Lynchโs delirious Palme dโOr-winning film starts very strongly but peters out as an incoherent if still fun, violent and erotic lovers-on-the-road movie.
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Lynchโs delirious Palme dโOr-winning film starts very strongly but peters out as an incoherent if still fun, violent and erotic lovers-on-the-road movie.
A haunting circular tragedy, Zhang Yimou’s tale of passion, lust and angst in rural China is a visual powerhouse.
Good but not great, this final film of the ‘Godfather’ trilogy should still please the more generous fans.
A transcendent masterpiece that reveals intricate thematic complexities and showcases Kiarostami’s brilliance upon a closer and critical examination.
Continue reading →One could maybe marvel at its storytelling efficiency with a 90-minute narrative spanning decades of tumultuous modern Chinese history, but it doesnโt quite know whether to be epic or cheesy in its treatment.
Continue reading →Thereโs so much action in this movie that it leaves you dazed, yet despite its excesses the drama remains utterly convincing.
Continue reading →Only their third feature, the Coens show that they could do a 1930s gangster movie in a style of their own.
Continue reading →Ann Huiโs underrated work is a masterful commingling of memory, identity and diasporas.