Shyamalan struggles on the path to The Village
M. Night Shyamalan’s first big stumble has disappointing twists, but that was never its true problem.
M. Night Shyamalan’s first big stumble has disappointing twists, but that was never its true problem.
We break down our picks for this year’s Academy Awards.
John Patrick Shanley’s Catholic Church-set drama is mildly effective and well-acted but too tidy for its subject matter.
Who should win, who will win, and who was left out.
Sam Mendes’ WWI epic is an astounding technical achievement, but loses its soul on the way to razzle-dazzle.
While Skyfall was a rousing success, Mendes’ return to the Bond franchise, bogs itself down in tiresome lore and continuity.
Sam Mendes’s tale of forlorn love works best as a study of the pitfalls that litter the American Dream.
As his WWI war epic 1917 comes out in time for the holidays, we spend December looking back on the eclectic modes of Sam Mendes.
While it captures some of the melancholy of the acclaimed novel, John Crowley’s adaptation is too leaden and self-serious to really soar.
Race, control, and patriarchy reign in July’s offerings from Criterion.
Closing out Dreamworks’ trilogy of high-flying Viking adventures, The Hidden World offers a satisfying cap to the trials of Hiccup and Toothless.