Critique: ‘Kids’ (1995)

With a title as innocuous and generic as Kids, one may expect a trite Steve Martin or Robin Williams comedy … More

Critique: ‘Donnie Darko’ (2001)

Richard Kelly, the director of Donnie Darko, best describes the cultural journey of his film in the inlay notes for … More

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind is an adaptation of an autobiographical novel in which the author, Chuck Barris, claims to … More

To contextualise Blue Velvet, it is useful to consider which film Lynch made before it. Released in 1984, Lynch’s film … More

Suggestively comparable to the leading protagonist of their film, Barton Fink was written in a mere three weeks by the … More

When one considers the enormous success of American cinema, or ‘The Dream Factory’, as a cultural form since its inception … More

Although the first X-Men film was shot in Toronto, the following three films in the franchise have all brought their … More

According to the Marvel Universe, the most prominent buildings of New York City are all inhabited by superheroes. The Fantastic … More

As a part of the Canadian ‘Hollywood North’, Vancouver is an attractive place to shoot ‘American’ feature films because it … More