The spectacle of women discovering their self-worth, with religious faith as the bedrock, has tremendous dramatic potential.

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.

Polish filmmaker Jerzy Skolimowski reimagines the only movie that ever made him cry.

It’s dispiriting to see the director Walter Hill succumb to the temptations of contemporary low-budget filmmaking.

Neil LaBute delivers an initially engaging but eventually eye-rolling spectacle showcasing his unique brand of sexual anxiety.

Ever since Hitchcock marooned several disparate characters in a lifeboat, movies have thrived on confined spaces.

A heinous act from the past proves so monstrous that the film moves into the realm of metaphor.

Appearing in a couple of devilish masks, the normally sympathetic Hawke is transformed into a looming figure of pure evil.

From the outset, director Gaspar Noé prepares his audience for a meditation on the agonies of art-making

Creeping underneath the surface eccentricities are anxious, philosophically loaded questions about compassion, individuality, and the nasty, brutish shortness of life