It’s distinguished by a dramatic complexity that would seem to run counter to its remarkably even-tempered tone.
Serra’s meticulous attention to ambient sound and the bodily noises of impending death are excellently conveyed on this release.
Throughout, it always threatens to put too fine a point on otherwise thrillingly indeterminate situational comedy.
Lover for a Day is yet another of Phillippe Garrel’s densely anecdotal studies of romantic fidelity.
The film’s unpainterly style reflects an ambivalent attitude toward the story’s capitalistic pro-growth machinations.
It’s largely predicated on the idea of imparting a hyperreal sensuality to a region not often depicted on the big screen.
Danny Strong’s film suggests dramatic Tetris, and it leeches J.D. Salinger and his process of any mystery.
The film is an exquisite stage-setter for Ray’s career that has never looked better on home video.
Davies’s witty, formally audacious biopic is the latest showcase for his uniquely impressionistic cinematic style.
Fiona Tan’s comprehensive project discriminates against no particular era or pedigree of imagery.
It suffers by resembling arty, didactic bloat when it most begs for a more sophisticated dramatic touch.
Von Sternberg’s final feature receives a sparkling Blu-ray, marking it as the best-looking home-video release yet of the director’s work.
Criterion grants the royal treatment to the first film to team Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy.
This is a sports tale in which the character building has almost nothing to do with the sport.
A Quiet Passion’s accomplishment is in fleshing out the stark context behind Emily Dickinson’s ethereal words.
Albert Serra’s film ultimately emerges as a compact, improbably riveting viewing experience.
Terrence Malick’s Song to Song is about floating along on currents of uncertain desire and excitement.
The film is a record of everyday spaces and the emotionally charged human dramas that pass through them.
Its bid for social correctness does nothing to make the juvenile and numbing fixation on brutality more palatable.
The Dreamed Path elevates the humdrum minutia of existence to the same plane as the ostensibly life-altering.