Berlin Alexanderplatz

Berlin Alexanderplatz should not exist. At no point in the cinematic history of any country should a film like this have been approved for ...

Carpenter's Tools: Christine

The marriage of the horror kings of two media, film and literature, must have seemed a sure-fire hit back in 1983. Fresh off the disappointi...

Carpenter's Tools: The Thing

I seem to admit my ignorance with film theory and (somewhat) history quite often in my reviews, which probably isn't too smart, but I do...

The Red Shoes

From 1909 to 1929, the Ballets Russes, headed by Sergei Diaghilev, effectively reinvented musical theater. Hiring not only gifted and promis...

District 9

Nearly every review of District 9 you will read will peg South African director Neill Blomkamp as someone to watch, and I can do nothing bu...

The Hurt Locker

Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker understands what makes a great war film. It is not apolitical, as many claim, but its politics are na...

Ponyo

Miyazaki Hayao might be a humble man aware of his mortality, or he might just be an excellent showman. Upon the release of his previous feat...