With so many films released every decade and every passing year burying the previous ones further down, it’s not surprising there are literally hundreds of worthwhile films that have become forgotten as time passes. But new is not necessarily better, and as films are tied closely to the current culture of any given year, many […]
The words “underrated” and “overrated” have always caused controversy because, frankly, they’re both hard to define in a way that feels concrete. Yes, we all vaguely know the dictionary definition of these terms, but there’s so much contention regarding what makes something overrated or underrated. Is a film underrated if it garnered glowing reviews but […]
When he first got his breakthrough in the late 90s, he was celebrated as the next big thing but the inconsistency through his career made him somewhat of a divisive filmmaker. At some point in his career, he seemed like he makes only failures and if you were no fan of his earlier output, then […]
The western genre is a storied one. From the Sergio Leone zapata vehicles, whose towering Man with No Name trilogy continues to loom high as a cinematic infuence, to the subversiveness of Anthony Mann’s films, the undisputed classics have mostly retained their power. The western’s template has undergone decade after decade of revision and refinement […]
The 21st century has been kind to the action genre: big-spectacle, high-budget films have become hot commodities once more after limping through the 1990s hobbled by waning interest in big muscles, big guns, and big explosions. Instead, bigger was not only better but necessary to draw back increasingly shrinking audience engagement in action films. The […]
This list may cause some double-takes. They directed THAT? No need to check IMDb for fact-checking. It may be impossible to imagine, but these anonymous films were created from the visions of established auteurs with distinct stylistic and thematic throughlines. These directors took on these films for financial purposes, just as a change of pace, […]