Early on in Last Action Hero, John McTiernan’s irreverent deconstruction of action movie tropes and cliches, child protagonist...

When I was a child, I believed in Peter Pan. I devoured every version of his story, from Disney’s animated interpretation to Mary...

You’re Next is a clever, creative, and often quite funny deconstruction of the home invasion horror genre that asks a single, deceptively...

Nicolas Winding Refn is one of the most diverse cinematic artists working today. You’d be hard pressed to find two movies as different as...

Depiction does not automatically equal endorsement. It’s an easy rule to remember, yet I’ve noticed lately that several critics and...

“Kiss Kiss Bang Bang” isn't merely a title; it's a mission statement. It immediately evokes a vivid image, promising a celebration and/or...

“I’ll never talk!” silent film star George Valentin cries (via title card). And right there, in the opening seconds, The Artist tidily...

On a bit of a whim, I headed out to Cinema Village to see Five Fingers for Marseilles. IndieWire advertised it as a South African...

I feel bad for comparing Fireworks to Your Name, producer Genki Kawamura’s previous animated feature, but it’s almost impossible to...

Saw You Were Never Really Here at Angelika Film Center earlier today, and I’ve spent the past few hours struggling to articulate what I...

I feel as though I’m not fully prepared to write a proper review of The World’s End. The previous entries in Edgar Wright’s “Three...

Kick-Ass 2 belongs to that rare breed of sequel that builds upon every idea its predecessor introduced, rather than merely recycling old...

In my review of Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht, I neglected to mention the film’s delightfully bizarre ending, but it’s such a brilliant...

Following a loose, minimalistic plot structured around some of The Who’s greatest hits (as well as other rock ‘n’ roll classics),...

Decided to send off 2018 by finally watching The Who’s Tommy, which I’ve experienced in various chunks over the years, but never seen in...

Happy Mother’s Day! Why not celebrate with a film? There are plenty of memorable movies about moms, but in my opinion, none of them...

I don’t say this very often, but tonight, I watched an irredeemably awful film. I was in the mood for something dumb and fun after a...

Rooney Mara eats a pie for ten Goddamn minutes. Okay, okay, I’m probably exaggerating. It’s probably not literally ten minutes of screen...

Thanks to Kanopy’s extensive selection of educational programming, I’ve recently become very interested in Butoh, a Japanese style of...

Logged on to Kanopy to watch Effacement, a semi-experimental documentary that explores the process of creating a Japanese Noh mask. While...