Life sucks in this primordial soup of oppressive worlds, horrific encounters with biology and rationalisation of spirituality. Life is at once horrifying and glorious, while faith apparently exists because in a bleak universe we can rely only on ourselves. Suspense takes a back seat to unbearable dread and suggestive images we usually don't this side of Shinya Tsukamoto. For once the modern cynical mood makes sense.

Overrated. The first body looked normal except for the dialogue saying it isn't, while the last shocking "turning" didn't make any sense at all. The social undertones were interesting but throwaway (explained by dialogue again), the ridiculous shadows were off-putting and the terrible sound was insufferable (whispering / SHOUTING / BOOMING MUSIC). Looks like a film John Carpenter would do better.

Invading a country is unnatural, like masking corruption as innocence. War is deception for all parties involved and they can never go back to decency. Only pretend.

The cut from torture to the blood-red luxury car (consequences!) elevates an already solid, fun, brutal crime-action film to a great one.

Pro-active action-thriller blasts the hypocrisy of political correctness, enlightens more than most social documentaries, saves the bruised genre.

Wow, great quote! btw – How to pronounce "Zhang Ziyi": http://youtu.be/-qN8OkOADso

When a historical epic starts without an establishing shot (and hardly has any for 4+ hours), you know you're in trouble. This is an honest attempt to cram all known historically-accurate events into a film, but there is no space left for the "film" part of the equation. Geography is non-existant, wasting the gorgeous locations. Endless questions: Wait, who are these guys again and where did this new gang come from?

A couple's dream of a world without borders ends in the cave of Plato's republic.

French, yet International, director/screenwriter Olivier Assayas grasps modern times and culture better than anyone, with a touch of rock'n'roll, the hardship of huge corporations and the scent of Asia. "demonlover" in the 2000s is what "L'Avventura" is to the 1960s.

Perfect fight choreography.

I wonder what people thought of him after having seen only "Certified Copy".

It's a blast and as great as ever.

Wow, he looks so grown up in "The Viral Factor", I couldn't recognise him!

What happened to him? And how can one see "Dada's Dance"?

Highly recommended Slovenian drama with an impeccable command of visual language and no words at all.

On par with "Close-up" (!) – the very best of self-reflexive cinema as a link between passion in politics and humanism in history.

This is perfect: commercial art cinema shows its teeth. Brilliant all the way. And how about that ending!

A wonderful film which serves as an exclamation mark at the end of the Great Epics era.

Today is the first day of his first film shoot in 5 years!

You'd be a fool to miss this classic moron comedy.

His new film is out of 3D and into post-production! http://criterioncast.com/2011/10/12/bernardo-bertolucci-bails-on-3d-for-io-e-te/

Great!

Cult

How can you not love Gregg Henry?

It's all fun and games until someone loses a sense.

I dig this as a companion piece to "Source Code".

An unintentional horror story. Made me want to re-watch "Zabriskie Point" and "Exit through the Gift Shop".

His book, "That Bowling Alley in the Tiber: Tales of a Director", is available here to read: http://issuu.com/polinecia/docs/that_bowling_alley_on_the_tiber

A drugged father figure turns against his family. Temptation leads to the depths of depravity. A once careless adventurer discovers emphatic responsibility. Whip anyone who tries to convince you this is "simple mindless entertainment"!

Time to remember how Hou Hsiao-hsien showed time in a brilliant cinematic way with "Millennium Mambo". But HHH is a genius director. Niccol is not, just a semi-interesting writer.