A landmark โ90s sci-fi masterpiece with that rare combo of style and substanceโtwo decades later, it loses none of its sobering philosophical inquiry.
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A landmark โ90s sci-fi masterpiece with that rare combo of style and substanceโtwo decades later, it loses none of its sobering philosophical inquiry.
The great Jacques Audiardโs first English-language film entertains with strong performances by Joaquin Phoenix and John C. Reilly, tackling the Western genre with rare wit and verve.
A disappointing effort by Korean auteur Park Chan-wook – an unfortunate case of too much style and too little substance.
An early horror B-movie by Coppola, produced by Roger Corman, with effective mood-setting but an undercooked story.
It doesnโt quite top the religious experience that is the 1982 film, but Denis Villeneuve and DP Roger Deakins have created a visually and thematically expansive arthouse blockbuster that deepens the mythology of its universe.
You are in the hands of a consummate filmmaker bringing both science-fiction and humanistic elements seamlessly together in a film that is one of 2016โs finest.
Villeneuveโs film builds suspense like a worker laying bricks โ slowly but surely, giving us a largely solid Mexican cartel infiltration thriller that packs a strong punch. ย
Denis Villeneuve’s assured direction and Roger Deakins’ evocative cinematography elevates this seemingly generic suburban mystery-thriller into something that will shock and haunt you.
It doesnโt always cohere with a creative concept that sometimes overreaches, but this is Pixar at its most existential, exploring the meaning of life at the crossroads of passion, purpose and living.