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“There’s a multitude of problems in adapting any of Stephen King’s sprawling novels into a film, or in this case series of films. The sheer scope of the material means that any adaptation that is not a multi-episode miniseries is a mere scratch of the surface in comparison, his inability to satis” read more
“Tarsem Singh’s directorial debut is a solid case study for his larger film career: a series of alluring, hypnotic surrealistic images that are awash in painterly light and composition in search of a coherent narrative to contain them. His films characters fluctuate depending on how strong an actor” read more
“The Wicker Man unspools so slowly and subliminally that you know something is “off” and sinister is about to happen, but you don’t see the trap engulfing you until its too late. Everything is so strange that it becomes like a hallucination that feels so tangible you don’t notice it’s a lie” read more
“One of the strangest, most hypnotic films I’ve ever seen, Tales of Beatrix Potter is a charming little highbrow detour in children’s entertainment. Told entirely through pantomime, dance, and classical music, even in wraparound segments of Potter as a youth sketching her eventual creations, Beat” read more
“There’s something delightfully innocent and feminine about The Trouble with Angels. A lot of this probably has to do with it being directed (Ida Lupino), written by (original novel by Jane Trahey; script by Blanche Hanalis), and starring lots of girls/women (Hayley Mills, June Harding, Rosalind Ru” read more