corruption
I Care a Lot subjects its audience to the devils whose company is never entreated, but whose dastardly dispositions are never without flair.
Malik Vitthal’s Body Cam is a forbidding tale of revenge that comes at you with speciously righteous fury, and that fury lingers.
Corporate corruption is the subject of HBO’s newest documentary, McMillions, which offers a candid look into the rigging of a single marketing campaign.
Steven Soderbergh is back with The Laundromat, a splashy, star-studded look at the world of obscene wealth and financial wrong-doing.
A frenetic, fantastical but frustrating piece of work, Jupiter’s Moon will be remembered not for its rather woolly handling of serious subject matter, but for a couple of excellent performances, and the stunning images and sequences.
Musanna Ahmed spoke with Ramsey Denison, director of documentary WHAT HAPPENED IN VEGAS, about police corruption and filmmaking.
You Were Never Really Here is a rare film that is conclusive proof that a great director can elevate familiar source material.
Featuring one of the coldest mother-child relationships of the year, the harrowing but heavy handed Loveless truly lives up to its title.
Anonymous is a film based on computer hacking, yet, with a less than subtle focus, it feels much like a tamer version of the show Mr. Robot.
Chilean Filmmaker Pablo Larraín never mentioned the word Trilogy when he embarked on creating Tony Manero (2008), Post Mortem (2010) and No (2012), however, these three films do act as part of a whole: Larraín’s vision regarding Pinochet’s military coup of 1973 and the ensuing dictatorship. Tony Manero and Post Mortem are both grim parables of folks stuck in a moral stupor, wandering the streets of a Chile that no longer knows itself, that silently witnesses the arrest and disappearance of hundreds of people every day, violence and torture a common thing and a convenient shroud for the crimes of civilians.
When the majority of people are asked for their opinions on the topic of ‘best film directors’, a usual set of names are mentioned. While individuals will naturally have personal and less predictable choices, there is a good chance that at least one of their suggestions will be from a set of list of collectively-decided greats: Kubrick, Hitchc*ck, Scorsese and the like.
Anyone who enjoys a complex character should see Filth. We discuss the movie’s representation of corruption and explanations for criminal behavior.
Only God Forgives is a movie not for the faint of heart. It’s highly violent and highlights that violence as if it is a virtue. This movie wasn’t received by the critics nor by the public favorably, but I’d like to vouch for this movie.
Mobsters are trying to get a foothold in the City of Angels, and good cop John O’Mara (Josh Brolin) and his gangster squad come to the rescue. We are introduced to L.A.