Alien: Covenant reveals the mean mortal streak of director Ridley Scott...
When you consider the ending of Thelma and Louise (1991), the merciless violence of Black Hawk Down (2001) and the vicious comeuppance in The...
Director of One Week and a Day visiting South Florida
Earlier this year I called Israeli writer-director Asaph Polonsky "a strong new voice in Israeli cinema." Well, now you can see him right here...
The Wall feels less like a movie and more an exercise...
The Wall is an intimate, suspenseful war drama with a rather vicious streak. The thrills work, and director Doug Liman relies on the sort...
The Death of Speaking In Cinema with The Death of Louis...
Last week, we "spoke in cinema" one last time at the Miami Beach Cinematheque. It was with the cutting-edge Catalan director Albert Serra and...
The Death of Louis XIV presents patiently beautiful portrait of death...
Catalan filmmaker Albert Serra’s brilliant The Death of Louis XIV immediately establishes what it’s about without a single clear image of a human being....
Colossal is a creative idea turned into a colossal mess —...
It’s very important to recognize that the Spanish filmmaker Nacho Vigalondo is making worthy inroads into Hollywood by staying original and true to his...
Raw presents slyly visceral warning about Puritanism — a film review
Let’s start this review by separating the hype from the substance. A recent article by “The Hollywood Reporter” revealed several patrons at a Los...
The Lost City of Z presents duality of dreams via perilous...
The Lost City of Z has a divinely ominous quality. A roving camera fitted with wide lenses mightily seizes upon expanses and man’s place...
After the Storm and growing up in the face of dreams...
With After the Storm, Japanese writer-director Hirokazu Kore-eda continues to prove himself as one of the most sensitive observers of the intricacies in the...
Frantz reveals power of storytelling in buoying life — a film...
Drawing inspiration from and even giving screen credit to Ernst Lubitsch’s 1932 film Broken Lullaby, François Ozon’s Frantz presents the deep effects of war...