Feature Articles

The Invisible Man (1933, James Whale), based on a story by HG Wells, was one of the early horror films that helped establish Universal as the go-to studio for chilling fare. They were, at the time, locked in a battle ...

If matters had gone totally to plan O Animal Cordial (Friendly Beast, 2017) would not have been director Gabriela Amaral’s debut feature-length film. As it was, with her initial project held up in funding, the director turned her attention to ...

Japan’s occasional flirtations with vampires are, like most things having to do with Japan and Western pop culture, a mix of revulsion and fascination with the foreign, a dichotomy born of the interests of the young simply not lining up ...

Jean and Juliette have just married. He is the skipper of the barge, L’ Atalante, which is to be the couple’s home. Onboard, Juliette soon gets used to the simple life but longs to visit the city. They arrive in ...

When Hollywood says based on a true story—okay, what percentage?” asks Mick McNamara, one half of Canada’s first team of action heroes. “Is it 98 or two percent bullshit?  According to Mick, the movies he made with his brother Martin ...

Claims of misogyny were levelled at Italian genre director Lucio Fulci throughout the latter part of his career, where the stalwart of comedies and gialli began to work exclusively in the horror genre. These claims have continued long after his ...

Frolicking through the Winter Wonderland of Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka Nikolai Gogol’s stories seem to be the basis for just about every Ukrainian fantasy-horror film. Born in the town of Sorochyntsi in 1809, Gogol was the son of ...

These characters can exist, because Rankin/Bass have created their own universe and had unspoken ownership on seasonal entertainment during this period.

“Remember: there are no small parts. Only small actors.” Konstantin Stanislavski was referring to the thespian ego of an artist considering the diminutive size of a role beneath them—that they should consider being given any part in the business as ...

Whenever the name of director John Ford is discussed or even mentioned, it immediately conjures up images in one’s mind of expansive, majestic vistas of Utah’s Monument Valley with legendary actor John “Duke” Wayne striking iconic poses thereon. Ford had ...