Be Like Water: Writer-Director the RZA on One Spoon of Chocolate
By Jonathan Monovich. Some paths are rocky, some paths are uphill, and some are downhill. Unique’s path is hopefully what
By Jonathan Monovich. Some paths are rocky, some paths are uphill, and some are downhill. Unique’s path is hopefully what
Drug War (Johnnie To, 2012) The FilmInt community is saddened to learn of the passing of former contributing editor Tony
By Mina Radovic. A visionary gangland highlighting a connection to Black America and ancient Egypt." Writer-director Yelena Popovic’s new film Moses the Black is a visionary gangland epic that turns
A Book Review by Thomas Gladysz. A detailed, well-wrought look into the comedian’s early career(s)...." Like Charlie Chaplin, there are more than a handful of books about Buster Keaton –
By William Blick. Made for about $200,000 through crowdfunding via way of Brooklyn, Revelations achieves the scope necessary for a fascinating, faithful telling of the spiritual and historic journey of
By Jenny Paola Ortega Castillo. Alex Cox, in what may be his final film, smartly reconfigures the classic theme of bureaucratic greed in Tsarist Russia into a bold, timely political
By William Blick. Towns’ is unafraid to ask hard questions about education, religion, morality, censorship, gender bias, and civil rights. He does so in the format of a dystopic, sci-fiction
By Andrew Kolarik. Danny Stewart's Saluting the Blood of Heroes: Behind the Apocalyptic Film could not be more timely. The opening sections of the book, which dive into the background
A Book Review by William Blick. The last word on this niche genre, with a dense amount of information...." No genre of film is more subdivided and diverse than the
By Jeremy Carr. If there is a lesson to be learned from noir stories, be they in print or filmed, it is that the past never stays in the past
By Jonathan Monovich. Some paths are rocky, some paths are uphill, and some are downhill. Unique’s path is hopefully what makes this film special.” – The RZA To the RZA, the Abbot of the Wu-Tang Clan, “hip-hop is moviemaking.”1 This should come as no surprise. The iconic first Wu-Tang Clan album, […]
By Gary D. Rhodes. 2026 is the watershed year of the bloodshed film. The sleep of reason has produced monsters, worlds of gods and monsters, new and old, now lauded by all except the most unreasonable amongst us.” To face evil and survive, or, for that matter, to face evil […]
The FilmInt community is saddened to learn of the passing of former contributing editor Tony Williams (at age 80), a groundbreaking film historian and critic. In addition to his work on the horror film and other genres, Tony had varied interests, as seen in this interview (conducted by editor Matthew […]
By Mina Radovic. A visionary gangland highlighting a connection to Black America and ancient Egypt.” Writer-director Yelena Popovic’s new film Moses the Black is a visionary gangland epic that turns the tables on the redemption story and highlights a connection to Black America and ancient Egypt. Feared gang leader Malik […]
By Thomas M. Puhr. As someone with no direct experience with such atrocities, I can only imagine how painful it would be for a survivor to walk into a screening and not know what they’re in for….” I’d been teaching for five or six years when I experienced my first—and, […]
By Gary D. Rhodes. Gaston was well aware of the rising popularity of narrative films in the US and Europe, as he’d become friendly with other prominent film producers, especially those at Vitagraph. He saw that sales of his brother’s fantasy films were falling sharply. Given a license by Edison’s […]
By Jonathan Monovich. When I think about movies that are in theaters, to a great extent…. They’re only aiming for the whole family’s satisfaction. They’re only aiming for spectacle from the beginning to the end. But, there’s something about Normal that makes you want to say, ‘Well, it’s a movie. […]
By Betty Kaklamanidou. This patriarchal structure operates like a ‘fixer,’ a sophisticated, centuries-old system that protects male supremacy by eliminating the names of women who achieved greatness, leaving behind a male-centric narrative.” This spring semester my two elective courses focus on the history of Greek cinema, specifically the work of […]
A Book Review by Thomas Gladysz. A detailed, well-wrought look into the comedian’s early career(s)….” Like Charlie Chaplin, there are more than a handful of books about Buster Keaton – the stone-faced comedian who sported a pork-pie hat. And like Chaplin, Keaton remains one of the truly great performers of […]
By Ali Moosavi. 2026, a year of apolitical comments and walkouts, featured many standout selections.” The Berlin Film Festival, or Berlinale, started with pouring rain but a storm was brewing in the press conference hall. In response to a question about the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine, the International […]