There is a great divide in the way violence is depicted in movies, which doesn’t really surprise me. Today, excessive violence in film has essentially replaced the trademarks of quality cinema. …
Movie Review: ‘The Hateful Eight’
Quentin Tarantino, the only contemporary director of a blaxploitation film, a samurai movie and a Nazi revenge fantasy, baptizes his audiences in blood, rebirthing them through vengeance. But what’s m…
Comic-Con 2015: Five Things We Learned About ‘The Hateful Eight’
Last week at San Diego Comic-Con, The Hateful Eight panel took place in Hall H. The panel was moderated by Chris Hardwick and introduced director/writer Quentin Tarantino and cast members Kurt Russell…
2015 First Time Fest: Harvey Weinstein Q&A
Johanna Bennett’s and Mandy Ward’s third annual celebration of first time filmmakers concluded on March 9 with a tribute to no one other than Harvey Weinstein. The festival, one that puts forth newly …
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 b…
Caught Up with Madison Davenport, ‘Kate Fuller’ on ‘From Dusk Till Dawn’
If you haven’t been keeping up with “From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series,” then you’ve missed out on the emergence of the Fuller family and their unusual road trip, in which we mee…
‘From Dusk till Dawn: The Series’ Trailer: destruction, gore, and death
If you’re having vampire withdrawals here’s a little something to hold you over. Making its debut on the El Rey Network on March 11th is From Dusk till Dawn: The Series. The show is based …