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Da Sweet Blood of Jesus
Spike Lee's remake of the 1970s vampire romance "Ganja and Hess" is one of the director's strangest and most obsessive movies, but it casts a perverse spell.
Spike Lee's remake of the 1970s vampire romance "Ganja and Hess" is one of the director's strangest and most obsessive movies, but it casts a perverse spell.
Much more than an account of a horrific crime, this documentary about Matthew Shepard is about people carrying tragedy with them through life, and making something positive from it.
In the space opera Jupiter Ascending, the Wachowskis bring their trademark mix of bombastic metaphors and disarming sincerity, but the story, performances and look of the film are too played out to have an impact.
An excerpt from Adrian's Martin's Mise en scène and Film Style: From Classical Hollywood to New Media Art.
Scout Tafoya's series on overlooked or under appreciated films continues with screenwriter John Patrick Shanley's debut feature.
A remembrance of the writer's friend Gus Murphy, a.k.a. Timothy Patrick Moynihan, son of Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, and quite a character.
This racially charged domestic drama about a custody battle over a mixed-race child is painfully honest but also painful—and not in a good way.
Editor in Chief Matt Zoller Seitz responds to our Movie Love Questionnaire.
Essentially "American Beauty, Italian Style," but with a scrambled timeline, this ensemble piece about troubled upper-middle class strivers is slick, confident and rather empty.
