The film exists not to excite the politically engaged, but to educate the politically apathetic.
This new take on A Nightmare on Elm Street gives a famous movie boogeyman an explicit psychological makeover
Save for some minor instances of edge enhancement, it’s a practically flawless presentation.
This is a dubious vision, but it’s crucial to note the subtle differences in Meir Zarchi and Steven R. Monroe’s aesthetic choices.
The audience must suffer through an hour of deadening exposition before Victor hacks away at his first human face.
Mike Leigh’s latest is a lovingly told but insufficiently nuanced story of four seasons.
Let Me In is a great cover of Let the Right One In, though it raises the question: Does Matt Reeves have a style of his own?
The film’s enlightening emotional feeling proves that it’s a certified copy of real life.
Throughout Uncle Boonmee, a film cooly transfixed by the open-door relationship between the living and the dead, Apichatpong Weerasethakul sees weirdness and wonder in the mundane.
Lee Chang-dong’s Poetry is another sobering philosophical work by the South Korean auteur.
You can’t doubt that Noé is a dazzling synthesizer of image and sound
Mark Romanek’s signature pop aesthetic, utilized to great success in the music video format, translates banally to the big screen.
The filmmakers’ use of color (or lack thereof) and movement is rife with surprise.
The film suggests a parody of Michelangelo Antoninoi’s ennui-clogged style.
Will Emmy finally and mercifully annul its relationship to 30 Rock?
Though his camera rarely moves, Christophe Honoré’s compositions seethe with emotional and physical exuberance.
Salt of This Sea is an enraged tourist’s consideration on the Israeli-Palestinian ethnic conflict.
A cult classic in the making, Audiard’s A Prophet receives a much better shake on DVD than its main character does in prison.
As lived-in as the film’s images, its melancholia in the end feels nothing but canned and trite.
If Angelina Jolie were an element on the periodic table, she would be positively atomic.