There’s a moment near the end of the first act of The Black Sea when Khalid (Derek B. Hardin), a Brooklynite stranded in the…
Eternity and ephemerality are frequently taken to be worlds apart, but they each belie a wistful attitude toward the enterprise of life. In Ghost…
One thing left uncertain: just who are Dorothy Gale’s parents? I don’t quite mean that literally, though the overgrown Oz extended universe probably has…
In 1520, Stockholm witnessed one of the most brutal power struggles in Scandinavian history. Following a tense standoff between Sweden and Denmark, Danish King…
Engaged in a lengthy process of simultaneous expansion and refinement, the indefatigable Hong Sang-soo seems to practice a new, yet knowingly familiar, alchemy with…
As connoisseurs of DTV action cinema well know, even the most promising film is likely to wind up being about 15 minutes of good…
There is no perfect formula for a first scene — art is simply too complex to make such generalizations. The pulsing action of Jackie…
Between 2001 and 2006, researchers at Boston College collected recordings from former paramilitary members of the Irish Republican Army in Belfast as part of…
It’s a bold strategy, especially today, to go courting favor for a reactionary, conspiracy-minded, sexually repressed young man. Set aside the recent Presidential election…
Soundtrack to a Coup d’État is as ambitious an archival documentary as its name would suggest, examining the ways in which American bebop and…
Humphrey Bogart was one of the most prolific and widely admired actors of the Hollywood studio system, and though he is still known for…
After a prologue of ghostly nightmares followed by a nerve-racking dinner with friends, Anne (Synnove Karlsen), who is on a break with her abusive…
Despite boasting one of the cringier on-the-nose titles of the year, one that on its face would seem to promise overt sentimentality, painter and…
During an interview with Variety about their latest venture, Heretic, the writer-director duo Scott Beck and Bryan Woods (who rose to prominence for penning…
Andrea Arnold is not without talent, but she has some of the worst instincts of any allegedly major director. Take Fish Tank, for example.…
Living as we all are in a post-Romantasy world, certain chain bookstores (RIP Borders) have been financially reinvigorated. This, of course, has simultaneously resulted…
As the planet’s future grows increasingly precarious and uncertain, films exploring a post-apocalyptic landscape are certainly having their moment in the sun, particularly ones…
Analyzing a Wang Bing is never such a small feat, regardless of length; and Youth (Homecoming), the final entry in the director’s Youth trilogy,…