Route One/USA unfurls as an extended series of snapshots of America.
Behind the violence and gore, Nobody 2 only offers the skeleton of a narrative.
This is a hodgepodge of jump scares and disturbing imagery in search of a cohesive story.
Nichols’s divisive fourth feature is a fascinating cultural artifact.
Age hasn’t dulled the heartache of Lonergan’s finely tuned portrayal of grief.
The film is a highly stylized, compassionate, and unflinching examination of sex work.
This nostalgia-fueled adventure story is rendered soulless by the blatant product placement.
The film proves that biopics needn’t color within the lines to effectively portray their subjects.
Midnight is tautly scripted, brilliantly structured, and exquisitely acted.
The film gets a generous helping of supplements, including two compelling commentary tracks.
This take on the famous ghost story homes in on the emotional undercurrents of the tale.
Throughout, the film is consistently in conversation with the rom-com genre as a whole.
Like its predecessors, the film is an often awkward mix of YA drama and R-rated gore.
The Rapacious Jailbreaker is shot through with an undercurrent of absurdist humor.
This release offers a nice boost in A/V presentation from Criterion’s 2019 Blu-ray.
Girl with a Suitcase celebrates the power and necessity of human connection.
Jeffrey Wright’s performance as Basquiat brings much-needed idiosyncrasy to the film.
Prince of Broadway’s pathos is always tinged with a lightly comic touch.
Ultimately, the film’s broad comic strokes mesh poorly with its boilerplate action beats.
Baker’s awards darling Anora gets the red-carpet treatment from Criterion.