arthouse
Overall it may fall short, but In the Realm of the Senses is a beautiful-looking film with a calming yet haunting score that touches on some urgent themes.
For the second Inquiring Minds we tackle the 1965 Jean-Luc Godard sci-fi noir feature, Alphaville.
Hong Sang-soo’s third feature, “Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors,” was also his last film to be made from a full script.
Showgirls, by any measure, epitomizes every tenet of arthouse cinema. Showgirls belongs on a shelf alongside Andrei Rublev, The Seventh Seal, and The Passion of Joan of Arc.
I came to the conclusion that I like watching paint dry because not only did…
For being his directorial debut, Milorad Krstić’s Ruben Brandt, Collector is an astounding example of how boundless the animation medium has become.
Despite the large questions it establishes at the onset, I’m Not Here offers no answers or satisfying catharsis.
Following Spielberg’s Netflix comments and more people saying they’d prefer to see movies at home, Alexia Amoriello defends the theatrical experience.
Transit finds Christian Petzold on the same end of the telescope as his previous films, but looking through a more sophisticated, evolved tool with a wider view of the medium.
As given by its name, A Ghost Story is a supernatural tale, yet it touches on themes of love and grief in a uniquely beautiful way.
Andrei Tarkovsky’s Stalker is ripe with philosophical connotations; here, we discuss some of the film’s more prominent ideas.
Berlin Syndrome is aligned with many kidnapping narratives, but it suffers from an unfocused approach, but in subject and character focus.
Mark of the Witch (also known as Another), written and directed by Jason Bognacki, is described as a horror fantasy film. It tells the story of Jordyn, played by Paulie Rojas, who is confronted with her Aunt Ruth’s (Nancy Wolfe) attempted suicide just minutes after blowing out her birthday candles, and soon discovers a dark secret about herself. Jordyn just wanted to know who she is and where she comes from, which her Aunt Ruth acknowledges is a perfectly normal thing for anyone to wonder about.
Since they first hit cinema screens in 1984, the Coen Brothers have had a firm grip on audiences and critics alike. Renowned for their idiosyncratic, high quality work, they have found themselves increasingly in demand with studios and actors, many of whom aim to make their next project a Coen Brothers film. They have written, directed and produced all of their own pictures, edited most of them, and have recently ventured into the ‘gun for hire’ realm of screenwriting, contributing to Steven Spielberg’s Bridge of Spies, Angelina Jolie’s Unbroken, Michael Hoffman’s Gambit, and George Clooney’s upcoming Suburbicon.
Being a film lover should be one of the more unique experiences you have in life. As audience members, we should be able to watch, enjoy and talk about movies without the fear of being scrutinized. So, when I see the average film fan (mostly on reddit the internet) being berated for saying something like “Fury Road was just okay,” or “I really don’t like Christopher Nolan’s movies,” it’s pretty disheartening.
