Yorgos Lanthimos asserts himself as the Frankenstein of cinema with his glorious film about the pleasures and pitfalls of living freely. Continue reading ‘Poor Things’ is a Wildly Inventive Work of Demented Genius
Hayao Miyazaki uses his latest masterwork to grapple with the role grief plays in our lives, pushing the boundaries of his craft to new heights. Continue reading With ‘The Boy and the Heron,’ Hayao Miyazaki Beautifully Contemplates Life Without Him
A.V. Rockwell’s directorial debut grants warmth and complexity to its depiction of a resilient young Black family living in New York. Continue reading Teyana Taylor Shines in the Nuanced Harlem Tale ‘A Thousand and One’
When filmmaker Emerald Fennell lets loose, her film about opulence and obsession in the British countryside is delightfully nasty and unhinged. Continue reading The Debauched ‘Saltburn’ Plays It Too Safe
Martin Scorsese details how racism destroys collective identity and individual humanity in his film about the grisly murders of Osage Native Americans in the 1920s. Continue reading Martin Scorsese Breaks Down the American Soul in the Riveting ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’
