I know that may be the new norm for stores in the U.S., but it feels wrong to hear ”White Christmas” the first week of November. And honestly, I don’t…
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Daniel Suddes lives in Atlanta and is a panelist on the "Myopia: Defend Your Childhood" podcast (myopia.dudeletter.com).
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Halloween gets all the movie nerds excited. This is the season where it becomes not only socially acceptable to watch gory films, but it’s almost mandatory. It’s also the time…
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My goal with (Not So) Famous Firsts is to remind myself that everyone has stumbling blocks to get over. Steven Spielberg wasn’t automatically a superstar when he directed the made-for-TV…
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I was fortunate enough to see Apocalypse Now during its recent IMAX rerelease. It was advertised as the ”Final Cut,” like the release Blade Runner received on its 25th anniversary….
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The most influential figure on the new Hollywood era was Roger Corman. He’s the one who gave Martin Scorsese, Peter Bogdanovich, Monte Hellman, Johnathan Demme, Robert Towne, Nicolas Roeg, and…
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Ah, summer. It was the most important season in our adolescent lives. These days, summer to me is exciting because it means the school buses won’t affect my morning commute…
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A smart film critic (possibly Ken Hanke) once wrote, ”Filmmakers start by remaking things they admired in childhood.” I am not able to find out exactly who wrote this, partly…
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In a career spanning 34 years, director Terry Zwigoff has only directed four major films. His 1994 feature Crumb may be the greatest American documentary ever made. He followed that…
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“If you asked a random person what their most anticipated release of April 2019 was, they likely said Avengers: Endgame. Yet I picked The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, Gilliam’s…
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Ryan Coogler has only directed three feature films, but he’s already attained the success very few filmmakers ever attain in their careers. Coogler not only revived a dead franchise for…
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Since Generation X filmmakers came of age, comic books have been the driving narrative force behind every other piece of media in existence. Black Panther won three Oscars and Marvel’s…
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It’s been five years since Alfonso CuarÁ³n released Gravity and won the Best Director Oscar. But with the release of Roma he’s once again the front runner at the Oscars…
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I don’t hate Christmas. I enjoy the time I get to spend with my family and the time I get to take off from work. I also enjoy seeing people…
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WarnerMedia announced its streaming service FilmStruck announced last month that it was shutting down on November 29. The reasons WarnerMedia gave to Variety for the decision were, at best, unsatisfactory….
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Most horror films, while capable of offering a great thrill ride for their run time and make people confront the dark ideas they present, aren’t capable of being truly scary….
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The fandom behind The Rocky Horror Picture Show is something I have never really understood. I’ve tried to, because for more than forty years, Rocky Horror has been the yardstick…
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September is here, which means there is still a ”back to school” feeling in the air, even for people who work year-round. I still have a wistful sadness at the…
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Legendary spaghetti western director Sergio Leone was obsessed with genre pictures but was ignorant of the constraints traditional Hollywood studios forced on directors. He made some incredible films and his…
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I’m becoming a big fan of Fathom Events. They’ve reinvigorated what going to the movie theater means for me. For a while, revivals and reissues were completely dead. There was…
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I remember when Iron Man was released in 2008. At the time, Everyone considered it a mad experiment. Tony Stark was not someone known to a large audience and Robert…
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I was two years old when the Berlin Wall came down and four when the Soviet Union dissolved. For most of my life, the idea of a nuclear war was…
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These days, it seems like Sam Peckinpah will be remembered more for his outrageous behavior than for his films — if he’s remembered at all. Once Hollywood’s greatest enfant terrible,…
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I’ve long been fascinated by movies that, for one reason or another, were never filmed or released. What would it have been like if Stanley Kubrick actually got to film…
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Film genres can be susceptible to changing tastes. Hollywood has abandoned many ideas that were once standard. But that doesn’t mean the impact those genres had went away. This series…
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I have long been a fan of Terry Gilliam. His Brazil is my favorite film of all time. But to say he’s been an inconsistent filmmaker is an understatement. I…
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Ridley Scott is unusual amongst A-list directors. He has several classics to his name, but is still not mentioned in the same breath as directors like Steven Spielberg or James…
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Daniel Suddes imagines what the sequels to five ’80s cult classics would look like.
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In memory of Tobe Hooper, we look at the three movies he directed for Cannon Films in the ’80s.
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The loss of George A. Romero earlier this year robbed us one of the great American filmmakers. But everyone used the opportunity to only discuss the Dead films. It’s not…
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In the last decade, Kathryn Bigelow has become the most famous female American director. She has become the new chronicler of recent American history. Much like Oliver Stone’s films, her…