J’ai tué ma mère / Les amours imaginaires Directed by Xavier Dolan “Why was Cannes so awed by J’ai Tué Ma Mère,” one may wonder, after viewing Xavier Dolan’s angsty first feature. While baffling at first, the hype becomes more fathomable when considering the culture clash effect of the drama about a Longueuil-bred would-be hipster [...]
June 20, 2010 | Posted in
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*There are spoilers in this article* It’s not often that a filmmaker comes along and makes the kind of impression that M. Night Shyamalan did in 1999, with his first major motion picture The Sixth Sense. The film grossed over six hundred million dollars globally and went on to garner six Academy Award nominations (including [...]
June 2, 2010 | Posted in
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Night of the Living Dead For a horror film, Night of the Living Dead (1968) is set in an usual local; not Transylvania, but Pennsylvania. Almost universally panned by critics when released, the film eventually developed a cult following, playing on the midnight movie circuit for more than a decade and becoming one of the [...]
October 26, 2009 | Posted in
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Auteur Theory: Volume 4 . A true independent filmmaker, Douglas Buck’s short films have made him a recognizable name in the festival circuit. Beginning his filmmaking career in the early 90s, shooting his films on Long Island, Buck pretty quickly managed to build up a following. His films meld gore-based horror with harrowing stories of [...]
June 8, 2009 | Posted in
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Auteur Theory: Volume 3 Thai director Wisit Sasanatieng has managed to create one of the most unique and thrilling visual styles of the last decade. His career began in directing ads, and since then he has been the mastermind behind three films, echoing a love for cinema and an incredible spin on how to piece [...]
May 24, 2009 | Posted in
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Auteur Theory: Volume 2 . Austria breeds weird filmmakers. They are a country lacking a large film industry, but one that encourages experimental filmmaking; they even put it on TV. If that happened in America, just flipping on the television to find some out of control flashing colors with droning voices on hand-processed super 8, [...]
May 15, 2009 | Posted in
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Auteur Theory: Volume 1 New York horror filmmaker Frank Henenlotter has managed to remain in relative obscurity thus far in his career, despite the notoriety his films have achieved. But for those who know his work, it feels as if his filmography is far more massive than just six films. His films are definitively schlock [...]
May 5, 2009 | Posted in
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