The tale of The Fisher King is a parable about the empowering force of friendship and love. One might scoff, calling it a cliché, pointing out...
For a long time, Casino remained in the shadow of Goodfellas. It's deeply unfair, it's encyclopedic example of masterful filmmaking and superb acting.
Bonnie and Clyde is not, as once claimed, a hymn to violence but an elegy for all those who, in their quest for freedom, unknowingly shackled...
The Straight Story is a universal tale about each of us. I's simple: it has a beginning, a journey, and an end. But that this simplicity...
The Thin Red Line is not about war nor the men grappling with its horrors. Malick asks questions about humanity’s role in the struggle between good...
In Nights of Cabiria Fellini turns the life of a street girl into a secular hagiography, no less powerful than stories of unshakable faith in divine...
I deliberately avoid offering too many interpretations because I believe that One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is a story that everyone must filter through...
Although Pan's Labyrinth has its individual style, it did not shy away from drawing inspiration from earlier masters, including Goya, Schwabe, Rackham, or...
The Chronicles of Narnia cannot quite compete with Tolkien, although he was surely a significant inspiration. What matters is how this deeply ideological novel
After Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood, I want to linger a bit longer in the atmosphere of slow, quiet enjoyment of my own fleeting, mundane...