Sofia Coppola lovingly evokes the film’s many spiritual awakenings via a mod palette that increasingly color-codes her characters to their surroundings.
Jordan’s remarkable scripted dialogue is trumped only by the sadness of Nick Nolte’s performance.
Also known as Kidnapped and Wild Dogs, Rabid Dogs nearly became Mario Bava’s “lost film” after a series of production hassles.
Camp value: High.
Kevin Costner’s anachronistic mindset is perfectly in tune with the mentality of the time he’s trying to summon.
Comparisons between Beware of a Holy Whore and Godard’s Contempt and Truffaut’s Day for Night are unavoidable.
The film’s feminist appeal lies in Griffith’s photojournalistic evocation of the Limehouse district as a deathtrap for women.
It vividly and forcefully evokes a lecherous society’s desire to squeeze the life out of the woman during her moment of weakness.
The film picks up where Love Is Colder Than Death left off, this time with a lot less preening and not a whole lot of gumption.
May be worth a look solely for the sadistic interactive menus, where Sid Haig will test your powers of resistance.
It’s easy to look at Carpenter’s rigorous framing techniques as their own acts of political resistance.
New Line’s quickie death match Freddy vs. Jason wastes considerable time on needless backstory.
If the film’s scares don’t shock you, then you’re sure to catch its razor-sharp wit.
It’s the range of torment that haunts the film’s white women that truly lingers in the mind.
The film’s blanched look evokes a heavenly realm where Franz and Joanna’s love is constantly compromised by Bruno’s threatening third wheel.
Too bad the disc’s video transfer doesn’t do Tim Orr’s gorgeous cinematography justice.
The film is a rigorous illumination of deception as a survival tactic.
Tykwer’s breakthrough film is an adrenalized shot of concept art.
The film is hauntingly hung up on how its heroine is suffocated not only by the people around her but by the spaces she inhabits.
Despite its fascinating subject matter, Total Eclipse is both unflattering and loveless.