Halloween: The TMS Alternative Horror Selection
The Missing Slate’s film team offer up their selection of alternative horror picks for Halloween.
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‘Nam in Hollywood (Part Two: War is Hell)
In the second part of a series on the Vietnam war in Hollywood, Michael Dodd explores how American cinema addressed ‘Nam itself and influenced the nation’s perspective on the war.
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VIFF ’14 Vol. 1: Amirpour, Perry, Godard and the Dardennes
Ben Hynes begins his coverage of the 2014 Vancouver International Film Festival with capsules on ‘Two Days, One Night’, ‘Goodbye to Language’, ‘A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night’ and ‘Listen Up Philip’.
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TIFF ’14: Foxcatcher + Wild
Christine Jin reviews ‘Foxcatcher’ and ‘Wild’ in her first dispatch from this year’s Toronto International Film Festival.
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‘Nam in Hollywood (Part One: The Beginning)
In the first part of a series on the Vietnam war in cinema, Michael Dodd traces the early history of this now instantly identifiable sub-genre.
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Safe Scares: How 9/11 Caused the American Horror Remake Trend (Part Three)
In the final part of a series, film critic Michael Dodd examines how modern horror has addressed the post-9/11 psyche.
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Safe Scares: How 9/11 Caused the American Horror Remake Trend (Part Two)
In the second part of a series, Michael Dodd explores how 9/11 caused a spate of American horror remakes and affected their tone and content.
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Safe Scares: How 9/11 caused the American Horror Remake Trend (Part One)
In the first part of a series, Michael Dodd writes that American horror movies have a history of reflecting, examining and exploiting the national mood.
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Reinventing the Reel: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Film critic Chuck Williamson pulls no punches in his evaluation of Jonathan Liebesman’s “terminally stupid” ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ reboot.
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Back to the Beginning: The Evolving Influence of ‘Batman: Year One’
Film critic Michael Dodd on the relationship between comic book movie franchises and their source material, focusing specifically on ‘Batman: Year One’.
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