One of cinemas most misunderstood genres is horror. Many people miss the point of why the horror genre is so powerful. Plenty of viewers love the feeling of being scared, but the misconception is that gore and blood is the key to...
Author - Robert Fantozzi
There has been a lot of discussion in film criticism (and even on this site) regarding whether films lose points for borrowing concepts from earlier classics. As with everything, there’s no clear answer since results can vary...
There’s a common misunderstanding that ‘comic books’ and ‘superheroes’ are the same thing. Comics have many different genres, styles and characters, thus not all of them are superhero stories. For...
This is not a review. The intention of “Debated Films” is to shed light on different perspectives over contentious movies to determine if it deserves praise or criticism. These will be previously released films, so be...
Along with Christopher Nolan, Darren Aronofsky, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Patty Jenkins and Ang Lee, director Judd Apatow came to prominence between the late 1990s and the early 2000s. This means that Apatow is one of the 21st...
The most prominent filmmaking voice in the battle for civil liberties is Spike Lee. The director has made a career with films about racism, inequality and abuse of power. Lee’s unique body of work includes Do The Right Thing...
This is not a review. The intention of “Debated Films” is to shed light on different perspectives over contentious movies to determine if it deserves praise or criticism. These will be previously released films, so be...
In case there are some who don’t know what a cinematic universe is, it’s a series of films which take place in the same fictional universe, despite each film having different tones and different characters. A common rule is a...
Crime films often unpack the shocking lives of mobsters and murderers. Filmmakers like Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, Brian De Palma and Michael Mann have made their careers depicting these gruesome stories. For decades...
Most audiences have a complicated relationship with arthouse cinema. We love to see original things and have new experiences, but it can be downright frustrating when the experience is barely recognisable as a story. If the...