Three Silent Classics by Josef von Sternberg Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Although he was well known for his legendary collaborations with the great Marlene Dietrich, famous Vienna born, New York-raised director ...
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The Shining 4K UHD Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
What else can you say about The Shining, director Stanley Kubrick's controversial 1980 horror masterwork?! On one side, it's considered ...
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The Circus Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
When it comes to humor and heart, there was probably no one better to deliver that wonderful mixture than the ...
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Polyester Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
John Waters is one of our greatest filmmakers. He is a singular director of outrageous bad state, but he dares ...
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Dial M for Murder Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
There is a reason why the term "Hitchcockian" exists. Film history just wouldn't be what it is without good ol' ...
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Fists in the Pocket Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Director Marco Bellocchio's 1965 savage masterpiece, Fists in the Pocket, remains arguably the most definitive portrait of brutal family dysfunction ...
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The Koker Trilogy Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
When master filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami passed away in 2016, that really shook the film world, because his extraordinary body of ...
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Magnificent Obsession Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
When it comes to classic melodrama, director Douglas Sirk can't be beat. In his films, which usually include themes of ...
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The Inland Sea Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
As much I adore legendary film critic Donald Ritchie, I never knew he made a personal travelogue of his trip ...
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Alice, Sweet Alice Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
When discussing the slasher genre, the obvious classics: Halloween (1978), A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984), Scream (1996), and most ...
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Glory Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
The year 1989 was pretty great for film, although not for the Oscars. The overall winner was Driving Miss Daisy, ...
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Do the Right Thing Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
When taking about some of the greatest films ever made, you have to include iconic director Spike Lee's equally iconic ...
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Klute Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
The 1970s was a hugely groundbreaking decade for film. During this decade, Cinema reflected on the aftermath of Vietnam, the ...
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The BRD Trilogy Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Legendary director Rainer Werner Fassbinder was one of the most uncompromising observers of human nature that cinema had ever known. ...
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Leon Morin, Priest Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
When talking about the great Jean-Pierre Melville, you're automatically drawn to his gangster oeurve, which he definitely excelled in. This ...
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Hedwig and the Angry Inch Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Being that this is still Pride month, I think John Cameron Mitchell's Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001) makes sense ...
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Us Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Director Jordan Peele brings us a new cinematic nightmare with his inventive, sophomore effort, Us, which can be described as ...
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Swing Time Is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
When it comes to classic cinema, I think that the Astaire and Rogers films have to be mentioned somewhere. While ...
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The New Scooby-Doo Movies: The (Almost) Complete Collection Is the Pick of the Week
By Gordon S. Miller |
After an invaluable contribution of nearly eight years running this weekly column, Senior Writer Mat Brewster is stepping away and ...
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Her Smell Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I have become such a fan of Elisabeth Moss. I first noticed her as the Chelsea Clinton-esque President's daughter on ...
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How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I have taken several overseas flights. They are always long. They are always exhausting. The only thing that makes them ...
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Apollo 11 Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I am not a scientist. The math was always too difficult for me. I intentionally steered away from the sciences ...
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Dragged Across Concrete Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I'm a pretty big genre-film fan. I love the way genre films exist within a certain set or rules and ...
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Noir Archive Volume 1: 1944-1954 Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Last November (or Noirvember, as I like to call it), I set out to watch as many film noirs as ...
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Glass Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
With the huge success of The Sixth Sense, director M. Night Shyamalan was able to make just about any film ...
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On the Basis of Sex Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
The Supreme Court has been in the news a lot lately. Obviously, they make a lot of major decisions that ...
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The Mule (2018) Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I turned 43 last week. Apparently, I not only got a year older but I completely lost my memory too. ...
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Aquaman Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Everybody knows that Marvel has completely destroyed DC when it comes to feature films. At this point, it really is ...
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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Since Sam Raimi introduced Spider-Man into the summer blockbuster tradition 16 years ago, there have been no fewer than seven ...
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Green Book Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I care nothing for the Oscars in any meaningful way, but I do love to watch the ceremony and listen ...
Read More The Favourite Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
While I do love the cinema, I very rarely get to go to an actual theater. As a family, we ...
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Mary, Queen of Scots (2018) Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
While watching the Oscars Sunday night, I was often rooting for The Favourite, Yorgos Lanthimos period drama about the Queen ...
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Doctor Who: Resolution Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
It is a new era for Doctor Who. There is a new actress playing the Doctor (there is an actress ...
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Bohemian Rhapsody Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I don't consider myself a huge Queen fan, but I dig a lot of their songs. They could write a ...
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The Sisters Brothers Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
As someone who has to regularly come up with article titles, I know names can be hard. Finding something eye ...
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Suspiria (2018) Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
It takes a certain audacity to remake Suspiria, Dario Argento's 1977 supernatural horror film. The original is a vibrant, neon, ...
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First Man Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Last night, the wife, the daughter, and I sat in our car in the freezing cold at 11:30 at night ...
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The Old Man & the Gun Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Robert Redford is one of the all-time classic movie stars. He has the looks, the charm, and the acting chops. ...
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Castle Rock: The Complete First Season Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Over the last year or so, I've become quite the Stephen King fan. I'd read some of his work before ...
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Bad Times at the El Royale is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Those of you who pay attention to these things might be wondering what happened to this article over the last ...
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De Niro & De Palma: The Early Years Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Over the years, I've become a pretty big Brian De Palma fan. It has been a slow process. I first ...
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Mission: Impossible – Fallout Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I have pretty much completely given up on action movies over the last decade or so. I long ago grew ...
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Sharp Objects Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I regularly complain that there is just too much good television out these days. It's more than any one person ...
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Ingmar Bergman’s Cinema Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Ingmar Bergman was one of the great pioneers of cinema. He made films that spoke directly to the soul. He ...
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Juliet, Naked Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
As a non-fiction writer, Nick Hornby writes passionately and magnificently about the things he loves. I've utterly enjoyed his writings ...
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Incredibles 2 Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Pixar's stellar reputation has taken a few hits over the last several years, mostly due to unnecessary sequels. Many of ...
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Criterion’s Release of The Princess Bride Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Hello. My name is Mat Brewster. I've picked The Princess Bride this week. Prepare to enjoy. It is a C.C.O.U.A ...
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Sorry to Bother You Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
Sorry To Bother You stars Lakeith Stanfield as a telemarketer who adopts a white person's voice at his job in ...
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Ant-Man and the Wasp Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
I hate to continually be a Marvel fanboy but here I am picking a movie from the MCU once again. ...
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Hotel Artemis Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
In riot-torn Los Angeles in the year 2028, criminals of a discerning nature get their wounds patched up at the ...
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