A wry look at a single mother raising a daughter, One Fine Morning frames the story in a dramatic context yet constantly finds humor and good nature in the story. It's a kind of Gallic kitchen-sink realism that pays attention to the thoughts and feelings of Léa...
One of the most shared stories to come out of the 2023 SXSW Film Festival was the heckler at the world premiere of Evil Dead Rise on March 15. A man sitting in the balcony yelled out “This movie fucking sucks” during the post-premiere Q&A with the film’s...
The Zombies occupy a respectable place below The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Kinks, and maybe one or two other influential British rock groups of the 1960’s. Yet The Zombies are known on a level a notch above other influential groups of that era like The...
Inside centers on the ever dependable Willem Dafoe as an art thief who breaks into a multi-million dollar high-rise condo with a time limit of seven minutes to steal valuable paintings. The passcode doesn't let him out, and he's trapped in the empty luxury unit. The...
The most quaint example of catering to corporate groveling resulted in one of the best cult phenomena of the recent past. In 1978, The Star Wars Holiday Special melded a brand new hit movie, in its nascent period before its ascent to cultural significance, with the...
Has there ever been a movie franchise that knew when to retire? Of course, the whole concept of a franchise suggests dragging a hit concept to its withered end. Despite polished production values Scream VI tediously tugs a dying notion through the celluloid, but not...
Hot picks for 2023 SXSW film festival When the pandemic put the squeeze on group gatherings in 2020, the largest convention in the world adapted by going virtual. The South By Southwest Festival [SXSW] offers conferences geared to music, interactive media, and film...
Here’s a cinematic legend that I find it hard to wrap my head around. Not because I don’t believe it but rather because I do believe it, and it strokes my desire to understand the underlying meaning inherent in the tale. Orson Welles states in an interview that while...
Studio Executive: This studio will never make a film with an animal defecating followed by a scantily clad woman giving a naked, fat, and prone man a golden shower. Damian Chazelle: Hold my beer. Chazelle starts Babylon at 100 m.p.h. before accelerating into...
Documentaries about movies abound in the form of film essays that use various genres to express their argument. Viewers are bound to recognize favorite films they’ve seen as well as discover films for a future watchlist. Here are some of the best examples of this kind...