Essays
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Netflix to Resurrect One of Cinema’s Lost Treasures: Orson Welles’ ‘The Other Side of the Wind’
Plus: Jordan Peele makes history, a couple new trailers, and perfect shots.~In 1970, renowned auteur and wine lover Orson Welles began production on a film entitled…
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Ridley Scott Doesn’t Need No Stinkin’ Legacies
Why one of Hollywood’s greatest living directors will keep tinkering with his franchises until the day he dies. This past week, director Ridley Scott let slip…
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In the Overlook, Everything is Fine: ‘The Shining’ as Directed by David Lynch
Don’t think one of the scariest movies ever can get any scarier? You’re wrong. Question: what’s scarier than riding your big wheel through an empty hotel,…
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‘We Made It For The Fans, Not The Critics’ Is A False Construct
It’s time to put Hollywood’s favorite response to criticism out to pasture. The actor Finn Jones has been having a rough time of it online of…
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‘Breaking Bad:’ The Movie
The Ballad of Walter White in two taut hours. When people are attempting to compliment series of this, the New Golden Age of television, often they…
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A Summer Box Office on the Edge of Spring: ‘Kong’ and ‘Logan’ Bring in the Big Bucks
Plus: the latest looks at ‘Wonder Woman’ and ‘Transformers 5,’ and news from SXSW Opening stronger than even the best predictions, Jordan Vogt-Roberts’ Kong: Skull Island…
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Eye Contact: The In-Your-Face Cinema of Spike Lee
Here is a supercut that, like the films of Spike Lee, isn’t afraid to make eye contact with the audience.
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Fan Theory Friday: Is Sean Connery Really James Bond in ‘The Rock?’
Two theories for the price of one. I don’t know about you, but I think one of the great tragedies of cinema is that Sean Connery…
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How a Minor Character from ‘Taxi Driver’ Influenced One of the Most Iconic Scenes in ‘Pulp Fiction’
A story you simply have to hear. This is legitimately one of the cooler film stories I’ve heard in a while, and I think you’re going…