Like many D.W. Griffith films, Intolerance: Love’s Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916) has the rhythm of a poem. Unlike The Birth of a Nation (1915), which sought to tell an epic tale...
As a team of explorers wanders through a jungle, the sun peaks through the branches. The obscured lighting builds an instant fascination as the men move silently through the jungle. A hive...
Looking back on the career of Richard Linklater, a fair amount of his success and influence likely comes from the cult popularity of Dazed and Confused. But that film--which was an early...
The Stalker’s Wife is the character who has really stuck with me in the aftermath of seeing this film for the first time. She was presented as loving and honest and gentle,...
Directors: Ridley Scott
Writers: Callie Khouri
Stars: Geena Davis, Susan Sarandon
Synopsis: Two best friends go on an adventure to escape their lives, which soon turns into a terrifying chase from authorities
A lot has happened in the 30...
There is enough content in Andrei Rublev (1966) to fit into about three different films. I could easily see a director who wasn’t Andrei Tarkovsky choosing to cut this film up into...
Federico Fellini is a director who inspires fierce devotion from his greatest fans. His most fervent devotees are particularly drawn to the work that he produced following Nights of Cabiria (1957). He...
I suppose it’s a bad idea to start off a review of a film about a legendary rap group with the admission that I am completely averse to this genre of music....
