Defiant Success

Within the first few moments of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's A Matter of Life and Death , Peter Carter (David Niven) and Ja...

Ah, awards season. That time in every cinephile's year that they love to hate. And no award is "loved" more than the Academy A...

"My life was never my own -- it was charted before I was born." This quote of Lillian Roth's opens Daniel Mann's I'l...

The problem with modern romance films is that everything's been done already. It's the same formula for  every  one. How do you do...

The films of Joel and Ethan Coen frequently feature characters whose lives go from bad to worse and, quite frankly, they deserve it. This ...

We've all seen films revolving around the young couples in the early stages of their relationships, ranging from minor domestic dramas...

Right, so my life is an absolute bore and I'm fairly certain that by the end of this year I'll be taking full advantage of the fact ...

Period pieces are always fascinating to watch, especially if they're set within the last century. Maybe because it's interesting t...

Often times we get films that would make any true cinephile proud. Sometimes it's the aspects of the films, other times it's the a...

Ah, another year has come and gone in an instant. Seems like it was January only yesterday. Anyway, my year had its ups (Toronto Film Festiv...