The Nerds Shall Inherit the Earth: Wes Anderson's Coming of Age 'Rushmore' The impact of Wes Anderson's sophomore feature film on the coming-of-age genre cannot be overstated enough. One needs only to look at the genre before Rushmore came out in 1998, though, to see how...
BOTTLE ROCKET dir. Wes Anderson, starring Owen Wilson, Luke Wilson, James Caan Bottle Rocket, the 1996 crime comedy starring the Wilson brothers and directed by Wes Anderson marked the coming of one of Hollywood's most confident directors as well as a pair of comedic actors that have...
THE BLAZING WORLD dir. Carlson Young, starring Carlson Young, Udo Kier, Dermot Mulroney The Blazing World, the fantasy thriller from writer/director Carlson Young, opens on the unfortunate drowning of a young girl while her parents and twin sister are distracted. Years later, Margaret, the surviving twin sister,...
NO TIME TO DIE dir. Cary Joji Fukanaga, starring Daniel Craig, Lea Seydoux, Rami Malek, Ralph Finnes, et al BOND IS BACK. James Bond, the suave secret agent with a license to kill, has been a mostly consistent staple in the action franchise dating back to 1962's...
LAMB dir. Valdimar Jóhannsson, starring Noomi Rapace, Hilmir Snær Guðnason, and Björn Hlynur Haraldsson María and Ingvar are sheep farmers in Iceland, stuck in both a rut and a one-sided loveless marriage as each day of tending to the sheep rolls into the next. Upon the birth...
BLUF: Venom 2 is a movie that contains characters and traces of plot threads that were found in the first movie. If this stunningly marginal narrative technique sounds exciting, you just might like this movie. The first Venom was a pleasant surprise, in that it exceeded...
AMERICAN NIGHT dir. Alessio Della Valle, starring Emile Hirsch, Jonathan Rhys Meyes, and Paz Vega American Night, a noir thriller set in New York City's shifty art world, tells the story of an art critic, the ruthless head of a crime organization, and the fight for money,...
The 100 movies Poprika creator Seed believes every newcomer to film should see at least one time. https://soundcloud.com/poprika-podcast/100-clash-of-the-titans 100. Clash of the Titans https://soundcloud.com/poprika-podcast/99-evil-dead-iimp3 99. Evil Dead II https://soundcloud.com/poprika-podcast/98-the-lego-movie-1 98. The Lego Movie https://soundcloud.com/poprika-podcast/97-field-of-dreamsmp3 97. Field of Dreams https://soundcloud.com/poprika-podcast/96-scott-pilgrim-vs-the-world 96. Scott Pilgrim vs the World https://soundcloud.com/poprika-podcast/95-sin-citymp3 95. Sin City https://soundcloud.com/poprika-podcast/94-the-crow 94. The Crow https://soundcloud.com/poprika-podcast/93-the-texas-chainsaw-massacremp3 93. Texas Chainsaw Massacre https://soundcloud.com/poprika-podcast/92-the-poltergeist 92. The Poltergeist https://soundcloud.com/poprika-podcast/91-the-40-year-old-virgin 91. The...
SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS dir. Destin Daniel Cretton, starring Simu Liu, Tony Leung, Awkwafina, Fala Chen, and Michelle Yeoh In 2018, the Marvel Cinematic Universe opened its doors to telling stories centered on people of color, providing the audiences with the rich, lush...
WIFE OF A SPY dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa starring Yū Aoi and Issey Takahashi Wife of a Spy, a historical drama set in Japan during the early days of World War II, centers on Yū Aoi as Satoko Fukuhara, the wife of a businessman (Takahashi) whom she slowly...
