‘Dune’ review: This renaissance fair for sci-fi nerds is a bit too by-the-book

For all its globe-trotting spectacle, the true story in ‘Dune’ from director Denis Villeneuve never really gets off the ground. And that’s clearly the point.

Cinema’s Influence on Video Games

With the release of a real life Sonic the Hedgehog movie, I was presented with the task of coming up with the most cinematic video games for a Film and Gaming section cross post. When thinking about this topic, however,…

Movie Review: My Beautiful Broken Brain

Not everyone is a fan of the genre, but documentaries serve an important purpose. From one point or another, they showcase to us an aspect of life many would have never known had the documentary’s story not been told . Exactly how…

TV Review: True Detective (2×03) “Maybe Tomorrow”

Well, now is as good of a time as any to get weird. For True Detective, it almost goes off the rails. But hey, at least something’s happening. First off, the obvious: No, Detective Ray Velcoro (Colin Farrell) is not…

The Film Canon: Blue Velvet (1986)

[Warning: Contains spoilers!!] A green lawn, red roses, and a white picket fence. Red lipstick, a pink sweater, and beautiful blonde hair. Yellow curtains, a yellow suit, and a roll of yellow police tape. Green, rotting flesh, black, crawling ants,…

First Time Fest Filmmakers’ Interviews

In our last few articles, we went over the First Time Fest and the closing night awards, so here are a few interviews we had with the filmmakers of their prestigious films.   Gesa Jäger, editor of Love Steaks How…

Second Annual First Time Fest

The second installation of the First Time Fest, the Second Time Around, took place in New York City from April 3rd to April 7th where ten first time filmmakers were able to showcase their films and possibly be in competition…