“There has always been a conflict at play in Nicholson’s screen presence: between ‘Nicholson’ and ‘Jack.’ The desire to be taken seriously and the lure of the riotous Jack persona have always done battle across his decades of stardom.”
“Ghost Dog glides through the story with the swiftness of an avian being in a film that never fails to be cathartic.”
“At some point, you’ve got to take down the celebrity posters, or at least reassess what they represent.”
“Within the context of a cinema that is high-strung and often defined by its over-the-top, spectacle-driven family dramas, ‘Ribbon’ and its smallness (and everydayness) is not just a refreshing break but an extremely well-timed breaking of the mold.”
“Although individual grief may be colored by guilt or loneliness, jealousy or the passage of time, ultimately everyone who knows love will know a ghost story, and suffer the same grief or become a ghost in the end.”
“If Murphy’s Law were to be made into a film, it’d look a lot like Nikhil Nagesh Bhat’s ‘Long Live Brij Mohan!’ His production, in more ways than one, is also a metaphor for the city of Delhi.”
“A dance of layered visuals and eye-popping patterns, ‘Coco’ is well balanced with the understated”
“Martel’s film is an absolute masterpiece in visual symbolism and deserves to be seen on that basis alone.”
“Painfully ironic, aggressive and humorously on point, Östlund’s films are timely cinematic pieces that put their characters’ moral compasses at stake.”
“Technology becomes an extension of the individual, queering their body and changing desires.”