‘Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean’ Review: A Rich Tribute
Perhaps the defining paradox of visionary British film director David Lean’s life is the discordance between his professional…
‘The End of It’ Review: Rebecca Hall in Quirky Sci-Fi Dramedy
The always eminently watchable Rebecca Hall (The Man I Love, TV’s The Beauty) both anchors and buoys the…
‘Death Has No Master’ Review: Asia Argento in Limp Venezuelan Drama
Featuring powerfully atmospheric music and sound design, and a sense of tropical place so moistly palpable one might…
‘Red Rocks’ Review: Bruno Dumont’s French Riviera Arthouse Kids Flick
You can call French auteur Bruno Dumont many things: profound, pretentious, visionary, a master of rural poverty porn,…
‘Fjord’ Review: Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve in Parenting Hell
Cristian Mungiu’s films invariably deal with social, cultural and moral divisions, uneasy truths, ethical dilemmas and unjust compromises.…
‘Hope’ Review: Na Hong-jin’s Wildly Entertaining Korean Monster Epic
There’s a sly sight gag relatively early in Na Hong-jin’s blockbuster-in-the-making, Hope, in which the camera gazes over the…
‘Full Phil’ Review: Kristen Stewart in Quentin Dupieux’s New Weird-Out
Americans perhaps make a bit of a fuss over how good the food is in Paris, but Full…
‘Paper Tiger’ Review: Adam Driver in James Gray’s Bruising Drama
“Let there be wealth without tears; enough for the wise man who will ask no further.” It’s fitting…
‘Visitation’ Review: Volker Schlondorff’s Elegant Return
Adapted from Jenny Erpenbeck’s acclaimed novel Heimsuchung and directed by legendary auteur Volker Schlöndorff (The Tin Drum), Visitation…
‘Flesh and Fuel’ Review: A Sweet and Soulful Gay Trucker Romance
In an odd coincidence that shows how much this kind of story was probably burning to be told,…
‘Sheep in the Box’ Review: Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Drippy Human-AI Drama
Hirokazu Kore-eda brings his customary warmth and generosity of spirit to the seemingly cold presence of GenAI in…
‘Clarissa’ Review: Sophie Okonedo in a Sharp Take on ‘Mrs. Dalloway’
With its stream-of-consciousness style and fragmented perspectives, Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway is a beguiling novel with understandably few…