Film-Forward

It’s slightly ironic that a sequel to a movie about its band playing past their expiration date would lean into legacy nostalgia.

The first novel by Stephen King finally reaches the big screen. The premise remains intact, as does its ambiguous setting. 

A contained, modest film that rewards you with one of the most memorable love stories of the year. It conquers by accumulation and patience.

You are never too old to undergo a rite of passage.

A plucky (sorry) protagonist’s odyssey in Greece.

Director Park Chan-wook takes as his blueprint Donald E Westlake’s lean and mean bloodbath The Ax (1997) and makes the macabre and cynical tale his own.

The script is consistently funny and astutely written, where sorrow often collides with humor.

Andres Veiel’s unsettling and persuasive documentary uncovers filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl’s distortions of the truth.

The film is at its best when everything hums along in its mostly low-key, natural fashion.