A petrolhead’s dream wrapped in a post-apocalyptic nightmare: violence, high-speed chases, and the occasional 1980s mega pop star. Mad Max is more than a cult favorite for fans of monstrous cars — it was Australia’s bold introduction to the global film stage. The original Mad Max became a phenomenon, turning a modest budget into massive … Read more

The Strangers: Chapter One (2024)Director: Renny HarlinScreenwriters: Alan R. Cohen, Alan FreedlandStarring: Madelaine Petsch, Froy Gutierrez, Gabriel Basso, Ema Horvath Somewhere along the decision-making chain, after the second film in the series, Prey At Night, was relegated to vague collective memory, someone evidently concluded that the original The Strangers deserved another run. The producers appear … Read more

Tarot (2024)Director: Spenser Cohen, Anna HalbergScreenwriters: Spenser Cohen, Anna HalbergStarring: Harriet Slater, Adain Bradley, Avantika, Wolfgang Novogratz, Jacob Batalon, Humberly González, Larsen Thompson, Olwen Fouéré Thirteen Ghosts, the 2001 remake of William Castle’s 1960 film, had an appealing premise: lock people in a vast house filled with inventive, menacing spirits, dressed in imaginative costumes and … Read more

Dial M For Murder (1954)Director: Alfred HitchcockScreenwriter: Frederick KnottStarring: Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings, Anthony Dawson, John Williams After plans to direct an adaptation of the 1948 novel The Bramble Bush did not materialize, Alfred Hitchcock returned to theatre-based material for his next film. He adapted Frederick Knott’s successful stage play Dial M For … Read more

If there were an award for the most instantly recognisable voice in cinema history—a single vowel, a single drawn syllable—Vincent Price would be a leading contender. Celebrated across the 20th century as a legend of horror cinema, Price’s range extended far beyond the genre; only about a third of his roles were horror, yet his … Read more

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024)Director: George MillerScreenwriters: George Miller, Nico LathourisStarring: Anya Taylor-Joy, Alyla Browne, Chris Hemsworth, Tom Burke When the director George Miller returns to the wasteland, expectations are inevitably high. Hideo Kojima’s remark—calling Miller a god and his saga a kind of scripture—illustrates the reverence many feel toward the Mad Max universe. … Read more

Run Lola Run (1998)Director: Tom TykwerScreenwriter: Tom TykwerStarring: Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu, Herbert Knaup, Armin Rohde, Nina Petri The film opens with a series of urgent, small events: a phone call, a forgotten bag left on the U-Bahn, and two lovers pushed to the edge. Lola (Franka Potente) has twenty minutes to find 100,000 Deutschmarks … Read more

Three-time Oscar-winning Italian-American director Frank Capra was born in 1897 in Sicily and emigrated with his family to Los Angeles as a child. With an engineer’s mind and a talent for self-promotion and collaboration from early on, it was perhaps inevitable that he would build a career in the movies. Capra confidently talked his way … Read more

The Idea of You (2024)Director: Michael ShowalterScreenwriters: Michael Showalter, Jennifer WestfeldtStarring: Anne Hathaway, Nicholas Galitzine Before Amazon Prime released The Idea of You, its author Robinne Lee—whose 2017 novel inspired the film—pushed back against the notion that her book is merely thinly veiled fan fiction about a specific pop star. Despite her clarification, the movie … Read more

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024)Director: Wes BallScreenwriter: Josh FriedmanStarring: Owen Teague, Freya Allan, Kevin Durand, Peter Macon, William H. Macy, Lydia Peckham, Travis Jeffery, Sara Wiseman, Neil Sandilands, Eka Darville More than half a century after the original film launched an enduring sci-fi franchise, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes arrives … Read more