Producing animation sequels is precarious. Every factor in these additions tend to fall short: the visual effects, the plot, the reception, etc. Dreamworks ...
There was a disturbing trend at this years Cannes Film Festival, where many films focused on an issue that can easily send shivers up the spine. The issue a...
It's rare to encounter a sequel that's more rewarding when you haven't seen the original. But director Todd Phillips has created an enigma of sorts in the n...
Filmmaker Naomi Kawase has been a soft spoken staple at the Cannes film festival ever since being the youngest recipient to win the Camera d'Or for her debu...
Nuri Bilge Ceylan has become a name synonymous with the more traditional type of auteur that the Cannes film festival reveres. In his sixth film and also his ...
In Paolo Sorrentino's This Must Be the Place, Sean Penn plays a spoof of The Cure's Robert Smith named Cheyenne. Dressed in all black with disheveled hair and...
Takashi Miike is one of the most interesting and prolific filmmakers to come out of Japan, making over 80 films in nearly every genre imaginable since his d...
Deadpan comedies are a trademark of Finnish filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki. He specializes in creating atmospheres devoid of overtly acted emotions, opting instea...
In Drive, Ryan Gosling plays a lone-wolf type who likes to do precisely what the title explicitly says. Danish filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn, best known fo...
Director Pedro Almodóvar is a true master at weaving multiple relationship threads and themes in a seemingly nonchalant fashion. His ability of control seem...
