Review: State Like Sleep
There is a fine line between hypnotic and sleep-inducing, and State of Sleep very often crosses into the former. The tone of detachment...
Review: The Shape of Water
As with Pan's Labyrinth and The Devil's Backbone before it, Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water is a decidedly adult fairy tale that...
Review: Salt and Fire
"Lethargic, listless, torpid, moribund..." describes Gael García Bernal's Professor Fabio Cavani of his wait at the airport's immigration...
Review: Wolves
A solid cast led by a reliably outstanding Michael Shannon offsets writer-director Bart Freundlich's formulaic narrative and execution in...
Review: Frank and Lola
A moody dissection of male jealousy fronted by a compelling performance by Michael Shannon, Frank and Lola begins in bed as Shannon's...
Review: Nocturnal Animals
Combining melodrama with the darkest of pulp noirs, Nocturnal Animals is a chilly and chilling passion play of regret and revenge, duty...
Review: Loving
Previously told in the 1996 television movie Mr. and Mrs. Loving and the 2011 documentary The Loving Story, the true story of Richard and...
Review: Complete Unknown
How does it feel to be like a rolling stone? Complete Unknown, which lyrically references Bob Dylan's song, doesn't so much answer this...
Review: Elvis & Nixon
Perhaps one of the oddest moments in White House history occurred on December 21, 1970. That was the day the King of Rock and Roll met...
Review: Midnight Special
Watching a movie requires a certain amount of faith. You give yourself over to the dark, place yourself in the hands of a filmmaker who...
