This past weekend, Arrival hit theaters worldwide and was met with overall positive criticism. The film deals with the arrival of aliens on Earth and a select group of human scientists and professors …
TV Review: True Detective (2×06) “Church in Ruins”
No show knows how to double down and hit hard quite like True Detective. “Church in Ruins” picks up right where we left off as Ray (Colin Farrell) bangs down the door of Frank (Vince Vaughn) af…
Out of the Past: “The Killing” (1956)
Before Dr. Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and A Clockwork Orange there was The Killing. Stanley Kubrick’s second foray into film noir instantly became a classic and ultimately, Kubrick’s springbo…
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…
The Film Canon: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
In 1964, a film examined the grim possibility of something going very wrong with America’s nuclear program. A group of bombers carrying nuclear weapons are accidentally given the GO-codes to drop thei…
The Man Who Never Was: The Paradoxes and Genius of Peter Sellers
“There used to be a me, but I had it surgically removed.” – Peter Sellers I remember it distinctly. “Come over I have …
An Introduction to First Time Fest
This past weekend, March 1st to 4th, marked the first ever First Time Fest at The Player’s Club in New York City. The festival is a celebration of the films from first time filmmakers, which also feat…