The staff at Filmic Magazine is excited to present its third annual Top 10 feature! Over a period of one week, Filmic members were asked to submit ranked lists reflecting the very best 2016 films they saw. 21 lists were ultimately received and 66 titles of considerable diversity were named. The following is the final … Continue reading
With our annual top 10 list coming soon, we couldn’t resist putting together our first “Worst of” list. For as much as we love to gush about our favorite movies here at Filmic, getting to vent the rage that a truly awful film inspires is sometimes just as satisfying. And so here we present 11 … Continue reading
by Byron BixlerHeckler is probably the worst documentary I’ve ever seen. Unfocused, one-sided and almost completely lacking in genuine insight, the film is misleading in both its title and premise and fails to adequately confront any of its topics. The first 20 minutes or so are — appropriately enough — about hecklers, their effect on … Continue reading
by Byron BixlerI generally regard anything under the Platinum Dunes logo to be poison, but I decided to give the Friday the 13th remake/reboot a shot anyway. Sean S. Cunningham was a producer, after all, so maybe it would retain some form of “respect” for the original (which isn’t all that respectable to begin with). … Continue reading
In a year largely vilified because of its violence, upheaval and bitter social schisms, it makes sense that the genre to receive an abnormal boost in success would be horror. 2016 delivered a mini-renaissance for horror movies that hasn’t been seen in some time. As you’ll see in our list celebrating a dozen of our … Continue reading
by Byron BixlerThe concept of the shape-shifter has always maintained a significant role in the history of the horror genre. Personally speaking, the idea of entities pretending to be something they’re not has been a common trait in my own nightmares over the years. At the root of this idea is the fear of the … Continue reading
by Byron BixlerSt. Vincent? They should have called it “For Your Consideration”. Well, no, actually that wouldn’t do. Christopher Guest already took that title. How about “Cliches: The Movie”? Or “Heartstrings: We’re Yanking on Yours”? Or maybe just good ole “Cloying Bullshit”? There we go. Simple and to the point. Seriously, though, St. Vincent is … Continue reading
by Byron BixlerThere are several places one could start when addressing the individual parts of Pablo Larrain’s masterpiece, but let’s begin on its most superficial level. Jackie belongs to a group of “snapshot biopics” that have come out in the last few years, catching up with a historical figure during a very brief period of … Continue reading
Interview by Byron Bixler Tyler Macri is a junior Cinema & Photography major at Ithaca College and Filmic contributor whose Advanced Cinema Production project is a surreal drama called “What Comes from a Swamp.” Two weeks ago, for the latest installment of an interview series by the Cinephile Delinquents (the official podcast of Filmic Magazine), … 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
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