A war movie that is intentionally ‘all talk but no action’—it doesn’t really make us feel for the characters, but we might just grasp the futility of being a cog in the machine.
Tag / USA
Dead Don’t Die, The (2019)
It is occasionally funny, but it grows weary—and possibly pointless—after a while.
If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
Jenkins’ love for his characters and a place and time long gone glows with warmth and radiance in this intoxicating slow-burner.
Lion King, The (2019)
The greater the realism, the greater the pretense of illusion it must strive for in this visually stunning, but ultimately vacuous, by-the-books retelling.
Lion King, The (1994)
One of the greatest of all animated films, “The Lion King” retains its power to compel, and packs an emotional wallop so strong it brings both sad and happy tears to one’s eyes.
Beasts of No Nation (2015)
Has an epic sweep befitting of a powerful story set in the heart of an African civil war, but Fukunaga’s eye for humanity amid the brutality helps to ground it in emotional terms.
First Reformed (2017)
Paul Schrader examines the nature of religious faith amid a severe erosion of morality, backed by a quiet but effective performance by Ethan Hawke.
