Inu-Oh: Under the Bridge
Playing at multiplexes and the Modern Art Museum this weekend, Masaaki Yuasa’s Inu-Oh is a heady mash-up of Noh theater and glam rock that...
Emily the Criminal: Boxcutter
Aubrey Plaza’s transition to dramatic actress continues apace with Emily the Criminal, which opens this week. Some actors who spend years on a sitcom,...
Bullet Train: Ladybug Express
Something to recognize about Japanese thrillers: Ridiculous comic elements are often baked in. It’s part of their sense of humor, and the zaniness can...
Vengeance: Conspiracy Theory
It’s a plot as old as plots: a city slicker comes to the countryside with preconceived notions about the rural folk and then finds...
Hansan: Naval Ops Commander
Eight years have passed between Kim Han-min’s record-breaking period naval war film The Admiral: Roaring Currents and his prequel, Hansan: Rising Dragon, which opens...
Nope: Don’t Look Up
In the remote California desert, a horse rancher ventures out to his stable late at night to find out why the lights and sprinklers...
Marcel: Shelter in Place
It’s funny — a few days ago I caught up with The House on Netflix and greatly admired the skill and imagination of that...
Deer King: Black Plague
Masashi Andō did not mean to make a movie about the COVID pandemic when he started work on The Deer King. The story, after...
Where the Crawdads Sing: Marsh Murder
I’ve got good news for all you fans of Delia Owens’ Where the Crawdads Sing: It’s exactly the movie you’re looking for. The big-screen...
Korean Killer
It’s been a while, hasn’t it? By all rights, Parasite’s Oscar win for Best Picture should have started a flood of Korean movies into...
