Review: Fear X

The self-consciousness of Nicolas Winding Refn’s direction complements the compulsiveness of Turturro’s character, but there’s really nothing to Fear X.

Review: Elektra

Substituting titillating triumph for tragedy, this adaptation of Marvel Comics’s knife-wielding knockout comes across as hopelessly blunted.

Review: 6ixtynin9

The film's deadly punchlines suggest the archetypal “cosmic joke” with more emphasis on the tragic side of the tragedy-comedy continuum.

Review: Emile

Unlike Faulkner’s Light in August, the film’s structure is less intricately maze-like and the stakes never feel too high.

Review: Machuca

Though it skimps on historical details, Andrés Wood’s wonderful Machuca is nonetheless alive with contemporary resonance.

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