Depressive ‘Solaris’ (1972) is the anti-‘2001’
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): This Russian sci-fi classic is even slower-paced than “2001.” But it offers more intellectual rewards.
Foreign Films
Depressive ‘Solaris’ (1972) is the anti-‘2001’
‘His House’ shows horror of refugee immigrant experience
Movie review: Weekes’ calling-card film uses horror tropes to slyly tell a surprising, insightful story about the refugee experience.
‘Barjo’ (1992) wryly adapts ‘Confessions of a Crap Artist’
PKD flashback (Movie review): This French adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s first-published non-SF novel is faithful but decidedly quirky.
Bring your own metaphors to ‘Battle Royale’ (2000)
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): The weapons are supplied, but bring your own metaphors to this cult classic that presaged “Hunger Games.”
‘Train to Busan’ (2016) is a first-class zombie tear-jerker
Frightening Friday (Movie review): Sang-ho Yeon’s Korean zombie thriller is a first-class tear-jerker.
‘Parasite’ makes powerful point about class differences
Movie review: This dark comedy Oscar favorite makes a powerful point about class differences.
Korean film ‘Burning’ is a strong entry in the ‘What the heck is going on?’ subgenre (Movie review)
In the tradition of great Asian cinema, “Burning” (2018) is intensely strange and immensely engrossing. Fittingly, lead actor Ah-in Yoo, as Lee Jong-su, seems to barely be giving a performance, but we’re right there with […]
Japanese film ‘Shoplifters’ is a heartfelt exploration of a makeshift family (Movie review)
When I throw around the phrase “makeshift family” in reviews, I’m usually talking about tight groups of friends. But the Japanese film “Shoplifters” (2018) shows us a more literal makeshift family. It’s about six societal castoffs […]
Cuaron’s ‘Roma’ a partly exhilarating, mostly exhausting, very eye-opening walk in the shoes of a 1970s Mexican maid (Movie review)
With the Oscars coming up, the guilt of constantly scrolling past “Roma” (2018) on Netflix en route to “Daredevil” episodes finally got to me, and I gave the Best Picture nominee a watch. And also, my […]
‘Veronica’ adds grit to slick Ouija subgenre of horror
Movie review: “Veronica” doesn’t redefine Ouija board horror, but it certainly approaches it from a different perspective.