With a Bang: “Cruel Gun Story”
Cruel Gun Story, aka Kenjū zankoku monogatari (1964, Dir. Takumi Furukawa): You’re 36
Checkmated: “The Killing”
Stanley Kubrick’s early heist film honors the conventions of noir cinema, while announcing his arrival as a one-of-a-kind filmmaker.
Rebel-rousing: “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016, Dir. Gareth Edwards): Warning: some
Remix, Redux: “The Magnificent Seven”
The Magnificent Seven (2016, Dir. Antoine Fuqua): Fourteen minutes into the remake
Cosmicomics: “Doctor Strange”
Doctor Strange (2016, Dir. Scott Derrickson): Ever since his introduction in 1963,
Where Everyone Has Gone Before: “Star Trek Beyond”
Star Trek Beyond (2016, Dir. Justin Lin): You can’t make a cerebral
Tinkered and Tailored: “The Night Manager”
Tom Hiddleston auditions for James Bond in the glamorous “The Night Manager” — but does the soul of John le Carré’s novel survive the translation?
God Complex: “X-men: Apocalypse”
X-Men: Apocalypse (2016, Dir. Bryan Singer): While other comic book movies are about
Time Regained: “Suite Armoricaine”
Suite Amoricaine (2015, Dir. Pascale Breton): I’ve been to university. I studied
The Good Old Days: “Trivisa”
Trivisa (2016, Dir. Frank Hui, Jevons Au, Vicky Wong): What inspired me was