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‘Mulholland Drive’: David Lynch’s Surrealist Masterpiece Bridges the Gap Between the Conscious and Subconscious Mind

Mulholland Drive poster art by Kevin Tong   January 4, 2024   By Koraljka Suton   An idea comes, and…

4 months ago

Trickle Down Robonomics—The Predatory Capitalism of ‘RoboCop’

RoboCop poster art by Grzegorz Domaradzki (Gabz), https://iamgabz.com/   August 21, 2023   By Tim Pelan   The violence in…

8 months ago

NOC NOC: How ‘Mission: Impossible’ Lit the Fuse of Action Stardom Within Tom Cruise

Mission: Impossible poster art by Radostina/CinemaCity00   July 18, 2023   By Tim Pelan   In my mid-50s, doing 'Carlito's…

9 months ago

‘The Killing of a Chinese Bookie’: Turning Entertainment into Personal Statement

  May 10, 2023   By Sven Mikulec   We did 'The Killing of a Chinese Bookie' just as an…

12 months ago

‘The Fisher King’: Terry Gilliam’s Touching Film About Grief, Trauma and Hope

  January 26, 2023   I started reading and I stayed up till—I don’t know what time in the morning…

1 year ago

Exposing Femicide in Iran: Cyrus Nowrasteh’s ‘The Stoning of Soraya M.’

  December 29, 2022   My intention was to show stonings for what they really are, and present the ritualistic…

1 year ago

James Mangold’s ‘Identity’: The Devil in the Details

  December 28, 2022   I love 'Identity.' I love it. In fact, I think some of the filmmaking, the…

1 year ago

To Live and Die for Authenticity: How Friedkin Made One of the Best Films of the Eighties

  August 8, 2022   All of the films I have made, that I have chosen to make, are all…

2 years ago