[The following essay contains MAJOR SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!] In Bernard Rose’s original Candyman, the eponymous hook-handed...

In my Black Widow review, I argued: The villains, sadly, are far less compelling and memorable, existing only as shallow, generic...

For the majority of its duration, “White Woman’s Instagram”—a song penned by Bo Burnham for Inside, his self-produced Netflix comedy...

Efficient. If I had to choose a single word to describe Paul Schrader’s directorial style, that would be it: Efficient. In his movies...

Concluded Japan Cuts 2021 with a self-catered double feature: It’s a Summer Film!: This lighthearted ode to the spirit of creativity is a...

If you still require evidence that Takashi Miike is a certified cinematic genius, look no further than his latest effort, The Great Yokai...

Here in the United States, Kiyoshi Kurosawa has acquired a reputation for primarily producing “J-horror,” thanks in large part to the...

The jidaigeki genre has become increasingly rare in recent years, even in its native country. Revisionist, postmodern, cynical twists on...

[The following essay contains MAJOR SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!] During his promotional tour for The Suicide Squad, John Cena...

[The following review contains MAJOR SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!] The pre-credit sequence of James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad is more...

[The following essay contains MAJOR SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!] While digesting The Green Knight's stylistic and structural...

Following an appropriately surreal and dreamlike prologue, David Lowery’s The Green Knight opens on a surprisingly mundane note: an image...

[The following review contains SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!] Netflix’s recent three-part adaptation of R. L. Stine's Fear Street novel...

[The following review contains MINOR SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!] After a yearlong absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the MCU has...

The marketing for Richard Donner’s 1978 adaptation of Superman proudly proclaimed that the film would convince audiences that “a man...

In Willy’s Wonderland, Nicolas Cage plays a badass, taciturn janitor forced to spend the night cleaning a Chuck E. Cheese style family...

Of all the documentaries comprising Japan Society’s “Cinema as Struggle: The Films of Kazuo Hara & Sachiko Kobayashi” retrospective, few...

Earlier this week, I watched Hong Sangsoo’s The Power of Kangwon Province via Lincoln Center’s virtual cinema, and while I enjoyed it, I...

The Many Faces of Chika—the only scripted drama ever produced by documentarians Kazuo Hara and Sachiko Kobayashi—features a fascinating...

Extreme Private Eros: Love Song 1974 is as difficult to analyze as it is challenging to watch; this deeply personal documentary resides...