Review: Farinelli
The music is silky, yet forceful — the film, merely a gaudy spectacle.
Review: Waiting for the Barbarians
“Waiting for the Barbarians” is a film more interested in aesthetics than story or theme.
Review: After Midnight
“After Midnight” is amateurish horror, neither impressive nor offensive. At least there were no dolls or exorcisms.
Review: The Portuguese Woman
Period films like “Girl with a Pearl Earring” and “Barry Lyndon” have often been called “painterly.” “The Portuguese Woman,” however, truly earns this label.
Review: Radioactive
The Curies were fearlessly inventive and unbound by convention — more than can be said, unfortunately, for the makers of the Curie biopic “Radioactive.”
Review: The Sunlit Night
“The Sunlit Night” is what people who dislike Wes Anderson think Wes Anderson is like.
Review: Sad Hill Unearthed
Why would anyone volunteer to spend hours, weeks and months rebuilding a fake cemetery? If you have to ask, you’ll never know.
Review: Viena and the Fantomes
“Viena and the Fantomes” suffers under the illusion that the vulgar, the formless and the unpleasant are more “real” than their opposites.
Review: Twisted Pair
What can be said about “Twisted Pair,” an 89-minute plunge into a vortex of total lunacy?
Review: The Wrong Missy
“The Wrong Missy” is a film that mistakes shouted improprieties for jokes and seeks comedy in episodes of sexual and violent behavior that are more unsettling than amusing.
