The world’s a pretty objectively terrible place right now, isn’t it? All manner of chaos and ignorance is getting thrown at us at a never-ending pace, taxing anyone who feels the responsibility to keep abreast with that’s happening. But, it’s always nice to take a nice break […]
One of the aspects of this new project that has been the most fun to me has been the way that I’m able to completely vacillate between radically different tones and genres, week by week. I’m able to jump between comedy, action, sci-fi, noirs, fantasy, Westerns, and now […]
Not to keep beating the same dead horse, but boy are we starved for new movies right now. Obviously there are a whole bunch of more important things going on, but as someone who has historically used the theatrical experience to cope with the stresses of the […]
A couple years ago I had the pleasure of checking out a weird little indie movie that I hadn’t heard much about, and have it absolutely blow me away. Cory Finley’s directorial debut, Thoroughbreds was a movie that hit me like a ton of bricks, and ended up […]
Being a movie fan in what is generally considered a fly-over state can be a tad frustrating at times, and especially at the end of the year. Because, right at the tail end of any given year a bunch of high-quality films, potential awards contenders usually, are […]
We’re in the home stretch folks, one last month of these Cinematic Century articles, and just a few more favorite films to discuss. And, I have to admit, 2014 is probably the biggest curve-ball I’ve thrown in a while. Lately it feels like I’ve been talking about […]
It really has been a fascinating experience watching the ebbs and flows of cinema during the course of this project. Last week I was tasked with picking a favorite film of 2007, a year that contains three of my favorite films of all time, leading to a […]
Over the last few years an unexpected trend has suddenly seemed to hit Hollywood. A group of decent crime films that are mainly notable for the fact that they primarily star women. For so long films about crime and criminals have been more or less dominated by […]
The next couple weeks here on Cinematic Century are going to be pretty rough, veritable bloodbaths of competitions to find my favorite film of any given year. Things are really going to start popping off, just giving me incredibly difficult decisions. But, not 1996. I really didn’t […]
We’ve made it into another decade here on Cinematic Century, and what better way to start the 1990’s off than with a slow moving crime drama! We went from the sheer excess of Tim Burton’s Batman last week to our very first trip into the weird world of the […]
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