From Godzilla to Pulse to the Terminator, these are the best films that register an aggressive critique of technology.
Akira Kurosawa’s List of His 100 Favorite Movies
In movies like Seven Samurai and High and Low, director Akira Kurosawa took the cinematic language of Hollywood and improved on it, creating a vigorous, muscular method of visual storytelling that became a stylistic playbook for the likes of Martin Scorsese, George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola.
What Steven Spielberg Taught Me About Fear, Catharsis, and Being Human
Hollywood is struggling, but Spielberg insists that the big screen is still the best place to work out our collective dreams, joys and sorrows.
‘Jaws’ Is the Perfect Blockbuster, Saying Nothing yet Signifying Everything
The beauty of Steven Spielberg’s 1975 classic is that you can choose how to watch it: as a summery, shark-bitten thriller or as an allegory about the failed leadership of institutions
The Best Anti-Fascist Films of All Time
In light of recent events, it might be a good time to remember a very simple truth: Nazis are ALWAYS the bad guys.
Spielberg’s ‘A.I.’ Divided Critics, but It’s the Ultimate Coming-of-Age Story 20 Years Later
Movies don't change, we do. And where you are in life may affect how you receive the heartbreaking vision of this film.
The Real Story of Pixar
How a bad hardware company turned itself into a great movie studio
Steven Spielberg’s ‘Disclosure Day’ Turns Autofiction Into Thrilling Sci-Fi
The Hollywood maestro’s latest is filled with excitement and sentimentality.
I Fear The Levels Of Film Bro I Will Become With My XGIMI Horizon 20 Projector
I now understand the mind goblins that plague PC gamers stuck in settings menus
Why Do Movies Feel So Different Now?
Films directed by Akira Kurosawa
PlayStation Is Deleting Terminator 2 And 550 Other Movies
Movies like Rambo: First Blood, Bridget Jones' Diary and The Deer Hunter are all being unceremoniously removed
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The Emotional Genius of Ryuichi Sakamoto
The late Japanese musician scored not only films but also the exquisite highs and distressing lows of life.
There is starting to be some genuinely interesting AI-created film stuff (among a flood of slop), and I suspect this will only accelerate. The “is it art?” debate will grow Benjamin’s 1935 essay “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction” already argued it’s likely the wrong question.
