosperity through violence and deception.
Mother Vera review luminous portrait of a horse-wrangling ex-heroin addict nun
Mother Vera is a luminous black-and-white documentary portrait of an intense Orthodox nun running a Belarusian convent, blending stillness and raw personal testimony.