NRH’s Weekly Analysis: Gasland and truth
Truth is an odd, odd beast. Supersize Me has become notorious for dodging some facts and a host of other documentaries have folded ...
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What is your favorite film in the Cornetto Trilogy?
Unfortunately there weren’t a lot of responses this week, but the show must go on. With The World‘s End‘s imminent release, I thought it ...
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After the Credits: No cell phones in the theater
Cell phones are amazing and terrible things. They’re amazing because I could very well be typing up this article on them, and they’re ...
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Do you make more of an effort to see original films?
It’s kind of a cliche to say that nothing original comes from Hollywood, but everything that comes out of Hollywood is cliche, so ...
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After the Credits: (Film) Festival Fatigue
When you watch a lot of movies in a short period of time, you get a little tired. When you’re covering a lot ...
Book: Elysium: The Art of the Film
It’s taken me a long time to get to Elysium: The Art of the Film, published by Titan Books and in stores now. ...
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NRH’s Weekly Analysis: Skyfall’s metanarrative
Skyfall is a Bond film about Bond, both genre and man. Sam Mendes and company created a truly all-encompassing, retrospective-filled 50th Anniversary celebration. Skyfall is the ...
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After the Credits: Just turn the damn thing off
While covering the Fantasia International Film Festival, I tried to watch as many movies as possible. I haven’t done that, in part because ...
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Movies That Changed Us: Adventures of Baron Munchausen
A friend once asked me to name a book, an album, and a movie that explains who I am. The book would be ...
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Flixist Discusses: Save the Cat & formulaic storytelling
The summer movie season is coming to a close, and you probably noticed something about the blockbusters you watched: a lot of them ...
NRH’s Weekly Analysis: X-Men something something, Part 2
So last week I took a look at the original X-Men film trilogy and so, as promised, here’s some thoughts on the following films. ...
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After the Credits: No one is afraid of the dark in 144p
If you noticed that two New Yorkers were covering Fantasia and wondered how that happened, let me pull back the curtain bit: Vimeo! ...