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(Photo Credit: Sony Pictures Classics) There have been some incredible documentaries over the years chronicling how films were made, such as Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse. However, the ones that stand the test of time tend to be about groundbreaking pieces of art and legendary movies. That’s why American Movie was so interesting, as […]
Static Media/Getty Images From 2013 to 2023, director Zack Snyder dictated the tone and look of the now-defunct DC Extended Universe. At the beginning of the decade-long mishegoss, Snyder rebooted the Superman story with “Man of Steel,” a loud, bleak, faux-poetic noise-fest that divided audiences sharply. Some felt […]
For as much rich history and beautiful tradition as the Academy Awards are known for, South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho perhaps said it best when he described the ceremony as “very local.” Though this didn’t stop his “Parasite” from sweeping the 2020 Oscars, the rules around what gets nominated and what kind of stories are […]
When Lamorne Morris was cast as Garrett Morris (no relation) in “Saturday Night” — the movie about the 90 minutes leading up to the first 1975 broadcast of “Saturday Night Live” — he ignored explicit instructions from director Jason Reitman by reaching out to the man he was to portray. Garrett Morris’ place in “SNL” […]
Original SNL star Dan Aykroyd had high praise for Jason Reitman’s ‘Saturday Night,’ calling it a “stand-alone masterpiece” and Oscar-worthy. Source link
Sitges 2024: Spanish Stuck-on-the-Moon Thriller ‘Luna’ is a Disaster by Alex Billington October 12, 2024 Spain, we have a problem. I don’t enjoy writing negative reviews and I don’t feel good about bashing films. I try to remain positive and talk about what I love. But sometimes there’s a movie that is just so terrible, […]
With Oppenheimer the pacing and the script is so good and the direction is so tight you don’t like you’ve watched a 3 hour movie. Nolan has this talent with his movies, I would say he developed after interstellar, where he finds the right rhymthms where he can make these intricate 2 hours 30 to […]
Thrillers, whether of the action or psychological varieties, typically rely on plot turns to power the drama. There’s nothing wrong with that, but it’s always a welcome surprise when a film can build those thrills as much through character as it does through those story beats. Caddo Lake, a new Max Original Film premiering this […]
Breaking into the horror genre is no easy feat, whether you’re a filmmaker or a fictional creation, because competition is plentiful and audience attention spans are limited. Makeup artist-turned filmmaker Damien Leone knows this all too well, but sixteen years after first introducing Art the Clown to the world (via the short film, “The 9th […]
Exhuma What is it? A pair of shamans discover something evil on their latest case. Why see it? This is a big, thrilling, richly detailed piece of folk horror with atmosphere, scares, and personality to spare. Writer/director Jang Jae-hyun chases his two previous films, the religious horror movies The Priests (2015) and Svaha: The Sixth Finger (2019), with a meaty […]