Tag: History
Aaron Sorkin is Changing History
‘Tis the season of Sorkin. Writing mastermind behind pillars like The Newsroom and Steve Jobs (and The Social Network, I guess), the American screenwriter is…
In Praise of James Whale
It wouldn’t be the most glorious month of autumn without a little appreciation for the artistic genius of James Whale. A master of theater directing,…
Everything in Australia Is Trying to Kill You: A Tribute to Aussie Monster Movies
Australia is home to numerous terrifying creatures to strike fear into your soul. Deadly snakes and spiders. Ferocious crocodiles and sharks. A jellyfish whose venom…
A Personal Journey Through Horror Movies – Part III
Another impactful motion picture from the 2000s was Pan’s Labyrinth. In 2006, Guillermo del Toro, another name growing in infamy, wrote and directed this masterpiece…
A Personal Journey Through Horror Movies – Part II
Staying in the 1970’s, the next film definitely worthy of a mention is The Hills Have Eyes. I hated this movie. Genuinely, hated this movie….
A Personal Journey Through Horror Movies – Part I
When thinking of Halloween, the mind automatically turns to guts, grim and gore galore. Probably thanks to the array of cinema productions we have at…
The Long Cinematic Path of Folk Horror
Perhaps no two words better sum up the genre of folk horror than “old” and “weird”. When Sight & Sound dedicated their August issue to…
Rewriting Cannes Film Festival History – Here Are The Results For All 72 Events
As you may have seen on Twitter yesterday, I started posting the results of the Rewriting Cannes Film Festival History poll we ran. A huge…
Reading, Writing, Arithmetic #37: Sarah Gavron’s Suffragette at FemmeFilmFest
Perhaps one of the most apt films to feature at an event such as the Femme Filmmakers Festival is Sarah Gavron‘s 2015 period piece, Suffragette….
Kickstarter Campaign to Restore Grave of French Film Pioneer Georges Méliès
“Laugh, my friends. Laugh with me, laugh for me, because I dream your dreams.” Georges Méliès I doubt you’ve visited Georges Méliès‘ grave recently, so…
Filmotomy Podcast 52: Highlighting Some Personal Best Picture Oscar Winners
A bumper Academy Awards edition of the Filmotomy podcast, as we scan the 90 year history for some of our favorite Best Picture Oscar winners….
The Insider – Blowin’ Smoke at Big Tobacco
Millions more people have died of ailments caused by cigarette smoke than by all terrorist attacks in every country since time began, so when Michael Mann opens his film about tobacco industry whistleblower Jeffery Wigand (Russell Crowe) with CBS producer Lowell Bergman (Al Pacino) preparing a 60 Minutes interview with Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah, cleric and cheerleader for suicide bombers, Mann had me at “hello.”
Documentary Review – The Karma Killings
India and the rest of the world were left shaken in 2006, when a pair of serial killers were caught after killing 19 children, what made…
Documentary Review – Dawson City: Frozen Time
There’s a high chance that you haven’t heard of Dawson City, a small town in Yukon, Canada, with a population of 1,375, but for a brief…
