Wes Craven’s controversial classic horror film uses unrefined formal techniques and realistic content to unsettle viewers and examine the horrors of bloodlust.
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This documentary by the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei paints a portrait of contemporary China through the lens of the COVID-19 pandemic in Wuhan.
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Featuring horror legend Christopher Lee and plenty of Gothic atmosphere, this tale of witchcraft in a New England town is a spooky though backward-looking treat.
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Smog Town is an illuminating look behind the curtain of Chinese bureaucracy, but would be more effective if it were more compact.
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The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel shows how the rise of corporate responsibility and weakened political structures have deepened the entwining of our fates with those of the corporation, as both an economic and political agent in the last two decades.
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The Last Ice is a useful primer for anyone wanting to understand the issues at stake in the Arctic.
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Dario Argento’s spiritual sequel to Suspiria is just as spectacularly moody as its predecessor, even if the narrative is slapdash.
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The Fog is a compelling mood piece, with atmospheric scares and great low-budget special effects.
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Mario Bava’s official debut combines arthouse style and B-movie horror conventions to strong effect.
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WWII horror thriller set on a B-17 Flying Fortress ultimately crash lands.
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The Social Dilemma is hardly nuanced and its narrative dramatizations are lame, but it makes a compelling argument that social media is harming our culture.
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A fascinating, disorienting first-hand account of the Wuhan COVID-19 lockdown.
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A beautifully animated adventure film that mines the many tensions between England and Ireland.
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Werner Herzog and Clive Oppenheimer examine the scientific and spiritual meaning of meteorites in this joyful documentary.
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Like its predecessor, National Treasure: Book of Secrets is an exercise in nostalgic nationalism, but also a goofily entertaining adventure film.
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Paprika coalesces Satoshi Kon’s vision of dreamwords, filmmaking, and artistic expression into one unified whole.
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Tokyo Godfathers is about as close as you can get to a Charles Dickens Christmas adaptation apart from actually making a film based on A Christmas Carol.
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Millennium Actress is a beautiful examination of the relationships between actors and the movies they make, and viewers and the movies they watch.
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In 2020, National Treasure is as much a historical artifact as the American landmarks it features in its adventure narrative, but it’s still fun.
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Satoshi Kon’s debut feature remains one of cinema’s best psychological thrillers and a scathing critique of exploitation in the entertainment industry.
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