Why Bennett Miller Is One of the Best Directors of the 21st Century

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Why Bennett Miller Is One of the Best Directors of the 21st Century

The disappearance of Bennett Miller from the forefront of Hollywood filmmaking is one of the most unusual situations in the industry. After directing several successful films and receiving multiple Academy Award nominations, Miller somehow hasn’t made a new film since…

Is ‘The Da Vinci Code’ a True Story?

In 2003, The Da Vinci Code ruled the world. It may have received a critical drubbing so bloodthirsty that the world’s literature publications briefly turned into slaughterhouses, but as numerous commercial sensations have proven, bad reviews need never be an…

How Yellowjackets Warps Reality and Expectations

Yellowjackets made a lot of promises in Season 1, and with most of Season 2 out, the series has not disappointed. Furthering the development of these incredible characters, showing that nothing is what it seems and that the wilderness is…

Wes Anderson Explores The Loneliness Of The Cosmos & Our Place In It Through Creation & Grief [Cannes]

Wes Anderson is a genre; one of decorative embellishment, ornamental whimsy, baroque fantasy, and symmetrical precision. It wasn’t always this way, and it’s also not just superficial embroidery. “Rushmore” had a moving bittersweetness anchoring its fanciful formal wit, and “The Royal…

What Would a John Wayne-Stanley Kubrick Collaboration Have Looked Like?

With all the talk going on around the upcoming Oppenheimer flying around, we thought we would drop our own bomb on you with a story about another movie about nuclear war and the prospect of the ominously looming atomic bomb.…

Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One Trailer Breakdown

Tom Cruise's everlasting attempts to shatter bones by jumping off cliffs and continuously running with style to save the day make Mission: Impossible the greatest action franchise in the world. The films in the series have constantly been reinventing themselves…

Halle Bailey Brings The Magic To Disney’s Latest Remake

The live-action adaption of the beloved animated classic, “The Little Mermaid” —now over-scrutinized by everyone, especially bigots, in the lead-up to its release— hits high notes musically, but its murky visuals are a problem at times. The film goes under…

Limp Bizkit’s Frontman Made One of the Worst Movies Ever — Is It That Bad?

There has always been a direct correlation between film and rock and roll. It seems every actor has a music project so it’s only fitting that every rock and roller wants to have a movie. Whether it’s David Bowie falling…

Netflix’s New Matchmaking Obsession

Dating shows have been a steady income stream for Netflix. They are a subgenre of reality, and reality costs a lot less than scripts. But a new phenomenon has popped up in people’s algorithms—the matchmaking show. Currently, two shows are…

An Actor Prepares In Todd Haynes’ Superlative Age-Gap Dramedy [Cannes]

In “May December,” there’s trouble in the paradise of Savannah, Georgia, where the skeins of Spanish moss draped over corridors of trees wave in the gentle coastal zephyrs with each night’s picture-perfect sunset. Spouses Gracie (Julianne Moore) and Joe (Charles…

The 1980s Was Rough on Westerns, Except for This Kevin Costner Classic

The 1980s marked a sea change for Western movies. The genre that was made so famous in the 40s, 50, 60s, and even into the 70s started to become relegated as big Hollywood studios moved away from shoot-em-up style films…

Why You Should Be Exicted for It’s Return to Theaters

Oldboy is not only one of the greatest revenge thrillers ever made but also one of the single greatest pieces of Korean film to exist. That's not an exaggeration, either. Making multiple "greatest films of all time" lists across several…

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