Year of the Month: Sunil Patel on HEAT
Heat was marketed as a tense, action-packed heist flick starring two of our greatest living…
Year of the Month: Son of Griff on CROSSFIRE
It’s an oft-repeated story: Guy walks into a bar with his army buddies. Guy ends…
Year Of The Month: Miller on THE RAT ON FIRE
The Rat on Fire opens with a man complaining about his job, setting the tone…
Dad to the Bone: James Williams on the JOHN WICK series
AUTHOR’S NOTE: The following article contains spoilers for all four John Wick movies To me,…
Year of the Month: James Williams on THE HITCH-HIKER
If it’s difficult for female directors in Hollywood now, it was almost impossible in the…
Closing the Crypt: The Last Days of EC Comics, Part 1
While the “Golden Age” is mostly used now by DC and Marvel to milk nostalgia…
No Way Out: Persia on the Inescapable Karma of INFERNAL AFFAIRS
I still haven’t seen The Departed. I’m sure it’s good, or at least competent, and…
Year of the Month: Son of Griff on THE TESTAMENT OF DR. MABUSE
Fritz Lang’s German films are often called “art films” by American critics and exhibitors, largely…
Year of the Month: Doug Wykstra on THE BIG SLEEP and LADY IN THE LAKE
“People don’t talk to me like that!” In both 1946 Raymond Chandler adaptations, a woman…
Authoritarian Agonistes: Son of Griff on ’71’s Scopophilic Supercops
In the 1970s, conservative American mythologies confronted historical realities. The Mai Lai massacre, the Kent…