Corsage
Corsage is an emotionally complex, vivid period piece about the life and repression of Empress Elisabeth during her tenure as Queen of Austria. The film chronicles how her anxieties, insecurities, [...]
White Noise
White Noise is another disappointing Don DeLillo adaptation. One of the most difficult tasks of any screenwriter or director would have to be fulfilling the duty of adapting one of [...]
Empire of Light
Oscar-winning filmmaker Sam Mendes pays tribute to the cinema in Empire of Light, a film of lofty themes that doesn't necessarily ring true or capture the depth that it's aiming [...]
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
In All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, seasoned documentary filmmaker and Academy Award winner Laura Poitras (Citizenfour) delivers her most wrenching film yet, a galvanizing, deeply powerful documentary about photographer [...]
Sr.
Undeniably charming and equally bittersweet, Sr. is an unconventionally crafted documentary that engages and moves just as much as any other narrative out right now. With a savvy style and [...]
The Eternal Daughter
Closure and catharsis are certainly the themes explored, but at its core, Johanna Hogg's latest feature, The Eternal Daughter, is an examination of artistic healing, isolation, and motherhood. Incisive, melancholic, [...]
Utama
A simple story of aging and reconciliation between an elderly Quechua-speaking married couple and their grandson where they reside in their Altiplano Basin community that is within the Andes in [...]
2012 Retrospective: The Best Films of 2012
2012 was one of those years where studios didn't put out too many greatly impressive films. The Dark Knight Rises didn't live up to expectations, and so many of the awards [...]
Bones and All
An impulsive misfit finds true love with a mysterious drifter in the bizarrely romantic horror-road movie Bones and All. The film echoes Claire Denis' cannibal love story Trouble Every Day [...]
The Fabelmans
An emotionally complex, sentimental journey through the joyful and equally tormented memories of iconic filmmaker Steven Spielberg's artistic origins and formative years, Spielberg's latest film, The Fabelmans, is his own [...]