Contributions from Anton Bitel | Little White Lies

Contributor Anton Bitel

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The Lords of Salem

by Anton Bitel

An indulgent and original horror bonanza from auteur-in-the making, Rob Zombie.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Review

Beyond the Hills

by Anton Bitel

Palme d’Or winner Cristian Mungiu returns with a searing love story that riffs on both The Exorcist and Black Narcissus.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Review

Super

by Anton Bitel

You won’t see a masked vigilante movie more morally responsible or edgy this side of The Dark Knight.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Review

Last Year at Marienbad (1961)

by Anton Bitel

Alain Resnais’ 1961 classic is as elegant in its symmetries as it is perplexing in its paradoxes.

5
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
Review

13 Assassins

by Anton Bitel

Takashi Miike’s magnificent 13 marks both the end of an era and the boundary of a genre.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Review

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole

by Anton Bitel

Despite all the flying, its jarring mismatch of hyperrealism and unabashed fantasy stops it soaring.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Review

Down Terrace

by Anton Bitel

In his low-budget feature debut, Ben Wheatley brings a very English working-class brand of domestic banality to his evil.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Review

Alice in Wonderland

by Anton Bitel

Tim Burton has always been a visual storyteller and his Alice is a source of visual wonder.

4
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Review

Ponyo

by Anton Bitel

At its heart, Ponyo is a film about a global catastrophe, but the apocalypse has seldom seemed so joyous or tender.

5
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Review

Fast & Furious

by Anton Bitel

The biggest auto-based franchise around gets the high-spec reboot it probably didn’t deserve.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect

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