Tag: Review
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‘Kaun?’ is Pleasingly Ridiculous
The 1999 chamber piece is a turn-your-brain-off kind of thriller.
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‘The Only Living Pickpocket in New York’ Knows the Power of John Turturro
The actor is characteristically excellent in a rare leading turn, but there isn’t enough of a movie supporting him.
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Deadly Double
Rouben Mamoulian’s 1931 adaptation of ‘Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’ is as shocking, and clear-eyed, as ever.
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‘Petey Wheatstraw’ is Delightfully Bizarre
The 1977 horror comedy’s no-holds-barred commitment to outrageousness — even at the expense of logic — manages not to overstay its welcome.
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‘You Can See Everything’ is a Hall-of-Mirrors Masterpiece
Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s inventive documentary isn’t just about the disgraced entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes.
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Ghost World
Kaneto Shindō’s ‘Kuroneko’ is still forward-looking in its contempt for patriarchal devastation.
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Destroyers
‘Naza’ and ‘Musk,’ reviewed.
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‘The Bad Seed’’s Campiness is a Double-Edged Sword
The over-the-topness of this influential evil-child movie is part of why it’s so famous. It’s also what keeps it from being as interesting as it could be.
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The Exploratory Charms of ‘The History of Concrete’
Plus: ‘Verity’ ruins its own high thriller potential. (For South Sound)
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‘The Killing Fields’ Disrupts the White-Savior Trope
Pulling from the experiences of a pair of journalists covering the Khmer Rouge regime’s atrocities, Roland Joffé’s 1984 drama has some emotional limitations and character-based problems but is impressively unwilling to make its real-world horrors more palatable.
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‘Primetime’ is a Lurid Showbiz Comedy
Plus: ‘Chronovisor’ is among the year’s most engrossing thrillers. (For 425)
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‘Resident Evil’ Gets the Job Done
Zach Cregger’s adaptation of the popular Japanese video game — itself already the basis of a lucrative six-part movie franchise — is proficient to a fault.
