Interesting and dull at the same time, this ‘documentary movie’ operates as a series of vignettes of people who live next to an enormous ring road around Rome.
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Sacro GRA (2013)
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Tag / 2013
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‘Til Madness Do Us Part (2013)
Wang Bing’s extraordinary observational documentary shows us what it’s like in a mental asylum in China—for four gruelling hours, we find ourselves full of human empathy and incapable of rendering judgment.
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Bling Ring, The (2013)
An empty film with shallow characters, this is Sofia Coppola’s worst hour as a filmmaker.
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Tale of the Princess Kaguya, The (2013)
A familiar if exposition-heavy anime that prides itself in being remarkably composed with its sheer beauty and breathtaking visuals.
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Night Moves (2013)
Reichardt is such a skilled filmmaker that the moral consequences of eco-terrorism is given as nuanced a treatment as possible in this slow-burning gem.
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August: Osage County (2013)
Intense performances by the ensemble cast, in particular Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts, elevate this honest and painful portrait of a feuding family to rather solid drama status.
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Snowpiercer (2013)
Bong Joon-ho wildly entertains in this high-concept sci-fi picture about survival and class issues that features a high-speed train hurtling through an apocalyptic world.
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It Felt Like Love (2013)
A decent directorial feature debut that is an honest and intimate coming-of-age portrayal of a teenager’s sexual awakening.
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Monsters University (2013)
Not a Mike & Sulley star vehicle, but it comes close to capturing the magic of Pixar’s most fun-ness of endeavours.
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Stray Dogs (2013)
Frustratingly deliberate in its pacing, yet one draws contemplation from the film’s unique stillness, all from one of the most formidable artists of ‘slow cinema’ of our time.
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