Taking Martial Arts Practice to the Movies: Filmmaker Jim Towns and Actor-Producer Jose Luis Torres II on Killer Ex
By Matthew Sorrento. In so many films, heroes have this unlimited, almost inhuman stamina, but anyone who's done any sparring
By Matthew Sorrento. In so many films, heroes have this unlimited, almost inhuman stamina, but anyone who's done any sparring
By Yun-hua Chen. I think that, in some sense, forgiveness is more important than revenge. There's a desire for revenge....
By Jonathan Monovich. An example as to why silent comedy is timeless despite the disbelief of many.” Whereas Lake Michigan Monster (2018) was a whacky take on films like Roger
By Elias Savada. Dystopia never looked so depressing." It’s not a far cry — from today’s escalating political dissention that is breaking apart friends and family — to the near-future
By James Slaymaker. Demonstrating an astonishing level of artistic maturity, sensitivity, and command of cinematic form." In her feature debut, the entertaining-yet-slight road movie Take Me Somewhere Nice (2019), director
By Elias Savada. An intense tour-de-force statement from the star turned actor-producer-writer-director...." Following in the oversized footsteps of King Kong, who last week was seen tag teaming with Godzilla in
By Thomas M. Puhr. Proof positive that a musical can simultaneously educate and entertain, excite and incite." France’s imperial history is portrayed through experimental musical theater in Med Hondo’s West
A Book Review by Thomas M. Puhr. A quick and engaging study addressing a scholarly blind spot." Amid escalating tensions between the U.S. and Soviet Union, the 1980s were something
By Brad Windhauser. Kore-eda’s Monster portrays Japanese queer youth forced to carve out a safe space away from their society just to experience moments of joy." Kore-eda’s film Monster (Kore-eda,
By Thomas M. Puhr. Violent, sensual, and at times poetic...." Kani Releasing continues to expose Western audiences to unsung masterpieces of Asian cinema, and their latest – a restoration of
By Matthew Sorrento. In so many films, heroes have this unlimited, almost inhuman stamina, but anyone who’s done any sparring knows just how fast you get totally exhausted during physical combat. I think being mindful of something like that when directing a fight scene both humanizes a character….” –Killer-Ex Director […]
By Jonathan Monovich. An example as to why silent comedy is timeless despite the disbelief of many.” Whereas Lake Michigan Monster (2018) was a whacky take on films like Roger Corman’s Creature from the Haunted Sea (1961) and Curtis Harrington’s Night Tide (1961), Mike Cheslik/Ryland Brickson Cole Tews’ follow-up, Hundreds […]
By Elias Savada. Dystopia never looked so depressing.” It’s not a far cry — from today’s escalating political dissention that is breaking apart friends and family — to the near-future possibility that is Alex Garland’s bleak world view in Civil War. It’s a savage and savaged county (not unlike the […]
By James Slaymaker. Demonstrating an astonishing level of artistic maturity, sensitivity, and command of cinematic form.” In her feature debut, the entertaining-yet-slight road movie Take Me Somewhere Nice (2019), director Ena Sendijarević delved into her familial roots, depicting a young woman’s journey from the Netherlands to visit her estranged father […]
By Yun-hua Chen. I think that, in some sense, forgiveness is more important than revenge. There’s a desire for revenge…. That’s sort of instant gratification for certain kinds of movie fans, but it’s not very interesting or realistic.” The Dead Don’t Hurt, a unique Western imbued with Viggo Mortensen’s distinct […]
By Elias Savada. An intense tour-de-force statement from the star turned actor-producer-writer-director….” Following in the oversized footsteps of King Kong, who last week was seen tag teaming with Godzilla in their latest globe-trotting, over-sized cinematic adventure, the bone-crunching revenge tale Monkey Man arrives with an intense tour-de-force statement from the […]
Film International editors, contributors, and correspondents offer personal tributes and commentary on the late scholar of cinema. I regret never having the pleasure of meeting David Bordwell. My only interaction with him was a lively email exchange little over 10 years ago. I was planning an article on the early […]
By Thomas M. Puhr. Proof positive that a musical can simultaneously educate and entertain, excite and incite.” France’s imperial history is portrayed through experimental musical theater in Med Hondo’s West Indies (1979). Based on Daniel Boukman’s 1971 book Les Negriers and subtitled The Fugitive Slaves of Liberty, the film is […]
By Jenny Paola Ortega Castillo. There’s a lot of secrets to all the land in Australia, especially since colonization…. And sometimes the land gives those secrets up if you listen to it. And so this incredible landscape was the inspiration for the characters who are very similar to this damaged […]
A Book Review by Thomas M. Puhr. A quick and engaging study addressing a scholarly blind spot.” Amid escalating tensions between the U.S. and Soviet Union, the 1980s were something of a golden age for films about humanity’s annihilation. Yet despite its ubiquity in the arthouse and grindhouse alike, a […]