Cinematic Considerations Obsession with money and power has long served as a dramatic through line for filmmakers seeking cinematic conflict and spectacle. Especially in a post–Occupy Wall Street world, the notion of “eating the rich” as a means of rectifying perceived wrongs has become even more pr...

Cinematic Considerations Like the “Wuthering Heights” protagonist, Catherine Earnshaw, writer/director Emerald Fennell throws caution to the wind with a singular, dark, audacious take on Emily Brontë’s classic novel. Fennell remolds the narrative and subverts audience expectations in opening sequenc...

Cinematic Considerations Few recent international Oscar nominees arrive with as much fanfare as “The Secret Agent,” a film that’s a Best Picture contender and one of the most prominent global films of the season. The latest political drama from writer-director Kleber Mendonça Filho continues a momen...

The mind behind “The Favourite,” “The Lobster,” and “Poor Things,” Yorgos Lanthimos is back with a twisted and bizarre modern tale of conspiracy theor...

Writer/director Scott Cooper takes a second stab at a musical drama after his award-winning 2009 film, “Crazy Heart,” based on Hank Thompson’s life, w...

There’s an intense feeling of impending dread in Kathryn Bigelow’s film “A House of Dynamite” that starts in the opening moments of the movie and last...