It seems like the film is being marketed as less miminalist in the horror department than both The Witch and It Comes at Night.
Christmas, Again opens with a series of diffuse, colorful lights, suggesting the electronic video art of Nam June Paik in their abstract arrangement against a black background.
In what sense, then, is Machete Kills not simply that: a cash-in sequel meant to make fast money?
This is the first film year in a long while that’s made me want to applaud Harvey Weinstein.
The book offers numerous alternative suggestions about the trends of critical reception in film/media culture.
As fundamental to The Island of St. Matthews as the landscape may be, the faces reign supreme.
Don Jon’s Addiction is a film whose underlying themes are reminiscent of the more dramatic Shame.
Given the amount of the public information available about Steve Jobs, the film feels like a lazy exploration into his life.
Sundance Film Festival 2013: Shane Carruth’s Upstream Color and Michael Polish’s Big Sur
Vivid, striking, and methodical in its approach, Upstream Color’s visual aesthetic is both provocative and beautiful.
Lovelace seems unwilling or unable to go to deeper and darker places.
According to reports from Sundance, In Fear drew a lot of inspiration from The Blair Witch Project.
With all thrillers, the payoff is as important as the setup, and it’s in the final revelations of the story that Stoker truly falters.
It derives its success from the unsentimental alchemy of its frank dialogue, chemistry between its two leads, and Linklater’s deceptively simple visual style.
Stacie Passon approaches Concussion’s subject matter provocatively though never exploitatively.
The film is a smartly written, deeply engaging portrait of a movement just about to begin.
It’s unfortunate that we never learn what Diana is actually running from.
O’Hara spoke to us recently about his collaboration with actor-playwright Colman Domingo.
Two of the year’s most striking posters are made up of little more than mysterious ingenues and coolly apt text.
Throughout his documentary, Kirby Dick shows a great commitment to the stories of individual women.
Mystery seems to shroud every aspect of Fox Searchlight’s Sound of My Voice.