Movie Meltdown – The Crow-back This episode Sam Drog returns as we delve into our own history with the original movie The Crow, give a recap of all the failed incarnations in-between and then get into an honest discussion of our...
Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of Gun Crazy originally ran as a Criterion Prediction. At the risk of sounding too precious or lofty I’d like start by saying Gun Crazy is like Baby Bear’s...
We open to a night world where lens flares and piercing neons flood the frames. A bug-eyed man looking into the ether seems to be having a tete-e-tete with some unseen almighty force; his cronies join him, and with little...
Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of Eating Raoul originally ran as a home video review. Part of what I love about the Criterion Collection is its assertion that release “important” films, not...
Anatomy of a Fall was one of the most buzzed about movies from 2023. It received rave reviews from critics, a healthy box office with a $35.6 million worldwide haul (from a budget of $6.7 million), an Academy Award for...
Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of Pulp Fiction originally ran as part of our top 100 movies list. The Scorseses and the Spielbergs were the first generation of successful filmmakers to have...
Louis Malle’s second American (feature) film, Atlantic City is a dynamic and relentlessly clever neo-noir. The Trailer Project is proud to present this trailer commentary for one of the best films to kick off the second to last decade of...
When we think about movies from France, it’s very likely that we automatically go to films from the French New Wave with directors, like Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut, Agnès Varda, Jacques Demy, and others. (Somewhat) modern French cinema is still...
Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of A Fish Called Wanda originally ran as part of our top 50 comedies list. It’s rare when comedies win Academy Awards, but nobody deserved it more...
Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of Hammett originally ran as a Criterion Prediction. Wim Wenders’ Hammett is a strange case. The very concoction seems off. Wenders had flirted with the noir territory with The American...