Kiss of the Spider Woman is a deeply complex, dual performance-driven film that uses its confined setting and film within a film type storytelling structure to explore political oppression, emotional vulnerability, and the power of...
House Party is an energetic and culturally significant hip-hop comedy that succeeds in capturing a specific community and era through its style, music, and characters, even if its humor is toned down and the structure is slightly...
Coup de Torchon reworks the noir into something far more uncontrollable and ironic of a story, using its setting, tone, and character descent to expose violence and moral decay in a way that feels both detached and deeply...
Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project #5 is a deeply varied and culturally rich collection within the criterion brand that showcases four films unified by their commitment to identity and survival, each using distinct cinematic styles to c...
Huston’s The Dead is a beautifully constructed, dialogue-heavy film that captures the quiet weight of reflection, love, and insignificance, culminating in one of the most powerful and understated cinematic endings in film history. ...
Captain Blood succeeds as a classic pirate adventure through its timeless and engaging story, with its main actor Errol Flynn’s charismatic performance and Michael Curtiz’s impressive naval battle sequences the almost 90 year old film cer...
Yi Yi is a deeply reflective 3 hour journey about how people move through life, regret the past, and try to understand the world around them through ordinary...
I figured for the debut of the first ever Criterion Tuesday review on TwilightRoom, we should begin with a directors debut feature film, in one of the newest additions to the Criterion Collection, film #1293, Tim Burton’s Pee Wee’s Big Adv...
Jim Jarmusch’s Dead Man is a haunting and perhaps metaphorical western from the 90s, whose slow narrative is elevated by its sound design, philosophical undertones, atmospheric f...
