Category: Year in Film

I feel like I’m one of the lucky ones because I remember when The Simpsons first premiered. Not only that, but I feel the show was made…

Clocking in at a run-time of 156 minutes, Lust, Caution is a film that demands a lot of your time and attention. This isn’t a…

Although I confess I barely noticed at the time (having just become a mother), 2007 was a strikingly rich year for horror film lovers. Not…

The opening moments of the 2007 film, The Edge of Heaven (Auf der anderen Seite, German; Yasamin Kiyisinda, Turkish), sees one of the principal characters,…

It’s difficult to look back on underrated 2007 gem Waitress without feeling an immense wave of sadness. The tragic murder of the film’s wildly talented writer/director…

A couple months ago, Filmotomy’s own Bianca Garner published an article entitled “Chaos: What Happens When You’re Triggered by a Film?” in Jumpcut Online. Reading…

One note, one chord, one lyric can connect us all to music. At any moment, a song or a voice can inspire you to want…

The romantic comedy genre is one that almost by necessity feels as though it follows a specific template. And most of its films can be…

Film, like every art medium, has the power to evoke emotions from all of us. It also has the responsibility of telling a story. A…

In 2001, I was twelve years old. When 9/11 occurred I had been on holiday in a holiday park with my grandparents. My day had…

An endless number of films prominently involve characters dealing with their parents’ baggage. But only one film (that I’m aware of) saddles its characters with…

Abortion still remains a taboo subject in the mainstream media. Often filmmakers will casually skirt around the subject matter, touching upon it in passing without…

As we start our two week Rewind series, this time the year in film that was 2007, the top 50 as voted for by many…

The quiet wind is the first sound heard, and then the wide plains open before our eyes as the sun rises over the blackness of…