10 Cloverfield Lane is the film marketing equivalent of a really cool magic trick. As I mentioned in an earlier piece, 10CL was deliberately dropped into the pre-spring/summer blockbuster slate without any kind of advance notice, save for a few trailers in the month or so leading up to Read More …
I think that like most of us, I started watching The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story for shits and giggles. An all-star cast dramatizing the Trial of the Century, one of the first huge cultural moments I can actually personally remember, with all the subtlety Read More …
When Joel and Ethan Cohen’s 1996 film Fargo was first released on VHS, PolyGram Video produced two little promotional items that perfectly encapsulated the film’s bloody, sour take on Midwestern domesticity. These items were a pair of snowglobes recreating two of the film’s most memorable Read More …
The Planet of the Apes film franchise consists of, to date, eight films released between 1968 and 2014. Each week, venerable Apes mega-fan Max Robinson and inquisitive newcomer Dylan Roth journey to the center of the Planet of the Apes experience, one movie at a time. This is Turn Around, Bright Eyes. Read More …
There’s a certain level of mythologizing that happens in sports stories. We tend to view athletes as heroes and villains, and try to impose a moral narrative to basic contests of strength and skill. You see it happen in live commentating, interviews, and 30 for Read More …
Diversity and representation have long been a serious issue in the film industry, and 12 Years A Slave winning some Oscars hasn’t exactly changed that. Outside of that prestigious anomaly, people rarely imagine black film to be much more than gangster movies, cookout comedies, and Tyler Perry. Our very own Dominic Read More …
Joel and Ethan Coen’s fourth feature film, Barton Fink was written in less than a month as a palette cleanser during the difficult scripting process for their third effort, Miller’s Crossing. That the film seems so preoccupied with the inner life of a man struggling to scribe Read More …
The Planet of the Apes film franchise consists of, to date, eight films released between 1968 and 2014. Each week, venerable Apes mega-fan Max Robinson and inquisitive newcomer Dylan Roth journey to the center of the Planet of the Apes experience, one movie at a Read More …
I was honestly was not super stoked about seeing Deadpool in theaters, especially on opening night. Maybe five years ago I would have been singing a different tune, but after Wade Wilson’s explosion in popularity, oversaturation on comic book shelves, and a sometimes insufferable fanbase, you Read More …
Tarantino’s characters are dumb. Or, at the very least, many of his most recognizable characters, held in high esteem among the pantheon of cinema’s icons, are really super dumb. Look at the first three films of the beloved auteur’s career. Reservoir Dogs. Pulp Fiction. Jackie Read More …