Michael Mann: Master of Cool Colors
Michael Mann is the kind of director who holds complete films in his head before he begins making them. He is a rare breed of an auteur who has everything to do with everything. In the scope of his filmography,…
Michael Mann is the kind of director who holds complete films in his head before he begins making them. He is a rare breed of an auteur who has everything to do with everything. In the scope of his filmography,…
Welcome to this week in home video! Pick of the Week Satanico Pandemonium [Mondo Macabro] What is it? A good nun makes some bad choices. Why see it? The nunsploitation genre is filled with pious people engaged in naughty behavior,…
Welcome to Shot by Shot, our ongoing series of breakdowns. We’re constantly scouring movie trailers for perfect shots. In this column, we share our favorites and discuss them. All our hopes and dreams rest with Tenet. Coming. To. Theaters. With…
Welcome to Movie DNA, a column that recognizes the direct and indirect cinematic roots of new movies. Learn some film history, become a more well-rounded viewer, and enjoy likeminded works of the past. The plot of The Lovebirds is inconsequential.…
Welcome to 4:3 & Forgotten — a weekly column in which Kieran Fisher and I get to look back at TV terrors that scared adults (and the kids they let watch) across the limited airwaves of the ’70s. One of the oddly accepted…
The unkillable badass movie is one of our favorite subgenres. Whether it’s vampires, highlanders, or mouthy mercs, we’ll devour their adventures of clinical disregard for us feeble, disposable sacks of flesh. Try as hard as they might to make their…
They’ve been around for less than a decade, but Vinegar Syndrome has quickly become one of the top specialty home video labels. They’re a genre label focusing on exploitation fare like horror, porn, action, and all manner of weirdness, but…
This essay is part of our series Episodes, a bi-weekly column in which senior contributor Valerie Ettenhofer digs into the singular chapters of television that make the medium great. From 1959 to 1964, Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone was the boldest, smartest vision…
Welcome to Filmographies, a biweekly column for completists. Every edition brings a working actor’s resumé into focus as we learn about what makes them so compelling. On the big screen, Karen Gillan is fighting until she’s blue in the face.…
Welcome to this week in home video! Pick of the Week Lonely Are the Brave [KL Studio Classics] What is it? A cowboy struggles to remain free in the modern world. Why see it? This is a terrific film, and…