In this incarnation of Fargo, evil isn’t just expressed haphazardly or ineptly through accident or spontaneous acts of violence.
Another entry into the “small-town murder unravels the ties that bind the town together” tale that fails to bring anything new to the genre.
Tarr achieves an almost terrifying power but sometimes squanders it by hanging on too long.
There is some fantastic staging at work here.
Red Beard has a Dickensian faith in regular working people.
Structurally, stylistically, thematically, the film is beyond impressive.
Rashomon is a total head case. Ikiru is a spike to the heart.
Le Corbeau may be far from trite, but it is just as far from profound.
The pain in Tokyo Story is beautiful.
Who is to blame? Everyone. Parents, religious leaders, social leaders, all let down the side, and with relentless vigor.
Linklater’s two films move us towards a new understanding of the genre of romantic films.
Your reaction to Rashômon will likely be determined, at least in part, by your attitude toward Nietzsche’s assertion that “God is dead.”
Jellyfish is a careful balance of the gently comic and dramatic, never straying too far to either extreme.
Yes, A Walk to Beautiful is yet another Africa, Continent in Crisis movie. It is also a well-intentioned and beautifully shot film.
How to explain the generous reviews granted to the latest film by Tony Scott, the meister of the overbearing, trashy exploitation action genre?
Richard Linklater isn’t adept at seeing multiple narratives through to their various plausible conclusions.
It’s a cliché to be among the hordes who confess to being confounded by all the praise heaped on this movie.
From Whence We Came, So Soon We Will Return: Werner Herzog’s Aguirre, The Wrath of God
The film has a lot to say about the destructive forces wrought upon mankind and nature by people who choose to impose their lunatic visions upon us.
The film is a fitting tribute to one of the century’s most public-spirited and large-hearted intellectuals.
In such a world as the one depicted on the show, there is little place for someone like Bubbles.