The comic book picture has conquered American movies. Nine of the top twenty box office hits this decade were superhero films; the…
“Ad Astra” is an ambitious movie, both thematically and visually audacious. It succeeds as a first-rate portrayal of space travel during a…
If there isn’t much time left for the one you love, would you let them know? For some, an unhesitant “yes” seems…
The Taiwanese film “What Time Is It There?” (2001, Tsai Ming-Liang) establishes a world of floating time and space with a unique…
Bong Joon-ho is one of Korea’s most prolific and accomplished filmmakers. He is most well known for his big-budget English-language films, e.g.,…
Early on in “Us,” Jordan Peele’s second directorial effort, a young girl on the Santa Cruz boardwalk passes a beach bum carrying…
Like many sports movies before it, “High Flying Bird” is about changing the game. It is a classic example of an underdog…
Recently available on Netflix, “Dear Ex” (2018) tells a story of a Taiwanese teenage boy who drifts apart from his mother after…
If you watched the snoozefest that was this year’s Oscars, you might believe that 2018 was a terrible year for movies. The…
“Shoplifters” (万引き家族) is the 2018 Palme d’Or-winning masterwork of celebrated Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda. The film tells the story of a family…