October 1, 2021
Color By Numbers: ‘Devdas’
In the United States, our film industry chooses to adopt novels several times on film if they’re seminal classics—The Great Gatsby, Pride & Prejudice, The …
The Robert De Niro Syndrome
Robert De Niro needs no introduction. He has played Vito Corleone, Travis Bickle, Jake La Motta, Al Capone, Rupert Pupkin…even Frankenstein’s monster! He has been …
Amy Adams Goes All In
It’s hard to believe that the linguistics professor translating aliens in Denis Villeneuve’s Arrival, the con-woman with fluctuating accents in American Hustle, and the troubled …
What is Technosexuality?
Our lives are becoming more dependent on technology with each passing year. So it goes without saying that humankind might become dependent on technology for …
Wim Wenders and the Possibilities of the Road
There is no filmmaker like Wim Wenders. His intensely personal, poetic films are favorites of critics and audiences alike, and while he has a vast …
SFX Secrets: Frame Rates
Twenty-four images per second. That’s what we see when we watch a movie. Twenty-four individual photos, played back-to-back, at a speed fast enough to create …
The Whirlpool (2012)
Two Parisian strangers, Agathe and Victor, meet on holiday at Niagara Falls. Upon impulsively deciding to share a motel room, romance evolves into a road …
The Crucible Of Terror (1970)
Mike Raven’s first starring role was in this exploitation classic. Raven plays Victor Clare, a mad sculptor whose obsession with the occult leads him to …
The Cockettes (2002)
November 7, 1971. Throngs of celebrities, socialites, drag queens, and rock stars crowded into the Anderson Theater on New York’s Lower East Side for The …
Which Way Home (2009)
In 2006, Rebecca Cammisa received a Fulbright Scholar Grant to travel to Mexico to document the plight of the children left behind when their families …