ReviewsReview: Tsui Hark Sets “Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame” AblazeA mashup of an old school detective story with freshly minted special effects, the new adventure from Hong Kong action master Tsui Hark is t...byStephen SaitoSep 1, 2011
ReviewsReview: Vincent Gallo and Jerzy Skolimoski Come Out From the Cold with “Essential Killing”Two of cinema's great enigmas in recent years join forces for an expectedly strange but effective thriller about an alleged terrorist's stor...byStephen SaitoAug 31, 2011
ReviewsReview: The Unmediated Impact of Steve James & Alex Kotlowitz’s “The Interrupters”The latest documentary from the director of "Hoop Dreams" is another undeniably powerful look at inner-city Chicago, this time centering on ...byStephen SaitoAug 26, 2011
ReviewsReview: A View to Many Kills Through the Guillermo Del Toro-Produced “Julia’s Eyes”While one Guillermo Del Toro-produced thriller asks audiences this week to not be afraid of the dark, another, which was a favorite on the f...byStephen SaitoAug 24, 2011
ReviewsReview: The Horror of an Estate Tax Too High in Troy Nixey’s “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark”Far from the real world, the scares in the directorial debut from a Guillermo Del Toro protege are underscored by the cold reality of modern...byStephen SaitoAug 23, 2011
ReviewsReview: Surveying the Wreckage of a Personal Apocalypse in Lars von Trier’s “Melancholia”An avowed Lars von Trier hater comes to terms with the masterwork that's his latest as the director comes to terms with the end of the world...byStephen SaitoAug 22, 2011
ReviewsReview and Recap of the First Night of Kevin Smith’s “Red State” Oscar Consideration RunAfter plunking down $20 as requested by the filmmaker, a review of Kevin Smith's controversial and allegedly penultimate film and a recap of...byStephen SaitoAug 20, 2011
ReviewsReview: Finding the Humor in the Tears of a Clown in Álex de la Iglesia’s “The Last Circus”The latest from the Spanish auteur behind genre mashups such as "800 Bullets" and "El Crimen Ferpecto" finds a home under the big top with t...byStephen SaitoAug 15, 2011
ReviewsReview: Joe Swanberg & Adam Wingard Take a Different Approach to Fleshing Out Their Ideas in “Autoerotic”The title of his latest film may be the most sexually provocative yet, but it's a sense of restraint that benefits Joe Swanberg's latest (wi...byStephen SaitoAug 11, 2011
ReviewsReview: Dominic Cooper Uses Both Barrels in “The Devil’s Double”After threatening to break out as a big star for years, Dominic Cooper finds the role to do it with as a body double who must break free fro...byStephen SaitoJul 25, 2011