Filmrecensies van Eric Hillis

None of the horror stuff works here because it's so hackneyed and unconvincing. More successful is the dystopian sci-fi background... Recensie

Miller's Girl is a mess, but you simply can't look away. Recensie

I'm sure Morgan had to compromise a lot in making Stopmotion, and he no doubt found working with humans more stressful than puppets, but his singular vision is enhanced greatly by his collaborators, particularly Franciosi, who keeps us in her thrall, frame by frame. Recensie

What stands out most is the quality of the performances. Every cast member nails the difficult task of performing in a made up language, convincing us it's an argot they've been speaking for their whole lives. Recensie

Anyone with an appreciation for groundbreaking filmmaking will find value in this glimpse of an exciting future for American cinema that sadly never quite came to pass. Recensie

Wenders offers you a perfect two hours. What you make of the other 22 in your day is up to you. Recensie

There's a lot of schlock here, but it's rarely fun. Recensie

Bleeding Love is an easy watch. Ewan McGregor is one of the most affable performers working today, and his daughter seems to have inherited his natural charisma. Recensie

The Promised Land has everything you want from a historical epic: compelling characters with interesting arcs; larger than life performances; stunning cinematography and production design that contrasts the harshness of the heath with the comfort and finery of the de Schinkel estate; and lots of bloodshed. Recensie

Think of Phantom Thread if Daniel Day Lewis's dressmaker wasn't a narcissist but simply an adoring lover who delighted in creating dresses for his lover, and you'll have an idea of the dynamic here. Recensie

While it resembles a Hitchcock movie in its Britishness, its wry humour and its aching romance, it never has the suspense of a Hitchcock movie, as we're never sure who exactly Clay should be wary of until the closing minutes. Recensie

The whole setup is so laughable that it might have made for a smart black comedy, but Trengrove makes the terrible decision to play this scenario with a straight face. Recensie

Like its male protagonists, it keeps its emotions in check until a climactic emotional outburst that will stir something in the most macho of male viewers. Durkin's film is a reminder that it's not just natural for men to shed tears, but necessary. Recensie

Comparing a movie to watching someone else play a video game is generally a highly negative critique, but in this case it adds to the maddening sense of helplessness as we watch history unfold, its controls in someone else's hands. Recensie

On the basis of his excellent debut, Jefferson deserves to reach the widest audience possible. You can tell he's a special filmmaker because he even finds a way to make the act of writing engrossing for the viewer. Recensie

Sheil is quietly fantastic as the taciturn Alina, giving little away at first but exposing her humanity little by little. Recensie

It's never quite as effective as it promises, chiefly because the threat to Lilja is so ambiguous that there's very little opportunity to build suspense. Recensie

Hagiography it might be, but Dario Argento Panico doesn't try to pretend that Argento's best work didn't end in the 1980s. Recensie

Haigh's film asks us to stop wagging our fingers at the past and ask if we're really living in the best version of the present. Recensie

Its ending may cause you to shake your head as you leave the cinema, but the ideas raised by Baghead's central concept just might haunt you on your train ride home. Recensie

That the movie provoked such a reaction is testament to its power, and decades later it's the stuffy reviewers of the era who are left with egg on their faces as Peeping Tom is now considered a classic that has lost none of its power. Recensie

It may have been wise to set Trunk in the 2000s, as it never quite reckons with how modern technology would be incorporated into this scenario. Recensie

There are blackly comic moments in the relationship that develops between Rose and Celie, a decidedly odd couple who bicker over trifling matters like whose turn it is to wash the dishes, all while in the process of history's greatest scientific breakthrough. Recensie

Those seeking a classic American character drama need not worry about Payne pulling the football away at the last moment. Recensie