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10 Best Whodunits Of The 21st Century To Watch Before ‘Glass Onion’
Whodunit or a colloquial elision of “who’s done it?” is a complicated, plot-driven type of detective fiction where the mystery of who committed the murder takes center stage. This mystery subgenre has been a mainstay since the advent of cinema, giving rise to a number of great films that have had an unbreakable influence on […]
Continue readingTrailer Watch: Nina Menkes’s Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power
Independent filmmaker Nina Menkes returns with Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power, a documentary that uses clips from hundreds of films to demonstrate the pervasiveness of the male gaze in the dominant cinematic canon—and the real-world misogyny that Menkes believes these depictions abet. Originally conceived as a presentation that the filmmaker gave at film festivals or as stand-alone talks, […]
Continue readingCitizen Kane Wasn’t Always Seen As A Cinematic Classic
In the annals of movie history, few titles hold as much weight as “Citizen Kane,” which has become shorthand for the Great American Film, like the Great American Novel, and is frequently shortlisted as such. It’s not just the American Film Institute that thinks “Citizen Kane” is the best movie ever made. Once every 10 years, the […]
Continue readingUK-Ireland cinema release calendar: latest updates for 2022
Keep track of when films are coming out in the territory.Screen is listing the release dates for films in the UK and Ireland in the calendar below.For distributors who wish to add/amend a date on the calendar, please get in touch with Screen here.Screen also has an awards season calendar for 2022, here.JanuaryJanuary 1Licorice Pizza […]
Continue reading‘The Girl Before’ Review: Gugu Mbatha-Raw Commands HBO Max’s Hitchcockian Mystery
There’s a feeling of familiarity in Lisa Brühlmann’s adaptation of J.P. Delaney’s “The Girl Before.” It’s possible that feeling comes from how deeply inspired it seems by Hitchcock features, particularly “Vertigo.” Or maybe it’s how the story weaves between two separate women who share far more in common than they realize. Brühlmann herself has worked […]
Continue readingThe Daily Stream: No Wonder They Say Vertigo Is The Greatest Movie Of All Time
(Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.)The Movie: “Vertigo”Where You Can Stream It: The Roku ChannelThe Pitch: “Do you believe that someone out of the past, someone dead, can enter and take possession […]
Continue readingAs Eva Marie Saint Turns 97, Celebrating Her Seductive Turn in ‘North by Northwest’
In a career that spans more than seven decades, Eva Marie Saint has won an Oscar, played Superman’s mom, and acted alongside screen legends such as Paul Newman, Montgomery Clift and Marlon Brando. A versatile performer, she appeared in comedies, historical epics (“Raintree County”), social dramas (“On the Waterfront”), and misbegotten superhero films (“Superman Returns”). […]
Continue readingDaily Podcast: Indiana Jones 5, Vertigo, The Conjuring, Loki, and More
On the June 7, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by writer Chris Evangelista to talk about the latest film and TV news, including Indiana Jones 5, The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, a Vertigo video game, The Munsters movie, and the Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse sequel […]
Continue reading23 Best Picture Nominees That Deserved to Win the Oscar
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has a long history of overlooking the greatest films ever made for Best Picture. Many cinephiles are quick to point out Orson Welles’ “Citizen Kane” losing to John Ford’s “How Green Was My Valley” at the 14th Academy Awards, though it’s not like Ford’s emotionally satisfying family […]
Continue readingBest Alfred Hitchcock Movie Box Sets and Merchandise
All products and services featured by IndieWire are independently selected by IndieWire editors. However, IndieWire may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes.Having helped define the idea of the cinematic thriller, Alfred Hitchcock is revered as one of the most prolific […]
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