“A Complete Unknown” opens with a recording by Woody Guthrie, one of the main influences on a young Bob Dylan (Timothée Chalamet), who we meet on his way to introduce himself to the man whose work “struck him to the ground.” Guthrie, played by Scoot McNairy, is in a hospital in Jersey, and he happens to be visited by the legendary Pete Seeger (a wonderfully understated …

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2024年12月16日 · We’re here to help. We asked the six regular TV critics at this site (Brian Tallerico, Nandini Balial, Cristina Escobar, Clint Worthington, Rendy Jones, and Kaiya Shunyata) to name their faves of the year, and we got dozens of shows that really reflect a wide spectrum of genre, interest, and POV. The diversity of the list below is what’s most remarkable. Comedies, …

2024年11月22日 · The dialogue-free, 3DCG animated feature “Flow,” from Latvian director Gints Zilbalodis, is bookended by animal characters seeing themselves in the mirror-like reflectiveness of a puddle of water. These images brim with profound gravitas, even for a movie whose fundamental concept is communicating in purely cinematic terms. The journey that separates …

2024年11月15日 · For those unfamiliar, a landman is the public-facing side of an oil company’s production team; their job is to secure leases and mineral rights for oil drilling. As Taylor Sheridan ‘s umpteenth show for Paramount Plus would have you believe, it’s a cutthroat job that involves, of all things, negotiating a land deal with a Mexican drug gang while tied to a chair with a bag …

2024年11月22日 · Can a film be too much and not enough at the same time? This is the conundrum of Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator II,” a movie bursting with just enough spectacle to keep it from being boring but, when you try to get anything out of it thematically, slips through your fingers like the sand in a warrior’s hands. It’s a film that doesn’t so much struggle to escape the …

2024年12月6日 · Marielle Heller’s film, based on the buzzy debut novel by Rachel Yoder, threatens to get weird and dangerous, only to retreat into cozy validations by the end. As writer and director, Heller too often remains on the surface of complicated feelings, following the compelling honesty of her previous films like “ The Diary of a Teenage Girl ” and “ Can You …

2024年12月24日 · Robert Eggers’ “Nosferatu” is a cryptic, beautiful and unsettling experience: transporting in the purest way. The writer-director of “ The Witch,” “ The Lighthouse ” and “ The Northman ” is a rare filmmaker who seems capable of putting his modern consciousness aside when telling stories. There are no metaphors or analogies, only uncanny things that actually …

2024年11月22日 · Chu is uniquely adept at presenting an enormous song-and-dance extravaganza without getting lost in it.

2024年9月20日 · A Different Man has the color and texture of a ‘70s New York indie, and the sly, absurdist humor of Woody Allen films from that era.