The Zone of Interest is a horror film. That isn’t a “genre” classification, by the way; the movie lacks the “traditional” tropes and...

Having just belatedly watched Allen Baron’s Blast of Silence, I need to reevaluate my perception of an entire subgenre. Although the...

Every cinephile has at least one Holy Grail. It's a common story: interest in said rare movie is piqued by a fleeting allusion in the...

Above all else, Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis is a triumph of production design. From the intricately detailed miniature models and matte...

[The following review contains MINOR SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!] It would be reductive to describe Dogra Magra as a film about...

In Water—the most recent exercise in minimalism from South Korean indie auteur Hong Sang-soo—is intentionally shot entirely out-of-focus....

[The following review contains MINOR SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!] Silent Night represents something of a stylistic departure for John...

[The following review contains MINOR SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!] In Godzilla Minus One, the eponymous prehistoric reptile is largely...

Like Akira Kurosawa’s Rashomon, Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Monster revolves around the theme of conflicting perspectives, adopting a triptych...

Several critics have asserted that The Boy and the Heron is Hayao Miyazaki’s most “personal” film to date. There may be some merit to...

As a 100th anniversary celebration, Disney’s Wish is rather lackluster. While the studio certainly makes an effort to pay tribute to its...

The visual style of David Fincher’s The Killer resembles the personality of its protagonist: meticulous, methodical, and relentlessly...

If Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji was director Tomu Uchida’s homage to the socially conscious period dramas produced by Sadao Yamanaka...

[The following review contains SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!] Junji Ito’s “Hanging Blimp” features a brilliant moment of dark comedy....

[The following review contains MAJOR SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!] Recently, I had the pleasure of revisiting Daiei’s Daimajin. In...

[ The following review contains MAJOR SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! ] When this money started coming, we should have known it came with...

[The following review contains MAJOR SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!] With The Timekeepers of Eternity, Aristotelis Maragkos accomplishes...

[The following review contains SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!] Daiei’s 100 Monsters (currently available on one of the discs in Arrow...

[The following review contains SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!] When I first discovered the existence of Banmei Takahashi’s Door earlier...

[The following review contains SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!] Contrary to what the sequels might lead you to believe, Pinhead and his...