Wild Horse Nine
Martin McDonagh’s fifth film Wild Horse Nine proves once again how he balances dark, biting comedy quite like no one else can. Returning to the poignant themes of male camaraderie [...]
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York is an impressive sophomore feature by Noah Segan. It occupies a unique space in contemporary cinema, feeling deliberately trapped between two distinct time [...]
A Talent for Murder
Anton Corbijn’s latest feature, a metatextual thriller centered around the legendary and famously thorny author Patricia Highsmith (Helen Mirren), lands squarely in middle-of-the-road territory. Adapted from Joanna Murray-Smith’s stage play, [...]
Fatherland
Paweł Pawlikowski returns with a film that feels like a natural extension of the loose trilogy of post-war European drama he previously explored with Ida and Cold War. Captured entirely [...]
Possible Love
Lee Chang-dong’s long-awaited return with Possible Love is a deeply humane, staggering triumph that instantly establishes itself as one of the finest cinematic works of the year. Following the monumental [...]
Wildwood
Laika Studios has consistently defined the gold standard for stop-motion artistry, building a remarkable cinematic lineage with triumphs like Coraline, Paranorman, and Kubo and the Two Strings. Adapted from the [...]
Sense and Sensibility
Over the years, film and television lovers have been treated to a handful of distinct adaptations of Jane Austen's beloved 1811 novel of Sense and Sensibility, from television miniseries to [...]
Wicker
The Sundance breakout hit Wicker is a wildly original cinematic gem that injects magic realism and quirky, offbeat humor straight into a traditional period piece. Refreshing, deeply enjoyable, and unafraid [...]
Making Marie Antoinette
Watching this film within five minutes, I was already deeply moved to tears, not only because of how great the movie is and how personal that film is for me, [...]
Ken Russell’s The Devils
Ken Russell’s 1971 masterpiece The Devils has long held a formidable reputation as one of the most terrifying, uncompromising films ever made, though for years its full power was obscured. [...]