Author: Landon Palmer

This article is part of our Oscar Week Series, where you will find breakdowns and predictions for all of the major categories. The Best Supporting…

Famed British filmmaker Mike Leigh recently received his fifth screenwriting nomination for Another Year. Another Oscar nomination for a highly celebrated filmmaker should be surprising…

From 2011, this entry in our column digging into the Criterion Collection library explores Preston Sturges’ hilarious 1941 entry into the romantic comedy genre.

Modern romance and the movies are arguably dependant on one another, as movies have a long history of affirming the idea(l) of the perfect relationship.…

For whatever reason, Sherlock Holmes has seen something of an unexpected cultural resurgence recently. Of course, one could argue that the pipe-smoking gumshoe is ubiquitously…

One great thing about covering the rise of digital DIY independent filmmaking is that over time you get to see a filmmaker grow and mature…

On March 10, 1938, Leo McCarey accepted his Academy Award for Best Directing and kindly thanked his audience before stating that they gave him an…

Hipster is a term that is difficult to define, mainly because its definition has changed so much over time. The term (arguably) first entered mass…

This time last month, critics across the web and in print were compiling their mandatory best-of lists. While I often get annoyed when some lists…