Tag: Director Retrospective Series

'The Namesake' doesn’t demand attention through spectacle or sentimentality; instead, it lingers in the small details.

Through a deliberate interplay of aesthetics, 'Amelia' frames flight as more than a profession, but a liberating sanctuary.

Despite its too-polished central figure, the film has a thought-provoking perspective.

'Queen of Katwe' shows great range from Nair, excelling in the theoretically much simpler mode of storytelling, hitting all the notes beautifully.

There is no better film to illustrate the distinctive style of filmmaker Mira Nair than her debut feature film, 'Salaam Bombay!'.

To watch 'Thirst' is to be pulled back into the body, is to be infected by it — it feels like a study in full immersion.

The Handmaiden has all the trademarks of a great thriller. But it’s the sex that gives pause, specifically, how it is executed.

Park Chan-wook has explored many genres, but his most fundamental inquiry seems to be connected to the ugliness of human instinct.

Park Chan-wook’s first English language feature 'Stoker' is a polished and deliberately unsettling coming-of-age story with a heavy dose of Southern Gothic flair.

Twenty years later, 'Oldboy' continues to stir, disgust, and exhaust audiences — regardless of how difficult it is to avoid spoilers.