The dual-review film criticism site: first a spoiler-free review, then an in-depth Alternate Take.

Showing articles under 'A' in alphabetical order

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A Field in England
Ben Wheatley's new film, British Gothic and folk-horror.
Read this article
(Discuss this)
Published on September 21, 2013
Photo from the article

A Good Day to Die Hard
Pathos serves as a painful reminder of heroism
Read this article
(Discuss this)
Published on March 07, 2013
Photo from the article

A History of Violence
"Rather bizarrely and embarrassingly, it didn’t occur to me that ‘A History of Violence’ was a title that had a potentially mundane, as well as grand, meaning (i.e: 'this character has a history of violence', as well as 'this is A History Of Violence'), until I had left the cinema..."
Read this article
(Discuss this)
Published on October 03, 2005
Photo from the article

Apocalypto
"Unusual in some surface respects, but still predominantly highly conventional, Apocalypto is a misguided, muddled film, with pretensions far above its station... Its script is severely lacking, and is a genreless missmash of ideas with a tone so uneven you begin to wonder if you’re even watching the finished product..."
Read this article
(Discuss this)
Published on February 04, 2007
Photo from the article

Apollo 18
How does a found footage film fake authenticity?...
Read this article
(Discuss this)
Published on September 20, 2011
Photo from the article

Aquaman
Josh Schulze returns to Aquaman with some close readings of Nicole Kidman's welcome (and overdue) debut in a superhero film
Read this article
(Discuss this)
Published on March 08, 2019
Photo from the article

A Scanner Darkly
"This Alternate Take will explore some of the many meanings this film's form conveys in relation to the subject it is depicting. This deserves noting because, though it is certainly not perfect in all respects, on this level A Scanner Darkly is - frankly - stunningly good..."
Read this article
(Discuss this)
Published on September 18, 2006
Photo from the article

Atonement
"The movie sabotages itself in its insistence on keeping that which is most obviously ‘clever,’ rather than rich and resonant, about McEwan’s novel..."
Read this article
(Discuss this)
Published on October 17, 2007
Photo from the article

Attack the Block
Consciously blurring boundaries between social stereotype, hero, and antihero...
Read this article
(Discuss this)
Published on July 04, 2011
Photo from the article

Austenland
Reluctant to deal with the protagonists' social world as Austen did...
Read this article
(Discuss this)
Published on November 18, 2013
Photo from the article

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z