William Tell
The legend of William Tell, the Swiss folk hero who was an expert marksman and mountain climber, dates back to the 1470s. Still, its consolidation throughout history possibly reaches its most diluted...
View ArticleOeuvre: Spielberg The Post
After the releases of Jaws and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, movie fans and industry analysts alike worried Steven Spielberg’s blockbusters would be the death knell of mid-budget entertainment. They...
View ArticleThe Luckiest Man in America
In Quiz Show, Martin Scorsese plays a shrewd television executive who understands the appeal of game shows. He explains, “You see, the audience didn’t tune in to watch some amazing display of...
View ArticleFreaky Tales
If the Tarantino influence wasn’t obvious early in the anthology action-comedy Freaky Tales, the final vengeance-fueled massacre of neo-Nazis via samurai sword should do the trick. Writer-director duo...
View ArticleA Nice Indian Boy
The third feature from director Roshan Sethi, A Nice Indian Boy is a romantic comedy so smoothly assembled and lightly likable that the impressive weave of its storyline can get overlooked. Efficiently...
View ArticleWake Up
Wake Up is so close to being a fun romp of a slasher film. Our protagonists wear animal masks and carry spray-paint guns that look like rifles. Our killer is a deranged security guard whose hobbies...
View ArticleWhen Fall Is Coming
The inciting incident of When Fall Is Coming involves one of the characters falling, but this pun doesn’t actually work with the film’s original title in French, Quand Vient l’Automne. That’s an...
View ArticleThe Grove
The Grove doesn’t have a story so much as it has an idea. Come to think of it, it doesn’t have much of an idea, either – more like a single thought in its head. Even that ends up being too much for...
View ArticlePárvulos: Children of the Apocalypse
When watching a zombie horror film, you don’t have to look at TVTropes to understand the various pleasures and pitfalls of the genre. Ever since Romero, these living dead films have been predicated...
View ArticleRevisit: The Bone Collector
Over the decades, the so-called “popcorn flick” has continuously evolved. While today’s blockbusters are dominated by superhero films and other CGI-heavy adventures, earlier eras had defining genres of...
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