The Return of the King is an object lesson in satisfying endings. Each one is necessary, a coda for an important story thread; each one folds in on the others like the pages of a book. Read More
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This scream is a scream of defiance. Read More
In Howl’s Moving Castle, food is more than just a necessity—it sustains life, in every sense of the phrase: helping a body hold skin and sinew together, while acting as an expression of love and care. Read More
More than any other Alien movie, David Fincher's Alien 3 is aware of Ripley’s existence as a woman, and the unique and universal horrors that come with the territory of inhabiting a woman’s body. Read More
On 2001, Interstellar, and Love. Read More
Andrei Tarkovsky and Steven Soderbergh each adapted Stanislaw Lem's source novel into fascinating films, full of expressionistic color choices. Read More
Alien: Covenant is a greatest-hits compilation, remastered in high definition and dripping in menace, with nods to all the previous films in the franchise. Read More
Andrei Tarkovsky's Stalker, unlike most films, is not an escape. Read More
Serenity, for me, is a warm quilt on a sick day, my first choice when I’m feeling tired or discouraged or can’t stand the thought of watching any other movie. Read More
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind is not, perhaps, Miyazaki’s best movie, but it is his most earnest and original; a declaration of ideals that his later movies will refine. Read More
It feels good to watch familiar characters behave the way we know they will, to let a movie carve a groove into your heart. Read More
Both The Last Temptation of Christ and Last Days in the Desert attempt to answer the question, “What was Jesus the human like?” Read More