Tag: the classics
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Small Gestures, Big Problems in ‘Charulata’
On Satyajit Ray’s masterful romantic drama.
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A Doomed, One-Sided Love in ‘Senso’
On Luchino Visconti’s sumptuous, devastating melodrama.
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Being There
‘The Zone of Interest’ and ‘Origin,’ reviewed.
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Crown Jewels
You like living inside ‘The Thomas Crown Affair.’
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In ‘Menus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros,’ It’s All in the Process
Ninety-three-year-old Frederick Wiseman’s 44th documentary trains its gaze on the Troisgros family and its various culinary pursuits.
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Cooking Dreams
‘Tampopo’ is a touching, fancifully funny movie shot with great original style.
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‘May December’: A Sly, Shivery Age-Gap Melodrama
Julianne Moore, Natalie Portman, and Charles Melton are all at the top of their game in Todd Haynes’ latest.
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‘In the Realm of the Senses’ is an Intoxicating Story of Obsession
‘In the Realm of the Senses” notoriousness obfuscates the extent of its power.
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‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ and ‘Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour’ Find Artists at the Top of Their Game
New movies from Martin Scorsese and the Taylor Swift Industrial Complex.
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‘Ghostwatch’ is a Found-Footage Masterwork
‘Ghostwatch’’s blacklisted quality only heightens the good time.
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‘Clearcut’ is Far Sharper Than Most Revenge Movies
Graham Greene is a force in Ryszard Bugajski’s chilling, thought-provoking 1991 thriller.
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The Dark Beauty of ‘Elvira Madigan’
Detractors tend to say that the overwhelming pastoralism of Bo Widerberg’s doomed romance undermines the bleak direction in which the film eventually goes. That’s hardly the case.
Peterson Reviews 