Part 2: The Changing Face of Filmmaking

By PopMatters Staff

Every staid situation needs shaking up, none more so that the labored Hollywood studio system. The titles chosen for this section stand out as reasons why things had to change, the results of those seismic stylistic shifts. [19 June 2007]

Future Shock: The Death of Serious Science Fiction

By Bill Gibron

The serious Science Fiction film genre is dead or at least on cinematic life support. As the new millennial marches forward, and an omnipresent production paradigm that substitutes spectacle for smarts, futurist filmmaking is definitely gasping for breath. [29 May 2007]

The Demise of Horror Culture?

By Marco Lanzagorta

While the horror classics of 1968 may have indeed revitalized the genre, few today are aware of these movies' impact on the canon...if they acknowledge them at all. [13 May 2008]

(more Dread Reckoning)

Planet of the Apes (2001)

By Josh Jones

As Tim Burton's new version of 'Planet of the Apes' demonstrates in many ways, some subtle, some not so, the recycling of cultural milestones is not simply a marketing device, but a way to rejuvenate cultural mythology, be it science fiction or religious fable. [1 January 1995]

Planet of the Apes (2001)

By Ben Varkentine

Tim Burton should never have been given this assignment. There are no humans in his films, which can impress, but never move us.

Planet of the Apes (2001)

By Sabadino Parker

...reminds us that we may not be the end product of some divine plan, or necessarily very important to the universe.