Zack Snyder’s genre pastiche attempts to deconstruct the role of women in popular culture with this action fantasia, but isn’t entirely successful.
Read MoreJohn Daschbach’s documentary about Masamoto Ueda and his ramen restaurant, Bizentei, is a gentle portrait of community.
Read MoreJohn Frankenheimer’s Seconds deconstructs America in the 1960s and exposes the paranoia and anxieties bubbling under the surface of American culture.
Read MoreFor all its fantasy adventure tropes and CGI animation conventions, Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole has all the formal tics and thematic obsessions of a Snyder film.
Read MoreThe yearly tradition continues with these predictions for every category at the 93rd Academy Awards.
Read MoreFlorian Zeller’s adaptation of his own stage play is a claustrophobic work of compassion with a great Anthony Hopkins performance.
Read MoreWith his successful cinematic rendering of Watchmen, Zack Snyder shows the fascination and power of the superhero on film.
Read MoreBrings welcome attention to important yet lesser-known aspects of J.R.R. Tolkien’s life, even if the film isn’t the Tolkien biopic the world needs.
Read MoreAnders and Aren discuss Frank and Eleanor Perry’s 1968 classic, The Swimmer, starring Burt Lancaster, and connect it to our current moment, Old and New Hollywood, and Mad Men.
Read MoreComing 2 America fits Hollywood’s current template for legacy sequels, but its humour is very much a 1980s throwback.
Read MoreA thought-provoking drama about Christian persecution in Nero’s Rome.
Read MoreZack Snyder’s 300 is a heavy metal fever dream and a spellbinding work of comic book mythmaking.
Read MoreJ Blakeson’s thriller starring Rosamund Pike wastes its appealing hook with muddled satire and contradictory characterizations.
Read MoreThe story of Mohamedou Ould Salahi and his 14 year imprisonment is affecting, but Kevin McDonald’s film doesn’t quite do it justice.
Read MoreZack Snyder’s explosive debut is arguably the finest zombie movie ever made.
Read MoreWith the #SnyderCut almost here, the Brothers introduce their Zack Snyder Retrospective.
Read MoreSimon West’s action classic leans into every absurdity of 1990s filmmaking, defining its entertainment ethos, without capturing its art.
Read MoreJohn Lee Hancock’s serial killer drama gestures at the hallmarks of prestige cinema, but is mostly a bore.
Read MoreA personal pantheon of the films that shaped and continue to define the best of cinematic storytelling.
Read MoreThe third film in The Chronicles of Riddick series goes back to basics in its riff on survival movies and cat-and-mouse thrillers.
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