The film suggests David Lynch’s masterful mindfuck Inland Empire for the influencer set.
The overbearing plot of the film sadly obscures the humanity of its characters.
The vibes are certainly off the charts in Kevin Smith’s latest.
Chris Sanders’s film has been cobbled together with a loving maverick spirit.
This remake is a hollow attempt at turning a provocative showpiece into a crowd-pleaser.
‘Misericordia’ Review: Alain Guiraudie’s Thorny Exploration of Sexual Desire and Repression
The competing passions at play throughout Misericordia inevitably spill over into violence.
The unoriginality of the story eventually calls out the POV conceit as a one-note gimmick.
‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’ Review: Rage Against Iran’s Theocratic Authoritarian Regime
Often blunt and unwieldy, Mohammad Rasoulof’s film is nevertheless impactful.
‘Universal Language’ Review: A Riff on Iranian Cinema, and Reckoning with Canadian Identity
Universal Language is aiming beyond mere satire or culture-clash playfulness.
The Room Next Door mirrors the defiant spirit of its main characters in the filmmaking itself.
The bedrock principle undergirding Reijn’s exploration of carnal connection is always honesty.
Stretched to its ideological limits, Pepe is about the nasty domino effect of colonialism.
Recalling Minervini’s past docufiction work, the film is a show of impressionistic portraiture.
‘Rumours’ Review: Guy Maddin’s Lightly Surreal and Wildly Funny Satire of Political Ineptitude
The film is winningly defined by a peculiar admixture of national pride and self-deprecation.
Hong’s film understands that the reassuring bond of community that can also be a trap.
The film is prone to indulge in poetic intermezzos, at once earthy and otherworldly.
‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ Review: A Jubilant Sequel That Exhumes the Tim Burton the Old
This feels like the most honest, human, and heartfelt tale that Burton has told in decades.
The film is a blackly comic romp whose parts are more compelling than the arthritic whole.
The film is certainly chatty, yet it conveys so much through absence and suggestion.
‘Rebel Ridge’ Review: Jeremy Saulnier’s Action Thriller Gets Gun Shy When It Matters Most
Rebel Ridge is a race thriller that, up to a point, is as effective as they come.
The film lucidly reminds us of the human stakes of Israel’s resettlement of the West Bank.