‘The Brutalist’ Delivers a Bold Revision of the American Dream
The American Dream promises that anyone can build a better life through hard work. The Brutalist demolishes this notion.
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The Best Film of 2024
Our Best Film of 2024 commemorates intriguing films, emerging voices and celebrated doyens searching for stranger narratives and new angles on existing legends.
Venice Film Festival in Focus: ‘Wolfs’, ‘The Brutalist’, ‘The Room Next Door’
The 81st edition of the preeminent Venice Film Festival sees heaps of madly ambitious, off-kilter releases by Jon Watts, Brady Corbet and Pedro Almodóvar.
‘Vox Lux’ Is an Oblique Meditation on Innocence, Celebrity and Trauma
Brady Corbet’s Vox Lux has a chaotic relationship with celebrity and carries a heavy — some might say overloaded — symbolic heft.
TIFF 2018: ‘Vox Lux’
Brady Corbet’s Vox Lux is a horror movie about the link between hedonism and explosive violence in the 21st century. Don’t let anyone tell you differently.
The Best Films of 2016
PopMatters presents a list of the best films that surfaced in 2016 and impressed us with their cinematic visions of where we’ve been.