Continue reading →A well-executed omnibus work showcasing five diverse shorts featuring five different dialects, made with the unique sensibilities of their creators.
Tag / 2017
First Reformed (2017)
Continue reading →Paul Schrader examines the nature of religious faith amid a severe erosion of morality, backed by a quiet but effective performance by Ethan Hawke.
Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
Continue reading →Feels like an appetizer from Marvel, but this latest ‘Spider-Man’ movie is executed with typical efficiency and panache.
Okja (2017)
Continue reading →Bong’s grasp of tone is sometimes suspect, but this is still a pretty entertaining and emotional piece with strong ecological and anti-animal abuse themes.
Third Murder, The (2017)
Continue reading →Kore-eda changes his own scenery with a genre film in this largely humanistic if didactic legal procedural about a murky murder.
Angels Wear White (2017)
Continue reading →Qu’s second feature is a decent follow-up to ‘Trap Street’ in what is a bleak sociopolitical indictment of the treatment of women in modern society.
On the Beach at Night Alone (2017)
Continue reading →In the context of Hong Sang-soo’s extramarital affair with actress Kim Min-hee, the work holds more resonance and significance than its delicate and melancholic style would suggest.
Claire’s Camera (2017)
Continue reading →Too loose and low stakes a film to work in a meaningful way—this is a disappointing effort by Hong Sang-soo.
Killing of a Sacred Deer, The (2017)
Continue reading →Absurdist cinema taken to the extreme, Greek provocateur Yorgos Lanthimos delivers a harrowing work that is clinical in execution in more ways than one.
One Cut of the Dead (2017)
Continue reading →A much-needed tonic not just for weary audiences, but for a weary genre, in what is arguably one of the most hilarious movies to come out in recent years.
Eternality Tan 