There are some elements to admire in Knives and Skin, but the film ultimately suffers from being an under-baked slice of surrealism set in Midwestern America.
The inaugural season of The Witcher manages to outdo expectations over the course of its eight-episode run, but there’s no doubt that the show does have plenty of visible flaws.
In a holiday season in which the biggest action movie played it relatively safe to disappointing results, 6 Underground’s pure dose of Bayhem is even more of a welcome change of pace.
In the 2010s, filmmakers pushed conventions of the form in both aesthetics and subject matter, expanding the umbrella of what be considered a “documentary.” The result was a decade of feasting for non-fiction film lovers.
In this week’s Video Dispatches, Shawn Glinis takes a look at the recent Blu-ray released of Little Women (’94), Marie Antoinette, The Boys Next Door, Kundun, and others.
From Gerwig’s directing, to Yorick Le Saux’s cinematography, to the performances, to the score by Alexandre Desplat, this is one of the best movies of the year. It is a feel good movie for the whole family, especially sisters.