Annie Wilkes and Jack Torrance: A Comparison of Two Supervillains
There’s something horrifying about Kathy Bates’ Annie Wilkes. There’s something shocking, chilling, heart-stopping about her. And these adjectives can be appropriately applied to Misery, the film based...
View ArticleMatthew Orobko’s Top 10 Films of 2014
10. Citizenfour The year’s best documentary also happens to be one of the year’s most tense films. Chronicling the few paranoid days in which NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden speaks with journalist...
View ArticleThe Gambler vs The Gambler
Back in 1974, New York born writer and director James Toback was able to draw on his personal experiences with gambling as well as his experiences with teaching whilst he taught creative writing to...
View ArticleCartel Land
Danger and documentary have always gone hand in hand. The great masters of the genre have always strived to put their art before their safety. Matthew Heineman takes risk to a new level in Cartel Land,...
View ArticlePoker Night: A Tough Market for Indies
For writer and director Greg Francis, the bulk of his work has been in television, working on shows like Outrageous 911, FBI: Criminal Pursuit and Wicked Attraction. However, recently Francis made his...
View ArticleInside The Godfather Trilogy
The Godfather is a compelling story put onto film by a poet. That is why it is better than Mario Puzo’s novel, and why it is universally considered, not overrated of overvalued, as one of the most...
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