“No one makes movies like [Cronenberg].” – Martin Scorsese Long live the new flesh! Part aphrodisiac and part body horror hallucination, Videodrome is a sensual, shocking, and scary tour de force from Canadian iconoclast David Cronenberg. Embellishing and protracting his persistent interests in viral transference and the body as a collective and biological theater […]
Month: October 2016
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The 25 Most Artistic Horror Movies of All Time
Due to the often exploitative nature of horror films and the upsetting ideas they often provoke, the artistic merits, technical skill, and aesthetic intentions behind them can often be diluted or overlooked entirely. As with most populist filmmaking there’s always an influx of artless, derivative and profit-motivated work that discredits the real artist and auteurs […]
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10 Great Movies You Will Never See Because of Development Hell
Making a movie is never easy, but sometimes it’s damn near impossible. When a script is bought by a studio, it may seem like a promising first step towards production and release, but, more likely than not, the script will end up on a shelf somewhere, never to be seen again. Even if the film […]
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10 Lessons “Taxi Driver” Can Teach You About Scriptwriting
Released in 1976, Director Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver received much recognition at the time, being nominated for four Academy Awards and receiving that year’s Palm d’Or at Cannes, whilst it is still regarded as one of the greatest films of all time in the eyes of both audiences and critics. Whilst writer Paul Schrader was […]
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20 Great Animated Films You Might Not Have Seen
Whenever one talks about animation, the name of Walt Disney often pops up – after all, he is considered a pioneer of the large and influential American animation industry. However, beyond the worlds he and his studios have built, a different kind of magic exists – maybe not as fancy, but still effective enough. The […]
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The 10 Most Unconventional Horror Movies of All Time
The horror genre doesn’t always get the appreciation it deserves. Horror is often degraded and seen as lowbrow cinema that’s highly formulaic schlock with an over-reliance on sex, violence and cheap jump scares. It’s hard to make an original film these days, and no genre knows this better than horror. H owever, many horror films eschew the conventions […]