As AKIRA took to the cinema screen once again for a re-release just this year, it reminded us of its storming arrival to the science-fiction genre in 1988. The film may not suggest a perfect tomorrow, but promises a future we can choose.
As we approach twenty years after the release of CHILDREN OF MEN, Alfonso Cuarón’s imagining of a grim world racked not by a plague or natural disaster, but by human apathy, remains a fitting warning.
Some aspects of David Secter’s legacy are likely beneficial to leave behind, but WINTER KEPT US WARM preserves a singular lifeworld in poetic form, bringing the raw and honest tumult of youthful romance into lyrical harmony with all the advantages cinema offers.
With the 20th anniversary of the release of BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, it’s pertinent to look back on the wave of criticism that the film was met with upon its release, particularly concerning ideas of the Western among more conservative figures in the film industry.
Isabelle Huppert’s gut-punching performance solidifies THE PIANO TEACHER as one of modern cinema’s most profound, painful, and transcendental films.
