by Justin MadoreHarry Potter’s been out of the cultural zeitgeist for awhile now. The last film in the franchise was released more than five years ago, and since then, the wizarding world has been largely empty of content, with no new books or sequels to speak of. Nothing as popular as Harry Potter ever goes … Continue reading
by Justin MadoreI’m going to be honest: I was really dreading watching this. 2016 has been, at least for me, one of the most disappointing years for mainstream cinema. It feels like nearly all of the blockbusters and big-budget movies released this year have been severely underwhelming. The overall dependency of movie studios on franchises … Continue reading
Interview by Byron Bixler Casey Creveling is a senior Cinema & Photography major at Ithaca College whose thesis project is a fast-paced action-comedy called “Let’s Rob a Fucking House.” For the first installment of a new interview series by the Cinephile Delinquents (the official podcast of Filmic Magazine), Casey joined me to talk about his … Continue reading
by Erica NoboaJapan’s most notorious horror figures creep their way back onto the big screen, only this time, they’ll have to compete to decide who’s the scariest ghoul of them all. Sadako is the demonic young woman who terrorizes unsuspecting bystanders in Hideo Nakata’s 1998 film, Ring. Anyone who views her haunted VHS tape will … Continue reading
by David FriedfertigMarvel’s resident wizard has made his cinematic debut in Doctor Strange, the 14th movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Some of the franchise’s biggest critics would argue that each film in the MCU is not its own complete story and is just teasing future events. So far, it would seem that the movies … Continue reading
by Stephanie ArisWhat if while you were living your average, boring life you found out your super-attractive, overachieving new neighbors were actually spies? This is the question that Greg Mottola’s new action-comedy, Keeping Up with the Joneses (sponsored by Mercedes Benz!) aims to answer. And although the presence of the Mercedes-Benz logo is consistent, the … Continue reading
by Byron Bixler Part of our coverage of the 2016 Ithaca Fantastik Film FestivalThe 5th Annual Ithaca Fantastik Film Festival came to a close last night, bookending Wednesday night’s erotic Korean thriller, The Handmaiden, with another Korean thriller, this one being a high-octane zombie flick called Train to Busan. I saw two additional films at the Fest on … Continue reading
by Byron Bixler Part of our coverage of the 2016 Ithaca Fantastik Film FestivalThere’s only one day left in the 5th Ithaca Fantastik Film Festival! A long Saturday of exciting and varied offerings at Cinemapolis included such films as an Argentinian horror anthology (Terror 5), an animated zombie thriller from Korea (Seoul Station) and an … Continue reading
by Byron Bixler Part of our coverage of the 2016 Ithaca Fantastik Film FestivalDay two of the Ithaca Fantastik Film Festival at Cinemapolis delivered another slate of diverse works from around the world, including a slightly psychedelic animated adventure film (Nova Seed), a Bollywood action thriller (Kammatipaadam), and a violent Filipino drama involving child gangsters … Continue reading
by Byron Bixler Part of our coverage of the 2016 Ithaca Fantastik Film FestivalAfter kicking off on Wednesday night with Park Chan-wook’s erotic thriller, The Handmaiden, the 5th Annual Ithaca Fantastik Film Festival had its first full day of screenings at Cinemapolis in downtown Ithaca, New York yesterday, opening its doors to enthusiastic horror fans … Continue reading
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