From Robert Eggers’ gloriously messed-up Nosferatu, to Luca Guadagnino’s desire-fuelled double bill Queer and Challengers A smart, subtle drama about gender dynamics, Donaldson’s debut feature stars Lily Collias as Sam, a wise 18-year-old who spends a weekend hiking with her father and his out-of-touch male buddy. First you notice how Sam, who is gay, cooks […]
I’ve spent the last few weeks complaining to anyone who’d listen: “Ugh, I can’t believe I’m being forced to watch all of these stupid Christmas rom-coms! For work!” Little did my friends know that I specifically and enthusiastically volunteered for this task, just as I did last year. The truth is that I love the […]
If you’ve looked into booking flights the past few months, you’ve probably experienced some serious sticker shock. As a travel junkie, I peruse plane tickets regularly for fun, and I’ve seen some absolutely nutso prices, especially during peak summer dates. You can always expect to pay more during popular travel times, but it’s not usually […]
Denis Villeneuve has offered a response to Quentin Tarantino, saying he would never watch Dune or Dune: Part 2. During a Q&A session with students at Concordia University’s Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Villeneuve claimed he didn’t care what Tarantino had to say about his films and said the works he […]
“There are certain rules one must abide by to survive a horror movie,” explains Randy (Jamie Kennedy) in Wes Craven’s 1996 post-mo slasher revival Scream. “Number one: You can never have sex.” Sex and horror movies go together more naturally than just about any else in pop culture, right up there with, well, sex and […]
In the closing scene of Jim Jarmusch’s Coffee and Cigarettes (2003), two icons of the American avant-garde, Bill Rice and Taylor Mead, make a toast to “Paris in the 1920s… and New York in the 70s”. Both are historic periods marked by artistic revolution: the flourishing of NYC’s radical countercultureand the official dawn of surrealism […]
Hollywood is finally moving closer to equality. The past few years have seen a growing number of films starring, written by and directed by women. There’s still a lot of progress yet to be made, of course. But there’s one area where women have been kicking butt and taking names for decades: action films. Ironically, […]
Liam Neeson is hanging it up and retiring … at least when it comes to action movies. The “Taken” star revealed his plans to stop filming action flicks in 2025 in a new interview with PEOPLE … explaining … “I’m 72 — it has to stop at some stage.” Liam’s known for performing his own […]
Elon Musk is being accused of stealing the designs of I, Robot’s futuristic sci-fi look and feel for Tesla’s new robots and vehicles. Alex Proyas, who directed the now sci-fi classic I, Robot about the potential evils of automated companions, addressed the Tesla CEO on X (a platform the Musk also owns) with side-by-side pictures […]
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Tobe Hooper’s unhinged indie nightmare which went on to become one of the most influential and disturbing horror films ever made, was released on this day in 1974. Even after all the tributes that came on the film’s previous anniversaries, Texas Chain Saw still deserves all of its flowers at […]
