Nowadays, everyone seems to bemoan the current state of cinema, where even the best directors struggle to secure financing and the theatrical landscape is increasingly dominated by focus-tested films based on pre-existing IPs. Enter Robert Eggers, a 38-year-old maverick who’s taken the world by storm in the past decade by spearheading a unique brand of […]
In a matter of years, Ari Aster has breathed new life into what not long ago appeared to be a watered-down genre on its very last legs, where derivative schlock and uninspired sequels still reign supreme as the industry’s bread and butter. His meteoric rise from unknown New York film student to one of the […]
War and Horror are subjects that one might assume go hand in hand, but in the world of film, well made war-horror hybrids are surprisingly rare. While the integration of war subjects with horror elements is common in novels, comics and graphic novels, in film the genre has become a niche filled mostly by independent […]
As recently as the 1990s, American movie lovers in search of films from abroad had few options. If they lived in a sizable city, they might have enjoyed access to an independent theater or video store that carried international titles, especially those that had become hits in their native countries. Occasionally a decades-old “foreign film” […]
Thrillers, Thrillers, Thrillers. Too many to watch and not enough time. And here we go again: when you’re looking for a thriller, the selection is so huge and overwhelming that you end up watching the same ones again and again. To avoid that, here a list of 10 under appreciated thrillers that you should add […]
The process of gathering a shortlist of recommended films can be a daunting task when talking about a self-declared cinephile with such a longstanding knowledge about the history of the medium like Martin Scorsese. There’s probably no director dead or alive who has been so vocal about his passionate love for cinema as the Italian […]