Articles by Robert Bell

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  Young Ones

  Jake Paltrow

  PUBLISHED Mar 13, 2015

  Though set in a near-future dystopian landscape — one similar to, but slightly more plausible than, the world of Mad Max — Youn...

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  The Search

  Michel Hazanavicius

  PUBLISHED Mar 12, 2015

  Before Michel Hazanavicius won the nostalgic hearts of solipsistic Oscar voters with his astonishingly facile and oft-incompetent cinematic...

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  Wild Tales

  Damián Szifrón

  PUBLISHED Mar 5, 2015

  Despite seemingly falling into the category of art house cinema by default — having a Foreign Language Oscar nomination and being rel...

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  Nightcrawler

  Dan Gilroy

  PUBLISHED Mar 2, 2015

  Much of the dialogue about Dan Gilroy's sociologically incisive thriller-cum-psychodrama, Nightcrawler, revolves around how dark it is. It'...

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  Girlhood

  Céline Sciamma

  PUBLISHED Feb 26, 2015

  Céline Sciamma, the French director that demonstrated such a keen aptitude for telling stories about gender politics exacerbated by adolesc...

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  The Lazarus Effect

  David Gelb

  PUBLISHED Feb 26, 2015

  One of the only things going for the heavily recycled thriller, The Lazarus Effect, is an element of surprise. Though it's obvious from the...

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  The Homesman

  Tommy Lee Jones

  PUBLISHED Feb 17, 2015

  The first half of Tommy Lee Jones' adaptation of Glendon Swarthout novel The Homesman is quite effective. Mary Bee Cuddy (Hilary Swank), a...

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  Don't Look Now

  Nicolas Roeg

  PUBLISHED Feb 15, 2015

  In many circles, in a modernist dialogue, Don't Look Now is often noted for its rather lengthy and explicit sex scene between grieving pare...