The Foreign Language Category is one of the most competitive every year as many countries are represented and the films are so diverse. This year two countries are nominated for the first time while three other countries are receiving nominations after a number of years.
With the year drawing to a close, it is time to look back at some of the best work in film in 2015. Latin Post entertainment writers David and Francisco Salazar have both compiled their personal favorites of the year. We begin with best cinematography, a look at the film that pops most beautifully onscreen from a visual perspective.
The New York Film Festival came to a close this past weekend. The event featured some of the finest films of the year, including some incredible classics.
Watching "Son of Saul" is a grueling experience on many levels. Through the subject matter (the Sonderkommando forced to aid in the extermination of their own people), the style of the film and its painful plot, the film never shies away from aims to portray the holocaust as an act of animalistic brutality and evil. Unlike other films on the subject, there is no hope at the end of the line and any glimmer of it ultimately proves false.
