Zodiac (2007)

Zodiac (David Fincher, 2007) This is quite possibly Fincher's most mature film ever. I always thought of Fincher as a concept director; ...

Baliw (2007)

Baliw (Redd Ochoa, 2007) English Title: Crazy My biggest gripe with Redd Ochoa's Baliw ( Crazy ) is not that it's poorly made, but ...

101 Reykjavik (2000)

101 Reykjavik (Baltasar Kormákur, 2000) Hlynur (Hilmir Snær Guðnason) is in his late-twenties yet he hasn't worked a day in his life. He...

They Live (1988)

They Live (John Carpenter, 1988) The world in John Carpenter's They Live is very similar to ours --- multi-racial with class structures...

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (Gore Verbinski, 2007) Jerry Bruckheimer's biggest moneymaking franchise has spawned its th...

Paprika (2006)

Paprika (Satoshi Kon, 2006) From the realist-humanist comedy of Tokyo Godfathers (2003), anime director Satoshi Kon returns to the subject ...

Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams (2006)

Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams (Jasmila Zbanik, 2006) Grbavica is a suburban district in Sarajevo which was attacked by the Serbs during th...

Goshu the Cellist (1982)

Goshu the Cellist (Isao Takahata, 1982) Japanese Title: Sero hiki no Gôshu The first few scenes that director Isao Takahata allows us to see...

Shrek the Third (2007)

Shrek the Third (Chris Miller & Raman Hui, 2007) The summer of 2007 has finally dawned upon us and made its presence really felt. The da...

Rang De Basanti (2006)

Rang De Basanti (Rakesh Omprakash Mehra, 2006) English Title: Paint It Yellow Sue (Alice Patten) is a British filmmaker who wants to make a ...

Paraguayan Hammock (2006)

Paraguayan Hammock (Paz Encina, 2006) Guarani Title: Hamaca paraguaya The first thing we see in Paz Encina's Paraguayan Hammock is a fo...

28 Weeks Later (2007)

28 Weeks Later (Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, 2007) Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later (2002), I thought, had all the positive and negative traits o...

On the Occasion of Remembering the Turning Gate (2002)

On the Occasion of Remembering the Turning Gate (Hong Sang-soo, 2002) Korean Title: Saenghwalui balgyeon The titles of Hong Sang-soo films a...

Pigs and Battleships (1961)

Pigs and Battleships (Shohei Imamura, 1961) Japanese Title: Buta to Gunkan Irreverent and unabashedly human, Shohei Imamura's Pigs and B...

Spider-Man 3 (2007)

Spider-Man 3 (Sam Raimi, 2007) I believe comic book-movies have an immense inferiority complex. To compensate for that perceived slightness ...