Tag: Funny Games

  • ‘Dogman’ Review: Luc Besson’s Freakish Canine Fable Is Rotten To The Bone [Venice]

    ‘Dogman’ Review: Luc Besson’s Freakish Canine Fable Is Rotten To The Bone [Venice]

    For a few beautiful years in the early 2000s, Michael Pitt’s spine-chilling blue eyes wreaked havoc in world cinema, from Bernardo Bertolucci’s “The Dreamers” to Michael Haneke’s “Funny Games.” Then, due to quite a few controversies, the actor stepped away from the limelight, taking on smaller projects here and there and leaving an abyssal gap…

  • This Is the Best English-Language Horror Remake

    This Is the Best English-Language Horror Remake

    Remakes are a common phenomenon in the world of cinema, often drawing mixed reactions from audiences and critics alike. With the benefit of possessing built-in fans, these movies have the potential to match or even surpass the original, but they can also fall prey to being mere cash grabs. A remake, not to be confused…

  • ‘Speak No Evil’ Review: A Queasily Effective Danish Horror Film on the Discomfort of Strangers

    ‘Speak No Evil’ Review: A Queasily Effective Danish Horror Film on the Discomfort of Strangers

    The fear of seemingly harmless strangers that’s heightened during our era of online “relationships” (not to mention Covid) is cannily exploited in actor-turned-writer-director Christian Tafdrup’s “Speak No Evil.” Building on the thorny couple dynamics of his prior features “Parents” and “A Horrible Woman,” this excruciatingly.Tafdrup’s squirm-inducing tale is premiering in Sundance’s Midnight section, and should…