Documentary

The Artistic Triumph of Sir Alan Parker’s Still Beating ‘Angel Heart’

Original artwork by Renato Casaro   June 5, 2022   By Sven Mikulec   “I think it's obviously the fundamental…

2 years ago

Neil Marshall’s ‘The Descent’: Humans Are the Scariest Things

  May 24, 2022   By Sven Mikulec When Dog Soldiers made a bloody splash across the UK back in 2002, this…

2 years ago

‘Die Hard’ On a Pedestal: Why John McTiernan’s Action Classic Is Such an Ode to Joy

  May 20, 2022   By Tim Pelan   “Welcome to the party, pal!” On July 15, 1988, a new…

2 years ago

Gotham by Elektrisches Licht: Fritz Lang’s ‘Metropolis’

January 12, 2022   By Tim Pelan   H. G. Wells declared upon seeing Fritz Lang's 1927 silent film Metropolis…

2 years ago

‘The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel’: The Perfect Window into the Mind of a Groundbreaking Artist

  By Sven Mikulec   Luis Buñuel was born exactly 121 years ago today. A prolific filmmaker whose work spanned…

3 years ago

How Robert Altman’s Anti-Western Classic ‘McCabe & Mrs. Miller’ Aged Like Fine Wine

  By Koraljka Suton   The legendary director Robert Altman was given an Academy Honorary Award in 2006, “in recognition of…

3 years ago

Hitchcock’s ‘Vertigo’: The Unrelenting Male Gaze that Blurs the Lines Between Possession and Obsession

  By Koraljka Suton   It is no secret that the late Alfred Hitchcock was—and still is—not only one of…

3 years ago

‘The Verdict’: Sidney Lumet and David Mamet’s Masterpiece as a Blend of a Courtroom Drama and a Personal Redemption Story

  By Sven Mikulec   Frank Galvin is an empty, whisky-drenched shell of a man. Once a successful lawyer at…

3 years ago

‘Point Blank’: John Boorman’s Amalgamation of American, British and French Filmmaking Styles

Point Blank poster art by Tony Stella https://www.tony-stella.com/   By Koraljka Suton   British filmmaker John Boorman started out by…

3 years ago