Interview: Denis Villeneuve on Bringing His Dreams of Frank Herbert’s Dune to Life
[Published at Slant Magazine] Denis Villeneuve has been dreaming of Dune for more than 40 years, when he first read it as...
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‘The Velvet Underground’ review: Music doc from Todd Haynes brilliantly reintroduces important counterculture voices to a new generation [Grade: A] (Mill Valley Film Festival)
[Published at Awards Watch] Much like the eponymous band it explores, The Velvet Underground defies documentary narrative conventions by focusing on its...
Interview: Todd Haynes on the experimental artistry of ‘The Velvet Underground’ and the timelessness of radical counterculture
[Published at Awards Watch] Filmmaker Todd Haynes has always admired glam rock and the experimental, proto-punk scene of the 1960s...
12 Best Original Netflix Movies, Ranked
[Published at MovieWeb] Netflix grew from a DVD rental service to a streaming giant releasing original content with 36 Academy...
Halloween Meltdown host John Waters talks trash
[Published at 48 Hills] The Pope of Trash, The Duke of Dirt, The Prince of Puke, The Ayatollah of Assholes,...
Jurassic World: Why There Can Never Be Another Park
[Published at Screen Rant] Logically, there would never be another park in the Jurassic Park franchise, especially in another Jurassic World film. The characters in...
13 Scariest Scenes from The Haunting Series That Terrified Us on Netflix
[Published at MovieWeb] Mike Flanagan’s The Haunting of Hill House and The Haunting of Bly Manor on Netflix are both horror masterpieces. Whereas the...
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Why The Shimmer in ‘Annihilation’ is an allegory for the U.S.’s foreign policy [Retrospective]
[Published at Awards Watch] Alex Garland’s sophomore directorial feature, Annihilation, explores the ideas of corruption, destruction, and rebirth. Throughout the film,...
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Martin Scorsese’s timeless ‘Boxcar Bertha’ and the Marxist undertones of his often overlooked early classic [Retrospective]
[Published at Awards Watch] 1972’s Boxcar Bertha is an often overlooked, critically debated entry into Martin Scorsese’s filmography, mostly because it is...
10 Scariest Horror Movies of All Time, Ranked
[Published at MovieWeb] If one is going for scares, the horror genre is arguably the hardest to get right. Even...