Tim Jackson
Jim Jarmusch’s films resist cliches and conventional dramatic formulas — understatement is the rule.
A satisfying, occasionally cringe-worthy Gothic thriller, whose sharp satire of social mores contains a feminist message that’s hard to miss.
The film skims across topical issues aimlessly; it strives for relevance but never achieves it.
Director Hal Hartley is an old-school romantic, one who sees human frailty and longing not as invitations to despair but as reasons to take part in the joy of living.
Director Raoul Peck, like his subject George Orwell, encourages critical thinking and urges us to consider how best to resist the strengthening forces of tyranny.
This is far from a conventional sports drama: it is a study of a man’s struggle for sense of personal worth and relevance
Audiences prefer that political messages be buried under heaps of horror, but this film may be extreme enough to alert some viewers to look beneath the bloody spectacle.
This is another visit to the world of Spinal Tap. I had some good laughs, and that might be enough.
Viewers would be wise not to search for a deeper meaning in “Caught Stealing” — this is an example of entertaining commercial filmmaking from one of our best directors.
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