If you know anything about the 1922 silent horror film Nosferatu, it’s probably the iconic image of actor Max Schreck. In his role as the vampire Count Orlok, Schreck didn’t play a suave nobleman decked out in evening wear. He plays a monster, a near-feral creature with a ratlike visage. Nosferatu features one of the […]

It feels like I’ve spent an upsettingly large portion of my life trying to convince people to take movies seriously. Hearing movies referred to as “content” will never not be annoying. Just as irritating is when I’m talking film with a normie and they use some variation of the phrase, “Why do you care about […]

It’s been said that the era of the movie star is dead. I’m not sure I’d say it’s dead, per se, but it’s definitely in a medically induced coma. For example, take a look at the highest grossing films of 2022 thus far. A few of them are: Top Gun: Maverick Doctor Strange in the […]