“Master Gardener,” the latest study of tortured masculinity from writer-director Paul Schrader, opens on a shot of Narvel Roth, the film’s protagonist, nocturnally scribbling his thoughts inside of a diary. For those well-versed in the legendary filmmaker’s body of work, this is a strikingly familiar image.
From beginning to end, the movie’s plotting remains boldly abstract — filtering the protagonist’s growing isolation through a medley of surreal horror imagery — as well as tantalizing visions of both her past and potential future.
For all 111 rousing minutes of the Affleck film’s running time, “Air” proves remarkably gifted at making you believe.
Even if "Inside" struggles to be much more than a well-crafted showcase for the formidable talents of its lead actor, that is more than enough for a satisfying piece of genre entertainment.
As with any great movie year, the cream of 2022’s crop are incredibly varied in tone and genre.
In a final performance that doubles as an overtly romantic expression of love, the film ends on a euphoric high — for fans of this series, it is hard to imagine a more satisfying conclusion.
Review of recent film, "Infinity Pool," by director Brandon Cronenberg, outlining the film's strengths and weaknesses.
In addition to the autobiographical influence of Dalal’s own experience as an Indian-American engineer, the author made the decision to set the story on the University’s campus, making it an official on-Grounds ghost story.
Regardless of its shortcomings, though, “The Northman” is a film made with enough skill and filled with enough memorable sights and sounds to warrant a recommendation.
A lesser filmmaker likely would have succumbed to the repetition and lack of dramatic variation inherent in the premise, but Bay’s film never devolves into noisy tedium.
