It’s been ten years since the release of what some might refer to as Joel and Ethan Coen’s masterpiece. Released in 2007 amidst numerous politically-minded, morally serious parables about U.S.’s intervention in the Middle East, No Country for Old Men…
10 Films that Revised the Western
Hell or High Water is shaping up to become one of the most notable modern examples of the revisioned western. To mark its release I’m going to be talking about a subgenre of one of the most celebrated traditions of American…
Graphic Violence: A universal language in cinema
There is a great divide in the way violence is depicted in movies, which doesn’t really surprise me. Today, excessive violence in film has essentially replaced the trademarks of quality cinema. For most horror films, gore and shocking violence have…
This Just In! Sinatra
That’s right folks! If you’re a swooner that desperately wants this new generation to learn the ways of the old and have a movie to go with your idol, than wait no more! (That would sound perfect if you read…