In the aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo terrorist attacks, Timbuktu’s lucid depiction of innocents rightfully, righteously fighting fundamentalism from within feels especially eye-opening.
Writer-director Ruben Östlund masterfully manages the marital tensions that drive the film’s plot forward.
What Leviathan takes most from Job—and also Thomas Hobbes for that matter—is its focus on subjugation.
See below for a list of the films that just missed making it onto our list of the best films of 2013, followed by our contributors’ individual ballots.
I looked back on the year and thought about single cinematic images that knocked me flat.
Leviathan is a titanic achievement, a visceral overload whose impact registers immediately and with great force.
The fearless documentation of the enterprise is the heart-stopping cinematic analogue to the crew’s real-world peril.