Black and White

Nosferatu remake banner

The Anatomy of a Remake: Nosferatu

Avatar for Scout HinsonScout HinsonScout Hinson

The hellish vampire had a miniature revival with the 2024 Robert Eggers film Nosferatu. This is one of many retellings of a gothic tale over two centuries old. Looking back, the original Nosferatu is a German Expressionist film released in 1922 in Germany and 1929 ... Read More

Nosferatu: A Century of Horror

Avatar for Dana HeathDana HeathDana Heath

Some concepts are older than they seem. ‘Breaking the 4th wall’ is considered a television term, yet authors as old as Shakespeare, Cervantes, and Chaucer have used that concept in their work. Likewise, obscure knock-off films have gained notoriety as being, say, the ‘Turkish Star ... Read More

100 Years In The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari

Avatar for Dana HeathDana HeathDana Heath

The 2000s and 2010s saw a few early entries reach their centenaries, like Paul Wegener’s The Golem from 1915 along with early films from Charlie Chaplin. However, the 2020s will be when cinema’s biggest early classics hit their triple digit anniversaries. There is Harold Lloyd dangling ... Read More

Empathy Inc (Movie Review)

Avatar for Dana HeathDana HeathDana Heath

The Nineties ended long ago, yet the appeal of virtual reality lives on. The likes of Oculus Rift, PS VR and VIVE let people play the kind of VR games people could only dream about back in the past. Even beyond the machines themselves, there ... Read More

1985 (Movie Review)

Avatar for Dana HeathDana HeathDana Heath

No, Yen Tan’s new film 1985 is not an adaptation of Anthony Burgess’ Orwell tribute 1985. Nor is it a Yellow Submarine-esque cinematic expansion on the Bowling For Soup song. It is more of a Texas-based take on 1994’s Philadelphia, with its dramatic tale of ... Read More