Film History

It’s not often that you watch a documentary that is genuinely informative and also includes a talking head drinking a Tecate. In life, it’s all about the simple pleasures. Seldom does a documentary instantly feel…

If Mister Hitchcock never met Mrs. Hitchcock, then we wouldn’t have Brian De Palma’s Dressed to Kill (1980). Between its ill-fated leading lady and its cross-dressing serial killer with dissociative identity disorder, Dressed to Kill…

Without Sir Alfred Hitchcock’s Rebecca (1940), the world never would have experienced some of the greatest films ever made. Released the year after Victor Fleming’s Gone with the Wind (1939), this Selznick International Pictures-produced romantic psychological thriller had some big…

“What’s your favorite scary movie?” For many, it is Wes Craven’s Scream (1996). The slasher film ranks among the greatest fright fests of all time, according to Empire. Lightning struck twice for Craven’s own Scream 2…

Helen Mirren just followed a possible trend of hating on streaming services. After director Steven Spielberg said Netflix movies shouldn’t be allowed to compete for academy awards, the actress said to an audience at CinemaCon,…

German actor, Conrad Veidt, will have a 126th birthday coming up on January 22nd, so this is a good time to look at this esteemed actor’s most controversial role as a gay music teacher from…

Most Americans expect a straightforward narrative when they watch a movie. Anything that gets a little abstract is sometimes viewed as pretentious or high-minded. Often people look at surreal films as accessible only to an…