Filmmaker James Gray avoids a rosy portrait of youth in favor of naturalistic observation.

Director Henry Selick takes viewers on a roller coaster ride through the fiery pits of hell.

We idealize certain places based on what we’ve read, even if we don’t know what those places are actually like.

‘Day Shift’ doesn’t know if it wants to be ‘Blade’ or ‘Men in Black’ and winds up being neither.

Same ol’ same ol’: a hero goes rogue, a villain goes berserk, a mission goes awry.

“Volcanologists aren’t all that different from artists."

The cinematography has a mercurial flow, weaving in and out of bodies like a point guard on a fast break

Maverick flies his plane like Rudolf Nureyev doing a spin cycle, twirling around missiles before landing with impeccable grace

There’s something invigorating about watching a director try to set a world record for “Most On-Set Explosions”

Cinema can be so much more than what we settle for at multiplexes these days