Love is flawed in almost every cinematic way possible — a...
I’m of the view that Gaspar Noé's 2001 movie Irreversible is nothing more than an exercise in shallow self-indulgence. It’s a cruel film whose real...
What Our Fathers Did: A Nazi Legacy depicts two distinct views...
As World War II stretches further in the past, its history remains no less striking. This writer understands the horrors of the war at...
Return to Ithaca presents a vivid and intense portrait of a...
To live in Miami is to know the Cuban exile experience, whether you want to or not. You can't avoid it here. The croquetas...
Experimenter presents the legacy of 1960s behavioral experiments as engaging cinema...
With Experimenter, American indie filmmaker Michael Almereyda returns in amazing form, tearing into the conventions of the biopic. The films follows the life of Stanley Milgram with a marvelous Peter...
10 essential atmospheric films for Halloween, including some on 35mm playing...
With Halloween around the corner, the lists of top scariest movies have begun popping up again on the Internet. The usual suspects are there,...
Labyrinth of Lies uses high production value to tell compelling story...
Having grown up with a German father who survived being drafted into the Wehrmacht to fight in World War II, films with German war...
Room reveals childhood resilience via intimate domestic horror/drama
Told from the perspective of a child, Room speaks to the strength of children faced with trauma so profound, more experienced adults might crack...
Childbirth’s Women’s Rights delivers sneering feminist punk with delight — An...
What would fourth wave feminism sound like if it were put to music? The answer came to me earlier this month when I heard Childbirth’s...
Victoria finds real magic in its one-take gimmick — a film...
To the more cynical viewer, the fact that Victoria was shot in one continuous take may seem like a gimmick, but the truth is,...
Jafar Panahi’s Taxi subtly shines harsh light on cinematic oppression of...
There are many problems with an autocratic regime. Rights are hindered and double standards flourish aplenty. People are jailed without fair trial. There’s torture....