Subgenre: Wuxia Film

Wuxia As I explore San Francisco, home of the illustrious Chinatown, I consider the contributions of Hong Kong and Taiwan to world cinema. One of the most prominent film styles used by Chinese filmmakers is the Wuxia film. There is a lot to love and appreciate about these films and their place in cinema in […]

Nightcrawler – 2014

Nightcrawler sounds like it is a movie about a gaunt man who invades people’s lives and generally acts creepy. In this case, the title proves completely accurate. Jake Gyllenhaal gives the performance of his career as Lou Bloom a broke criminal who becomes obsessed with filming violent crimes and selling the footage to a local […]

Interstellar – 2014

Christopher Nolan is a filmmaker. He ascends beyond the title of director and into a territory that only some of the greats have ever achieved. Interstellar is one of his bolder efforts and it pays off handsomely, with a message that rings truer with every passing year. The film focuses on a space expedition to […]

Baby Driver – 2017

Edgar Wright’s Baby Driver is possibly the best movie of 2017. There are a lot of great things about this film, but there is no discussion about this film without mentioning the score. The creative way that Wright incorporates music into this film is half the reason it turned out so successful. The cast is […]

Fight Club – 1999

I’m not supposed to talk about Fight Club. I’m not supposed to talk about Fight Club. But, what the hell. Brad Pitt and Edward Norton star as two men with serious anger issues who use their repressed anger to form a club dedicated to a baser human instinct. The focus of the film is not […]

Argo – 2012

Life is not always thrilling. Most films based on true events have a slow swell, but on occasion there are real-life events that are so intense they beg to be made into films. One such example is Argo. Argo is based on the true story of a CIA operative who is sent to Iran to […]