Few R-rated horror films released in 2023 are as vicious as this one is.
The fatal flaw of the film is that it genuinely believes in the discreet charm of the bourgeoisie.
Cyrano will make you wish that Joe Wright had been more interested in the material at the center of his house of flourishes.
The film is brightly colored, inventively designed, and constantly flirting with the outright psychedelic.
Throughout, J Blakeson crafts sharp, curt dialogue that makes a fashion statement out of contempt.
By the end, it’s as if a good doctor’s god complex has been taken up by the film itself.
There’s no limit here to the narrative conveniences that exist only to conclude the series’s eight-season arc.
The episode gives the audience exactly what it expects, and absolutely nothing else.
The episode is, above all else, a resolute detailing of the final calm before a spectacular storm and what it means to be human.
The episode has the good sense to respect our familiarity with these characters, and as such it doesn’t beat around the bush.
Throughout Avengeners: Infinity War, rapidity (of dialogue and drama) is mistaken for actual rhythm.
The film is the finest balance yet of Martin McDonagh’s bleak sense of humor and offbeat moral sincerity.
The film successfully argues that it’s through sensory details that we access the deeper aspects of our lives.
Violence is teased, but tantalizingly withheld, throughout the season-seven finale of Game of Thrones.
The episode offers up a battle between CGI dragons and CGI zombies, to pulpy effect but no moral consequence.
The episode that dials back from the epic confrontations that have filled out the majority of this season.
In war and through violence, Game of Thrones is as clear and compelling as it gets.
Three episodes into this truncated seventh season and Game of Thrones is spiraling toward a preordained place.
The episode manages to set up future conflicts without interrupting its rapid pace.
Death is momentarily thrilling, but the struggles of those who live on are what sustain the series.