Remembering Rutger Hauer (1944-2019)

Last week one of the most iconoclastic actors in film passed away after a short illness. Rutger Hauer was one of those performers who elevated every single work he was a part of. He may have sometimes been contrary on-set, but it was always in service of the work. He was an actor’s actor and we … Continue reading →

Remembering Harry Dean Stanton (1926-2017)

This past weekend, we lost one of America’s most iconoclastic character actors, Harry Dean Stanton. With nearly 200 films and television projects on his resume, it’s almost easier to list the films he wasn’t in than the ones he made special just by showing up. He was the working actor’s … Continue reading →

THE FINAL GIRL FULLY FORMED: Wes Craven’s Red Eye

I’m not really into slasher movies. I think part of the reason for that is that gore doesn’t really affect me all that much: I wanted to be a forensic pathologist growing up and saw my first autopsy at the age or 13. To this day, I can eat a rare steak while watching open-heart surgery on … Continue reading →

EVERYTHING IS A MOVIE: Dying Laughing with Scream

Wes Craven’s Scream feels like it was made yesterday and tomorrow simultaneously. It is firmly rooted in the past and it makes twenty years ago look like another universe sometimes. However, the cleverness of the plotting, the snappy dialogue and the pure exuberance of Wes Craven’s craft … Continue reading →

Who’s Dreaming Who? Wes Craven’s New Nightmare

One… Two… Freddy’s coming for you, Wes. Three… Four… Better write one more. Genre-bending1, innovative, and masterful, the late great Wes Craven defined, re-defined, then re-re-defined the horror the genre, bringing to life one of cinema’s most iconic characters and villains of … Continue reading →