Reviews

[Cannes Review] Post Tenebras Lux

In Carlos Reygadas' Post Tenebras Lux, a Latin phrase which translates roughly to "light after darkness," the Mexican filmmaker continues to channel his tradema...

[Cannes Review] Mud

Still exploring the working class American south with a heavy dose of mythical storytelling, only this time with a much broader brush, Jeff Nichols' tries at ma...

[Cannes Review] Me and You

Though he's a filmmaker who has painted on a large tapestry, both literally and figuratively, Bernardo Bertolucci's new film Me and You is decidedly smaller in ...

[Cannes Review] The Angels’ Share

British filmmaker Ken Loach has been around for nearly half a century, starting as a television director in England before his first feature, Poor Cow, starring...

[Cannes Review] Cosmopolis

In David Cronenberg's adaptation of Cosmopolis, a novel by post modern author Don DeLillo, the Canadian filmmaker tackles a dense criticism of capitalism, greed...

[Cannes Review] The Paperboy

Operating on a level of ridiculousness so high it suggests possible intention, Lee Daniels' The Paperboy is trash pile packed high, high and higher still. Adapt...

[Review] Men in Black III

While strange for a Men in Black film to open with something other than a crashing spaceship, I'll admit to being ecstatic for the alternative. Having the sexy ...

[Cannes Review] Sightseers

In Ben Wheatley's third film Sightseers, the British director, known for taking scenes of normalcy and then spiking them with extreme violence, continues his st...

[Cannes Review] Holy Motors

In Leos Carax's (Pola X) delightfully surreal Holy Motors, the filmmaker seems to be channeling the absurd sensibilities of Luis Buñuel in his prime. Having not...

[Cannes Review] On the Road

The problem with On the Road, directed by Walter Salles (The Motorcycle Diaries), is that it wanders, and in no real direction. Of course, that's the whole poin...