Beloved in France but little known elsewhere, La traversée de Paris holds the distinction of being the one film by Claude Autant-Lara deemed acceptable by the young François Truffaut, in his campaign against the prevailing cinèma du qualité in 1950s France. One reason for the exception is that it’s sort of an odd film, […]
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‘Ralph Breaks The Internet’ Is A Lesson In Toxic Codependency
An animated feature that is much more than a candy-coated sequel; Ralph Breaks the Internet is a lesson in relationships.
‘The Night Before’ Is A Modern Stoner Christmas Classic
The Night Before uses Christmas to its advantage, taking audiences through scenarios rarely put to film, especially not in an R-rated context.
Cinema Fearité Presents ‘Jack The Ripper’ (Dirs. Robert S. Baker and Monty Berman 1959)
Jack the Ripper is the perfect combination of murder mystery and a horror film with just the right amount of lovely ladies.
‘The Wolfpack’ Is A Coming-Of-Age Tale For The Film Geek In All Of Us
When filmmaker Crystal Moselle first met the Angulo brothers in 2010, they were six wide-eyed teenagers running loose on the streets of the East Village in New York City. It was literally one of the first times they had ever been outside of their family’s apartment. Sensing a bigger story, and appealing to the brothers’ […]
‘Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter’ Is Almost The ‘Fargo’ Sequel We Never Got
Synopsis: A jaded Japanese woman discovers a hidden copy of Fargo on VHS, believing it to be a treasure map indicating the location of a large case of money. Release Date: April 17, 2015 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Genre(s): Drama, Film Review Production Urban legends are great jumping-off points for movie scripts; true or not, the […]
Cinema Fearité Presents ‘The Silence Of The Lambs’ – Horror Oscar Gold Twenty-Six Years Before ‘The Shape Of Water’
Horror fans everywhere are celebrating the Oscar success of Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water, which won best picture and best director (among a handful of other honors), and Jordan Peele’s Get Out, which took best original screenplay, at this year’s awards. Horror(ish) movies at the Oscars are rare, but not unheard of. The […]
Cinema Fearité Pays Tribute To Tobe Hooper With One Of The Most Influential Movies Ever Made – ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’
It’s been less than two months since the passing of the legendary George Romero, and the horror world has been struck by another huge loss; celebrated director Tobe Hooper died last weekend at the age of 74. Although Hooper’s biggest box office success was the Steven Spielberg-produced (and some say directed) Poltergeist, his claim to […]
‘The Changeover’ Is A YA Movie With No Bite
The Changeover movie, an adaptation of a popular YA novel, won’t fill the Twilight void audiences may be seeking. It’s far too typical and predictable.
Cinema Fearité Presents ‘The Amityville Horror’ – The Most Scrutinized ‘True’ Movie In History
One of the most tried and tested ways that Hollywood has found to sell horror movies to the public is to bill them as “based on a true story” or “inspired by actual events.” This piques the interest of moviegoers, no matter how dubious the claim may be. Case in point: the 1979 classic The […]