It took Aaron Shaul a couple of viewings to unravel the web surrounding Zhang Ziyi’s latest film, Purple Butterfly, but it was effort well-spent.
Ang Lee’s critically acclaimed film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon at last makes its debut on DVD. Phil Bailey explains why this film is still underrated, despite its four Oscars (Gladiator, schmadiator).
It’s the perfect foreign film. Legible subtitles and a language you weren’t o…
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is a big budget martial arts movie from…
Like pre-teens throwing every liquid into the kitchen blender and daring each other to drink the results, Woody and Jeremy fuse all manner of sounds legitimate and profane into some murky concoction that tastes surprisingly good.
Synapse Films reissues Lamberto Bava’s epic ’80s gore-filled movies Demons and Demons 2 in beautiful new editions.
Searching for the Disappearing Hour (Pyroclastic Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Earlier this year, director Payal Kapadia was awarded the Oeil d’or (Golden Eye) for best documentary at the 74th Cannes Film Festival for her debut feature, A Night of Knowing Nothing. Lily and Generoso interviewed Kapadia about her poignant film, which employs a hybrid-fiction technique to provide a personal view of the student protests that engulfed Indian colleges and universities during the previous decade.
A classic children’s tale re-imagined by America’s greatest composers.
The 2021 edition of the American Film Institute’s Festival, was a total success. After mounting a small virtual festival in 2020, AFI Fest came roaring back this year with a slate of 115 films representing over fifty countries. Lily and Generoso rank their favorite features from this year’s festival which include new offerings from Céline Sciamma, Miguel Gomes, and Jacques Audiard.
Full Of Seeds, Bursting With Its Own Corrections (COAS). Review by Carl F. Gauze.
