August 27, 2021
Denis Villeneuve: Directorial Trademarks
Without a doubt, Denis Villeneuve is one of the most masterful directors working today. The prolific, Canadian auteur has a distinct style that is moody …
The Innovative, Ingenious, Timeless Buster Keaton
There’s no doubt that Buster Keaton is a silent cinema comedy icon, but his legacy extends beyond laughs and gags. In his career, he pushed …
How Home Movies Capture the Beauty of the Everyday
You’ve seen them before — a sentimental moment where a character watches an old home movie of their loved ones. There’s something strikingly artificial about …
The New Canon: ‘City of God’
The city of God famously starts with a chicken making a desperate getaway from a cooking pot. The rapid-fire editing and percussive, intense action set …
The Radiohead Effect
Only a handful of bands truly command attention and analysis when one of their songs enters a scene. Radiohead is undoubtedly one of these bands. …
Luis Buñuel: The Provocateur
The legendary Spanish filmmaker Luis Buñuel died in Mexico in 1983. Two years before — only two years — his second film was finally released …
Why We Laugh — Part 4
Twenty years ago a team of psychologists revolutionized the way that we see ourselves. It all began with an experiment to see if mammals, like …
How Many Genres Are There In ‘Kill Bill’?
We at Fandor love categorizing films by genre. Often it’s an easy task — The Searchers is definitely a Western, Singin’ in the Rain is …
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Night of the Living Dead opens with chaos – the brains of the recently deceased have become mysteriously reanimated, causing the dead to rise and …
I Am the Queen (2010)
In Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood, the Vida/SIDA Cacica Pageant brings together members of the Puerto Rican community to celebrate its transgender participants. I Am The …