There has been an interesting trend over the past several years in regard to the cinematic sub-genre known as “disaster films,” or films which depict a large-scale crisis of some […]
As far as mainstream sex symbols go, few are willing to plumb the depths of depravity as fully and as frequently as Asia Argento. This is significant not only in […]
Early on in Michael Mohan’s keenly observed film — in fact, in the first shot — we see our protagonist Sarah hunched over a table in the bookstore she manages, […]
Authorship in documentary filmmaking can be a tricky subject. It’s partly to do with the propriety of intellectual material; primarily, though, the ideal audience is willing and able to ascribe […]
Whenever a film depicts the lives of fictitious individuals against a noteworthy historical backdrop, the question must be raised: do the filmmakers use their characters to humanize an otherwise emotionally […]
Andrea Arnold’s Heathcliff is sort of a bastard. Not in the sense that nothing is known of his lineage — he’s just a downright selfish and obstinate bastard. Of course, […]
Todd Solondz has at this point firmly established himself as the preeminent chronicler of the rotten underbelly of suburbia. His characters are often vile, deplorable, riddled with insecurities; they tend […]
