conspiracy

A Theory of Conspiracies: What Paranoid Cinema Tells Us About Ourselves
A Theory of Conspiracies: What Paranoid Cinema Tells Us About Ourselves

Blake Collier examines how an understanding of conspiracies in film speaks more about ourselves than the puppeteers behind them.

π is the vivid, paranoid fantasy of the modern conspiracy theorist.
π is the Vivid, Paranoid Fantasy of the Modern Conspiracy Theorist

We discuss Darren Aronofsky’s Pi, a film about conspiracies and obsessions that is relevant in the modern age.

Louis Le Prince: The Unsolved Disappearance of the Father of Cinema
Louis Le Prince: The Unsolved Disappearance Of The Father Of Cinema

When you think of the “father of cinema” or the one person that might have…

ILLUMINATED: Johnny Royal’s New Documentary Seeks To Illuminate The Illuminati

The new documentary Illuminated: The True Story of the Illuminati explores the elusive group. We spoke with director and freemason Johnny Royal.

THE 27 CLUB: Modern Folk Lore Done So, So Wrong
THE 27 CLUB: Modern Folk Lore Done So, So Wrong

The 27 Club is a cheaply made streaming title with little to no thought put into it – there was a seed of an idea here but nobody to tend the garden.

BOB LAZAR: AREA 51 & FLYING SAUCERS: One Small Step For Man, One Giant Leap To Conclusions

Bob Lazar: Area 51 & Flying Saucers takes for face value the fact that UFOs exist is the least of its problems – the poor quality of filming and story do far more damage at derailing the narrative.

THE SPY WHO DUMPED ME: Mila Kunis & Kate McKinnon Save The World
THE SPY WHO DUMPED ME: Mila Kunis & Kate McKinnon Save The World

There’s certainly fun to be had with this deeply silly slice of R-rated raunchiness, yet The Spy Who Dumped Me struggles to balance its crass brand of humor with shocking bursts of carnage.

1922: A Man Unraveled By Guilt
1922: A Man Unraveled By Guilt

1922 is a movie experience that does its due diligence to fester, just like the body that resides at the center of Wilfred’s shame.

OPERATION AVALANCHE Writer Josh Boles On Kubrick, Conspiracy Theories & Scripting Naturalism
OPERATION AVALANCHE Writer Josh Boles On Kubrick, Conspiracy Theories & Scripting Naturalism

In this interview Josh Boles, the writer behind the mockumentary directed by Matt Johnson called Operation Avalanche, we discuss conspiracy theories, Kubrick, and more.

CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR As Generic As A Film Can Get
CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR: As Generic As A Film Can Get

Despite the title being one of the most fascinating I’ve seen in a while, Careful What You Wish For, directed by Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum, is about as painfully average as a neo-noir thriller film can get. You will not be surprised or fascinated at any point in this film, where a younger man takes an older woman (Isabel Lucas) as his lover. Though, said older woman isn’t all that much older than him, sadly showing how limited roles for women are in this industry.

THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE: A Cold War Thriller for the Internet Age

Frank Sinatra, whose 100th birthday would have been this December, was one of the great entertainers of the 20th century. He had an exceptional voice that made him perhaps the most influential vocalist in history, but Sinatra doesn’t sing a note in his best movie, the Cold War thriller The Manchurian Candidate (1962). This deft political drama, which wouldn’t have been made without Sinatra’s intervention, uncannily predicts many of the tumultuous events of the 1960s and beyond.