Coming off two successful films with a significant cult following (Bone Tomahawk and Brawl in Cell Block 99), screenwriter/director S. Craig Zahler seemed like a guy who could do no wrong. And then he did, even though he didn’t really. ...

Ask any heterosexual American female and she’ll verify the following: for whatever reason, the majority of men in the United States actively resist romance films. Sure, the more cerebral male viewer will defend this by questioning the merits of the ...

In 1972, the legendary Italian progressive rock band Goblin was established under the short-lived name Oliver. The band then changed their moniker to Cherry Five, releasing a self-titled album. Eventually they settled upon their more famous name, Goblin, and collaborated ...

A month ago, Manhattan writer/director Brandon Kelley’s powerful 35mm short The Real Thing was an obscure little film that hadn’t been seen outside the festival circuit. But then Kelley and company introduced the film to the rest of the world ...

This past year saw the reemergence of Spike Lee as a filmmaking powerhouse with his latest effort BlackKklansman, the true story of a black cop’s unlikely integration into the Ku Klux Klan. With the critical success of Klansman, many people ...

Screenwriter Shane Black revolutionized the buddy-cop action movie with Lethal Weapon (1987) at the age of 23. The film ultimately became a gigantic hit, served as the launching pad for a successful franchise and television series, and established Black as ...

In 1964, Universal Television produced a new CBS sitcom from producers Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher, the creators of the wildly-popular Leave It to Beaver. The show, titled The Munsters, would depict the home life of a family of monsters. ...

The seminal Bruce Lee martial arts extravaganza The Way of the Dragon celebrates its forty-fifth anniversary this week. While it’s often overshadowed by the actor’s bigger budget American-produced successor Enter the Dragon, the picture is significant because it helped solidify ...