film commentary

When the creative team behind the movie that made you want to be a director reunites 20 years on, how high should your expectations be?

Its heady seriousness and three-hour running time make this year's Palme d'Or winner a daunting prospect, but the film holds slow-burning pleasures.

A film by a great director about the artistic struggles of a brilliant painter provides inspiration and solace to a rising independent filmmaker.

The latest (problematic) biblical epic is deconstructed on an epic scale.

At his second attempt, the Brooklyn director writes about one of the Tales of the Four Seasons, plus a deal with the devil and Kelsey Grammer sitcoms.

One of Thomas Pynchon's novels is finally brought to the big screen, but can even of the greatest American cinematic visionaries do it justice?

The Swedish documentary director's latest archival film tackles the topic of breaking free from colonial bonds, but its approach is problematic.

The new directorial effort by one of the funniest men in Hollywood goes beyond humor to reach something personal, and in that lies its greatness.

The French actor-turned-director's latest fuses the police procedural with an off-kilter sex comedy in a surprising (and oddly life-affirming) way.

Newly out from Criterion, Polanski's take on "the Scottish play" is a work of troubled genius which has long been unfairly overlooked.

The smell of death and a striving for betterment define Soderbergh's beautifully crafted turn-of-the-century miniseries, a TV show for the ages.

A standout at Sundance, this smartly constructed Australian horror film taps into primal fears about both family ties and the boogeyman under the bed.