Tag: drama
UGETSU 4K Review: Kenji Mizoguchi's Masterpiece
Our friends at the Criterion Collection continue to be champions of world cinema and film preservation. They recently released the new 4K/Blu-ray combo pack for Kenji Mizoguchi’s 1953 masterpiece, Ugetsu. I reviewed Ugetsu the last time around in 2017, back...
CHUNGKING EXPRESS 4K Review: Loneliness, Yearning, Loss, Romance, Joy, Bliss
Brigitte Lin, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, and Faye Wong star in Wong Kar Wai's masterpiece.
Rotterdam 2025 Review: THREE DAYS OF FISH Proves You Can Never Go Home Again
Peter Hoogendoorn debuted very strongly almost ten years ago with Tussen 10 en 12 (Between 10 and 12), a rigidly structured movie set in a limited time-space. In it, a family one by one get told bad news by two...
JULIE KEEPS QUIET Review: Tennis Phenom, Insightful, Incisive Character Study
Among major professional sports played around the world, tennis stands out for its unique set of demands on its respective athletes. Unlike team sports or even doubles tennis, singles tennis places full responsibility for success or failure on the...
Friday One Sheet: OXANA
There is no point in subtlety in street protest. And the poster for French-Ukranian biopic of Oxana Chatchko aims to confront - in the movie poster context. Swearing, political slogans, and toplessness are all part of activist group FEMEN's modus operandi...
SXSW 2025 Review: DROP, A Terrifically Taut Techno-Thriller From Christopher Landon
Young widow Violet (Meghann Hahy) is finally ready to get back into the dating game, but while out with hunky photographer Henry (Brandon Sklenar), she is targeted with a series of increasingly frightening anonymous drops to her phone. When the...
ANDOR: Watch The First Three Episodes of Season One on YouTube Now
In a shrewd move to get more folks subscribed to Disney+ in time for the second season premiere on April 22nd, the first three episodes from season one of Andor are now streaming on their YouTube channel. They will give...
SXSW 2025 Review: GOVERNMENT CHEESE, Nothing Cheesy About It
David Oyelowo stars in the surreal comedy series, debuting globally on Apple TV+.
Berlinale 2025 Review: DREAMS (SEX LOVE), Shapeshifting Coming-of-Age Examines Desire Across Three Generations
Dag Johan Haugerud examines the fluid boundaries between love, desire, and memory in a film where language shapes both personal discovery and intergenerational reflection.
ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL Review: Silence Cannot Be Endured
It's hard to imagine what any of us would do, if we were driving along a quite road and came across a dead body, let alone the body of a member of our family. For Shula (Susan Chardy), on her...
ANDOR Season Two Teaser Trailer: Everyone is Ready to Fight!
Season two of the Star Wars series, Andor, starts streaming on Disney+ on April 22nd.
LEGENDS OF THE CONDOR HEROES: THE GALLANTS Review: Tsui Hark's Irresistible Action Eye Candy
Tsui Hark adapts Jin Yong's classic story, starring Xiao Zhan and Zhuang Dafei, and Leung Ka Fai Tony.
Rotterdam 2025 Review: MEMOIR OF A SNAIL Gets You, Pacing Be Damned
Back in 2009 we were treated to one of the best films ever made about autism, and it was, surprise surprise, an animated puppet feature. That was Mary and Max, directed by Adam Elliot, who had previously won an Academy...
Friday One Sheet: UNDER THE BURNING SUN
Warm and desolate at the same time, Yun Xie's tight 75 minute science fiction picture, Under The Burning Sun is a road trip across the desert; a journey to an uncertain freedom by a solitary pregnant woman. The key art may...
Sundance 2025 Review: BUNNYLOVR, Gen Z Cam-Girl Faces Existential Crisis
Pace everyone’s favorite Greek philosopher, Socrates, if the unexamined life isn’t worth living, then the unexamined cam life — as in cam-girl life — is probably a close second or even a distant third. That lack of self-exploration, of...
THE LOST DAUGHTER: Vertical Acquires U.S. Rights to Fantasy Thriller
Vertical has announced that they have acquired the U.S. rights to the fantasy thriller The Lost Daughter, from writer-director duo Austin Andrews and Andrew Holmes (Lord Jones is Dead). The film was an adaptation of a Scottish play called Mary...
Sundance 2025 Review: KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN, Politics, Queerness, and Jennifer Lopez
As illiberalism, authoritarianism, and full-scale fascism take hold on both sides of the Atlantic, art becomes essential as a form of resistance, opposition, and defiance against the powers-that be. Art gains increasing importance and relevance as autocrats and their supporters...
Sundance 2025 Review: OPUS, A Positively Demented Malkovich Barely Saves Cult Horror Entry
Q (Religious Studies Professor): “What’s the difference between a religion and a cult?” A (Religious Studies Professor, Answering His Own Question): “Time.” There’s cult horror — as in horror that develops a cult following offscreen — and cult horror –...
Sundance 2025 Review: IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU, Momma Gonna Knock You Out
Rose Byrne stars in Mary Bronstein's film, co-starring Conan O'Brien and A$AP Rocky.
Now Streaming: THE NIGHT AGENT S2, SATURDAY NIGHT, SAKAMOTO DAYS
Plus: 'SNL 50: Beyond Saturday Night' on Peacock TV, 'Babanba Banban Vampire' and 'Castlevania: Nocturne' on Netflix.
