Angelina Jolie Goes High Fashion (and Higher Drama)
When Angelina Jolie’s character descends on Paris in Alice Winocour’s “Couture,” she’s plunged into a very different environment than she’s used to. Despite...
‘The Boys’ Finale Review: An Annoying Little Sh*t to the End, Mostly for the Better...
Eric Kripke's superhero satire-turned-political allegory wraps up with the long-promised showdown between Homelander (Antony Starr) and The Butcher (Karl Urban). But its closing...
‘Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed’ Review: Tatiana Maslany’s Peppy Thriller
Paula is slammed. Her boss is dangling a promotion in the hopes of stretching her 40-hour workweek to new, unhealthy limits. Her ex-husband...
The Samurai and the Prisoner Review: Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Murder-Mystery
Invoked several times across his anomalous new feature, a curious but plodding 16th century mystery-drama set within the walls of a Japanese castle...
I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning Review: A Compelling Adaptation
Some films herald the scope of their ambitions from the opening frame, whereas others start humbly with a mastery that slowly comes to...
Asia Argento in Slow-Burn Thriller
It’s highly reductive to say, but there’s a genre in festival and arthouse cinema, and it’s simply called “Asia Argento.” The component parts...
Gorgeous Twist on Coming-of-Age Romance
Excluding a small supporting part in Olivier Assayas‘ “Something in the Air” (2012), Félix de Givry was first introduced to many filmgoers as...
Why Mexico’s Cartels Are So Hard to Defeat
On February 22, cartel boss Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as “El Mencho,” was killed in a hideout in the town of Tapalpa, a...
Iran as Vietnam, Ukraine as Korea
It has taken the Trump administration just two months to race through all five years of the Johnson administration’s Vietnam policy: entry, escalation,...
