‘Loveless’ Is a Shattering Portrait of Russian Social Malaise
Pathologies of every sort abound in this corrosive and hypnotic movie, a story of domestic collapse that slowly develops into a withering snapshot of contemporary Russian malaise.
Justin Chang
Agnès Varda on Making Films, Admiring Angelina Jolie and Winning a ‘Side Oscar’
While Agnès Varda has said that her latest documentary Faces Places will be her last theatrical feature, it’s hard to imagine that adventurous magpie spirit abating anytime soon.
The Crucible of Suffering in ‘The Killing of a Sacred Deer’
In The Killing of a Sacred Deer, Director Yorgos Lanthimos evokes both the sinuous psychological horror of Roman Polanski and the icy technical precision of Stanley Kubrick.