‘A History of Violence’: David Cronenberg’s Superb Study of the Basic Impulses that Drive Humanity
By Sven Mikulec The master of the specific subgenre called body horror and the man who put out such…
Interview
Play for Play: How The Color of Money’s ‘One For Them’ Assignment Reignited Martin Scorsese’s Hunger for the Work
By Tim Pelan After ‘The Last Temptation‘ was cancelled in ’83, I had to get myself back in shape….
‘DOES THIS LOOK LIKE A SICK MAN TO YOU?’: The Horror of Identity and the Identity of Horror in David Cronenberg’s ‘The Fly’
By Travis Woods TELEPOD 1: STATHIS He watches Her, trembling and nerve-twitched, eyes darting, lips pulled back over protruding…
40 Years of Hurt, Face-Hugging Dreams of Breathing: Ridley Scott’s ‘Alien’
Alien poster art by Brian Taylor By Tim Pelan Ripley’s words to the Xenomorph in Alien 3 sum up…
To the Wonder: The Lyrical Appeal and Influence of Richard Donner’s ‘Superman’
By Tim Pelan Richard Donner, director of The Omen, the Lethal Weapon series, The Goonies, but oh so especially…
Michael Chapman: Cinematographers, in the Traditional Sense, Are a Dying Breed
By Sven Mikulec After the projection of Raging Bull, one of the landmarks of American cinema and a crucial…
‘Miller’s Crossing’ at 30: A Lamentation of Losers by the Coen Brothers
By Tim Pelan After the success of Raising Arizona, Joel and Ethan Coen were given the chance to do…
‘Batman’ (1989): How Tim Burton’s Version of the Caped Crusader Put the Dark in Dark Knight and Gave Wings to the Superhero Movie Genre
By Koraljka Suton Exactly 30 years ago, in the summer of 1989, the world was swept off its feet…
‘Goodfellas’ at 30: Martin Scorsese’s Anthropological Goodlife Through a Lens
Photographed by Barry Wetcher © Warner Bros. By Tim Pelan As far back as I can remember, director Martin…
Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘Hard Eight’, AKA ‘Sydney’: “It’s Always Good to Meet a New Friend”
Hard Eight, AKA Sydney poster art by Rich Kelly, https://www.rfkelly.com/hard-eight By Tim Pelan Paul Thomas Anderson’s debut film Hard…