‘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…
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‘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…
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…
‘Stalker’: Andrei Tarkovsky’s Merger of Contemplative Style and Transcendental Substance Designed to Put Us in the Zone
By Koraljka Suton ‘Stalker’ is not a desperate film. I don’t think a work of art can be inspired…
‘Mad Max II’: How George Miller’s ‘Road Warrior’ Became One of the Greatest Action Movies of All Time
By Koraljka Suton That came from my experience and having improved as a writer, understanding dramatic conflict a little…
‘Heat’: Michael Mann’s Meticulous Masterpiece of Both Style and Substance That Transcends Genre
Heat poster art by Tony Stella, https://www.tony-stella.com/ By Koraljka Suton A guy told me one time, “Don’t let yourself…
Peter Weir’s ‘Fearless’ as a Soulful Slice of Life That Gently Examines the Human Condition
By Koraljka Suton Essentially, this is a detective story and the mystery at hand is this: What happened to…
‘Bringing Out the Dead’: Scorsese’s Deeply Humane Unsung Gem
By Koraljka Suton We wanted to do New York at night in a way that would create a claustrophobic…
‘Sweet Smell of Success’: A Visceral and Vicious Depiction of the Evil that Power-Hungry Men Do
By Koraljka Suton There’s an old rule among directors that you see a film in its totality about four…
‘Network’: Sidney Lumet and Paddy Chayefsky’s Gruesome Prophecy Turned Reality
By Koraljka Suton Once it opened, everybody kept saying, ‘Oh, what a brilliant satire.’ But Paddy and I always…
