This black-and-white Polish Oscar winner is shot with a spare, understated elegance, but sometimes at the expense of narrative depth.

This black-and-white Polish Oscar winner is shot with a spare, understated elegance, but sometimes at the expense of narrative depth.
A sprawling and inconsistently-paced effort with multiple stories and unrelated characters whose sum is lesser than its parts.
One of the most intricate of screenplays ever written in recent years paired with an extraordinary performance by Adele Exarchopoulos places this powerful yet sensitive drama in a class of its own.
A soulful effort that is one of the Coens very best, with a broodingly excellent performance by Oscar Issac.
The vision and genius that director Cuarón and cinematographer Lubezki bring to the table is sensational, creating one of the best space movies ever.
A mixed bag that makes you wonder if things might be better if the journey was shorter, or at least more briskly-paced.
Boyle’s latest might just be too trippy and heady for mainstream audiences, but it is an assured effort that will bound to get people talking.