George Armitage’s captivatingly eccentric neo-noir is assisted by three magnetic leads and a healthy dose of black comedy.
Sharp Stick shows that Lena Dunham’s preference for solipsistic protagonists with boundary issues has its limitations.
It’s difficult to imagine a high-concept thriller that coalesces around its one-line conceit less convincingly than Awake.
The Woman in the Window never manages to transcend the impression that it’s merely being clever.
Barring a UHD release, the film is unlikely to ever look better than it does on Criterion’s superlative package.
Brandon Cronenberg’s film is obsessed with tensions between mind and body and old and new technologies.
By all accounts, this should have been Paul Verhoeven’s Vera Cruz.
A criminally underrated late-period Altman film gets a burnished Blu-ray upgrade and a full slate of fine extras.
By treating its main character as exceptional, the film validates the punitive system it seeks to criticize.
Paramount’s Blu-ray, which is most notable for its reference-level soundtrack, stays true to the film’s mutative beauty.
Alex Garland’s film gets momentum from the deeper it pushes into the uncertainties of ecology and the self.
Lionsgate outfits one of the most original American crime films in ages with a gorgeously gnarly transfer.
Rob Reiner’s film fails to do justice to both the man and the fraught times he so fundamentally influenced.
Writer-director Franck Khalfoun’s Amityville: The Awakening is an elegant entry in a lame series of horror films.
The latest episode of Twin Peaks is most remarkable for its numerous arrivals and departures.
Good Time is scrupulously designed to address how the urban poor interact and negotiate with city services.
The episode’s frequent matched pairs and expository repetitions seem to draw attention to themselves.
Altman’s sprawling tragicomic testament to fate and infidelity gets an impressive 4K upgrade from Criterion.
Morgan’s makers lose trust in the intellectual heft of their material and chose to prioritize empty sensation instead.
In this Oscar race, one nominee benefits from nostalgia while another will likely coast to victory because of category fraud.