Christina Yang

PUBLISHED ARTICLES
  • Venice
    Frankenstein

    The first thing that registers in Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein is his...

  • Venice
    The Holy Boy

    Paolo Strippoli’s The Holy Boy begins with a comfortably spare premise:...

  • Venice
    No Other Choice

    Park Chan-wook has never been afraid of taking the mundane and twisting it...

  • Venice
    At Work

    Valérie Donzelli’s At Work (À pied d’œuvre), adapted from Franck Courtés’s...

  • Venice
    Strange River

    At first glance, Jaume Claret Muxart’s Strange River has the makings of a...

  • Venice
    Jay Kelly

    Noah Baumbach leaves no doubt about how he wants us to perceive Jay Kelly. In...

  • Venice
    La Gioia

    Nicholangelo Gelormini’s La Gioia offers a meticulous exploration of its titular...

  • Venice
    La Grazia

    Toni Servillo slips effortlessly into presidential tailoring in La Grazia, Paolo...

  • Movie
    Young Mothers

    Young Mothers sees the Dardenne brothers return to the observational mode of their early...

  • Movie
    Nobody 2

    Nobody 2 swaps the cul-de-sac for rollercoasters, sending assassin Hutch Mansell (Bob Odenkirk) on a...