by Elizabeth EstenIf you can’t tell by the many times I’ve written about them, I am a huge fan of horror movies. Ever since I was 16, horror has always been there to not only scare me, but also open my mind up to new ways of storytelling. But one trend in the genre that … Continue reading
by Elizabeth EstenEvery horror fan remembers the first horror movie they ever watched — the movie that made them see the magic of the genre and kickstarted their journey to horror geekdom. For me, that movie was Scream. Wes Craven’s fantastic satire (and its subsequent sequels) on the tropes that fill modern day horror filled … Continue reading
The pairing of Johnny Depp and Tim Burton has been one of the most talked-about actor/director collaborations of the last 25 years. However, with Burton’s latest film, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children opening this week, we take a look back at the famously macabre director’s adventures without his favorite muse. Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (1985) … Continue reading
by Elizabeth EstenPretty much every cinephile you will ever meet in your lifetime has a list of directors who changed the way they look at movies. My list is pretty long, but here is the condensed version: Quentin Tarantino, Danny Boyle and, most important of all, David Fincher. Fincher began his career back in the … Continue reading
by Tyler Macri Zombi 2 (Fulci, 1979) Released in 1979 by infamous Italian horror director Lucio Fulci, Zombi 2 sought to profit from the international success of George A. Romero’s film Dawn of the Dead (1978)—which was re-cut by Giallo maestro Dario Argento and re-released in Italy under the title “ZOMBI” just one year earlier. … Continue reading
Y Tu Mamá También (Cuarón, 2001) Roads are never just roads in road trip movies. They’re frontiers waiting to be passed, thresholds to be broken through. They are the physical manifestations of the journey ahead, whether that journey be for love, a new life, or self acceptance. In Alfonso Cuarón’s Y Tu Mamá También, the … Continue reading
by Byron Bixler & Jacqueline Borwick Coriolanus (Fiennes, 2011) For his directorial debut, Ralph Fiennes teamed up with screenwriter John Logan (who previously penned The Aviator, The Last Samurai and Gladiator) to take on the tragedy Coriolanus. Written by Shakespeare in his later years, the original play has often been neglected, placed in the shadows … Continue reading
by Sam Archie Metropolitan (1990) Whit Stillman’s first film, Metropolitan, establishes his themes of virtue, clashing sensibilities and young people finding their way in the world. Tom Townsend, (Edward Clements) a young upper west side socialist, shares a cab with a group of debutantes and their escorts. He subsequently becomes entangled in a world he … Continue reading
by Elizabeth Esten With Jon Favreau’s The Jungle Book arriving in theaters this weekend and many more Disney remakes on the horizon (Pete’s Dragon, Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid and Dumbo to name just a few), we turn our attention to five remakes of Disney classics that have already been produced (the good, … Continue reading
by Jacqueline Borwick2015 saw Richard Linklater receive an Oscar nomination as well as an award for Best Director at the 72nd Golden Globe Awards for his directorial contribution on Boyhood. His latest project is about life a little after the period of boyhood, and is set on a college campus. The film is titled Everybody … Continue reading
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