Review: Come to Daddy
Like most good horror films, “Come to Daddy” is thematically rich enough to offer more than mere spectacle.
Review: The Balloon
Shot cleanly and minimalistically, “The Balloon” offers a clear-eyed look at the hidden costs of Japan’s rapid transformation from a walled-off kingdom to a capitalist wonderland.
Review: Under the Silver Lake
An hour in, you’ll find yourself constructing your own improbable theories about what’s really going on.
Review: The Baader Meinhof Complex
Despite its politically rarefied subject matter, “The Baader Meinhof Complex” plays like “The Dark Knight”: a gritty, tense thriller that grounds its frequently bizarre subject matter with a matter-of-fact style.
Review: Sylvie’s Love
Simple and sweet, “Sylvie’s Love” is romantic escapism at its most charming.
Review: A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
Shot in lustrous black-and-white, “A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night” takes obsessive attention to detail in laying out its nightmarish urban fantasy world.
Review: The Nest
No, it’s not an innovative premise. At this point, we’ve elegized the American Dream for longer than we celebrated it. But this is an outstanding rendition of a familiar standard.
Review: Get Duked!
“Get Duked!” is a cinematic avalanche, propelled with manic energy by first-time writer-director Ninian Doff and by its charismatic young leads.
Review: Gainsbourg – A Heroic Life
A smoldering Gitane in hand, Gainsbourg could have matched any American rocker for unruly originality.
Review: She Dies Tomorrow
If the coronavirus pandemic has returned an unsettling awareness of the possibility of death to everyday life, perhaps “She Dies Tomorrow” offers the right horror for the moment.
