For six years, /Film was my home for film and television criticism. From June 2017 to June 2021, I contributed to the site on a freelance, article-by-article basis. From July 2021 to July 2023, I maintained an hourly News Writer position. More recently, I’ve branched out and contributed to Inverse and Dread Central. Pull-quotes from my movie and TV reviews have appeared on Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic, in the Television Academy’s Emmy Magazine, and in official AMC and Toho promos.
This portfolio collects mostly evergreen features—a total of 400 articles, which is just a fraction of my overall output. It’s divided into these sections:
Author’s Note
Streaming Recommendations
Spoiler Reviews
Anniversary Articles
Ending Explainers
Visionary Filmmakers
Superheroes
Horror
Year of the Vampire
Lists
Miscellaneous Features
Movie and TV History
News Archive
Author’s Note
The links below run the gamut from simple 500-word articles to deep dives over 3,000 words, and everything in between.
For the most part, I’m proud of my work, though it’s obviously not perfect. There may be occasional published typos, screwy images or indentation, and other goofs and glitches. As a writer, I could always request corrections, but certain things were above my pay grade to fix.
Just a little disclaimer from an OCD gent whose early writing may yet be naïve in the way of a fanboy or dilettante. The more I learn about the craft and commerce of film, the more humbled I am by how much more there is yet to know. This portfolio just demonstrates the learning experience I had over time while writing about Hollywood from an overseas perspective. (I’ve worked remotely from Tokyo since 2017.) Each article reflects how I felt at the time and how my interests aligned with those of my editors.
I reserve the right to change my opinion. That opinion should only ever be viewed in the spirit of constructive criticism in a writing workshop.
To search for a specific movie or TV title I might have covered, you can do the “Find on Page” thing in your mobile browser, or hit the usual keyboard shortcuts on your computer (Command + F for a Mac, Ctrl + F for Windows).
I also have three separate portfolios with more extensive writing on Star Wars, Japanese films, and Disney parks.
Unless otherwise noted, all the links below are to /Film.
Streaming Recommendations
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)
Black Mirror, “Fifteen Million Merits” (2011)
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
Civil War (2024) [Inverse Article]
Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel (2021)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Five Easy Pieces (1970) / The Last Detail (1973)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009, 2011)
Inception (2010) [Inverse Article]
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
Mobile Suit Gundam (1979–1980)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
No Sudden Move (2021) / Kimi (2022)
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
Ringu (1998) / The Ring (2002)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
Stranger Things 2, 3, 4 (2017, 2019, 2022)
Under the Banner of Heaven (2022)
Wes Craven’s New Nightmare (1994)
Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021)
Spoiler Reviews
Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (2018)
Dark Winds, Season 1 (2022) - Non-Spoiler Review
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019)
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time (2021)
Foundation, Season 2 (2023) - Non-Spoiler Review
Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
Godzilla Minus One (2023) [Dread Central Article] - Non-Spoiler Review
Godzilla: The Planet Eater (2018) - Non-Spoiler Review
Godzilla Singular Point (2021) - Non-Spoiler Review
The Matrix Resurrections (2021)
Ozark, Season 4, Part 1 (2022)
Ozark, Season 4, Part 2 (2022)
Peaky Blinders, Season 6 (2022) - Non-Spoiler Review
Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019)
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
Station Eleven (2021–2022) - Non-Spoiler Review
Station Eleven (2021–2022) - Spoiler Review
What We Do in the Shadows, Season 5 (2023) - Non-Spoiler Review
Anniversary Articles
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
Batman: The Animated Series (1992)
The Dark Knight (2008) [Inverse Article]
District 9 (2009) [Inverse Article]
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
The Last Samurai (2003) [Inverse Article]
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
Lost, “The End” (2010) [Inverse Article]
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
The Passion of the Christ (2004)
Planet of the Apes (1968) / 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Return of the Jedi (1983) - 35th Anniversary
Return of the Jedi (1983) - 40th Anniversary
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
The Terminator (1984) [Inverse Article]
The X-Files, “Pilot” (1993) [Inverse Article]
Ending Explainers
I approached each one of these as an ending analyzed rather than an ending “explained.”
Arcane: League of Legends (2021)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)
Visionary Filmmakers
This Bomb Is Mobile: ‘The Dark Knight’ Trilogy as an American Time Capsule (Blog Post)
You Have Chosen Wisely: Why The Last Crusade Is the Greatest Indiana Jones Movie
The Oscars Aren't Where Steven Spielberg's The Fabelmans and West Side Story Needed to Win
How Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio Managed to Outdo Disney
How Jordan Peele's Us and Nope Pay Homage to This Steven Spielberg Monster Movie Classic
It's Time to Admit Matt Reeves Is One of Our Best Blockbuster Auteurs
An overview of all the 21st-century films he directed before The Batman, with commentary on Cloverfield (2008), Let Me In (2010), Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014), and War for the Planet of the Apes (2017).
Dune Book to Screen: Denis Villeneuve's Film Flows With the Spirit of Frank Herbert
Christopher Nolan's Filmography Predicted Our Current Masked, Muffled Reality
Read it before judging? Or at least scroll down through the screenshots. Includes sections on The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Interstellar (2014), Dunkirk (2017), and Tenet (2020).
How ‘The Irishman’ Culminates the Greatest Director and Actor Collaboration in Film History
The Films of M. Night Shyamalan Revisited: The Twists, the Triumphs, and the Turkeys
All the movies he directed and a few other projects linked to him from 1999 to 2019. The Sixth Sense (1999), Unbreakable (2000), Signs (2002), The Buried Secret of M. Night Shyamalan (2004), The Village (2004), Lady in the Water (2006), The Happening (2008), The Last Airbender (2010), Devil (2010), After Earth (2013), Wayward Pines (2015), The Visit (2015), and Split (2017), with a pre-release section on Glass (2019).
How ‘Pacific Rim’ Drew Me Into Guillermo del Toro’s World of Monsters
Why Christopher Nolan Was the Quintessential Filmmaker of the 2000s
With sections on Memento (2000), Insomnia (2002), Batman Begins (2005), The Prestige (2006), The Dark Knight (2008), and the 2009 Inception trailer.
Superheroes
Spider-Man Movies Ranked From Worst to Best
The Amazing Spider-Man (2012), Spider-Man 3 (2007), The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014), Spider-Man (2002), Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019), Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023), Spider-Man 2 (2004), Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018).
Let's Talk About the [REDACTED] Cameo in Shazam! Fury Of The Gods and What It Means for the Future
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania Doesn't Do Justice to the Marvel Comics MODOK
The Classic 1920s Silent Film That Inspired the Joker
The Man Who Laughs (1928).
Moon Knight Should Have Been a Movie
Why Has Tom Holland’s Spider-Man Never Been the Star of His Own Movie?
The true star, that is.
5 Comics to Read Before Watching The Batman
HBO’s ‘Watchmen’ Demonstrates the Right Way to “Remix” a Classic
Joker’s Wild: Ranking the Cinematic Versions of the Clown Prince of Crime
As seen in Suicide Squad (2016), The Lego Batman Movie (2017), Batman: The Movie (1966), Joker (2019), Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993), Batman (1989), and The Dark Knight (2008).
How ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Wraps Up the Threads of Previous Films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Guillermo del Toro’s Vision for ‘Hellboy’ Gave Us a Rare Pair of Truly Auteur-Driven Superhero Films
‘Unbreakable’ Was a Superhero Movie Years Ahead of Its Time
How Martin Scorsese's 'The King of Comedy' and DC Comics History Could Inform the Joker Origin Movie
The 20 Best Marvel Movies of the Last 20 Years
Pre-Avengers: Endgame. Published in August 2018. X2: X-Men United (2003), Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), Iron Man 3 (2013), Ant-Man (2015), Deadpool 2 (2018), Doctor Strange (2016), X-Men: First Class (2011), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), Spider-Man 2 (2004), X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Thor: Ragnarok (2017), Captain America: Civil War (2016), The Avengers (2012), Logan (2017), Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Iron Man (2008), Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), and Black Panther (2018).
From Fanboy Fanatic to Writer: A Deeply Personal History with 'The Dark Knight'
12 Iconic Marvel Comics Moments That 'Avengers: Infinity War' Brings to Life
How 'Thor: Ragnarok' Changes the Character's Movie and Comics History
Horror
In Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s ‘Cure’, Stress Relief Means Murder (Dread Central Article)
A Night Alone in the ‘Ringu’ Cabin (Dread Central Article)
Folk Horror World Tour: 10 International Titles From the Last 100 Years
Häxan (1922), The White Reindeer (1952), Onibaba (1964), Witchfinder General (1968), Wake in Fright (1971), Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975), November (2017), Luz: The Flower of Evil (2019), The Medium (2021), and Lamb (2021).
What Are the Elements of a Good Horror Comedy (Beyond Comedy and Horror)?
With sections on Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) and An American Werewolf in London (1981).
Ivan Reitman Rewrote the Rules of Genre Cinema With Ghostbusters
Every Alien Movie Ranked from Worst to Best
Alien Resurrection (1997), Prometheus (2012), Alien 3 (1992), Alien: Covenant (2017), Aliens (1986), and Alien (1979).
How ‘The Stepford Wives’ and ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ Influenced the Films of Jordan Peele
Counting Down the 10 Scariest and Most Evil Children in Horror Movies
In reverse chronological order. Goodnight Mommy (2015), We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011), The Ring (2002) / Ringu (1998), Interview with the Vampire (1994), Pet Sematary (1989), The Shining (1980), The Omen (1976), The Exorcist (1973), Rosemary’s Baby (1968), and Village of the Damned (1960).
Those other five films are Hereditary (2018), Apostle (2018), The Ritual (2017), Cabin in the Woods (2012), and Kill List (2011).
The Arc of Rick Grimes and How the Very Idea That Inspired 'The Walking Dead' Fatally Undermined It
Includes sections on 1922 (2017), Gerald’s Game (2017), Mr. Mercedes, Season 1 (2017), 11.22.63 (2016), and Castle Rock, Season 1 (2018).
Let's Talk About Why the Original 'Predator' Is So Great
8 Great Asian Horror Films That Hollywood Hasn't Remade
Cure (1997), Audition (1999), Dumplings (2004), Noroi: The Curse (2005), Thirst (2009), The Wailing (2016), Train to Busan (2016, since developed into an upcoming remake), and Under the Shadow (2016).
Dissecting Three of the Scariest Stephen King Movie Moments
From The Mist (2007), Misery (1990), and The Shining (1980).
The Unpopular Opinion: 'The Shining' TV Miniseries Is a Worthy Companion Piece to Kubrick's Film
YEAR OF THE VAMPIRE
Other writers contributed to this year-long series, based on a pitch of mine. This isn't a full list of every movie we covered, just the ones I wrote about. During the Year of the Vampire, I also wrote a script for a vampire mockumentary called “All the Livelong Night,” which was a semifinalist in the 2022 Austin Film Festival screenwriting competition.
Interview with the Vampire (1994)
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (1922)
Salem's Lot (1979), The X-Files, "Bad Blood" (1998), Buffy the Vampire Slayer, "Hush" (1999), The Strain, "Night Zero" (2014), Castlevania, Season 1 (2017), Dracula (2020), What We Do in the Shadows, "On the Run" (2020), Midnight Mass (2021), and Interview with the Vampire, Season 1 (2022).
Year of the Vampire: 20 More 20th-Century Films to Quench Your Thirst for Blood
Drácula (1931, Spanish), Mark of the Vampire (1935), Isle of the Dead (1945), Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948), The White Reindeer (1952), The Brides of Dracula (1960), Black Sunday (1960), Black Sabbath (1963), Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966), The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967), Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968), The Omega Man (1971), The Night Stalker (1972), Blacula (1972), The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974), Vampire's Kiss (1988), Nadja (1994), Habit (1997), John Carpenter's Vampires (1998), and Immortality (1998).
Year of the Vampire: 21 21st-Century Vampire Films to End the Rain of Blood
Blood: The Last Vampire (2000), Dracula 2000 (2000), Blade II (2002), Night Watch (2004), I Am Legend (2007), The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009), Stake Land (2010), Fright Night (2011), Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012), Kiss of the Damned (2012), Rigor Mortis (2013), Dracula Untold (2014), Bloodsucking Bastards (2015), My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To (2020), Vampires vs. The Bronx (2020), Boys from County Hell (2020), Jakob's Wife (2021), Day Shift (2022), The Invitation (2022), House of Darkness (2022), and Blood Relatives (2022).
Lists
The 15 Apple TV+ Shows That Justify a Subscription
Updated in June 2023. Ted Lasso (2020–present), Silo (2023–present), Foundation (2021–present), Severance (2022–present), Black Bird (2022), Shining Girls (2022), Losing Alice (2020), The Mosquito Coast (2021–2023), Servant (2019–2023), Dr. Brain (2021), Calls (2021), See (2019–2022), Dickinson (2019–2021), For All Mankind (2019–present), and Invasion (2021–present).
Joshua Meyer’s Favorite Movies of All Time
A quick overview of my taste in the summer of 2021, just before writing about movies became my day job and I started digging deeper into film history and world cinema. It’s pretty mainstream in an IMDb Top 250 sort of way:
Ikiru (1952), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), Get Out (2017), Psycho (1960), The Thin Red Line (1998), Kill Bill, Vol. 1 (2003), The Master (2012), Goodfellas (1990), Alien (1979), Ghostbusters (1984), Apocalypse Now (1979), No Country for Old Men (2008), The Dark Knight (2008), The Shawshank Redemption (1994), and The Empire Strikes Back (1980).
10 Single-Location Movies That Show You Don’t Need a Big Budget to Tell a Good Story
Films made on a budget of $10 million or less, when adjusted for inflation. Rear Window (1954), 12 Angry Men (1957), My Dinner with Andre (1981), Clerks (1995), Buried (2010), The Raid (2011), Coherence (2013), The One I Love (2014), The Invitation (2015), and Wheelman (2017).
From ‘Patton’ to ‘1917’: The 20 Best War Movies of the Last Half-Century
The other films covered are The Deer Hunter (1978), Apocalypse Now (1979), Platoon (1986), Full Metal Jacket (1987), Glory (1989), Saving Private Ryan (1998), The Thin Red Line (1998), Three Kings (1999), Downfall (2004), Letters from Iwo Jima (2006), The Hurt Locker (2009), Inglourious Basterds (2009), Fury (2014), American Sniper (2014), Hacksaw Ridge (2016), and Dunkirk (2017).
10 Great Filmmakers Who Never Won the Academy Award for Best Director
Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock, Akira Kurosawa, Stanley Kubrick, Sergio Leone, Spike Lee, Quentin Tarantino, Paul Thomas Anderson, Christopher Nolan (pre-Oppenheimer), and David Fincher.
2019 Was a Peak-Geek Year – Where Do We Go from Here?
“A chronological look at twelve larger-than-life events that defined the peak-geek year.” Glass, Us, Game of Thrones, Avengers: Endgame, Dark Phoenix, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Joker, The Irishman, Watchmen, The Mandalorian, Knives Out, and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.
The 10 Biggest and Best Comeback Films and TV Shows of the Decade
Part of /Film's Best of the 2010s series. Dolemite Is My Name (2019), First Reformed (2017), Split (2017), Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), The Leftovers, Season 2 (2015), Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), Birdman (2014), True Detective, Season 1 (2014), The Master (2012), and The Fighter (2010).
The 9 Best And Worst 'Die Hard' Knock-Offs
Die Hard 2 (1990), Under Siege (1992), Passenger 57 (1992), Cliffhanger (1993), Speed (1994), Sudden Death (1995), Executive Decision (1996), The Rock (1996), and Air Force One (1997).
The Problem with Faith-Based Movies and Four Religious Films That Give the Genre a Good Name
Silence (2016), The Prince of Egypt (1998), The Mission (1986), and Ben-Hur (1959).
10 Great Best Picture Nominees That Should Have Won
Brokeback Mountain (2005), Saving Private Ryan (1998), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Raging Bull (1980), Apocalypse Now (1979), Star Wars (1977), The Exorcist (1973), A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), It’s a Wonderful Life (1946), and The Grapes of Wrath (1940).
Miscellaneous Features
Happy Back to the Future Day! (Inverse Article)
Indiana Jones and the MCU Both Borrow the Same Piece of Strange Real-World History
What do Dial of Destiny and The Winter Soldier have in common?
How Michael Keaton Helped Invent the Cinematic Universe Long Before The Flash
In Jackie Brown (1997) and Out of Sight (1998).
In Black Mirror Season 6, Real Life Tech Horrors Have Finally Caught Up With the Show
The Shadow of the Klingon War Looms Over Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2
Covers Star Trek Discovery, Season 1, the Star Trek: The Original Series episode “Errand of Mercy,” and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.
Is it Really a Star Trek Series If Someone Isn’t Stealing the Enterprise?
Covers the Original Series two-parter “The Menagerie,” Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, and the Next Generation episode “Brothers.”
The Major Differences Between the Two All Quiet on the Western Front Films
Star Trek: Picard Season 3 Just Resolved One of The Next Generation's Biggest Abandoned Storylines
Includes sections on the Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes "Ensign Ro" and "Preemptive Strike."
Star Trek: Picard Season 3 Is Finally Delivering on the Promise of a Classic Next Generation Episode
The penultimate ep of season 1, "Conspiracy."
Ted Lasso Season 3 Wisely Keeps Season 2's Best Subplot In The Mix
But is Ted Lasso really a comedy?
Decades Later, No Movie Theme Song Has Topped Titanic and Celine Dion
Unsolved Mysteries Needs to Talk More About Mental Health
The Rings of Power Season Finale Showed It Can Meet All Your Expectations and Still Be Exciting
The Lesson The Rings of Power Learned From Game Of Thrones
How House of the Dragon and The Rings of Power Rebuild the Worlds of Westeros and Middle-Earth
Liam Neeson's Best Action Movie Is The Grey
William Hurt Gave One of His Briefest Yet Best Performances in A History Of Violence
Why Casino Royale Is the Best James Bond Movie
How 'Servant' Fits Into M. Night Shyamalan's Filmography
What It’s Like Rewatching ‘Game of Thrones’ Once You Know How It Ends
The Best and Worst Aspects of 'Game of Thrones' Serve as a Time Capsule of the 2010s
'Schindler's List' and 'Shoah': How Two of the 20th Century's Greatest Films Illuminate Each Other
Movie and TV History
Up to this point, most of the articles I’ve shared in this portfolio have come from my own ideas or pitches I made. Everything below this line is different in that I grabbed it from an assignment board with pre-generated headlines and SEO prompts. Keeping up the flow of content like that was part of the News Writer job, which came with certain time constraints. This is just a sampling of posts where I was able to spend a few extra minutes researching and/or writing them while on the clock.
Feature-Length
Back To The Future's Original Time Machine Wasn't Nearly As Stylish As The DeLorean
Marty McFly and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
How Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut Changes The Movie (For Better Or Worse)
Westworld Shared More Than Its Filming Location With John Wayne's The Searchers
Jamie Foxx Doesn't Agree With The Backlash Against Quentin Tarantino And Django Unchained
Children Of Men's Car Scenes Called For Inventing Brand-New Camera Tech
The Fascinating True Story Behind The Wolf Of Wall Street
Why The Alien 3 Production Was Such A Nightmare
News-Length
Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park Book Sparked A Major Hollywood Bidding War
True Detective Season 1 Might Be Connected To A Real Louisiana Cult Case
Mission: Impossible — Fallout's Bathroom Scene Took An 'Uncomfortably Long' Time To Film
Despite Parallels, True Detective Season 3 Is Not Based On The West Memphis Three
Mission: Impossible's Iconic CIA Vault Break-In Almost Didn't Make It Into The Movie
Black Mirror's San Junipero Was Inspired By A Real-Life Type Of Therapy
Better Call Saul Season 6 Saved Filming Its Most Emotional Scene For Last
The X-Files' 'Home' Episode Was So Dark, A Fox Executive Phoned The Writers
Gordon Gekko's Famous 'Greed Is Good' Line Was Inspired By An Actual Wall Street Criminal
Stanley Kubrick Needed A New Approach To The Way Lolita Tells Its Story
What Made Toronto The Perfect Setting For Denis Villeneuve's Enemy
Oliver Stone Thinks Val Kilmer's Performance In The Doors Was Doomed To Be Snubbed From The Start
Jacob's Ladder Went Out Of Its Way To Invent A New Vision Of Heaven And Hell
The Original Vision For The Twilight Zone's Nightmare At 20,000 Feet Was A Little More Lighthearted
By Casting Martin Sheen In Badlands, Terrence Malick Might Have Saved His Career
Matthew McConaughey's Contact Role Seemed Hand-Crafted For Him
Once Upon A Time In America Sparked An Obsession For Sergio Leone
Why Sharon Stone Considers Casino The Highlight Of Her Career
The Office's Talking Head Scenes Were Hiding A Subtle Hint About Its Characters
Director Richard Donner Hadn't Properly Watched Superman Before The Film's Premiere
The James Bond Team Was Under Pressure To Nail Spectre's Opening Scene
Steven Spielberg Knew He Was Walking Into A 'Minefield' By Directing Munich
Citizen Kane Wasn't Always Seen As A Cinematic Classic
In The Heat Of The Night Had To Change A Scene If They Wanted Sidney Poitier
Alfred Hitchcock Went Way Off Script While Filming The Ending Of The Birds
The Martian Script Was So Good That It Put Ridley Scott At Ease
Devs' Complexity Comes From One Seemingly Simple Question
Christopher Nolan Looked To Blade Runner For A Key Part Of Batman Begins
Harrison Ford Insisted On Doing One Of The Fugitive's Most Dangerous Stunts
Al Pacino Bit Off More Than He Could Chew Preparing For Serpico
Why Get Out's Ghost Deer Sequence Wasn't In The Finished Film
Why Peter Jackson Cut Tom Bombadil From The Lord Of The Rings
Giancarlo Esposito Doesn't See The Evil In His Better Call Saul And Breaking Bad Character
Why Magnolia Has So Many References To The Book Of Exodus
Francis Ford Coppola Found His Patton Script Was Used In The Most Unusual Way
The Silence Of The Lambs Proves Less Is More When It Comes To Horror
How One Night Of Drinking Landed Tim Roth His Reservoir Dogs Role
Steven Spielberg Knows What Went Wrong With The Lost World: Jurassic Park
The Haunting True Story That Inspired A Nightmare On Elm Street
How Kim Jee-Woon Pulled Off I Saw The Devil's Frantic Taxi Scene
The French Connection's Famous Chase Scene Was Filmed In An Extremely Reckless Way
The RoboCop Script Spent Some Time In Paul Verhoeven's Trash Can
The North By Northwest Scene That Sparked A Government Controversy
Why Bathrooms Always Mean Bad News In Stanley Kubrick Films
Why A Clockwork Orange Couldn't Be Seen In U.K. Cinemas For Over 25 Years
The Real-Life Trauma That Inspired The Taxi Driver Script
The Nightmarish Inspiration Behind The Terminator
The Impressive Story Of How Saving Private Ryan's D-Day Sequence Was Shot
Why Night Of The Living Dead Was Mired In Controversy After Release
News Archive
There were even fewer minutes available to write breaking news stories since those were, by their very nature, more urgent and less evergreen. If something Marvel-related, let’s say, was deemed time-sensitive, I might have to crank out a post with a pizza-delivery deadline of 30 to 45 minutes.
In this way, the two years I spent working full-time at /Film kept me busy living my own best Spider-Man 2 life—as a moped driver and deliverer of movie news instead of pizzas. Between July 2021 and June 2023, I wrote hundreds of news stories. This is just a time capsule of news that inspired the most watercooler discussion, news that still holds some historical value or offbeat reading appeal, and news that enriched or enlarged my personal understanding of the entertainment industry.
JUNE 24, 2023 - Directors Guild Votes To Ratify Deal With Studios And Streamers, Avoiding Strike
JUNE 21, 2023 - In Secret Invasion, Nick Fury Is Tired — Oh So Very Tired
JUNE 3, 2023 - Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Mended Frustrations Over The Original Series
MAY 27, 2023 - Christina Ricci Thinks The 'Wilderness' Is A Crutch For The Yellowjackets Characters
MAY 21, 2023 - Former Osage Nation Chief Praises Martin Scorsese's Killers Of The Flower Moon
MAY 1, 2023 - Everything We Know About Oppenheimer
APRIL 29, 2023 - Mrs. Davis Episode 5 Finally Reveals Dr. Schrodinger's Connection To The Quest
MARCH 20, 2023 - The Last Of Us Almost Had An Even Darker Ending To Sam And Henry's Story
MARCH 19, 2023 - Why The Daughters Of Atlas Were The Shazam! Fury Of The Gods Villains Instead Of Mr. Mind
FEB. 17, 2023 - Guardians Of The Galaxy: Vol 3: Release Date, Cast, And More
FEB. 12, 2023 - The Last Of Us Creators Made A Pact To Get Matching Tattoos If The Show Was Successful
FEB. 6, 2023 - Jonathan Groff Sang His Frozen 2 Song On The Knock At The Cabin Set Because Of Course He Did
JAN. 31, 2023 - James Gunn Wants His DC Universe To 'Elevate' Writers Again And Make Sure Scripts Are Ready Before They Shoot
JAN. 13, 2023 - The Pale Blue Eye's Final Scene Took 12 To 14 Hours To Film
JAN. 6, 2023 - Tar Is Getting A Cinematic Universe With Todd Field's New Short The Fundraiser
DEC. 20, 2022 - Avatar 2’s Opening Weekend Caused A Stock Market Drop For Movie Theaters
DEC. 8, 2022 - Hunters Season 2 Teaser Offers A First Look At Udo Kier As Hitler
DEC. 5, 2022 - Moonlight Director Barry Jenkins Praises Ryan Coogler's Handling Of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
NOV. 21, 2022 - Avatar: The Way Of Water Trailer: Mount Your Banshees For Another Trip To Pandora
NOV. 21, 2022 - 15 Years Later, Frank Darabont Stands By The Mist’s Divisive Gut-Punch Of An Ending [Exclusive]
OCT. 18, 2022 - What Can We Expect To See In The Rings Of Power Season 2?
OCT. 3, 2022 - Smile Star Sosie Bacon Continues A Certain Horror Movie Legacy
SEPT. 24, 2022 - Louise Fletcher, Oscar-Winning One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest Actor, Has Died
AUG. 21, 2022 - Aaron Paul And Bryan Cranston Felt Like Prisoners Filming Their Better Call Saul Cameos
JULY 25, 2022 - Jordan Peele Reveals The Opening Credits For The Retro Fictional Sitcom From Nope
JUNE 25, 2022 - Nine Inch Nails Repurposed A Rejected Song From Twin Peaks: The Return – Listen To It Now
JUNE 18, 2022 - Late Show With Stephen Colbert Crew Detained At Capitol While Filming Comedy Skits
JUNE 3, 2022 - David Cronenberg Approaches Directing In The Most Cronenbergian Way Imaginable
JUNE 2, 2022 - Ms. Marvel's Head Writer Insisted On Paying Tribute To A Dearly Departed Avenger
JUNE 2, 2022 - The Wire 20th Anniversary Featurette: ‘What Is It We’re Paying Attention To?’
MAY 24, 2022 - Thor: Love And Thunder Trailer Breakdown: The Story Of The Space Viking
MAY 9, 2022 - Josh Brolin’s Outer Range Shootout Took Place Within 100 Feet Of His No Country For Old Men Shootout
APRIL 18, 2022 - Karyn Kusama’s Dracula Feature Mina Harker Has Been Staked
MARCH 29, 2022 - Top Gun: Maverick Trailer: Get Back In The Danger Zone, For Real This Time
FEB. 28, 2022 - Here Is Ukraine’s President Zelensky As The Voice Of Paddington Bear
JAN. 24, 2022 - Judomaster Is Hiding Throughout The Peacemaker Intro And You Probably Didn't Notice Him
JAN. 21, 2022 - Yellowjackets Originally Killed Off A Key Character In The Pilot Episode
JAN. 5, 2022 - Why Michael Keaton Didn't Return For A Third Batman Movie
DEC. 10, 2021 - The Matrix Resurrections Clip: 'Nothing Comforts Anxiety Like A Little Nostalgia'
DEC. 8, 2021 - The American Film Institute Reveals Top 10 Films Of 2021, Including Dune And West Side Story
DEC. 8, 2021 - Get Out, Eternal Sunshine, And The Social Network Top The WGA's 101 Greatest Screenplays Of The 21st Century (So Far)
DEC. 3, 2021 - Scarlett Johansson Reflects On Black Widow Lawsuit: 'It's Important To Know Your Own Worth'
NOV. 30, 2021 - Denny's Is Promoting The Matrix So You Can See How Deep The Breakfast Menu Rabbit Hole Goes
NOV. 25, 2021 - Jeremy Renner Hopes To See Hawkeye Lead His Own Superhero Team In The MCU
NOV. 25, 2021 - Watch Out, Spider-Man! The Daily Bugle Now Has A TikTok Account & Unpaid Interns
NOV. 18, 2021 - Arcane Act III Teaser: The Video Game Adaptation Curse Is Well And Truly Broken On Netflix
NOV. 13, 2021 - Director Chris Columbus Quit The Harry Potter Series Due To Sheer Exhaustion
NOV. 10, 2021 - Paul Thomas Anderson Doesn't Care If You Stream His Movies
NOV. 9, 2021 - Nearly 29% Of Fans Think This Is Christopher Nolan's Best Movie — We Have Thoughts
NOV. 4, 2021 - This The Harder They Fall Easter Egg Is A Touching Tribute To Chadwick Boseman
OCT. 30, 2021 - Screenwriter Krysty Wilson-Cairns Says Writing Last Night In Soho And 1917 Was A Similar Process [Exclusive]
OCT. 30, 2021 - Sylvester Stallone Doesn't Consider The Rocky Movies Sports Films
OCT. 29, 2021 - Kevin Feige Hints What If...? Characters May Appear In The Core MCU
OCT. 22, 2021 - Cinematographer From Alec Baldwin's Rust Has Died After An On-Set Accident
OCT. 16, 2021 - In Praise Of The New Batmobile, Which Looks Like It F*cking Rules
SEPT. 30, 2021 - The Black Phone: Release Date, Cast, And More
SEPT. 27, 2021 - Licorice Pizza Trailer: Director Paul Thomas Anderson Returns To The 1970s
SEPT. 23, 2021 - Andrew Garfield Explains Why He Plays So Many Religious Characters
SEPT. 22, 2021 - Guillermo Del Toro, Edgar Wright, And Other Directors Share Tales Of Their Unmade Scripts
SEPT. 21, 2021 - Sopranos Creator David Chase Reveals Why He Picked *That* Song For *That* Scene
SEPT. 15, 2021 - Watch Kathryn Bigelow Direct A Scene With The New iPhone
AUG. 30, 2021 - Will There Be A Sequel To Army Of The Dead? Here's What We Know
AUG. 26, 2021 - Michael Caine Says He Spent Eight Years Trying To Not Blink On Camera
AUG. 24, 2021 - Spider-Man: No Way Home Trailer: Doctor Strange And Spidey Break The Multiverse Wide Open
AUG. 17, 2021 - 'Shang-Chi' Early Buzz: The First Reactions To The New Marvel Movie Are Here
AUG. 11, 2021 - Pat Hitchcock, Alfred Hitchcock's Daughter And 'Strangers On A Train' Actress, Dies At 93
AUG. 5, 2021 - Quentin Tarantino Would Love To Make A 'Rambo' Movie With Adam Driver
AUG. 5, 2021 - 'Impeachment: American Crime Story' Teaser Tracks Monica Lewinsky Through The Halls Of The White House
JULY 27, 2021 - 'The Green Knight' Director David Lowery Shares The Five Movies That Inspired Him
JULY 27, 2021 - 'Lamb' Trailer: A24's Latest Gonzo Horror Movie Gets Biblical
JULY 23, 2021 - Kenya Barris-Produced Documentary 'Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali' Will Head To Netflix
JULY 14, 2021 - Who Is "He Who Remains?" Breaking Down The Bombshell Appearance In The 'Loki' Season Finale