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 [...]
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. [...]
You Can See Everything (Spoilers)
Praise the stargazers, because Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim (Primetime) have crafted an absolute marvel with You Can See Everything, easily standing as one of the most cinematic documentaries that [...]
Fjord
Cristian Mungiu’s Palme d'Or-winning masterpiece Fjord stands as the Romanian auteur’s most complex, absorbing, and brilliant work to date, which is a staggering achievement considering a filmography that already boasts [...]
Digger (Spoilers)
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s Digger is a staggering, breathtaking triumph of cinema. It's a colossal, wildly ambitious masterpiece that operates on a scale few modern filmmakers would even dare to attempt. [...]
The Samurai and the Prisoner
The Samurai and The Prisoner, based on the book by Honobu Yonezawa, is the latest film from Kiyoshi Kurosawa and it is, in every real sense, a masterpiece. Based on the [...]
The Odyssey – Barry Shanley’s Take
Warning: In order to adequately compare this adaptation to the source material, I will be discussing spoilers from both the text and the film. A story like Homer’s The Odyssey - and [...]
The Odyssey–Robert Butler’s Take
Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of Homer’s ancient Greek story, The Odyssey, is nothing short of a cinematic miracle. This is not a sterile, classicized myth preserved in amber; it is a [...]
Blue Heron
Blue Heron is a film that is formally daring and emotionally taxing. It is a work about memory and understanding, but it is not about answers or resolution as much as [...]
Is This Thing On?
Is This Thing On? Is the best film Bradley Cooper has made as a director, and it is not even close. This is because the film is the first time he [...]