Defiant Success

[For those curious, this is a regular feature over at The Film Experience . Previous entries can be found here .] Repulsion  is one of tho...

The Holocaust has been the focus of various pieces of fiction over the years. Indeed, by this point, it's gotten to levels of over-glo...

There's always a cost to fame. For every fortunate person who manages to make themselves a household name, most of them will give in to ...

In the Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood is  hosting yet another blogathon (her third this year alone) where the theme is (as the titl...

Whenever coming of age is dealt with in fiction, more often than not it involves losing one's virginity. Is that the image we want to pr...

Throughout the years, fiction has frequently depicted holy matrimony. Often times it's depicted as wedded bliss while other times it...

In space, no one can hear you scream. Over the last several years, fiction has taken a particular interest to the science fiction genre. Mor...

For decades, Steven Spielberg has been a very prominent name in Hollywood. Ever since his big break with Jaws  forty years ago, he has dab...

Over the last thirty years or so, Canadian filmmakers have made themselves known in Hollywood. David Cronenberg, Guy Maddin, Sarah Polley....

It's established early on in Edward Zwick's Pawn Sacrifice  that Bobby Fischer (Tobey Maguire) is not of sound mind. The work from...