Margot (Nicole Kidman) is a renowned writer who has been delighting audiences for years through her short stories and books. What her readers don’t know is that her work is not purely fictional, which a great deal of it being derived from her own personal life, and the lives of her family, who slowly realize…

When it comes to insatiable tension, no one seems better suited to engage in a rare form of artistic anarchy quite like Josh and Benny Safdie, who continue to establish themselves as firm constituents of the future of filmmaking and directors who are well on their way to defining the current era of cinematic storytelling….

There are some films that despite being remarkable pieces on their own, never quite achieve the worldwide recognition they deserve, especially when it comes to foreign films being appreciated by English-speaking audiences. One such film is Dying to Survive (Mandarin: 我不是藥神), the incredible true-life dark comedy directed by Wen Muye, who takes on a story…

Bruno (Lon Chaney, Jr.) is the mild-mannered chauffeur and caretaker for the Merrye family, who live in a large mansion in the countryside. He’s dedicated his entire life to serving the family, which has recently entailed being the guardian of the three Merrye children, Virginia (Jill Banner), Elizabeth (Beverly Washburn) and Ralph (Sid Haig), who…

Ruth Patchett (Roseanne Barr) is an ordinary American housewife – she’s married, has two wonderful children and leads a relatively happy suburban life. However, below the surface, there’s something bothering her – she feels like her marriage lacks spark, with Ruth trying her best to be a good wife to her husband, the effortlessly charming…

The best way to describe 7 Reasons to Run Away from Society, the gloriously deranged anthology film directed by Esteve Soler, Gerard Quinto and David Torras, is as Monty Python coming into contact with Pedro Almodóvar. Longtime readers will know that when it comes to my personal taste, I hold very few creatives in as…

Willard Stiles (Bruce Davison) is a reserved young man who works as a clerk for the company his now-deceased father founded, which has been taken over by Martin (Ernest Borgnine), a barbaric businessman who constantly taunts Willard and forces him into submission regularly, as a way of reminding him that he’s nothing more than a…

Every now and then, someone manages to capture the zeitgeist just long enough in a cinematic form to create something unique and entirely original, yet still very reflective of not only the society we live in but also the ideals that define it. Riley Stearns, in his sophomore feature film, takes on a very strange…

Bong Joon-ho continues to push the boundaries of cinema, with every new production becoming an event all on its own. His career has consisted of a few films in which he has consistently challenged what we perceive narrative fiction to be, taking on various subjects through his own unflinching commitment to representing a different side…

Milo Tindle (Michael Caine) is on his way to a manor on the outskirts of an isolated village somewhere in the English countryside. He is there to meet a man he has never encountered, Lord Andrew Wyke (Laurence Olivier), a world-renowned writer of crime novels, who beckoned for Milo to pay him a visit. The…