The spectacle of women discovering their self-worth, with religious faith as the bedrock, has tremendous dramatic potential.
January 4, 2023
Oliver Hermanus directs with an eye for detail and does not tamper with the original's wisdom about what it means to live a meaningful life.
January 3, 2023
Polish filmmaker Jerzy Skolimowski reimagines the only movie that ever made him cry.
December 5, 2022
It’s dispiriting to see the director Walter Hill succumb to the temptations of contemporary low-budget filmmaking.
October 3, 2022
Neil LaBute delivers an initially engaging but eventually eye-rolling spectacle showcasing his unique brand of sexual anxiety.
September 19, 2022
Ever since Hitchcock marooned several disparate characters in a lifeboat, movies have thrived on confined spaces.
August 16, 2022
A heinous act from the past proves so monstrous that the film moves into the realm of metaphor.
August 5, 2022
Appearing in a couple of devilish masks, the normally sympathetic Hawke is transformed into a looming figure of pure evil.
June 29, 2022
From the outset, director Gaspar Noé prepares his audience for a meditation on the agonies of art-making
May 12, 2022
Creeping underneath the surface eccentricities are anxious, philosophically loaded questions about compassion, individuality, and the nasty, brutish shortness of life
April 21, 2022