"This week the multiplex offers something for all age groups-at least all the age groups Hollywood takes much note of-what with the arrival of a new Avatar (videogame-like action for the permanently adolescent), a soap-operatic thriller more or less for adults (bestseller-based The Housemaid), and a new SpongeBob Movie (for kids, though this is the only one of the three I'd particularly want to see). For the entire family that stays together because they pray together, there's also David, a Bible-derived animated musical."
"Bi Gan's 2018 Long Day's Journey Into Night was a lush, opaque neo-noir romance (no relation to the O'Neill play) that did not lack for self-conscious bravado-its entire last hour was a stunningly elaborate single shot, in 3D yet. Only the Chinese writer-director's second feature, it nonetheless seemed to position him as a world great, at least in his own estimation."
The multiplex offers a broad slate: videogame-style Avatar action for adolescents, a soap-operatic bestseller adaptation The Housemaid for adults, a new SpongeBob Movie aimed at children, and David, a Bible-derived animated musical for families. Many viewers will find mainstream arrivals to be light, holiday-season relief. Alternately, there's denser fare for those seeking challenging cinema. Bi Gan's breakthrough Long Day's Journey Into Night featured a stunning final single shot in 3D and suggested ambitious auteurial promise. The new Resurrection runs 156 minutes, uses a sci-fi premise to traverse cinematic genres and histories, and assembles cryptic successive narratives into a lavish visual phantasmagoria.
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