“Whatever ineffable thing Wong Wong Kar-wai does—let’s call it despondent extravagance—he distilled it into its purest form here.”

“How deep is sin’s hold — on Alex, and on us?”

“Color is character.”

“An Out of Sight remix of sorts from director Steven Soderbergh…”

“…plays in the gap between what we post and what we practice.”

“At the beginning of Daisy Kenyon, Joan Crawford is the sane one.”

“…seems to take place somewhere between a pleasant dream and a nightmare.”

“Both Dickensian and dystopian…”

“…pulses with Petzold’s unique combination of mystery and intelligence.”

“Robert Altman demythologizes Ingmar Bergman.”