Tár Is the Most Manipulative Film of the Year
Some critics call Todd Field's Tár the year's true masterpiece, but is it the 2022's most manipulative film?
Harvey Weinstein
The Assistant Review: Hits Bullseye with Awful Truths
Film inspired by Harvey Weinstein scandal asks us to confront the machinery of which we are apart
Quentin Tarantino Planning Stage Adaptation of The Hateful Eight
The celebrated filmmaker will write and direct the stage version of his latest film.
The Grandmaster Review
It's hard to review the North American, Weinstein approved cut of Wong Kar Wai's The Grandmaster since the half hour or so that's been cut from the film leave it feeling disjointed, but it's still a great kung fu, historical romance from one of the world's finest filmmakers.
The Other Horrors of the 1980s
Just in time for Halloween, resident film writers Phil Brown and take a look at some of their favourite, less iconic horror films of the 1980s. No Shinings, Evil Deads, Freddys, Jasons, Pinheads, or Chuckys allowed.
The Scream Chronicles: Part Two
Most filmmaking is a seat of the pants endeavour fraught with pitfalls and last second changes. Nothing goes according to plan, but more often that not on major Hollywood productions things tend to go more swimmingly. That is, of course, provided that they aren’t making a sequel to one of the previous year’s biggest success stories. Scream 2 stands as a testament to director Wes Craven and writer Kevin Williamson. It's a film that managed to be almost equally as good as the original and actually far more interesting on an academic level.
The Scream Chronicles: Part One
After watching all four Scream films again on Blu-ray, I find it a bit strange that I haven’t devoted more time to talking about a series of films that single-handedly revived the slasher genre with a blend of genuine terror and self-reflexive humour. So here now begins a four week long look back at the history of the now seminal series that has been slaying audiences since 1996.
