Sonic Youth — Daydream Nation

The opening chords of Sonic Youth's Daydream Nation lurch, dissipate and echo as if reaching through the murk of the '80s undergrou...

What Time is It There?

When someone describes a film as minimalistic, he usually refers to the aesthetic quality, a sparsity of construction and mise-en-scène that...

Four Lions

Chris Morris, the most ingenious and darkly savage man in British television comedy (which places him high in the running for most ruthless ...

House

From the opening title card, featuring the "O" in the film's title turning into a cartoon mouth with pointy teeth, House more...

Welcome Back, Conan

Compared to the exuberant, triumphant opening video of his first Tonight Show , in which he took the reins of a franchise with such joy that...

Plastic Bag

How I have managed to elude Ramin Bahrani's short film Plastic Bag for months baffles me. Bahrani, the greatest newcomer to American ci...

Alien3

Though it is rightly regarded as one of the most intriguing franchises in motion picture history, the Alien saga can also be viewed as a mi...