In Sam Mendes’ 1917, there are two battlefields in motion. First, a literal motion, as the audience is taken on a pulse-pounding survival mission over the course of a single day during the first World War, in which two British…
The Ten Best Moments in the New ‘Spectre’ Trailer
Get ready Bond fans, the new Spectre trailer is here. Returning from their collaboration on Skyfall, director Sam Mendes and lead actor Daniel Craig look to build upon the new order that was established in the previous film. This marks…
Top Forgotten Film Homages: Part 1
The reinvention of a famous film sequence, or a film homage, is a extremely delicate art form, so nuanced that the allusion may become altogether lost by a modern audience. Although film homages may be completely unrecognizable at first, a…
2014: Tribeca Talks: After the Movie: NOW: In the Wings on a World Stage
As noted in our previous article, we had the chance to interview the cast of NOW: In the Wings on a World Stage at Tribeca, where members of the play and even House of Cards came to watch the film’s premiere. Watch…
2014: Tribeca Talks: After the Movie: NOW: In the Wings on a World Stage
Double trouble here! Tribeca premiered the documentary NOW: In the Wings on a World Stage, which follows the cast of Richard III as they debut their performance worldwide. After the film’s premiere, which will be made available for streaming or…
The Film Canon: American Beauty (1999)
It begins with the voice over of a dead man. If you recall, Billy Wilder’s black comic masterpiece Sunset Blvd. also begins with narration courtesy of a corpse. Like William Holden and Gloria Swanson in American Beauty‘s cinematic ancestor, the…