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It’s both a pain and a pleasure to write about a new Hayao Miyazaki film— a pleasure because for some three years after the...
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It’s both a pain and a pleasure to write about a new Hayao Miyazaki film— a pleasure because for some three years after the...
Having long since cemented how talented he is in front of the camera, with Monkey Man, Dev Patel steps behind the camera and...
Say what you will about Nic Pizzolatto’s True Detective, but it was one of the few shows on television (along with Noah Hawley’s Fargo)...
The Last Kumite is an homage to a very particular sub-species of martial arts film: the 1980’s and early 90’s western wave of bone...
I first saw Luc Besson’s Le Femme Nikita in 1992 during my second year of college. It was one of a dozen or...
Just as Starman feels, in part, like John Carpenter pulling back from the unhinged alien horror of his previous masterwork The Thing, Matinee feels...
There really are two directors called Luc Besson. There’s the one who came to worldwide prominence through Subway and continued to make his name...
Midway through Glory, there’s a scene where Matthew Broderick cuts down watermelons with a sword. As Union Colonel Robert Gould Shaw—commander of the all-Black...
To many, 1984’s Ghostbusters was lightning in a bottle, and to some, it became a cornerstone of a lifelong dedication to the franchise...
“Whatever you think I am, that’s what I’m not…” – Grant Morrison Grant Morrison is considered a rock star of comics, leaving a trail...
The old expression says that gentlemen prefer blondes. It’s a well-known fact that Sir Alfred Hitchcock did. Long before Tippi Hedren and Grace Kelly,...
Writer/Director Paul Schrader’s favorite subject is the solitary man who, upon finding that the world will not bend to his will, shuts himself...
Cord Jefferson– who penned an episode of the inventive (if somewhat reductive) sequel to Alan Moore’s Watchmen— has settled into the director’s chair,...
Making With the Waters Works I was working as a (very) junior flunky at Universal Pictures marketing in early 1990 when a fax came...
Having an altogether more somber tone than most kaiju films, last years’ Godzilla Minus One was well-received by audiences and critics alike, thanks...
This past year, several years after it’s original run ended, audiences rediscovered the legal drama Suits via various streaming platforms, finding greater success that...
Two of the three great Hitchcockian nightmares are on full display in Anthony Waller’s forgotten thriller classic Mute Witness: first, the idea that...
Bad Lieutenant is an NC-17 grimy, vicious, and shocking New York crime film from one of the most talented exploitation directors, Abel Ferrara, that...
Guy Ritchie returns with yet another of his trademark action capers, this time turning his attention to the declassified files of Winston Churchill,...
People online are always talking about how they would never be able to make Blazing Saddles today. This, of course, is true, if...
The trouble is, it’s just not true. This is a movie about how your grandparents were phonies and the city you live in is...
“Better luck next time…” The road of life can be twisty and treacherous, but if you are unfortunate enough to take a wrong turn...
Films may become iconic for various reasons – their aesthetic, score, performances, narrative elements and structure, filmmaking ingenuity, or how certain events surrounding the...
Sooner or later, the check always comes due. The Godfather, The Conversation, The Godfather Part II, and Apocalypse Now were all stone cold...