Jonathan Demme is right now on what’s probably the last years of his career. The legendary filmmaker was born in New York in February 22, 1944, and has been directing since he was thirty, when he debuted with Roger Corman-produced comedy Caged Heat, a movie that set him on an early run of wacky action/comedy […]
Year: 2016
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The 30 Best Japanese Live Action Movies Based on Manga
Over the last several years, major Japanese studios have started to follow the tactics of their Hollywood equivalents by finally adapting their own comics, called manga, in the way they deserve. This tendency is not exactly new, since films based on manga/anime have been shot since the 70s. However, it is the first time that […]
Cult Cinema: An Arrow Video Companion (Book Review)
Before the internet and YouTube, the ways that you became informed about cult cinema was from reading books, fanzines, and watching some beat up VHS copies of the movies. There were many great books that came out during this time, including a trilogy from author Danny Peary and a guidebook from Videohound dealing with cult […]
Pulling Focus: Meek’s Cutoff (2010)
“You don’t know much about women, do you Stephen Meek?” – Emily Tetherow (played by Michelle Williams) Go West, young ma’am “Oregon Territory, 1845” reads a rough-hewn hand-drawn title card that opens Meek’s Cutoff (2010), the fourth feature by 52-year-old, Miami-born filmmaker Kelly Reichardt (her sixth, Certain Women, hits select North American theaters later […]
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The 10 Best Performances within the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Twelve films in and with the thirteenth hit the theaters recently, there’s no better a time to look back at one of the most impressive feats in modern cinema, aka the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and talk about the best of the best performances that have kept this ambitious interwoven world together. 10. Samuel L. […]
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The 10 Best Written Tarantino Movie Characters
If you’ve ever visited a film school or “lazy towns” (as they are commonly known), you’ve seen them. Hundreds of guys directing and writing their own “cool” short films. Funny dialogue, a bunch of guns, and pools of blood swarm the screens of all the editing rooms in the building, until every production is indistinguishable […]