If one were to name the auteur who most avidly committed to the integrity of mise-en-scène and who was always truly passionate in polemical…
Miss Willoughby and the Haunted Bookshop rides its quaint aesthetic all the way to feeling already dated. On paper, Brad Watson’s Miss Willoughby and…
Despite being active since 1990 and directing a dozen or so films of various lengths and in various formats, it wasn’t until around the…
Rifkin’s Festival isn’t necessarily major Allen, but it’s a light romp that exists at a fascinating nexus of the director’s career-long pursuits and predilections. There’s…
#8. As easy as it is to recognize the old spirit that Lana Del Rey has always been, it’s just as easy to see…
#20. Right after a brief voiceover intro that immediately breaks the fourth wall, Leos Carax’s Annette cuts into the opening — or more appropriately,…
ABBA’s return with Voyage proves the iconic pop quartet still has more to say. Since their split in 1982, it’s possible that not even the most…
The Trouble with Being Born is remarkable not just for its futurism and ambient atmosphere, but for the care with which its relationships — not…
Obayashi’s final film is an apporpriately madcap, delirious submersion into the very heart of cinema, and is an articulation of its power in a…
The Many Saints of Newark is an affectionate but utterly empty and unnecessary return to the world of Tony Soprano. It always going to be…
Birds of Paradise benefits from gorgeous compositions and dreamy direction, but it never quite reaches the heights its artful pirouetting suggests. On paper, Sarah Adina…
Little Girl misunderstands where its focus should be and strips away most of its ambiguity, leaving little to really contend with. In the opening…
Fucking with Nobody is a radical, playful bit of meta-comedy that executes its risky conceit with aplomb. For her sophomore feature, Fucking with Nobody, Finnish…
It’s probably unnecessary to note that Japanese (pop) culture, and more specifically its cinema today, has a sort of very vivid coolness and charm…
Unlike the booming fame and splendor of Tokyo’s Shinjuku and Shibuya districts, sister neighborhood Shimokitazawa is most well-known among the young locals for its…
In the history of metal music, there are perhaps no other records met with as much variance of opinion as Metallica’s 1991 self-titled album,…
Curiosa is a shallow bit of French period erotica, sometimes visually compelling but devoid of much insight. Loosely conceived and freely adapted from the photographs…
On August 24, 2010, legendary filmmaker, screenwriter, and manga artist, Satoshi Kon passed away unexpectedly at the age of 46, shortly after being diagnosed…