Damsel, written and directed by the Zellner brothers, might answer the question of why no one smiles in Wild West photos. Experts argue that early cameras required longer exposure times, so photograph...

The Tomorrow War plays like the filmmakers started by asking everyone involved to make a list of their favorite science-fiction movies, and then Frankensteined elements from those lists into a vaguely...

The repetitious title says it all, twice. Translated, Halloween H20: 20 Years Later means “Halloween Halloween 20: 20 Years Later.” That sort of stuttering uncertainty about itself carries through the...

For most of its runtime, Frailty contains a tenuousness worthy of its title. The film is about a single father who believes he was enlisted by an angel to destroy demons hiding among us. He tells his ...

“When the people shall have nothing more to eat, they will eat the rich.” – Jean-Jacques Rousseau In the opening shots of George A. Romero’s Land of the Dead, we see three former members of a brass ba...

George A. Romero’s Day of the Dead is about breakdowns in civility—the manners, relationships, and logic that buttress our culture. Many of the film’s characters return to regressed versions of themse...

Palace intrigue and ornate martial arts duels are just the surface of Shadow, Zhang Yimou’s stunning 2018 period epic of doppelgängers, zither duets, double-crosses, and monochrome colors splattered w...

A psychological thriller that explores the byproducts of obsessive fandom, director Satoshi Kon’s Perfect Blue, his feature-length anime debut, features a synthesis of the internal and external, the p...

At 91, Clint Eastwood’s work remains steady. He still makes a feature every year or two, some better than others, and he still works in that leisurely yet elegant style that has marked much of his twe...