Movies with music written by Trent Reznor

Adding a dash of gore and an undercooked romance can’t save this meandering road trip movie from slipping into monotony and boredom. The problem with Bones and All isn’t that it’s disgusting or shocking or transgressive; it’s that it’s a...

It seems like another lifetime when director Luca Guadagnino took the indie film-going community by storm with his charming, summery story of love and lust, Call Me by Your Name. With each new release, however, it’s seeming more likely that ...

Like Steven Spielberg with The Fabelmans, Sam Mendes has plundered his own memories of movie theaters to form the backdrop of Empire of Light. Mendes, however, lacks Spielberg’s deftness of touch. Although the scenes transpiring within the Empir...

The dark seeps out of the screen like living thing, evidence that The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is more than a paycheck to director David Fincher, who has improbably affixed his own imprint on a movie that comes weighted down with possibilities a...

Early every autumn, there's one excellent studio movie released - a way to kick off the Oscar race and remind adult viewers that it's still possible to find intelligent, compelling movies in theaters. In 2014, that film is Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn...

The Killer is pure David Fincher – moody, atmospheric, gloomy, and suffused with a thread of dark, sardonic humor. Despite the lack of dialogue, there’s a lot of talking. The film uses a running internal monologue to take the viewer into t...

Mank is David Fincher’s exploration of the trials and tribulations surrounding the writing of Citizen Kane as seen through the eyes of screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz (Gary Oldman). Filmed in glorious black-and-white with copious postproducti...

Despite his reputation as one of America's foremost "serious" filmmakers, Oliver Stone's name under the "director" caption does not guarantee a good movie. I learned that lesson while enduring the seemingly-endless tedium of The Doors, and was rem...

For the second time in less than six months, Peter Berg and Mark Wahlberg have collaborated to recreate a “based on a true story” event that, at one point in recent history, dominated the news cycle for days on end. Deepwater Horizon, whi...

Website development as a blood sport - that's what it comes down to. The Social Network shows that, when pet projects are at issue, nerds can get as nasty and dirty as the most skilled backstabbers and double-dealers. The film, which is a joint p...