In a groundbreaking career that now spans over 30 years, David Fincher has etched a permanent place in movie history as one of the most talented directors of his generation. Ever since bursting onto the scene in the early 1990s, the former visual effects producer and music video director has cultivated a reputation as a […]
The Nineties decade produced a bounty of stand-out thrillers that ruled the box office, stood the test of time and are now regarded as timeless masterpieces. David Fincher, Michael Mann, the Coens, David Lynch, among many others put their personal stamp on the genre and did their part to keep its essence alive into the […]
When we think of Westerns, cowboys often come to mind. A showdown in the street. Tumbleweeds blow by as everyone from a little stretch of town stares to see who walks away. Truth is Westerns aren’t about who’s in it. It’s about where it’s located. As long as it takes place in the American West, […]
Any discussion of the greatest actor-director team-ups in cinema history must include Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro. Starting with “Mean Streets” in 1973, the duo has been working together for half a century now, giving audiences a slew of timeless masterpieces and knockout performances that have established them both as living legends within their […]
Dark Comedies, or Black Comedies as they are sometimes called, are a unique genre that manages to blend comedy with darker elements, think Heathers (1988) or Jojo Rabbit (2019). Usually the subject matter of Dark Comedies circles topics such as death, mental health decline, murder, and societal injustice, with movies like Parasite (2019) and Ready […]
The 1990s was an excellent time for thrillers, sometimes erotic: Basic Instinct, Wild Things, sometimes action-orientated: Breakdown, Mercury Rising, and sometimes forgotten…So, let’s look at ten thrillers from the 1990s that deserve a little more love. 1. Snake Eyes (1998) Nicolas Cage plays a shady Atlantic City cop who must piece together murderous events in Brian De […]