Caught a screening of Ramen Shop at IFC Center. Calling a movie “Ozu-esque” has become a film criticism cliche at this point, but the...

Us: Jordan Peele’s followup to Get Out (which I have not yet seen, though I intend to remedy that situation very soon) is satire in its...

Watched Robin and Marian. The works of Richard Lester tend to be pretty hit or miss: his collaborations with The Beatles are fantastic,...

Went to Metrograph to catch a screening of The Juniper Tree (a.k.a. the big screen debut of a pre-Sugarcubes Björk). This is one of those...

In the spirit of constructive criticism, I would like to propose a scenario that would address several of the concerns I raised in my...

Like many other cinematic genres, the documentary has developed a familiar formula over time: talking heads intercut with archive...

I saw Captain Marvel last Saturday, but it’s taken me a few days to completely digest the experience. After much deliberation, I’ve...

Synopsis: Following the completion of a job in New York City, the aging (but no less deadly) assassin known as Golgo 13 (Ken Watanabe) is...

After years of financial hardship and mooching off his more successful brother, mild-mannered inventor Stu Pickles (James McAvoy) is...

New York City. The not too distant future. With the economy caught in a downward spiral and cheap rides easily available via the Chau4U...

Continued my long overdue Kanopy binge with a screening of Cops vs. Thugs. Director Kinji Fukasaku—who also helmed Battles Without Honor...

Logged on to Kanopy to watch A Letter to Momo, a beautiful animated fairytale about coping with loss. The eponymous correspondence is...

It’s common knowledge among cinephiles that Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs is, in fact, a complete ripoff of Ringo Lam’s City on...

While John Woo is undoubtedly the most famous “bullet ballet” choreographer among general audiences, the late Ringo Lam is arguably even...

[The following review contains SPOILERS for the entire How to Train Your Dragon trilogy. You have been warned.] DreamWorks’ How to Train...

I love Japanese cinema. I love stop motion animation. So you can imagine how delighted I was when Japan Society announced Tomoyasu...

Caught a spur-of-the-moment screening of The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie at Metrograph. I’ve been trying to watch this Luis Bunuel...

Alita: Battle Angel has traversed a long, winding, uphill road to reach the big screen. The project spent years languishing in...

The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot is probably the most attention-grabbing title I’ve ever encountered. It makes several...

Let’s address the elephant in the room right off the bat: I Want to Eat Your Pancreas is an extremely bizarre title for an animated...