Movies with cinematographer Darius Khondji
Everyone has their own coming-of-age story. For most, it has meaning for only one person; it’s rare that a coming-of-age experience translates into a universal story. Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast is an example of one that does. James Gray’s Arm...
U.S. Home Release Date: 2023-01-03
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Violence)
Genre: Drama
Director: James Gray
Cast: Banks Repeta, Anne Hathaway, Jeremy Strong, ...
In their follow-up to the underrated Good Time, the Safdie Brothers (Benny and Josh) have shown that the some of the most forceful qualities evident in their previous film were more trademarks than one-off experiments. Uncut Gems, although ver...
U.S. Release Date: 2019-12-13
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Violence, Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama/Thriller
Director: Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie
Cast: Adam Sandler, Julia Fox, Kevin Garnett, ...
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, ...
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, ...
Films can be tremendous vehicles for escapism - paths to freeing oneself from worldly concerns and considerations. They can also be a means of getting in touch with essential elements of humanity such as love, sacrifice, and mortality. Those three ...
U.S. Release Date: 2012-12-19
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Nudity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Michael Haneke
Cast: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva, Isabelle Huppert
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, ...
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, ...
Watching Cheri, I felt like someone had turned back the clock by about 15 years. The early-to-mid-1990s were a fertile time for literate, lavish adaptations of period piece literature, with frequent destinations being Europe between the early-1800...
U.S. Release Date: 2009-06-26
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Situations, Nudity)
Genre: ROMANCE/DRAMA
Director: Stephen Frears
Cast: Michelle Pfeiffer, Rupert Friend, Kathy Bates, ...
Note: It is difficult to present a meaningful discussion of Funny Games without giving away major plot points. As a result, there are two reviews. This is the non-spoiler review, which limits spoilers to a bare minimum. For a more full discussio...
U.S. Release Date: 2008-03-14
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: THRILLER/HORROR
Director: Michael Haneke
Cast: Naomi Watts, Tim Roth, Devon Gearhart, ...