Taking a break from book research to enjoy a long weekend full of movies, rushing rivers, epic mountains, and lush,…
Yorgos Lanthimos
Farcical allegories. Stilted dialogue. Weird sex stuff. Absurdist idiosyncrasies. Dark brand of surrealist humor. What else is there to say…
Ari Aster
Aster understands raw, unrelenting, visceral horror. Whether he's tackling grief, depression, the occult, demonology, pagan ceremony, or toxic relationships, he…
The Dardenne Brothers
No one captures the ethical difficulty of the working class struggle better than the Dardenne brothers.
They’re slowly becoming some…
🔥🔥Sundance 2023🔥🔥
This will be my 22nd Sundance Film Festival since first attending in 2001. My, how the landscape has changed. I…
Abbas Kiarostami
Godard once said: "Film begins with DW Griffith and ends with Abbas Kiarostami."
Scorsese followed: "Kiarostami represents the highest level…
Yasujirō Ozu
After climbing Mt. Ozu for the last 3 months I finally reached the summit, and I gotta say, the views…
Best Films of 2022
Another great year in cinema 😎
7 titles from Sundance 🔥🔥🔥
Rian Johnson
Love him or hate him, Rian Johnson is a student of film, an expert of film history, and a lover…
Darren Aronofsky
Darren Aronofsky is the greatest contemporary filmmaker working today. Hands down. I know a lot of really smart people who…
Mel Brooks
Nothing has ever been too sacred, too vulgar, or too stupid for the unchallenged king of politically incorrect comedy. His…
Vittorio De Sica
One of the great directors of the postwar Italian neorealist movement. Vittorio De Sica was the most populist of all…