Flynn Shan Benson

9

Ken Russell’s The Devils

The sets, designed by Derek Jarman, are both majestic and camp, the actors perform their roles with passionate commitment — Redgrave is especially haunting — while Russell is somehow able

Days of Being Wild

Despite the fact that it was made almost four decades ago, Days remains fresh and exciting: Wong’s camera is so graceful, his edits so enlivening, that most contemporary arthouse films
6.5

La Bola Negra

… the film’s audacity and showmanship give way to a self-satisfied earnestness about the power of art to change the world, and for historic wrongs to be righted with poetry.