Refn discusses his love of fairy tales, falling through the rabbit hole of streaming, and more.
Robert De Niro and Al Pacino share countless scenes together but don’t develop anything more than a clichéd cop-duo rapport.
The ringside clashes, as befits the director of Requiem for a Dream, remain baroque visions of corporeal abuse.
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Talk about rookie mistakes.
Blindness feels less like a metaphor for urban isolation than just a zombie movie in which the zombies decided not to show up.
Tarsem Singh’s transgressive visual statement revolves around two layers of fiction.
Cool Hand Luke’s showbiz gloss is too dressed up for Easter Sunday to make Good Friday as punishing as it needs to be.
Child’s Play is only a shade more terrifying than Teddy Ruxpin.
Fraternal auteurs aren’t having much critical support this year.
De Palma remains one of the most prolific, poorly understood and controversial directors in the history of cinema.
Why is François Truffaut’s 1960 film so timeless?
Shoot the Piano Player has the seeds of Truffaut’s best traits.
In The Pope’s Toilet, form doesn’t equal function and neither side of the equation is particularly pleasant.
Appaloosa is horseshit, mostly.
Keir Moreano never elevates the film beyond the type of behind-the-scenes feature that you would find on a DVD release.
Fears of The Sky Crawlers being overcome with Western tropes are dispelled as soon as Oshii Mamoru’s trademark, oddly grave pet beagle waddles on screen.
The Pang brothers steal liberally from John Woo without ever replicating his shootout-choreography inventiveness or proficiency.
George Cukor would have made us side with Eva Mendes and exposed Meg Ryan’s blather for what it is: over-privileged white noise.
Pixar’s best flare like comets: beautiful, bright, unforgettable.
It’s good to see Nauman’s efforts, but when we go to the museum, sometimes we don’t want to be fed our response.
Unfortunately, the chance to explore the gap between perceived and actual cultural realities is never tapped.