Beginning in 1937 -- the opening credits take us through a series of period photos and alert us to expect something with a potentially greater scope than simply...
To put it upfront, Eduardo Williams’ The Human Surge is pretty much a film that, by nature, is unlovable. Often blatantly ugly or boring, it’s not so much delib...
It was around the time Pierre Bismuth won his Oscar as an original story creator on Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind that he stumbled upon an unknown work ...
Within the first few minutes of Sausage Party, a package of horny “virgin” hot dogs boast to a group of neighboring buns how they’ll fulfill their wildest desir...
If this be the movie jail that Mel Gibson is destined to die in, it could be a whole lot worse. Blood Father, directed by Jean-François Richet (Mesrine, Assault...
If made with the best of intentions to explore the always effective chestnut of memory through photographic means, it’s with great misfortune that, in the case ...
"Today we gather in love."
The wedding, in cinematic terms -- the opportunity to present dozens of extras of mingling amidst an ever-expanding backdrop (e.g....
Publicly stated by its director to concern Saint Anthony, the Portuguese priest and friar who legend calls the most supernatural of saints, The Ornithologist lu...
Lina Rodriguez’s This Time Tomorrow delivers its thesis through three clear demarcations in time -- or, rather, extended shots, beginning on a sunlit tree, comi...
For beginning with a dedication to Setsuko Hara, recently departed muse of Ozu and Naruse, Hermia & Helena -- the new film by Viola and The Princess of Fran...
