For someone learning the craft of film, screenwriting, or criticism, a bad movie can be just as important as a good movie. Sometimes more important. It shows you what not...
In 2019, Todd Phillips directed Joker, (very) loosely based on the DC Comics Batman villain. Joaquin Phoenix played Arthur Fleck, a mentally ill societal castoff who finds a new identity...
I grew up on a smorg of wildly different influences that informed my film education. Everything from mainstream movies, to the wild VHS horror and exploitation films of John Carpenter...
Like many horror and sci-fi nerds, I grew up with the Alien franchise. My Dad took me to Aliens in 1986, when I was about 11-years-old. At the start of...
NOTE: There are some very minor spoilers in here. Not big reveals, but plot points are discussed. The sleeper has awakened! After a strike-related postponement in 2023, this weekend finally...
I’ve been a fan of English filmmaker Andrew Haigh since his HBO show, Looking, as well as movies like 45, Weekend, and Lean on Pete. With his new film, All...