“Do you see the glass as half empty or half full?” This simple question has been used many times to determine whether or not someone is an optimist or a pessimist. Personally, I feel it’s a very flawed test. A ...

On February 10th, CultFilms will be releasing an impressive tribute to the greatest storyteller in the history of film–Federico Fellini. Four films, including his magnum opus 8 1/2 (1963) have been wonderfully restored for the very best output of picture ...

“If there’s a new way, I’ll be the first in line. But it better work this time.” If thrash metal has a definitive year, it’s 1986. In the United States, Slayer and Metallica unleashed Reign in Blood and Master of ...

“That’s it? No warning? No second chance?” And just like that, Dave Mustaine was unceremoniously dismissed as Metallica’s lead guitarist. In less than two hours, he would be on a bus heading to California from New York. On his mind ...

There’s a lot that can change in a decade. This is nowhere more apparent than in the world of entertainment. Both music and film touch upon trends and events that shape their respective time periods. When it came to the ...

On any given day, there’s a number of click bait articles on various social media platforms. I’ve learned to ignore them for the most part, but there are a few that always catch my eye. Every few months a short ...

Michael Haneke once described Schindler’s List (1993) as “unspeakable.” His disgust came from a scene in which women are forced into a gas chamber, and the suspense of whether or not gas or water is to come from the shower ...

If YOU have never thought about death, it’s time you started thinking.” As the trailer for Faces of Death (1978) comes to an end, the final statement issues a firm declaration to anyone watching. What lies in store for us ...

The artwork on the old VHS covers of Nekromantik (1987), which featured a decaying corpse clutching a woman’s breast, might lead to the assumption that it’s a work of exploitation. While this particular image illustrates the marriage of sex and ...

“I’ve left the world behind I’m safe here in my mind I’m free to speak with my own kind This is my life, this is my life I’ll decide not you Keep the world with all its sin It’s not ...