Features
Tuesday, June 19 2007
Part 2: The Changing Face of Filmmaking
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.
Tuesday, May 29 2007
Future Shock: The Death of Serious Science Fiction
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.
Columns
Tuesday, May 13 2008
The Demise of Horror Culture?
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.
Reviews
Sunday, January 1 1995
Planet of the Apes (2001)
...reminds us that we may not be the end product of some divine plan, or necessarily very important to the universe.
Sunday, January 1 1995
Planet of the Apes (2001)
Tim Burton should never have been given this assignment. There are no humans in his films, which can impress, but never move us.
Sunday, January 1 1995
Planet of the Apes (2001)
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.
