Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
What if the actor in Nosferatu was a real vampire? The conceit is irresistible.
Tag: Artistic Obsession
Stories about artists consumed by the work are the arts examining their own pathology. This tag collects reviews of films and fiction about artistic obsession: perfectionism, sacrifice, and the line where devotion becomes damage.
1980sThe Fly (1986)
David Cronenberg's body horror about a scientist whose teleportation experiment merges his DNA with a housefly. The Fly is David Cronenberg's 1986 American body-horror film, a substantial remake of the 1958 Kurt Neumann original, depicting a scientist whose teleportation experiment…
1930sBride of Frankenstein (1935)
James Whale's sequel where the resurrected creature demands a mate, leading the doctor back to his laboratory. Bride of Frankenstein is James Whale's 1935 American horror film, sequel to his 1931 Frankenstein, depicting the resurrected Monster's demand that Dr. Henry…
1930sFrankenstein (1931)
Boris Karloff plays the creature stitched together from corpses and animated by a scientist who quickly loses control of his creation. Frankenstein is James Whale's 1931 American horror film adapted from Mary Shelley's 1818 novel and the 1927 Peggy Webling…
1990sMisery (1990)
Misery is Rob Reiner's 1990 American psychological-thriller film adapted from Stephen King's 1987 novel, depicting a romance novelist who crashes his car in a Colorado snowstorm and is rescued by his self-described number-one fan, who imprisons him in her isolated…
2010sSenna (2010)
Archive footage only, no talking heads. Brazilian champion's career through his 1994 death.
2010sFree Solo (2018)
Camera operators with PTSD from filming. The film was produced by National Geographic Documentary Films on a budget of approximately two million dollars and grossed approximately twenty-eight million dollars worldwide, winning the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
2000s
2010sBohemian Rhapsody (2018)
Bryan Singer's 2018 Freddie Mercury biopic. Queen's Live Aid recreation.
2010sThe Theory of Everything (2014)
James Marsh's 2014 Stephen Hawking biopic. Eddie Redmayne won Best Actor.
2020sOppenheimer (2023)
Christopher Nolan's 2023 Manhattan Project biopic. Cillian Murphy as Oppenheimer.
2000sCapote (2005)
Bennett Miller's 2005 Truman Capote biopic. Philip Seymour Hoffman won Best Actor.