Cinemania

Ishtar couldn’t possibly be as bad as people say, right?

The worst crime of any comedy is being unfunny, and Ishtar is a comedy-jailable offense

‘Bugonia’ is a parable

Whatever you call it, Yorgos Lanthimos’s challenging film deserves its Best Picture nom

Audio in the Visual Medium

Film is often labelled the visual medium, due to the fact that films are moving pictures. Techniques from the realms of photography and…

Is The Era of the Celebrity Roast Dead?

Reactions to the Kevin Hart Roast have been divisive

The Most Influential Horror Movies of the 1990s

A period that saw the genre get a much-needed shot in the arm

When War Becomes Childhood

Tarkovsky’s Ivan’s Childhood and the Psychology of Adapting to Trauma

Loki and the Long Way to Becoming

A story about identity, choice, and the long road to a glorious purpose

Sheep Work Together To Solve Their Shepherd’s Murder

A film review of The Sheep Detectives

You Never Lived This Life, So Why Do You Miss It?

How modern cinema creates nostalgia for lives we’ve never lived

The Death of The Theater Seat

Why We Prefer To Rot On Our Own Couches

Taxi Driver at 50

Martin Scorsese’s neo-noir masterpiece is as relevant today as it was in 1976.

Movies Like This Exist Because We Keep Going To See Them

Jurassic Park: Rebirth and the endless slog of retreads

Windows into Queer Cinema

I Embarked on a Big Bold Beautiful Journey of My Own

I cannot rewind the tape of my life

How I made a $0 short film to talk about AI’s threat to human critical thinking

Documenting a 2-minute satire on the dangers of using AI too much in our day-to-day lives.

It Took Me 2 Months To Watch All 331 Episodes of ER

At this point, I might be able to insert an IV

Whiplash: The Movie That Made Me Rethink Success

There are some movies you enjoy and forget after a few days. Then there are movies like Whiplash that stay in your head long after the…

Obsession Review & The Rise of a New Horror Generation

Should we be obsessed with this massive hit film, or is it simply a fad?

“Reflection of You” (2021): A Complementary Play of Selfishness and Betrayal

The portrayal of personality and complex human relationships through the symbolism of fine art

Why Tarkovsky’s Stalker Feels More Relevant Than Ever

How did Tarkovsky predict the humanity’s spiritual collapse?

Movie Potluck | Films That Traumatized You

Or: what does Batman have in common with Pennywise?

The Lunchbox and the Weight of a Question

Budapest is a city that carries its history on its sleeves. You meet interesting people in such places, the kind who travel not just for…

Galactic Grit or Just… Okay? A Review of Supergirl (2026)

A Portrait of Trauma, With a Side of Space-Biker Chaos

The Most Personal Film Ever Made — And Why It’s About You Too

How Tarkovsky’s Mirror exposes the destructive power of nostalgia and the childhood that never really existed

I’m Drunk, I Love You, and a Movie Review

It’s better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all