Movies

Slavic traditions elevates storytelling that occasionally flirts with convention. Ukraine-based Animagrad Animation’s sophomore effort opens with one of those visually stylized prologues meant to convey the charm of a fairy tale book. Voiceover details an ...

There’s a possibility you might have forgotten about the 2000 film, Frequency. Directed by Gregory Hoblit, the movie centered around a New York City police detective who could communicate with his decreased father through a ...

Real and imagined worlds intersect in director Lu Yang’s CGI-filled spectacle, A Writer’s Odyssey. Recalling the neo-noir look and nervous intrigue of the original Matrix, the film’s opening is awash with torrential rain and the peril ...

Much like his 2009 film, Summer Wars, director Mamoru Hosoda’s latest effort offers an intriguing contrast between the real and virtual worlds. Seventeen-year-old protagonist Suzu Naito and her father live in the verdant spaces of ...

Several times during Lupin III: The First’s succinct ninety-three minute running time, protagonist Arsène Lupin III warns against half-hearted thievery. Largely, that kind of complete commitment to craft has been heeded by the talent who ...

For many directors, success can lead to stagnancy. All too often, accomplishment is followed by a push toward reiteration rather than any embrace of divergence. Conversely, failure can push artists to explore new ideas. Across ...