Kick-Ass 2 belongs to that rare breed of sequel that builds upon every idea its predecessor introduced, rather than merely recycling old...

In my review of Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht, I neglected to mention the film’s delightfully bizarre ending, but it’s such a brilliant...

Following a loose, minimalistic plot structured around some of The Who’s greatest hits (as well as other rock ‘n’ roll classics),...

Decided to send off 2018 by finally watching The Who’s Tommy, which I’ve experienced in various chunks over the years, but never seen in...

Happy Mother’s Day! Why not celebrate with a film? There are plenty of memorable movies about moms, but in my opinion, none of them...

I don’t say this very often, but tonight, I watched an irredeemably awful film. I was in the mood for something dumb and fun after a...

Rooney Mara eats a pie for ten Goddamn minutes. Okay, okay, I’m probably exaggerating. It’s probably not literally ten minutes of screen...

Thanks to Kanopy’s extensive selection of educational programming, I’ve recently become very interested in Butoh, a Japanese style of...

Logged on to Kanopy to watch Effacement, a semi-experimental documentary that explores the process of creating a Japanese Noh mask. While...

Saw Ghost Stories at IFC Center. It’s funny: by sheer coincidence, I just watched another British horror anthology film called The House...

Logged on to Kanopy to watch Mario Bava’s Black Sabbath, an anthology film that offers up three very different (but equally delectable)...

The original Harakiri (1962) is an uncompromisingly uncomfortable film, a scathing criticism of the fetishization of bushido in general...

The climactic set piece of Drug War, Chinese filmmaker Johnnie To’s action-packed police procedural, features an homage to, of all...

Dust and debris settle after a violent explosion. Nikkatsu regular Joe Shishido, dazed but more-or-less unharmed (perhaps his...

A trio of bank robbers seeks refuge at a ski lodge, but as the staff grows increasingly suspicious and the police close in, they flee...

It’s not too late to watch Christmas movies yet, right? Because I was still in the mood for some Yuletide cheer, and Netflix’s The...

One of the reasons I love Scorsese is that his films so gracefully express his faith without ever preaching at the viewer. This is what...

The Tokugawa Era. A time of peace. Bored samurai, unable to prove their honor in combat, instead follow the Way of Tea to climb the...

An influential businessman dies in a freak hunting accident. Single gunshot wound through the chest. No witnesses. One stubborn cop...

It’s Christmas Eve, and AMC is celebrating with a Rankin/Bass marathon. Of course, I’ve seen all of their animated specials dozens of...