Zobel aims to implicate us all in what he forces us to confront.
Keyhole never quite indulges in full-on abstraction.
Tchoupitoulas could also be described as a work of nonjudgmental portraiture, but that wouldn’t come close to encapsulating its beauties.
Is it possible for any documentary of this type to get us closer to a genuine understanding an artist’s work?
Whatever one ends up thinking about The Snowtown Murders, it’s difficult to deny that it’s a deeply impressive work.
Transfer satisfies, at a minimum, with a surfeit of intriguing ideas and delirious plot complications.
Even at its messiest and most meandering, the film exudes a refreshing warmth toward its characters.
If nothing else, On the Ice has ethnographic interest on its side.
The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom mourns Japan’s devastation and celebrates the possibilities of its rebound.
Dan Lindsay and T.J. Martin’s Undefeated doesn’t really contain much in the way of genuine surprises.
It’s ironic that the talking-heads interviews in Alex Stapleton’s documentary feel so self-conscious.
Is it possible for a cinematographer to be considered an auteur even more than the directors for which he works?
Even when the strain to invest genre material with epic-scale profundity sometimes shows, Once Upon a Time in Anatolia still manages to weave a hypnotic spell, longueurs and all.
It’s best to approach Two Years at Sea as an environmental immersion more than anything else.
Santiago Mitre Mitre infuses The Student with a fleet political-thriller pace that can be said to reflect the main character’s mindset.
Aki Kaurismäki’s latest is amusing and humane in good measure.
The series shares with Sátántangó an interest in dissecting a social environment, uncovering unsavory human truths in the process.
If nothing else, the film is a terrific example of a minimalist style employed with near-maximum effectiveness.
The music of Gustav Mahler is appropriate for the kind of contemplation that Terrence Malick aims to evoke in The Tree of Life.
It’s an experience that has the power to rewire your brain to perceive of a world that hovers just beyond our grasp.