‘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…
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‘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…
‘JFK’: Oliver Stone’s Emotionally Accurate and Masterfully Crafted Trip Down the Rabbit Hole
By Koraljka Suton “I think I was always controversial, provocative. But I can’t help it. I have to go…
Gang Wars, the Prohibition Menace: Brian De Palma’s ‘The Untouchables’
By Tim Pelan Screenwriter David Mamet came up with a Stanislavski quote to describe The Untouchables: “Tragedy is just…
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…
Lived All Our Best Times Left With the Worst: Christopher Nolan’s ‘Memento’
By Tim Pelan Fractured narrative, skewed perception, compressed timelines—director/writer Christopher Nolan won’t lead his audience in a straight line…
“No One Is Just Anything”: In William Friedkin’s ‘Sorcerer’, Four Reduced Men Must Gamble with Life to Give It Value
Sorcerer original motion picture soundtrack cover art by Tony Stella, https://www.tony-stella.com/ By Tim Pelan The film became an obsession….
Fincher’s ‘Zodiac’: A Suspenseful and Thrilling Combination of Police Procedural and Newspaper Film That Masterfully Chronicles the Progression of Obsession
Zodiac poster art by Barret Chapman By Koraljka Suton Robert Graysmith knew he was a guy on the sidelines…
“We Translate Every Experience into the Same Old Codes”: In Michelangelo Antonioni’s ‘The Passenger,’ Jack Nicholson Attempts a Transference of Self
Artwork for Carlotta Films’ Ultra Collector’s Edition Blu-Ray of The Passenger by Robert Sammelin By Tim Pelan Michelangelo Antonioni’s…
