Five weeks in, we reach what is likely to be the most powerful movie of the season: Son of Saul. Winner of the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film 2016, director Lazlo Nemes takes us into the mind of an Auschwitz prisoner who thinks he has found the body of his son. Make no mistake, this is not going to be an easy watch, but, on the other hand, do you really want to miss what many critics are calling a masterpiece? Films like this are exactly what film clubs exist for!
"I had a primal reaction to this stunning piece of art... It is unlike anything you have seen before... It’s unforgettable" - Brian Tallerco, Roger Ebert.com
"Gripping from its first frame to its last, and ending with a shot of unforgettable and heartbreaking simplicity... – Son of Saul is a work of superlative filmmaking craft and moral intensity" - Andrew O’Hehir, Salon.com
"It's essential for us as a culture to continually see and understand that this was not an aberration, that people did this to other people and could do it again. Having films like Son of Saul made and seen is our best hope of that not happening" - Kenneth Turan, LA Times