With his genre-colliding new feature Beckett coming to Netflix in August, filmmaker Ferdinando Cito Filomarino spoke with Film Daze’s Nathaniel Brimmer-Beller on crafting the film’s story, his approach to directing the impressive cast, the detailed use of Greek topography, and the passion…
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Celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, Richard C. Sarafian’s magnificent, exhilarating American odyssey captures this country’s confounding paradoxes like nothing else.…
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Advertisements On first impression, the 1984 thriller Body Double may appear to be writer/director Brian De Palma’s most tongue-in-cheek attempt to do all the Hitchcocks in one. It’s all there: the vertigo from Vertigo, the windows from Rear Window, the schemes of…
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Advertisements Action films can be epic, dramatic, genre-defying, and artistic. They can be star vehicles, choreography showcases, or throwbacks. Some are meant for the widest possible consumption, with edges shaved off or thematic influences dialed up to attract the viewers for whom…
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Clifton Collins Jr. brings a captivating depth to this assured, observant tale of legacy, community and connection.…
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Daniel Kaluuya and Lakeith Stanfield lead an immensely talented ensemble of performers through a confounding tragedy of American moralities.…
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What’s remarkable about our current Black villains is the capacity for complexity and pleasure in their characterization.…
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This Sundance movie is a weak shot of unconvincing iconoclasm, riddled with inconsistency and faux profundity.…
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Darren Knapp and Manuel Crosby have created an exhausting, off-putting adventure that's relentlessly puerile and shallow.…
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Jamila Wignot's incisive, multi-faceted portrait questions celebrity, legacy, and the nuance of African-American artistry.…
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