One of the Master of Suspense’s best is a darkly romantic take on patriotism & patriarchy.
Category Archive: Features
Columns, thinkpieces, and opinions on every inch of pop culture.
The Stephen King sequel checks out with a disappointing opener, but Roland Emmerich’s WWII epic flies high.
We look back on the anarchic joys of Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life, and how it shaped the comic sensibilities of a generation.
This month, we go off the beaten path and ask contributors to write about films they’re thankful they got to experience for one reason or another.
There is no fate but what we make, and Dark Fate‘s middling box office returns paint a grim […]
Martin Scorsese turned his camera to the grotesque excesses of the ultra-rich in The Wolf of Wall Street.
Martin Scorsese shone a light on The Rolling Stones for this rollicking concert film, two cultural titans at the top of their game.
Martin Scorsese followed up The Departed with Shutter Island, a claustrophobic psychological thriller about the madness of loss.
Scorsese recovered from the brutal conditions of Gangs of New York with an intimate, tragic portrait of the foibles of genius.
Martin Scorsese’s hip, vibrant concert film The Last Waltz captures the ephemerality of The Band and its influence on the rock ‘n roll stage.
Martin Scorsese’s 2002 historical drama is big, brassy and full of great performances, but its runtime and tone leave it unfocused.
Sequels continue to struggle as oddities like Robert Eggers’ “The Lighthouse” are unexpected hits.
On the thirty-fifth anniversary of the film’s release, we look back at James Cameron’s most melancholy blockbuster.
Martin Scorsese’s scintillating period romance is a Victorian treatise on the sufficating gulf between desire and decorum.
The Disney sequel gets a modest #1 spot, while Zombieland: Double Tap scares up a respectable opening weekend.
Martin Scorsese’s underrated gangster drama Casino depicts Sin City as a place where dreams & nightmares are one, & no heroes are to be found.
An analysis of Goodfellas’ cinema redefining single take tracking shot.
At CIFF, we take a look at religious drama Maternal, episodic romantic dramedy Babyteeth, German potboiler Lara, and historical queer horror Carmilla.
