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Review: Asteroid City

[The following review contains MAJOR SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!] Asteroid City isn’t just the quintessential Wes Anderson film; it’s...

Review: Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

[The following review contains SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!] What is “bravery?” Is it dying for one’s cause without hesitation, even...

Review: Withnail and I

[The following review contains SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!] In Withnail and I, the characters are defined by their environment; the...

Review: Election

[The following review contains MAJOR SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!] Loyalty. Tradition. Brotherhood. These are the values that govern...

Review: Knightriders

[The following review contains SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!] Knightriders is a movie about legacy. I mean, if you want to get...

Review: Solaris (1972)

[The following review contains SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!] I didn’t fall in love with Solaris at first sight. Its pacing is languid...

Review: Fall Guy

[The following review contains MINOR SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!] Fall Guy is the perfect English title for Kinji Fukasaku’s scathing...

Review: The Comfort of Strangers

[The following review contains SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!] The Criterion Channel categorizes The Comfort of Strangers as an "erotic...

Review: But I’m a Cheerleader

But I’m a Cheerleader is the epitome of camp. I’m not just talking about the film’s depiction of homosexuality, by the way. Yes, it is...

Review: Vengeance Is Mine

[The following review contains MINOR SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!] Like many serial killer stories, Vengeance Is Mine begins with the...

Review: Sada

Sada is based upon the same infamous true crime that inspired In the Realm of the Senses. Of course, director Nobuhiko Obayashi (best...

Review: Last Hurrah for Chivalry

Last Hurrah for Chivalry is aptly titled: what begins as a fairly typical revenge narrative gradually evolves into a dark, subversive...

Review: In Another Country

I’ve been meaning to better acquaint myself with Hong Sang-soo’s work for quite a while now. Granted, that’s no easy task; he’s among the...

Review: The Oil-Hell Murder

If you’ve seen one film inspired by playwright Monzaemon Chikamatsu's work, you’ve pretty much seen them all. Gonza the Spearman, Night...

Review: Sailor Suit and Machine Gun

Let’s get this out of the way: the premise of Sailor Suit and Machine Gun is patently absurd. No self-respecting yakuza family—no matter...

Review: Evil Dead Rise

[The following review contains MINOR SPOILERS AND VIVID DESCRIPTIONS OF GRAPHIC VIOLENCE; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!] Evil Dead Rise gets off...

Review: Bound

The fateful first encounter between the co-protagonists of Bound—Jennifer Tilly’s femme (albeit not necessarily fatale) mob moll Violet...

Review: Suzume

[The following review contains MINOR SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!] Suzume distills Makoto Shinkai’s recurring themes into a single...

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