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The new Criterion release allows the viewer to appreciate everything Kobayashi’s towering masterwork has to offer at an even greater level.
The Underground Railroad is so much different than anything Jenkins has ever worked on before; it’s grander and more ambitious, it plays with magical realism to a brilliant result
Dishonored may not be the most entertaining film in the von Sternberg-Dietrich cycle, but it is the most thoughtful and stealthily affecting.
Blizzard of Souls is a movie made up of things a good movie is normally made up of, but with no comprehensive thread to connect them.
Larisa Shepitko’s 1977 film The Ascent is virtually flawless, both Blu-Ray and film, on all fronts and comes highly recommended.
While far from perfect, Mosul is an effective look into a country ravaged by war and constantly searching for hope.
Hannibal Rising poses the question about what kinds of monsters we make of ourselves by settling for the aesthetics of political virtue.
For his second report from the New York Film Festival, Soham Gadre covers six more diverse films.
Anchored by a strong performance from Chloë Grace Moretz, Shadow in the Cloud is a ferociously entertaining thrill ride.
With Erik Nelson’s most recent documentary, Apocalypse ’45 is both a commemoration and an elegy that refuses to choose sides.
Japanese master filmmaker Nobuhiko Obayashi’s final movie Labyrinth of Cinema is a love-song to movies and a reckoning with Japanese history.
After all the attention and commitment to the story, Waiting for the Barbarians leaves viewers without a solid and satisfying payoff.
It is an unapologetically quirky indie with a big heart and some very valid points to make about the insidiousness of fascism.
If you’re looking for a light, breezy movie to tide you over for a couple hours, Summerland will hit the spot.
Father Soldier Son offers you the opportunity to see why people join the Army rather than padding the film with patriotism or criticism.
