The film ultimately doesn’t discover very much unexplored thematic space of its own.
The film makes a convincing case for Torres’s belief in art as a narcissistic act of self-care.
In this rueful film about all things unseen, the importance of time is seemingly felt by everyone.
Cat Person only succeeds when it stays in a space of mystery and unknowing.
Dean Fleischer-Camp’s Marcel the Shell with Shoes On convincingly proves that bigger sometimes is better.
The shell that shook the world returns to an even bigger screen.
The film frequently falls back on the stately demeanor of countless other historical biopics and period pieces.
Criterion offers what should prove to be a definitive transfer of a pivotal and still overwhelmingly intimate David Lynch film.
Shout! Factory outfits David Lynch’s worst film with a competent yet weirdly retro Blu-ray that squanders the possibilities of the medium.
Incredibles 2 primarily concerns male anxiety about women taking over traditionally masculine roles.
It’s when Stephen Dunn dares to inhabit the how and not the what of queerness that the film feels authentic and deliciously strange.
Compassionate and structurally intriguing, Stig Björkman’s documentary is a stellar portrait of a great artist.
To have the film’s youth restored in a new HD transfer is, like you at the L’Oréal counter, worth it.
Russell proposes that there may be no real barrier between the caustic worldview he wears and the sense of childlike wonder he sells.
The film highlights the potent dichotomies that made the actress luminescent both on and off screen.
Jake Gyllenhaal embodies the two roles with real presence, establishing Adam’s sniveling wimp and Anthony’s striding jerk as two believably discrete sides of the same coin.
They’re also unassailable in their perfection, and could easily fall at the top of any all-time best list arrived at by consensus.
The festival provides no real leitmotif or focus, leaving plenty of room for personal interpretation, and sometimes wonder.
Guy Maddin’s passions and obsessions remain palpably close to the bone, but the overall result is as muted as in his ’90s films like Careful.
What emerges most saliently from Mintzer’s interviews is Gray’s commitment to the idea of problem solution in creating his style.