Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
By Ben Wasserman September 6, 2024
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Michael Keaton miraculously slips back into the title character’s self-absorbent, gothic Looney Tunes behavior like no time has passed.
Michael Keaton miraculously slips back into the title character’s self-absorbent, gothic Looney Tunes behavior like no time has passed.
An odd, offbeat little gem wrapped up in an 18th-century vampire tale.
There is a lot to unpack and ruminate over in Jane Schoenbrun’s moody and extraordinarily layered film, where abstract ideas are made tangible.
A Frankenstein fable that becomes a coming-of-age saga exploding societal conventions, particularly the physical kind. Nudity, explicit sex, and grotesqueries abound.
With witchcraft, racism, a lesbian interracial affair, and even a case of arson in its mix, this French Alps–based fantasy thriller has a lot of potential to start fires.
In terms of scope, graphics, and tangible worldbuilding, the sequel is a jaw-dropping achievement, to say the least.
Beautiful, self-critical, vulnerable, and above all impeccable in its craftmanship, Bardo is a statement of cinema as a form of therapy, exorcism, death, and resurrection.
Ana Lily Amirpour has given us is a valentine to the downtrodden. It’s like a Tom Waits tune covered by Duran Duran, and a delight.