By Sura Wood, The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — With “White Material,” a taut, unforgettable film, French director Claire Denis returns to Africa but it’s not the place she knew as a ...

a new film by Claire Denis begins with death and ends with total psychic collapse. In between there are humiliation, looting, burning and murder. But White Material, an indigenous term for the ...

The film that surrounds her is ... derangement seriously strains sense and credibility. For all that, White Material- scored by the Tindersticks' moody Stuart Staples - plays like the work ...

During a period of unrest and rebellion, in a farming province of African country, home of one of the rebel chiefs, Maria, an unshakable and brave white woman, refuses to abandon her coffee harvest ...