Only tutus and pointe shoes separate the dainty stage in Black Swan from the gladiatorial ring of The Wrestler.
The Town is a fatuous star vehicle that leaves little doubt about who gets the most soulful close-ups.
Pialat’s piercing first feature introduces the Gallic master’s mix of laceration and delicacy.
The ultimate feeling is of Fatih Akin as a frantic chef scrambling to spike a thin soup, throwing in spices and stirring like a madman.
This is a sturdy introduction to Guitry's uniquely cinematic proscenium.
A worthy release that does justice to Bong's terrific thriller. Hitchcock would be proud.
Pulled from the Warner archives without any restoration, the disc boasts a surprisingly robust image.
For the most part, the film seems to shyly drift away from the racial and social prejudices it comes across.
Mann loved the west like he loved Greek tragedy or Shakespeare, as an arena for moral and visceral conflict, so intense as to become mythical.
A modest package for a less than explosive French New Wave curio.
This high-falutin’ Nazi origin story is practically a masterpiece of subtlety in the finger-wagging blowhard Haneke’s canon.
A barebones DVD release of a predictably, spectacularly toothsome Breillat film.
A less than stellar presentation for a forgotten pioneer's subversive gem.
The film contemplates the gulf between a child’s dawn-fresh perception of the world and the horrors descended upon it by war.
All aboard for John Ford's enduring Old West ride.
An eye-opening set for anyone who knows Nagisa Oshima only through his 1970s erotic corridas.
A sex-toy Pinocchio? Offenbach’s Olympia as an inflatable courtesan? If only.
Nicolas Cage’s performance is some kind of tour de force.
Music, from rock to reggae to blues, has always played an integral part in Demme’s movies.
The middle entry in Jonathan Demme’s proposed trilogy of Neil Young concert films, Neil Young Trunk Show finds the grizzled singer in robust, high-decibel form.