Greyhound (2020) Director: Aaron Schneider Screenwriter: Tom Hanks Starring: Tom Hanks, Stephen Graham Tom Hanks returns to the writer’s chair with Greyhound, a concentrated World War II naval drama released on Apple TV+. Best known as an actor, Hanks has previously written for the screen and published popular short stories; in this film his screenplay … Read more

A Love Song for Latasha (2020) Director: Sophia Nahli Allison Review Sophia Nahli Allison’s Oscar-nominated short documentary A Love Song for Latasha is a quietly powerful piece of cinema that lingers well beyond its 19-minute runtime. The film does more than recount a tragic event; it reconstructs a life with tenderness, nuance and a lyricism … Read more

Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) Director: Adam Wingard Screenwriters: Max Borenstein, Eric Pearson, Michael Dougherty, Terry Rossio, Zach Shields Starring: Alexander Skarsgård, Millie Bobby Brown, Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Julian Dennison, Kaylee Hottle, Damián Bichir, Eliza González, Shun Oguri, Kyle Chandler, Lance Reddick, Hakeem Kae-Kazim Godzilla vs. Kong is the blockbuster culmination of Legendary’s shared … Read more

Spy Kids Movies Ranked: A Nostalgic Look at Robert Rodriguez’s Family Spy Franchise It has been two decades since the original Spy Kids debuted and a decade since the franchise’s most recent entry. Director Robert Rodriguez has confirmed the Spy Kids films exist in the same universe as Machete, which means the kids’ Uncle Machete … Read more

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