The Thing
It's apparent that what was important to Carpenter was not characterization or theme but gore. Put succinctly, The Thing tries to out-Alien Alien. more…
Is Hollywood Sick? (or, A Night on the Town)
What's interesting is the kinds of American movies not being shown: non-franchise comedies, musicals, and adult dramas. We're in a drought. more…
That Evening Sun
A uniquely gothic, uniquely Southern tale, at turns funny, wry, smart and dramatic, but rarely if ever melodramatic more…
Lynch/Oz
Six audio-visual essays making connections that go to the heart and origins of Lynch's art and philosophy. more…
Longlegs
Enjoy it or hate it, you'll never forget Cage in this role, one of many great ones he's given in recent years. more…
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Civilization descending back into barbarism doesn't sound any more far-fetched now than it did in '77. more…
The Columbus Moving Picture Show 2024
An annual, four-day, 16mm film convention has been an event for film lovers in Columbus, Ohio, since 1969. more…
Mr. Jones
A look back at reporter Gareth Jones’ 1930s exposé of Stalin’s man-made famine in Ukraine, a genocidal nightmare which killed millions of people. more…
Renfield
Exceedingly violent in a crazy, cartoonish way, with spurting blood, severed limbs and decapitated heads, all in a day’s work. more…
The Boy and the Heron
So rich in color and visual inventiveness it would be folly to attempt to describe. There are scenes so original and eye-popping, you'll never forget them. more…
BlackBerry
The rise and fall of the first addictively popular smartphone is also an absorbing tale of conflicting personalities. more…
Wonka
Though not based on Dahl-written source material, it captures the essence of his work, which could be hard-edged, even mean-spirited in caricatures of vice and hedonism. more…
American Fiction
Genuine satire is getting to be a rarity in today's cinema, which tends to bank on either grim and gritty or light and frivolous. This is none of those things. more…
Poor Things
In seeing a Lanthimos film, you know he's going to bring the weirdness. Poor Things is a hotbed freak show. more…
Barbie
A cultural phenomenon. more…
The Lighthouse
A warm, cleansing shower might be what you most desire after seeing this film. more…
Three Men to Kill
Manchette later turned to writing crime thriller screenplays for films we're now eager to hunt down. more…
The Northman
He made it, he presented it, do with it what you will. more…
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Hartley keeps this nearly hard-to-believe story racing forward, almost as if he's trying to keep up with Cannon's crazy schemes, bold gestures and far-out methods of getting product to movie screens. more…
The Limey
… includes a sequence so perfect it could be taught in film schools, wherein Wilson and Eduardo discreetly crash a party given for Hollywood insiders. more…
The White Ribbon
A stern, joyless taskmaster, Haneke seems driven to impart lessons about man's inhumanity to man. more…
The Outfit
A concise and efficient thriller, nearly as elegant as the clothing fashioned by its protagonist. more…
I Dream of Wires
This addictive documentary on the rise, fall and resurgence of the synthesizer is not just for music lovers or musicians. It's an inspiring tale of stubborn ingenuity. more…
The Last Duel
A bone-crushing display of savagery, singularly unlike the chivalrous duels portrayed in classic Hollywood films. more…
The Announcement (Anons)
As comedies go, this film is exceedingly dry and emotionally cold, appropriate for a story in which martinis and refrigerators are a part of the dialogue. more…
Angel Face
Directed in an amazing 18 days. You wouldn't have guessed the short shooting schedule by looking at the film. more…
Enemy
… may make you feel nauseous. It's filmed in a sickly yellowish beige that renders everything that is potentially joyful in life in soul-deadening hues. more…
Daisy Kenyon
A post-WWII love triangle that features complex, nuanced, morally (and sexually) ambiguous characters. more…
My Wonderful Wanda
Consummately professional, and always engaging, but the impression left after the film ends is that something is missing. more…
The Sparks Brothers
A joy to watch, whether you're a longtime fan of Sparks or a complete novice. more…
The Naked Truth
While consistently amusing, this wickedly morbid comedy rarely, if ever, becomes laugh-out-loud funny. more…
Baahubali: The Beginning
At once a musical, an action film, a superhero film, a war film, a romance and a political drama, mixing and mashing tropes and styles from a hundred and thirty years of cinema. more…
Mr. Wong, Detective
As B movies go, The Wong films aren't bottom of the barrel … but close. more…
The Irishman
… doesn’t rely on bravura set-pieces as in earlier Scorsese gangster films. The killings portrayed here are often quick, casual, over practically before you realize it; just another assignment in a day’s work. more…
Broken Embraces
The luxurious style with which Almodóvar tells his story is cinema carefully composed as a love letter to past cinema. more…
Destination Moon
It's amazing how much influence this film had on later popular culture —and the public's understanding, acceptance and enthusiasm for U.S. space travel. more…
Yakuza Apocalypse
A crazy, violent, nonsensical romp, practically designed to annoy those not open to its anarchic spirit. more…
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis
A genial bit of fluff. more…
Colour Me Kubrick
A fictionalized account of a fascinating tale, and owned by lead actor John Malkovich. more…
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
A modern western that could have taken place any time in the last two hundred years. more…
Stage Fright
A good reminder that even minor Hitchcock is worth watching. more…
The Great Buster: A Celebration
Those who haven't seen Keaton's films do themselves a disservice if they don't watch the films themselves. more…
Louis Feuillade’s Fantômas
Feuillade wrote and directed so many films the exact number seems to be unknown (between 600 and 800), excelling in widely diverse genres and film movements. more…
Billy Wilder Speaks
Any Billy Wilder film can be studied to learn satisfying storytelling, but here Wilder pulls back the curtain and reveals his techniques and methodology. Storytellers of all kinds can learn from this film. more…
The Great Escape
As a study in heroism and resolve, The Great Escape is grand entertainment. Even if you watch the film while keeping in mind its lack of historical accuracy, it can still draw you in and keep you riveted. more…
Stripped
A time capsule worth preserving. more…
Blood Brothers
… is tired, uninspired film-making. more…
The Super Inframan
"For success it's essential you have Thunder fists." more…
Deadwood: The Movie
"On this spot was Bill Hickok foully splayed, brains blown to bits by the coward Jack McCall." more…
Intolerable Cruelty
A film with unlikable characters doing unlikable things needs a light touch. more…
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