[WARNING: The following essay contains MAJOR SPOILERS!] I spent hours searching for the right adjective to describe the unique flavor of...

While large movie theater chains struggle to stay afloat in the midst of the ongoing pandemic, Japan Society has adapted to the age of...

Reading the first few chapters of Junji Ito’s Tomie put me in the mood for some good, old-fashioned body horror. Fortunately, the...

Hulu’s Books of Blood is profoundly disappointing. While it borrows its title from the series of anthology novels penned by Clive Barker,...

David Byrne’s American Utopia perfectly encapsulates its creator’s quirky personality and artistic philosophy. Through his word salad...

I’ve been a huge fan of director Steve McQueen’s (no relation to the star of Bullitt and The Great Escape) minimalistic approach to...

Hopper/Welles is a fascinating time capsule. In footage originally shot circa 1970 for The Other Side of the Wind, an unseen Orson Welles...

Tsai Ming-liang’s Days begins with a title card that reads, “The film is intentionally unsubtitled.” That’s somewhat intimidating, to say...

[WARNING: The following review contains MINOR SPOILERS!] Underwater begins with a long, lingering shot that slowly tracks across the...

Last night, I watched The Calming, my first digital screening of this year’s hybrid (part drive-in, part online) edition of the New York...

Watched Rancho Notorious on the Criterion Channel. This Technicolor-drenched Old Hollywood cowboy picture should represent something of a...

Watched A Colt Is My Passport on the Criterion Channel. Directed by Takashi Nomura, this deliciously pulpy, noir-flavored yakuza thriller...

This year’s online edition of the New York Asian Film Festival has officially commenced! Unfortunately, the streaming service that the...

I swore to myself that I would never pay money to watch Teen Titans Go! vs. Teen Titans. Alas, I discovered last night that it was...

Last night—hoping to recapture the thrills and chills of Shutter—I watched a Thai movie called Inhuman Kiss, a genre-bending roller...

Like many of Japan’s finest animated features (particularly those produced by Studio Ghibli), Okko’s Inn is so elegantly simple and...

Yes, even Hong Kong’s venerable Shaw Brothers Studio tried to capitalize on the ninja craze of the 1980s. The very novelty of Five...

[ The following observations were originally posted to Twitter on May 13, 2020. The text has been reproduced here with minor revisions...

Recently, browsing Netflix has become a torturous exercise; I don’t know whether I should blame the limited selection of films or my own...

How does one approach describing a cinematic experience as singularly unique as Leningrad Cowboys Go America? Watching it is like...