Ang Lee
Jake Tropila takes a look at the latest video releases from the Criterion Collection, Kino Lorber, and Vinegary Syndrome.
Gemini Man smears a lot of fancy tech all over an empty and tiresome thriller.
Ang Lee has won both awards and critical acclaim for his portrayals of gay couples in Brokeback Mountain and The Wedding Banquet, yet both are flawed.
The New Taiwanese Cinema of the ’80s and ’90sis defined by the likes of acclaimed directors like Hou Hsiao-hsien, Edward Yang, Tsai Ming-liang, and Ang Lee.
In Gemini Man, an over-the-hill hitman (Will Smith) faces off against a younger clone of himself.
In our latest entry of The Nominated Film You May Have Missed series, we discuss the 1995 timeless classic Sense and Sensibility.
We look back to the 2006 Academy Awards when Brokeback Mountain, a groundbreaking film about two homosexual cowboys, was snubbed for Best Picture in potentially the most controversial decision in Oscar history.
I Am Heath Ledger is a deeply intimate look at the late actor, but fails to ask important questions about the man behind the mask.
Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk is atypical for Ang Lee; though the visuals are impressive, the film surrounding it fails to have an impact.
Director Ang Lee returns with his first film in four years, following up the critically and commercially successful Life of Pi with another book adaptation boasting some noteworthy use of technology. Lee has carved out a unique place for himself as an auteur, not looking back longingly to the days of film but exploring and pushing modern digital techniques to enhance character-based filmmaking. Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk sees him combining 3D, 4K resolution, and a very high 120fps frame rate to make the film look as close to natural human sight as possible.
