4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on April 9, 2016

If people watch Two Days, One Night, they’ll probably recognize one face and you’ll hear something similar to the following: “That’s the girl from Inception and the Dark Knight Rises right?” The more observant viewer might say something like: “Isn’t that Mar   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on April 9, 2016

If people watch Two Days, One Night, they’ll probably recognize one face and you’ll hear something similar to the following: “That’s the girl from Inception and the Dark Knight Rises right?” The more observant viewer might say something like: “Isn’t that Mar   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on April 8, 2016

Disney has scored again. On almost all accounts Zootopia is grade-A family entertainment. To address the elephant in the room, the film is rather formulaic in its hero’s journey and at times it feels like we are attempting to systematically check off all the necessary moments in the rise, fall   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on April 8, 2016

Disney has scored again. On almost all accounts Zootopia is grade-A family entertainment. To address the elephant in the room, the film is rather formulaic in its hero’s journey and at times it feels like we are attempting to systematically check off all the necessary moments in the rise, fall   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on April 7, 2016

The hand of F.W. Murnau is less noticeable in this early classic of his, but Nosferatu still works seamlessly as a piece of drama and horror. In fact, it by now has become somewhat of a horror classic and the archetype when it comes to vampire movies, taking a lot...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on April 7, 2016

The hand of F.W. Murnau is less noticeable in this early classic of his, but Nosferatu still works seamlessly as a piece of drama and horror. In fact, it by now has become somewhat of a horror classic and the archetype when it comes to vampire movies, taking a lot...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on April 5, 2016

Without sound, silent films become almost a completely visual medium and there was no one more visually-minded than German director F.W. Murnau. Aside from the opening title card and a message to begin the epilogue, he stays away from that kind of aid to tell his story and instead relies...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on April 5, 2016

Without sound, silent films become almost a completely visual medium and there was no one more visually-minded than German director F.W. Muranu. Aside from the opening title card and a message to begin the epilogue, he stays away from that kind of aid to tell his story and instead relies...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on April 4, 2016

“You’re living at home. Is that right? Yes.  Do you know what you’re going to do? No. Are you going to graduate school? No.” ~ Elaine Robinson to Benjamin Braddock As a recently graduated person, I thought it was only pertinent to return to this landmark film to see if...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on April 4, 2016

“You’re living at home. Is that right? Yes.  Do you know what you’re going to do? No. Are you going to graduate school? No.” ~ Elaine Robinson to Benjamin Braddock As a recently graduated person I thought it was only pertinent to return to this landmark film to see if...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on April 2, 2016

Stanley Kubrick is not generally known as a horror film director. His impact was far broader than solely one genre. How is it then that he made one of the enduring canonical films in the horror genre? It’s been over 30 years and people are still talking about The Shining —...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on April 2, 2016

Stanley Kubrick is not generally known as a horror film director. His impact was far broader than solely one genre. How is it then that he made one of the enduring canonical films in the horror genre? It’s been over 30 years and people are still talking about The Shining —...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on March 31, 2016

What to say about Robert Altman’s Nashville? It has a lot of songs and music so it’s technically a musical. It has its smattering politics and Altman is typically one for subverting the norm, so you could call it a satire. There’s romance, drama, in-fighting, and star power certain   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on March 31, 2016

What to say about Robert Altman’s Nashville? It has a lot of songs and music so it’s technically a musical. It has its smattering politics and Altman is typically one for subverting the norm so you could call it a satire. There’s romance, drama, in-fighting, and star power certainl   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on March 31, 2016

What to say about Robert Altman’s Nashville? It has a lot of songs and music so it’s technically a musical. It has its smattering politics and Altman is typically one for subverting the norm, so you could call it a satire. There’s romance, drama, in-fighting, and star power certain   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on March 29, 2016

I’m not one to rewatch movies too often — it’s simply not in my nature and I am still relatively young in my film affinity. That means there are still so many great titles to see and discover. But Raiders is one of the special films that I would gladly...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on March 29, 2016

I’m not one to rewatch movies too often — it’s simply not in my nature and I am still relatively young in my film affinity. That means there are still so many great titles to see and discover. But Raiders is one of the special films that I would gladly...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on March 27, 2016

If you’re not at least mildly prepared for it, The Naked Kiss comes at you like a ton a bricks. A woman comes at the camera menacingly beating up a man, for a reason we don’t know. Then her hair comes flying off and there she is still swinging at...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on March 27, 2016

If you’re not at least mildly prepared for it, The Naked Kiss comes at you like a ton of bricks. A woman comes at the camera menacingly beating up a man, for a reason we don’t know. Then her hair comes flying off and there she is still swinging at...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on March 25, 2016

“This long corridor is the magic highway to the Pulitzer Prize” – Johnny Barrett Being a jack of all trades, producer, director, screenwriter extraordinaire Sam Fuller also had a stint as a journalist. Therein lies his obvious stake in Shock Corridor, a film that looks frightening   read more