Dear Readers,
Lucrecia Martel’s exquisite and haunting adaptation of Antonio Di Benedetto novel is sensuous and formally audacious.
What remains after the movie’s deceptive simplicity and superb form is its haunting ability to mean whatever we need it to mean.
A thriller so intricate and haunting that it laid the foundation of a subsequent cultural mania.
Satyajit Ray’s Western and Eastern influences make for a distinct perspective.
It is a beautiful and, unfortunately, timeless film that bears social relevance today around the world.
Quite simply, it captures the beauty of the human condition.
An artfully composed tale about a pitiable man of power brought to his knees by untamable forces, both Lola Lola and the crippling masochistic desire within himself.
Chaplin beckons the viewer to recognize and fight against tyrants, and every few years, as another despot comes along, his film becomes achingly relevant again.
A film of vintage designs and ideas, Brad Bird’s superhero film nonetheless proved ahead of its time.