Conclave  is a film about faith; it explores the sins of pride and hypocrisy, the virtues of doubt and uncertainty, and the terrible...

[ The following review contains SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! ] The Monkey —an adaptation of a Stephen King short story that also...

[ The following review contains SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! ] Captain America: Brave New World  is fine. It’s neither the best comic...

[ The following review contains MINOR SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! ] The Little Girl Who Conquered Time  (also known as The Girl Who...

[ The following review contains MAJOR SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! ] Body-swap stories are a dime a dozen in Japanese pop culture...

Presence  is a fascinating formal experiment. Plenty of horror movies utilize camerawork that resembles the gravity-defying movement of a...

[ The following review contains SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! ] Naoko Yamada’s The Colors Within  is a work of sublime subtlety. Unlike...

[ The following review contains   MINOR SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! ] Obscene. Perverse. Profane. Depraved. Grotesque. These...

[ The following essay contains MAJOR SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! ] At first glance, Sonic the Hedgehog 3’s  Professor Gerald Robotnik...

[ The following review contains MINOR SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! ] A revolver lies on a cluttered desk. Beside it: a police badge...

[ The following review contains SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! ] There is a centaur in Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Medea . Not a literal...

Ran out of time to prepare a proper New Years Eve post (having way too much fun visiting with my family), but I wanted to commemorate the...

[ The following review contains MINOR SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! ] Stylistically, Robert Eggers’ remake of Nosferatu resembles one...

[ The following review contains SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! ] There is a scene relatively early in Queer’s sprawling narrative that...

[ The following review contains MAJOR SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! ] At first glance, The Crimson Kimono  appears to be a rather...

[ The following review contains MAJOR SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! ] While The Assassin  is often classified as a wuxia film, it is...

Although he is widely regarded as a pioneer of the jidaigeki  genre, Daisuke Ito’s directorial efforts remain elusive in the West. Fans...

[ The following review contains MINOR SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! ] As might reasonably be expected of an epic poem based on oral...

[ The following review contains MAJOR SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! ] The imagery in Kenji Misumi’s Kenki  is reminiscent of haiku :...

[ The following review contains MINOR SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! ] Edward Dmytryk’s The Sniper  caught me unawares—like a bullet...