Spy Kids (2001) Director: Robert Rodriguez Screenwriter: Robert Rodriguez Starring: Alexa PenaVega, Daryl Sabara, Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Danny Trejo, Alan Cumming, Tony Shalhoub, Terri Hatcher, George Clooney Released in 2001, Spy Kids was written, edited, produced and directed by Robert Rodriguez. The film presents itself as a family-friendly spy adventure with a strong, recognizable … Read more

This article was originally published to SSP Thinks Film by Sam Sewell-Peterson. Godzilla (2014) Director: Gareth Edwards Screenwriters: Max Borenstein, Dave Callaham Starring: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Bryan Cranston, Ken Watanabe, Sally Hawkins, Juliette Binoche, David Strathairn, Carson Bolde, CJ Adams Sixty-seven years after Toho introduced Godzilla as a haunting allegory for the nuclear trauma … Read more

No Ordinary Man (2020) Directors: Aisling Chin-Yee, Chase Joynt Screenwriters: Aisling Chin-Yee, Amos Mac No Ordinary Man confronts a persistent myth: that transgender people are somehow a recent cultural phenomenon. Through the life and legacy of jazz musician Billy Tipton, Aisling Chin-Yee and Chase Joynt craft a documentary that traces a lineage of trans experience … Read more

The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) Director: Wes Anderson Screenwriter: Wes Anderson Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Tony Revolori, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Tilda Swinton, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Saoirse Ronan, Harvey Keitel, Jeff Goldblum, Mathieu Amalric, Owen Wilson, Léa Seydoux, Jude Law, Tom Wilkinson, F. Murray Abraham Following the warm reception to Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom in … Read more

Fugitive Dreams (2020) Director: Jason Neulander Screenwriter: Jason Neulander Starring: April Matthis, Robbie Tann, Scott Shepherd, O-Lan Jones, David Patrick Kelly, Joey Hood, Soleil Patterson, Sean Avery Huber The road movie has long been one of American cinema’s defining forms, a genre built around movement, hope, dislocation and the pursuit of something just out of … Read more

Born from the shadow of nuclear catastrophe in 1954, Godzilla emerged as an enduring cultural icon. From his debut, the towering radioactive dinosaur captured Japanese audiences’ imaginations, symbolizing a nation still processing the trauma of war. Monster movies often carry meanings beyond their spectacle, and the first Godzilla film harnessed that potential, presenting a terrifying … Read more

This article was written exclusively for The Film Magazine by Gala Woolley. Thelma & Louise was the film that sparked my feminist awakening, and even thirty years later it remains a landmark for how women are portrayed on screen. The film’s final image—Thelma and Louise driving toward the canyon and frozen mid-flight—has been called “both … Read more

Promising Young Woman (2021) Director: Emerald Fennell Screenwriter: Emerald Fennell Starring: Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Alison Brie, Adam Brody, Jennifer Coolidge, Laverne Cox, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Molly Shannon, Max Greenfield, Chris Lowell Statistics vary by country, but studies consistently show that a significant number of women experience sexual assault in their lifetimes—often cited as roughly one … Read more

Rebel Dykes (2021) Directors: Harri Shanahan, Sian Williams Rebel Dykes is the expanded, feature-length version of the 2016 documentary that chronicles a radical lesbian subculture born from the punk scene in 1980s London. Directed by Harri Shanahan and Sian Williams, the film explores how lesbian identity in that era often doubled as a political stance, … Read more

Warner Bros. and Chernin Entertainment Developing Hourman Film As Zack Snyder’s Justice League arrives on streaming, a new DC Comics adaptation is quietly taking shape. Warner Bros. and DC are reportedly in the early stages of developing a feature film centered on Hourman, a lesser-known but thematically rich character from the DC catalogue. Chernin Entertainment … Read more