In a world is as bleak and overwhelming as the one Béla Tarr envisions here, even a half-hearted pop song feels like good medicine.
How does one satirize a show (or a president) that nobody takes seriously anyway?
This installment focuses on nonfiction film, the hazards of independent distribution, and Cheshire’s own filmmaking debut, a documentary titled Moving Midway.
Cheshire was open to discussing how the changing times broadened his interests in film and filmmaking.
Resisting the conventions of the traditional biopic at every turn, the film never finds its footing as a story.
Given all the Lynch connections, think of the film as an appetizer of sorts before Inland Empire.
Even though it follows every cliché in the book, and then some, Take the Lead delivers on its promise and never feels pandering.
Like Punishment Park, the film is an uncompromised take on the front lines of a media war.
Peter Watkins was reacting against Vietnam, but his assessment can easily be translated into today’s hotbed political climate.
This is a must-own for keepers of J.K. Rowling’s flame.
The film awkwardly shifts gears from gritty independent film realism to gonzo hysteria without ever feeling accurate.
In effect, this remake is a cover song recorded in a slicker studio with the best equipment.
It’s a shame not to be able to hear such a strong critic week in and week out.
What should have been a distinctively Korean tale of wartime terror will feel like familiar stuff to hardened horror film vets.
As the saying goes, those who died quickly were the lucky ones.
Screenwriter Richard Price writes for actors with a capital A, delighting in character-driven monologues that offer bang for their buck.
Joe Angio’s documentary offers a broad scope of his wide-ranging career.
Despite what he may think, Schwentke hasn’t make a 9/11-era version of The Parallax View.
Hostel is in the tradition of nasty cinema from the ’70s and ’80s that wondered how much gore spectacle a viewer could endure.
The film is as vibrant as rhythm and blues, as brainy as the poetry of science, and as emotionally open as you hope your date will be.