Movies with cinematographer Darius Khondji
The Lost City of Z is an adaptation of David Grann’s non-fiction book of the same name. Expanded from the author’s 2005 New Yorker article, the 2009 hardcover became a New York Times bestseller and garnered over a half-dozen major awards ...
U.S. Release Date: 2017-04-21
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Disturbing Images)
Genre: Drama/Adventure
Director: James Gray
Cast: Charlie Hunnam, Robert Pattinson, Sienna Miller, ...
Working at his current pace, Woody Allen delivers one film per year. Unfortunately, it has been decades since Allen's endeavors have been consistently good. In fact, even as far back as the 1990s, quality movies have been more the exception than th...
U.S. Release Date: 2014-07-18
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: COMEDY/DRAMA
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Colin Firth, Emma Stone, Simon McBurney, ...
From time-to-time, I suppose we all succumb to daydreams of what it might be like to have lived during a different, perhaps simpler era. Filmmaker Woody Allen, whose cinematic recipes have often incorporated more than a pinch of nostalgia, embraces...
U.S. Release Date: 2011-05-20
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Content, Profanity)
Genre: FANTASY/COMEDY
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Marion Cotillard, ...
The Ninth Gate has two modes: tedious and moronic, with the two not being mutually exclusive. Then, one-hundred minutes into this seemingly interminable movie (which clocks in at about 2:10), things take a turn for the worse and The Ninth Gate spi...
U.S. Release Date: 2000-03-10
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Violence, Sexual Situations, Nudity)
Genre: HORROR
Director: Roman Polanski
Cast: Johnny Depp, Lena Olin, Frank Langella, ...
In recent years, some of the most outlandish and edgy movies have emerged from South Korea, where directors like Kim Ki-duk, Park Chan-wook, and Bong Joon-ho have challenged norms and defied conventions. The results, although not always succes...
U.S. Release Date: 2017-06-28
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Profanity, Violence, Disturbing Images)
Genre: Fantasy/Adventure
Director: Bong Joon-ho
Cast: Ahn Seo-hyun, Tilda Swinton, Paul Dano, ...
Critics writing reviews of Panic Room will likely delve into the cliché bag and pull out some of these familiar phrases: pulse-pounding, edge-of-the-seat, white-knuckler, thrill-a-minute, etc. However trite those sayings might be, they are ap...
U.S. Release Date: 2002-03-29
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: David Fincher
Cast: Jodie Foster, Forest Whitaker, Dwight Yoakam, ...
The Ruins does what a good psychological horror movie should do: rely on tension rather than gore to achieve its aims. This bleak, edgy motion picture isn't concerned with appealing to the masses that flock to multiplexes to enjoy the spatterings ...
U.S. Release Date: 2008-04-04
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Nudity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: HORROR
Director: Carter Smith
Cast: Jonathan Tucker, Jena Malone, Shawn Ashmore, ...
Frequently, mystery/thrillers present us with a cast of about six or seven characters, set up a sequence of grizzly murders, then "surprise" us by revealing which of those six or seven characters is the guilty party. It's a time-honored method...
U.S. Release Date: 1995-09-22
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: David Fincher
Cast: Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow, ...
What do you call a character study with shallow, sketchily-drawn characters, but a gorgeous setting? A scenery study, perhaps. Or an atmosphere study. Either would be appropriate for Stealing Beauty, a stylish, sensual motion picture that's holl...
U.S. Release Date: 1996-06-14
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
Cast: Liv Tyler, Jeremy Irons, Donal McCann, ...
Once upon a time, calling a movie "lesser Woody Allen" might be considered a slap in the face. Now, it's more-or-less expected. In the last decade, Allen has directed two good movies: Match Point and Midnight in Paris. Everything else has been med...
U.S. Release Date: 2012-06-22
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Content, Profanity)
Genre: COMEDY/DRAMA
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Alec Baldwin, Judy Davis, Woody Allen, ...