We discuss the Parisian terrorist tale Nocturama. Does the plan make sense? Does it have to? Is this kind of empathy constructive? We try to find out....
Adapted from Willy Vlautin’s 2010 novel, Lean on Pete begins and ends with a young man running, somewhat existentially, like Antoine Doinel did in The 400 Blows. However, it's a film of walking, and lots of it....
You don’t make La Ciénaga, The Holy Girl, and The Headless Woman in a row without winning accolades and a passionate following the world over. As such, the anti...
The Shape of Water is an unconventional love story -- with a generous dash of the supernatural -- set in a dreamy 1950s United States and featuring knockout performances from Michael Shannon and Sally Hawkins....
Downsizing is a remarkably uncharacteristic environmentally conscious sci-fi comedy that poses this question: in a world stretched to breaking point by overpopulation, food and water shortages, overflowing landfills, and so on: would our problems not be solved if we were all just a little smaller?...
Several years after their acclaimed, soon-to-be-remade-by-Robert-Zemeckis Marwencol, filmmakers Jeff Malmberg and Chris Shellen premiere their latest docume...
Premiering at Cannes this year, Takashi Miike brought his (100th!) new film Blade of the Immortal, a jidaigeki (period drama) action film based on the manga...