Alfred Hitchcock. Christopher Nolan. Ridley Scott. Steve McQueen. Britain is mostly known in the world of cinema for producing talented directors that eventually move out of the United Kingdom and across to the filmmaking big league of Hollywood. Often regarded as a spring board to bigger things abroad, Britain has never had the magnitude of […]
Is there a more recognizable voice in contemporary American cinema than this quirky Minnesotan duo? Ever since they burst into scene in 1984, the Coens have established themselves as one of the most prolific and unique auteurs working today. Their films are perfectly accessible and enjoyable at a surface level, but sufficiently layered and clever […]
“Are they gonna drop the bomb or not?” This is the question at the heart of the anxiety that has marked the Atomic Age. The century-defining paranoia that inevitably followed the development of the nuclear bomb plagued a generation; and, while their descendants may have become distracted with more amusing technology, the theoretical threats of […]
The French have long held their place as the arbiters of many things, from the inimitable architecture of The Eiffel Tower and gothic design of The Notre-Dame, to the precious vineyards of Bordeaux and masterful paintings of The Louvre, but if there’s anything they’ve succeeded in since its inception, it’s the intangible artistry that flickers […]
Many years can be considered redefining for the crime genre due to one or even a few films that are absolute masterpieces. For example, we can say 1971 because of The French Connection or 1972 because of The Godfather, but no other year has a stacked list of crime films that are not only still […]
Ethan Hawke never really catches mainstream attention. He’ll be the first to admit that he’s not that good when it comes to picking more commercially appealing movies; he’s even a little too harsh to them sometimes. He called “Taking Lives” a terrible movie, and while it was no masterpiece, it’s fine enough for what it […]