HBO’s The Gilded Age considers the social currents of the historical moment, alluringly cutting through the delusions of its aristocrats.
Davies’s witty, formally audacious biopic is the latest showcase for his uniquely impressionistic cinematic style.
Defying expectations was a common thread throughout our chat with the actress.
A Quiet Passion’s accomplishment is in fleshing out the stark context behind Emily Dickinson’s ethereal words.
A Quiet Passion, like all of Terence Davies’s films, doesn’t lack for density of theme, allusion, and effect.
The film’s pervasive flashbacks to childhood abuse and misbehavior come to feel manipulative and unnecessary.
NBC’s Hannibal ran for three seasons, but its concept called for at least twice as many.
Josh Mond’s film confronts the hard realities of a world in which few make it to maturity without their share of scars, and no one makes it out of adulthood alive.
How wonderful it is to watch a film that pays attention to life’s finer textures.
Ira Sachs wouldn’t have countenanced the stacked-deck sentimentality that lies at this film’s heart.
If Robert Altman had made a cop drama, it might have looked and sounded like Rampart.
No 1980s flick is really complete without a music montage, and The Manhattan Project boasts one of the most bizarre of them all.
The film is clogged with exposition and explanation, paradoxically belittling a story that’s too big for any single telling.
King would say the extras on this release are meant to stir one’s juices, but I say they have been designed to diminish brain cells.
What woman wouldn’t love to be part of a posse for life who can be counted on to run to her side whenever she needs them?
If Sex and the City 2 is even less significant than its predecessor, it’s because it runs on one less interesting storyline.
The film is a studied testament to the splintered state of the gay community.
Lymelife loads its thin running time with enough content for a film twice its length.
The way Michael Patrick King tells it, you wouldn’t think much has changed since the Civil War-era plantation.
Daddies, don’t let your daughters grow up to be babysitters, because according to this film, it’s a gateway to whoredom.