A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) and Freddy vs. Jason (2003)
Seen the original three times. Seen Freddy vs. Jason twice.
Tag: Filmmaking (Page 5)
1970sYoung Frankenstein (1974) Review
Young Frankenstein is one of the great American comedies and the highest achievement in Mel Brooks's filmography. Mel Brooks directed and cowrote the screenplay with Gene Wilder.
1980sWho Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) Review
Who Framed Roger Rabbit is one of the great American films of the 1980s and one of the most substantial technical achievements in animated cinema history. Robert Zemeckis had directed Romancing the Stone in 1984 and Back to the Future…
1940sFantasia (1940) Review
Fantasia is one of the great animated films in cinema history and one of the foundational documents of the entire American animation tradition. The film consists of eight animated segments set to classical music compositions.
2010sArgo (2012) Review
Ben Affleck directed and starred. The film adapts the historical events of the 1980 Canadian Caper, when six American diplomats escaped the Iranian hostage crisis through a CIA operation involving a fake Hollywood production.
1990sUnforgiven (1992) Review
Clint Eastwood's foundational revisionist Western. Won four Academy Awards including Best Picture.
2010sLovelace (2013) Review
Biographical drama about Linda Lovelace. Amanda Seyfried, Peter Sarsgaard.
1990sBoogie Nights (1997) Review
Paul Thomas Anderson's foundational ensemble masterpiece. Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds.
1970sTora! Tora! Tora! (1970) Review
Foundational dual-perspective Pearl Harbor film. Equal substantive treatment of American and Japanese forces.
1960sThe Longest Day (1962) Review
John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Henry Fonda, Sean Connery, Richard Burton. The Longest Day is the gold standard for D-Day filmmaking.
FilmmakingThe Press Tour Is Part Of The Work
Audiences don't only watch the film. They watch the people selling it. Why press-tour conduct shapes a film's reception, with Captain Marvel as the case study.
Disney+Load-Bearing Versus Decorative Social Content
trim: The framework defining how social themes generate plot versus sit on top of unrelated narrative. Apply the test: remove the content, does plot still.