Béla Tarr’s supposedly final film sees the filmmaker exhibit the tenacity and methodical approach of a crime scene investigator.
The most interesting questions are left unanswered, if they’re even asked.
Alternately funny, sad, and infuriating, the film is a shiv smuggled out of a prison and driven deep into our hearts.
Is it possible for a cinematographer to be considered an auteur even more than the directors for which he works?
The film lacks the fire and emotional depth of Almodóvar’s best work.
Considering the film’s title, it’s indefensible how little McQueen actually attempts to explore any of his characters’ shame.
I Wish is a truly benevolent vision of childhood.
There’s minimalism, and then there’s a picture of a rumpled bed.
Cyril’s story is a tragically real one with symbolic overtones, and it’s one that’s brought to painfully wrenching life.
My wife and I have been huge fans of the Canadian Cirque du Soleil since it first played in Los Angeles at an Arts Festival in 1986.
Every character’s gesture is paradoxically bombastic and consequential.
It’s best to approach Two Years at Sea as an environmental immersion more than anything else.
“Not Growing Up” manages to be both friendly and explosive.
The film is Ferrara’s barebones, superficial musing on the hypothetical “What would happen if everyone knew the world was ending”?
Blame it on the idiot box.
It makes clear the true nature of the relationship between the Doctor and the woman who has variously infuriated, intrigued, and attracted him for the last several years.
Santiago Mitre Mitre infuses The Student with a fleet political-thriller pace that can be said to reflect the main character’s mindset.
Harrison’s search for spiritual fulfillment might not have been so fervent had it not been for the otherworldly success of the Beatles.
Sauna on Moon is less a classic narrative than snapshots of a life in progress.
Emphasis, as always, will be on the “Dragons and Tigers” program of over 40 features (plus compilations, mid-length films and shorts) from Asia.