In Review: 'Pleasure,' 'The Innocents'
This week, Scandinavian filmmakers offer two different journeys from something like innocence to experience: one set in the L.A. porn industry, the other in a mirthless Norwegian apartment complex.
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Who Was 'Darkman'?
The summer after 'Batman,' director Sam Raimi made his major-studio debut with a modestly budgeted, original superhero movie. We wouldn't see its kind again.
In Review: 'Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,' 'Hatching'
Sam Raimi takes on the MCU, in every sense of that phrase, in the second 'Doctor Strange' film. Meanwhile, in Finland, a girl brings home an egg and has to deal with the consequences.
The State of the Noé
With his latest films, 'Vortex' and 'Lux Æterna,' opening in successive weeks, it's time to check in on one of modern cinema's most committed provocateurs.
In Review: 'Petite Maman,' 'Memory'
This week, we review two very different films about memory: the latest feature from Céline Sciamma and a new Liam Neeson entry in the cínema du vengeance.
'Fly Away Home': How to talk to children about death (and life)
Carroll Ballard's gorgeous 1996 adventure is a rare and precious example of family entertaining willing to engage in the toughest conversation.