It sure can be fascinating to look at the ebbs and flows of a director’s career. Everyone’s going to have highs and lows, periods of creative growth and relatively creatively fallow periods. And when there’s a director whose work you’ve generally liked in the past, and they find […]
We live in a time where there’s just so much media to consume, that things often get lost in the shuffle. 2019 ended up being a very good year for movies, and as always there was a shocking amount of television that you’re practically required to be […]
We’ve spent a lot of this year discussing the sophomore features directors who made quite a splash with their horror debuts. It’s something that you wouldn’t think we’d be discussing this much, but weirdly I can think of three movies that fit that specific dynamic. Jordan Peele […]
Every week here at Cinematic Century I talk about movies that I love. The whole idea was to find my favorite movie of each year, and geek out about it. But, it’s always something special when I get to talk about not only my favorite film of […]
After talking about Washington Black last month, I found myself still in the mood for some more historical fiction. And, as luck would have it, I had a new book waiting for me that checked that historical fiction box, and oddly enough also was about the black experience. It’s […]
We live in a very tumultuous world, one where every day we’re barraged with an insane volume of noteworthy news stories, most of which end up getting forgotten in mere days. We learn all sorts of terrible things, get mad about them, and then promptly move on […]
I’ve said it before, and I’m apparently saying it again, but we’re having an absolutely stunning summer filled with fascinatingly searing satiric films. The impetus for these films can sometimes be a little nebulous, since the actual process of making films is much more involved and time-consuming […]
Here in the early stages of this Cinematic Century project I’m not really going to have a lot of options when it comes to which film is selected for each year. Because these early years typically only have one film that I’ve seen before, which kind of […]
I’ve said it before on this site, but I’ll say it again. Horror isn’t really my genre. It’s an interesting genre of storytelling, but it’s just not one that I have a whole lot of familiarity with. And, because of this, I’m often shocked when I come […]
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