The premise of Birdman is such that autobiographical suppositions are pretty unavoidable. Michael Keaton plays washed up movie star Riggan Thomson, an actor most known for playing the superhero Birdman. He’s trying to mount a Raymond Carver adaptation on Broadway he penned himself (and is starring Read More …
FADE IN: INT. FILM STUDIO – DAY A disgruntled EXEC sits across a table from two hipster-looking WRITERS. EXEC: That’s it? A kid’s dog dies and comes back to life to help him get a date to prom? That’s your movie? WRITER 1: Yeah, we Read More …
This October, Deadshirt staff revisits some of our favorite horror movies from a variety of subgenres and breaks down what makes them so memorable, so clever, and so terrifying. This week: Wes Craven and Kevin Williamson’s post modern slasher, Scream. When the Weinstein Brothers originally Read More …
Film is an entertainment medium that, by its very nature, tends to reward the viewer in rewatch. Sometimes movies even reveal to us how we’ve grown or changed since we last saw them. Our own Max Robinson reassesses old favorites, seasonal classics and the occasional oddball lost under the couch in his Read More …
We at Deadshirt like to fancy ourselves pretty dedicated to popular culture with a combined knowledge of all things media that borders on the encyclopedic, but no one is perfect. There’s just too much music, too many films, too many comics, and way too many 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 …
Writer/Director Damian Chazelle’s Whiplash is a sports film that moves and writhes like a suspenseful thriller, only the sport in question is competitive jazz band. The “player” is Miles Teller, continuing his streak of usurping roles that feel tailor made for Shia Lebeouf as Read More …
This October, Deadshirt staff revisits some of our favorite horror movies from a variety of subgenres and breaks down what makes them so memorable, so clever, and so terrifying. This week: Roman Polanski’s unsettling look at how dangerous and frightening the male gaze truly is, Repulsion. When Read More …
October 9th through 12th saw the New York Comic Con return to Javits Center, bigger and more jam packed with stuff than before. And while NYCC saw its fair share of comic announcements, film and television promotion dominated a substantial portion of the scheduled panels. Read More …
By JoJo Seames Since first appearing in Bram Stoker’s 1897 epistolary gothic novel, Dracula has remained one of the most popular and enduring characters in Western literature. The vampire count taps into certain primal and universal feelings, but is versatile enough to suit a wide Read More …