Author Archives: Bolaji O

250 critics, programmers, academics, and distributors have spoken. Sure, the decade is officially not over, but we couldn’t help but be quick on the trigger and survey the industry about the best of the past ten years.This past fall, World … Continued

It seems harder and harder for a director to find himself an acting muse in today’s moviemaking landscape. Gone are the legendary collaborations that used to fire up the cinematic senses. I’m thinking Scorsese/De Niro, Wilder/Lemmon, Hitchcock/Stewart, Fellini/Mastroianni, Kazan/Brando, Brooks/Wilder, … Continued

Simu Liu, better known as Shang-Chi, is pretty angry at Quentin Tarantino’s recent remarks bashing Marvel. Source: Shang-Chi Criticizes Tarantino/Scorsese’s Marvel Hate, Says ‘Golden Age’ of Cinema Was “White as Hell” — World of Reel

A popular Australian cinema chain has left loyal customers devastated after announcing the “difficult” news that it had called in administrators, with the company’s future in doubt.Grand Cinemas started out as a family business back in 1928, and has evolved … Continued

Ask anyone their favourite dancefloor scene in film history, and you’ll get any number of answers in return, from Napoleon Dynamite’s awkward prom dance to Alphaville’s Forever Young, to the terrifying undead disco that closes out Carnival of Souls, to … Continued