Even if one hasnât seen Buster Keatonâs films, they are sure to have seen one of the many gags he created in other iconic films and television. Buster Keaton was not only an incredibly comedic performer, but also a filmmaking pioneer. In this entertaining tribute, Director Peter Bogdanovich shows just how his comedy bits and setpieces, especially in the 1920s, kept pushing the boundaries of what could be possible on the silver screen. Buster Keaton started performing at a very young age for ...
It is hard to quantify the true face of war. Everyday, people look at the news and hear stories about mass deaths, violence and acts of pure evil in different war-torn countries, where ordinary people have become victims â victims who need to have their stories told. Most are lucky to have a safe detachment from these warring corners of the world, but some brave few are tasked to bring those stories back home, who feel compelled to inform the public about these injustices. Marie Colvin was one ...
Those who watched Luca Guadagninoâs previous film âCall Me By Your Nameâ will undoubtedly remember a now infamous scene with a peach. If you can, try and recall your emotions as you squirmed in your seat, uncomfortable as you tried to come to terms with the obscenity unfolding before your eyes. Itâs not so much the outrageousness that shocks you, but the intimacy in which the director and cinematographer handle such strangeness. If your feelings in that moment could be amplified into an ...
âThe Other Side of the Windâ had a long journey before it made its way to screens. It was Orson Wellesâ final outing as a director before he passed. He spent years trying to get funding to finish this film. Welles, by the 1980s, had garnered an enormous amount of respect, but that didnât mean people were willing to sign on to something that was experimental. Welles was a man who was emboldened by his eccentricities, especially in the tail end of his career. When he passed in 1985, hours ...
âWildlifeâ is a film that oozes potential. The cast, for one, is enough to get anyone excited: Carey Mulligan and Jake Gyllenhaal staring side by side. Itâs the directorial debut of Paul Dano, an actor whose portfolio includes some of the greatest pieces of cinema from the last couple of years (âThere Will Be Blood,â âLittle Miss Sunshine,â and â12 Years a Slaveâ to name a few). It has a premise that lends itself so well to the screen: a father leaves his family to fend for themselves ...
âStudio 54â recounts the vibrant life and scandalous death of Studio 54 through the ownersâ journey from beloved revolutionaries to criminals. While the written history of the 1970s nightclub tells us about abuse of power and greed, the documentary, âStudio 54,â reveals another story; one of emotional turbulence and being the victim of oneâs own success. The Studio 54 discotheque left a permanent mark on New York party culture and the West Side area thanks to the owners, Ian Schrager ...
You wouldnât expect the film to begin with a boy being thrown against a wall, tossed to the floor and then punched multiple times by his older brother. You wouldnât expect a film about the mid â90s, aptly titled âMid90s,â to show you anything other than the cartoons, burgeoning technologies and baggy pants that were becoming popular in America. You wouldnât expect comedic actor Jonah Hill to write and direct a film that transcends its setting and becomes more about the people we see ...
Director David Gordon Green and writer Danny McBride have an interesting take on the âHalloweenâ franchise. 40 years after the original, Michael has been locked up in an institution this whole time, while Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) lives as a recluse, alienated by her family for her paranoia. The sequels following the original are retconned, and all thatâs left is the memory of that fateful night 40 years ago, when the senseless, grizzly murders occured. Itâs fascinating to see such ...
Sending a man to the moon was one of the most difficult and dangerous missions ever attempted in human history. Its toll, in finances and human life, are ever-apparent in âFirst Man.â So is the cost of Neil Armstrongâs personal journey, one full of pain and tumult. âFirst Manâ straps audiences into the cockpit and shoots them hurtling toward the unknown, dark reaches of space over and over again as the Gemini missions and various test procedures carry the film to the impending Apollo 11 ...
In his 2012 directorial debut, Drew Goddard quite literally deconstructed the horror genre in his dextrous and clever âThe Cabin in the Woods.â The film plays on many tropes familiar to the genre, all culminating in a perplexing final act that defies all logic and expectation but still manages to entertain.âBad Times at the El Royaleâ is Goddardâs follow-up to this cult hit, and with a cast of A-List actors (including returning collaborator Chris Hemsworth), cements himself as a competent ...
