The Best Movies Directed By Women of 2018 So Far

It’s already been a standout year for female filmmakers. How important has 2018 been for female filmmakers so far? Well, in January we witnessed the debut of the #TimesUp movement and the second global Women’s March in as many years. February saw female directors...

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Prestige Horror Has Arrived

The public perception of horror is changing, but what does that mean for our cinemas? To my best recollection, I went to my first movie in 1990. I’ll never know the film because all memory was erased by the sheer terror of the trailer for Childs Play 2. It’s a...

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The Transformation from Novel to Arthouse Film

Some of the most creative films can find their source material in a piece of literature. But what do we get out of giving these stories a unique re-telling? Many films as of late that have been finding their way to the big screen are not stories being told for...

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Where Has Blockbuster Romance Gone?

Today’s biggest franchises could use a few more sparks. Romance to the modern blockbuster is a wisdom tooth—it shows up late to the scene and ends up being either inconsequential or downright problematic, a vestigial structure left over from an earlier evolutionary...

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The Nick Hornby Rom-Com Returns in the ‘Juliet, Naked’ Trailer

Nick Hornby, Rose Byrne, and Ethan Hawke team-up to squash fandom in favor of romantic pursuits. Obsession is tricky. How do you discern when passion deteriorates into addiction? As someone who spends a good portion of every day preoccupied with movies, I have...

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The Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Movies of 2018 So Far

We list the 10 greatest speculative fiction films from the first half of the year, ranked. Three months after I tried and failed to do a proper list of the best science fiction and fantasy movies of 2018’s first quarter, things are looking a little better for...

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‘Sicario: Day of the Soldado’ Review: A Familiar Plot Executed with Thrilling Precision

“Fucking Mondays, huh?” Denis Villeneuve’s Sicario (2015) is a brutal and harrowing commentary on the U.S.’s abusive relationship with our neighbors to the South, but it’s in the guise of an intense and exciting action/thriller. Stefano Sollima‘s sequel, by contrast,...

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Feed Me Cinema - Back for More Karlovy Vary Film Festival Goodness

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New Full-Length Trailer for 80s Indie Mystery Thriller 'Summer of '84'

"There's a serial killer on the loose! What else could possibly be this exciting?" Right?! Gunpowder & Sky has released the full-length official trailer for filmmaking collective RKSS' new film Summer of '84, which first premiered at the Sundance Film Festival...

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Awful Trailer for Netflix Comedy 'Father of the Year' with David Spade

"Some people say I'm unstable, and I snap." Netflix has debuted the trailer for a comedy titled Father of the Year, one of the latest cringe-worthy Happy Madison productions from Adam Sandler's deal with the streaming studio. Surprise surprise, this one looks...

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The Best Horror Movies of 2018 So Far

These are the best horror movies of the year — January through June. 2018 is half over now and the quality of horror movies hitting screens big and small continues to kick ass. The content varies to include zombies, ghosts, cults, mental anguish, bears, and maybe...

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