The Third Man (1949)Director: Carol ReedScreenwriters: Graham GreeneStarring: Joseph Cotton, Alida Valli, Orson Welles, Trevor Howard, Bernard Lee The Third Man is a film that is more legend than picture. A Palme d’Or winner in 1949, and winner of the Academy Award for Best Cinematography – Black and White for Robert Krasker in 1951, Carol […]
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Strange Darling (2023)Director: JT MollnerScreenwriter: JT MollnerStarring: Willa Fitzgerald, Kyle Gallner, Barbara Hershey, Ed Begley Jr. Movies about serial killers are nothing new, and the enduring popularity of true crime media shows the fascination with such stories will continue. Like many genres, audiences have a growing understanding of the machinations of killer thrillers, so how can
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The Crow (2024)Director: Rupert SandersScreenwriters: Zack Baylin, William SchneiderStarring: Bill Skarsgård, FKA twigs, Danny Huston Contrary to popular belief, lightning can, in fact, strike the same place twice. Additionally, the odds of getting struck by lightening are low – but never zero. The same could be said of reboots, remakes, and reimaginings of films. Although
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Alien: Romulus (2024)Director: Fede ÁlvarezScreenwriters: Fede Álvarez, Rodo SayaguesStarring: Cailee Spaeny, David Jonsson, Archie Renauz, Isabela Merced, Spike Dearn, Aileen Wu The Alien franchise has had its ups and downs. The first film, from 1979 and directed by Ridley Scott, is a stone cold classic, one of the best horror and science-fiction films of all
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It Ends with Us (2024)Director: Justin BaldoniScreenwriter: Christy HallStarring: Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni, Jenny Slate, Hasan Minhaj, Brandon Sklenar BookTok, a literary-focused subcommunity on the popular and controversial app TikTok, exploded online in early 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic was just beginning to sweep the globe. Born out of a need to escape the frightening
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Twisters (2024)Director: Lee Isaac ChungScreenwriter: Mark L. SmithStarring: Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell, Anthony Ramos, Brandon Perea, Maura Tierney, Sasha Lane Blockbusters are usually cannon fodder for the film critic, because they’re often stupid, lacking in any kind of brainpower or general enjoyment, and cost such astronomical amounts of money that it borders on offensive. More
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MaXXXine (2024)Director: Ti WestScreenwriter: Ti WestStarring: Mia Goth, Elizabeth Debicki, Moses Sumney, Michelle Monaghan, Bobby Cannavale, Halsey, Lily Collins, Giancarlo Esposito, Kevin Bacon X and Pearl, the first two instalments of Ti West’s recent feature film horror series, are stories that, amidst the blood and guts, contain metacommentaries on the evolution of sex and horror
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Marnie (1964)Director: Alfred HitchcockScreenwriter: Jay Presson AllenStarring: Tippi Hedren, Sean Connery, Diane Baker, Mertin Gabel, Louise Latham, Bob Sweeney It could be suggested that iconic filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock released his last great film in 1963 with The Birds. It’s certainly one of the films people know him for the most, even those who are not
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North by Northwest (1959)Director: Alfred HitchcockScreenwriters: Ernest LehmanStarring: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jessie Royce Landis, Leo G. Carroll, Philip Ober, Martin Landau, Adam Williams Director Alfred Hitchcock, after over three decades of film directing, had helmed many kinds of motion picture by the time 1959 rolled around. Some were complete disasters (Waltzes
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Twister (1996)Director: Jan de BontScreenwriters: Michael Crichton, Anne-Marie MartinStarring: Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Jami Gertz, Cary Elwes, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Lois Smith, Alan Ruck At a certain point, one has to ask themselves an important question: what’s the most Spielberg a film can get when Steven Spielberg is only producing through his company, Amblin Entertainment?
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