Tag: Review
Watch Horror Short 'The Disappearance of Willie Bingham'
In recent years the amount of psychological horror and minimal science fiction films is increasing, and this ongoing change is definitely a good one. “The…
Fight or Flight? The Tale Of Two Lovers In Spielberg’s The Terminal
I don’t do romantic comedies, I find them predictable and cliched. But I do like Tom Hanks, because well he’s Tom Hanks. And, I adore…
Independent Filmmaker Arthur Egeli Reconstructs A 'Murder On The Cape'
I knew a little about the true story of Christa Worthington, a fashion writer who was involved in a coastal affair, before being brutally murdered….
NZIFF: Christchurch Closes Its Film Festival Curtain
The curtain has fallen on NZIFF’s Christchurch leg for 2017, and it has been a remarkable Festival. Every year, NZIFF goes above and beyond to…
Want To Write About Film?
Okay, listen up. I just quickly wanted to update everyone with the upcoming events at the site in the coming months. The year in film…
Woo L.A. Podcast # 5 – Fast Furious Ghosts Do The Cannes-Cannes
I, Robin Write (@WriteoutofLA), take a bit of a backseat as Al Robinson (@AlRob_MN), Jonathan Holmes (@MisterBrown_23), and Joel Meléndez (@JoeM_136) chat about The Fate of the Furious, the…
Why The Lobster Has To Win The Original Screenplay Oscar
The following contains SPOILERS. This is also in no way a negative reflection on the other four nominees for Best Original Screenplay at this year’s…
Ian Nichols' Film Brief 2016
Horror is Here to Stay. Whereas 2015 was a year for horror to experiment metaphor, narrative, and aesthetic (see: The Falling, Spring, Goodnight Mommy, It…
Steve Schweighofer's Film Brief 2016
Somehow 2016 has not ended for me. The acidic taste left by the temper tantrums thrown by spoiled citizens in the world’s most privileged countries…
Daniel Smith-Rowsey's Film Brief 2016
Did the studios fiddle while Rome burned in 2016? In other words, should Hollywood have done more to stop Trump and the Republican Party taking…
Masterpiece Memo: Bonnie and Clyde
Or, the film that flipped the bird at Hollywood movie-making and changed everything. Next year is the fiftieth anniversary of a little film that drop…
Masterpiece Memo: The Grapes of Wrath
Great films continue to speak to the human condition for decades long after they are initially released, and none begs the connotation, “Now more than…
Masterpiece Memo – Lawrence of Arabia
Mention Hollywood epics and one of the first films that comes to mind is Lawrence of Arabia. AFI named it Number One on its “EPICS”…
Masterpiece Memo: 2001: A Space Odyssey
So much theory has been written about 2001: A Space Odyssey. For this review, I’m siding with Mr. Kubrick who, when asked to explain the…
