Bigelow’s muscular film overcomes a very info-dense first half with an extremely riveting and tense second half, chronicling the decades-long hunt for Osama bin Laden.
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Bigelow’s muscular film overcomes a very info-dense first half with an extremely riveting and tense second half, chronicling the decades-long hunt for Osama bin Laden.
The desire to be eternally beautifulโand eternally relevantโin the modelling world is the subject of Ninagawaโs exuberant and darkly ironic sophomore feature.ย
This could be Seidlโs most provocative work about the moral slippage of religious fanatics, as the faith of an extremely devoted Catholic Austrian woman is tested by the unexpected return of her handicapped Muslim husband.
An Austrian woman goes to Kenya in search of intimacy and connection as Seidl, in his usual provocative mode, explores โsex tourismโ as both a curse and an antidote to sheer human loneliness.ย
Perhaps too slight to really work at the level that the Thai auteur usually operates, but there are moments that invite us to ponder about the ephemeral nature of life as a trio of characters pass their time at a hotel by the river.
Strickland explores sound in film in tantalising new ways in this modern cult psychological horror about a British sound engineer hired to work on Italian giallo, who discovers something sinister behind-the-scenes.ย ย ย ย
Soderberghโs take on the strip show dazzles with sights and sounds, but his film lacks dramatic substance.
Ridley Scott sets expectations too high in this generally solid sci-fi epic let down by an unfocused screenplay and suspect pacing.
Baumbachโs charming if at times elegiac black-and-white drama about self-discovery and acceptance features an indelible performance by Greta Gerwig.
This beautiful Japanese animated feature by Hosoda is endearing, but it may feel a bit too lengthy at times.