Over the last few decades, American television and film have opened up, so much so that my colleague Esther Breger recently argued that TV is more diverse than it’s ever been. But the one group that’s ...

This fall, Lilting, a haunting movie about grief and loss, opened in theaters across the country (and opens in D.C. this week). Starring Ben Whishaw (“The Hour,” Skyfall) and Cheng Pei-Pei (a 1960s ...

Sometimes, it’s best to walk into a film completely unaware of what you’re about to see. It seems odd writing this at the start of a review, but that’s probably the most prudent way possible to ...

Matt Goldberg has been an editor with Collider since 2007. As the site's Chief Film Critic, he has authored hundreds of reviews and covered major film festivals including the Toronto International ...

There’s a scene in “Lilting,” writer/director Hong Khaou’s feature film debut, where Junn (Cheng Pei-Pei), an elderly Chinese-Cambodian woman, dances with Alan (Peter Bowles), her English sort-of ...

Ben Whishaw and Naomi Christie in a scene from "Lilting." (Strand Releasing) British filmmaker Hong Khaou's debut feature, "Lilting," is a sensitively acted, gently directed story about grief, loss ...

Guilt hangs over “Lilting,” a suffocating haze so thick that it permeates every unspoken, non-understood word between characters trying to traverse a frustrating gulf of language and grief. In this ...

This debut feature from the Cambodian-born, London-based film-maker Hong Khaou is heartfelt, intelligent film-making on a shoestring budget. Exactly how autobiographical it is doesn't matter: it is ...

The subject of death is a complex one, and it is often glazed over in films as a temporary tangent to a larger narrative. On the contrary, in director Hong Khaou’s “Lilting,” the flux of nostalgia, ...

“Lilting,” starring Cheng Pei-pei and Ben Whishaw, is a lyrical little chamber piece on language, playing with what words mean, what the body says, what is understood and what is not. Junn (Cheng) is ...

An air of delicacy hovers over Lilting, but don't be fooled. Ungovernable gusts of longing, grief and anger leak from this muted British chamber piece about two hitherto unconnected Londoners ...