19+ hour, 40+ min ago   (671+ words) Any actor who has been around as long as Al Pacino will inevitably have a list of movies they regret turning down, including more than a few that went on to become classics. No actor has a 100 per cent hit…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1424+ words) Film discourse has paid the price for infantilising self-professed ‘fans’. The more insidious side of fan culture involves those who feel a sense of ownership over a property or franchise that they have dedicated themselves to, and they’ll often reject…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1479+ words) The action genre had not quite reached its final form in 1976. The action films of 1976 might seem different from the ones that have been released thus far in 2026, but there’s more than enough to recommend about them. John Carpenter is…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (275+ words) David Lynch made several masterpieces in his time. From the genius of his tenderhearted The Elephant Man to the psychosexual horrors of Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive, his cinematic world was bursting with trouble, yet he painted it in a…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1313+ words) Some controversies regarding 1970s films have subsided over time, whereas others have remained just as potent. The decade saw many of the most acclaimed classics immediately accepted as such, with Love Story, The Godfather, The Sting, Rocky, and Kramer vs Kramer…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (241+ words) Joel Schumacher may not have been a consistent filmmaker, but he was always refreshingly honest. Although today he might be best known as the director who briefly killed the Batman franchise, he was one of the most reliable filmmakers of…...

4+ week, 22+ hour ago   (319+ words) Ridley Scott has spent decades returning to the sort of grand, unwieldy stories most directors would think twice about touching. Whether he’s rebuilding Ancient Rome, wandering through deep space or revisiting the battlefield, his films tend to arrive with scale…...