keeping the audience invested and deepening the links between the characters and constant deception. While the murders themselves are more peripheral, sudden bursts of shocking violence, akin to those inThe Irishmanare often unsettling and
+ Intense unsettling tone + Horrifying themes Negatives - Excessive length The Bottom Line Killers of the Flower Moon is another successful notch in Martin Scorsese's career of creating powerful stories of men corrupted by their dark natures, and does so to reveal many of the tragic hypocrisies ...
The rest of the killings are equally brazen and very unsettling. Here is a movie populated by repugnant men too dumb to lie about their motivations. Many murders are discussed in public, and carried out with little concern for discovery. One hit man is told to shoot his victim in the fore...
As Variety’s Owen Gleiberman wrote in his review:“I still don’t know if ‘The Shining’ needed a second act, but ‘Doctor Sleep’ presents one that’s fresh and unsettling enough to justify its existence. The film runs on for an unnecessarily extended 151 minutes, and that’s ...
—DE Read IndieWire’s complete “Killers of the Flower Moon” review.Photo : Courtesy Everett Collection 7. “Taxi Driver” (1976) The legend looms large — and for once, the reality matches it. To watch “Taxi Driver” for the first time now is to be astounded and, more importantly,...
As Variety’s Owen Gleiberman wrote in his review:“I still don’t know if ‘The Shining’ needed a second act, but ‘Doctor Sleep’ presents one that’s fresh and unsettling enough to justify its existence. The film runs on for an unnecessarily extended 151 minutes, and that’s ...
Variety's list of great films that flopped at the box office, from "Killers of the Flower Moon" to "Tar" and more.
Variety's list of great films that flopped at the box office, from "Killers of the Flower Moon" to "Tar" and more.