And it shows: that script should be a mess, tying two completely unrelated stories that already were pretty episodic and anticlimatic into a single thing that not only makes sense but actually escalates and has emotional stakes, all while keeping the gentle air of its source material. It's an enormous juggling act,…

And Code46 and Wonderland and Butterfly Kiss and Jude… I actually like that he's underappreciated because that way he can sneak around the world doing these incredibly eclectic movies wihtout being noticed. Is kinda his brand.

He would be better appreciated if he wasn't one of the truly eclectic directors of our time. Yes, his brand of hyperactivity and eclecticism means he gets a clunker here and there (Welcome to Sarajevo, A Mighty Heart) but he's always engaged, interesting and goes for material nobody else will. Go try and track Butterfl…

Would agree on Enough Said if Lous Dreyfuss' character initial decision to hide when she learns the truth wasn't a glaringly screenwrity conceit in a movie that otherwise moves at such a natural pace.

Agreed; poeple, see King of the Hill, possibly the warmest thing Soderbergh has ever made, and its warm has a purpose too that wouldn't be fair to cover for those who haven't seen the movie.

Possibly? he was rightfully hailed for his narrative strength and use of geografy in The Conjuring and after all the problems that faced Furious 7 the fact that he brought it home in such a shape for what was his first big studio gig is impressive and has been noted. I think he's more or less properly rated, but these…

Lincoln is a masterpiece and the other two are not far behind. he's just not in sync with the popular and critical tastes so much these days, and we're all better for it.

One would guess that Rip Torn playing an asshole tv executive is just the most 90's thing in that hypergeneric way that EdTv epitomizes so that's one that you can only get right if you have seen it, so I would have lost (I knew the Gene Kelly one, though).

Absolutely, even when he's probably the best actor of the three he doesent have the distinctive personality of movement of the other two (or guys like Sonny Chiba or Sammo Hung).

Let me put it this way: in terms of being strange Repo Men is a summer blockbuster next to Straight to Hell. What that means for your enjoyment of the movie depends entirely on you (if you press me for an elevator pitch it would be someting like Kusturica trying to make a spaghetti western after watching Fellini's…

I don't think you can find a director falling from universal acclaim like Tim Burton has. At the time of Ed Wood he was hailed as a visionary and one of the last true auteurs mainstream Holywood was able to create and now people celebrates when he makes watchable movie.

The five people who saw it made a silent pact to never talk about it again. Consider this: is the most embarrasing thing in a career that incluides a scene highlighting Will Smith's "vintage" shoes in a futuristic sci-fi movie for the express reason of shoehorning product placement. That's some State and Main level of…

He sure does fun things with the logos.

I seem to find myself in a group of one when it comes to Gilliam: it was one of my absolute favorite directors until I saw Parnassus, a movie that pushed my hate buttons in such a way that made me completely reconsider his whole non-python career. Now, I can still watch and enjoy his old movies (Brazil and 12 Monkeys…

Come on, Medicine man is great! Few guys who haven't eaten a shoe in public can make you feel like you're standing in the middle of the rainforest trough sheer camerawork. And the things he do when they're basically flying within the threes are incredible.

"In the air Tonight" manages to make many shitty things ethereal (see also: 80's fashion, Miami Vice).

Extraordinary movie, though. They should've strapped Wally Pfister to a chair and make him watch it over and over until he decides not to make Transcendence.

So is The Driver, one of the leanest, coolest thrillers ever made (and the best representation of what Walter Hill is all about, wrappd up in a neat hour and a half).

Jamie Babbit is a she and yoy're thinking about James Bobin of Flight of the Concords fame whose next movie is Alice Trough The Looking Glass.

Agree on It Follows. The premise has such potential for raw, intimate horror that all directorial choices destined to distance the audience - from the undetermined period to the mannered acting and the chilly soundtrack - completely undermined the movie for me. Especially the undetermined period was so fucking…