The Greatest Film Noir
Every film noir reviewed on this site, ranked. Huston, Wilder, Reed, Polanski and Hanson, plus the neo-noir and science fiction descendants that kept the form alive after the studios abandoned it.
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Art HouseThe Greatest Independent Films
Every independent film reviewed on this site, ranked. Eight debuts, three Lynch pictures, three Coen brothers films, and the horror revival that came out of the same funding model.
Fiction WritingThe Greatest Medieval Films
Every medieval film reviewed on this site, ranked. Arthur, Becket, Bergman, Boorman and the Pythons, plus the crusader epic that exists in two completely different cuts.
Fantasy FictionThe Greatest Ray Harryhausen Films
Every Ray Harryhausen film reviewed on this site, ranked. The skeleton duel, the cyclops, the Medusa and the giant creatures that an entire generation of directors grew up wanting to make.
Fiction WritingThe Greatest Creature Features
Every creature feature reviewed on this site, ranked. Universal's monsters, Harryhausen's models, Rob Bottin's practical work on The Thing, and the films that understood the thing in the dark is worse than the thing on screen.
Fiction WritingAction Films Part 6 – The Dependable
The sixth tier of the action ranking. Carpenter, Romero, Singleton and the Wachowskis, plus the video game adaptations that worked and the disaster films of 1996 and 1997.
Fiction WritingThrillers Part 1 – The Masterpieces
The first tier of the thriller ranking. Hitchcock, Melville, Kubrick, Carpenter, Mann and Demme, and twenty films that established what the form could do.
Fiction WritingThrillers Part 2 – The Near Perfect
The second tier. Lynch, Fincher, Park Chan-wook, Nolan and Affleck, plus the television pilots that build a whole series in one hour.
Fiction WritingThrillers Part 3 – The Excellent
The third tier of the thriller ranking. Reiner, Fincher, Gilliam, Woo, Mann, Scorsese and Tarantino, plus the small films that beat their own budgets.
Fiction WritingThrillers Part 4 – The Very Good
The fourth tier of the thriller ranking. Bong, Peele, Villeneuve, Fincher and Pakula, plus the small-budget science fiction and the sequels that knew what they were.
Fiction WritingThrillers Part 6 – The Dependable
The sixth tier of the thriller ranking. Cuarón, Corbijn, Stahelski and Sturges, plus the early-eighties procedurals and one of the most committed silly films ever made.
Fiction WritingThrillers Part 7 – The Watchable
The seventh tier of the thriller ranking. Cronenberg, Costa-Gavras, Garland and Wan, plus the sequels and adaptations that had a better idea than they knew what to do with.