Every Frame a Painting explains why MCU and modern movie music is similar and forgettable
Tony Zhou’s video series Every Frame a Painting is an excellent resource for people interested in the craft and aesthetics of filmmaking. Zhou ...
NYFF 2016: Our Most Anticipated Movies of the 54th New York Film Festival
The 54th New York Film Festival kicks off on Friday, September 30th and runs until Sunday, October 16th. This year’s slate looks generally ...
NYC: MoMA to screen Thief and the Cobbler work print with director Richard Williams this month
Nearly 30 years in the making, The Thief and the Cobbler is a work of genius hampered by the ambition of its maker, ...
Lexi Alexander will direct Crossface, a biopic on infamous WWE wrestler Chris Benoit
Back in late 2011 we mentioned that a Chris Benoit biopic was in the works called Crossface. Benoit, as you may recall, was ...
Quirky cult Japanese food comedy Tampopo getting 4k restoration and theatrical rerelease
To paraphrase Roger Ebert, Juzo Itami’s 1985 Japanese comedy Tampopo seems to exist outside of traditional categories. It’s a movie I remember enjoying ...
Mel Gibson working on Passion of the Christ sequel titled The Resurrection
Mel Gibson’s The Passion of Christ might be the last movie that springs to mind when I hear the word “sequel”, but it ...
Trailers
Watch the trailer for Mascots, Christopher Guest’s new mockumentary film on Netflix
Christopher Guest knows his way around mockumentaries. One of the co-stars of the influential mock-doc This Is Spinal Tap, Guest would eventually direct, co-star, ...
Jackie Chan and Frederick Wiseman will receive honorary Oscars
Action icon Jackie Chan and influential documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman (Titticut Follies, High School) will both receive honorary Oscars from the Academy of ...
AMC theaters showing Willy Wonka and Blazing Saddles Labor Day weekend to honor Gene Wilder
When Gene Wilder died earlier this week, there was a massive outpouring of love for the man, which is a testament to the ...
NYC: Metrograph showing Willy Wonka in 35mm Labor Day weekend
If you live in New York City and can’t get into the AMC screenings of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory this weekend, ...
The Mythbusters build team reunites for White Rabbit Project on Netflix
Mythbusters had a good run for a while, particularly during the early-to-middle-stretch of the show when Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman co-anchored the ...
Trailers
Paul Verhoeven is back with Elle starring Isabelle Huppert, watch the trailer
Though Showgirls eventually achieved camp/cult status, it was a major strike against Paul Verhoeven’s career. He couldn’t find steady footing in Hollywood afterwards, ...