Film
M3GAN is a movie algorithmically generated to spawn as many memes about itself as possible before undiscerning viewers realize what they’re watching is a reworked Black Mirror draft.
Director Alice Diop wisely avoids offering a neat solution to Saint Omer‘s exploration of a mother who murders her child.
For viewers weary of horror that embraces the minimalist and dystopian, The Pale Blue Eye — chock-full of emotion, mystery, and romance from a bygone era — is a welcome sight indeed.
Watching the action unfold may well make audience members extremely uncomfortable, even leave some traumatized. That may well be the point.
The film’s trajectory is one of acknowledgement, empowerment and, ultimately, redemption. Women Talking gives voice to what is often unexpressed: it is a clamorous call to be silent no more.
The holiday is celebrated in every part of the world, but only a small portion of those places actually have snow then. So why this enduring notion of a white Christmas?
You can forgive director Bruce Weber for gushing in admiration about photographer Paolo Di Paolo’s uncovered legacy. There’s plenty to gush about.
Darren Aronofksy’s new film might not be everyone’s cup of ambergris.
By drawing on the insight and humor in Don DeLillo’s novel, Noah Baumbach manages to find (at least for me) affirmation and comfort in this portrait of the randomness of contemporary existence.
Film Commentary: The Gratuitous Comic Cruelty of “The Banshees of Inishiren”
The island scenery is stunning and the acting is fine, but at is core Martin McDonagh’s The Banshees of Inishiren is bitter and mean-spirited
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