Willem Dafoe
'The Card Counter' Deals a Full House of Great Performances
Directed by Paul Schrader
PUBLISHED Sep 9, 2021
Paul Schrader loves his isolated and troubled leading men. The writer-director has had a successful career creating characters shrouded in...
Watch Doctor Octopus Return in the First Teaser Trailer for 'Spider-Man: No Way Home'
PUBLISHED Aug 24, 2021
Spidey's back! And so are some other characters you may not expect — including Alfred Molina's long-teased reprise of his role as Doctor Oc...
'Zack Snyder's Justice League' Sees a Director Have His Messy Revenge on Movie Execs
Directed by Zack Snyder
PUBLISHED Mar 19, 2021
There's no denying that the 2017 theatrical release of Justice League was a disaster. For those out of the loop, here's the basic story beh...
'Siberia' Is So Desolate That Even Willem Dafoe Can't Save It
Directed by Abel Ferrara
PUBLISHED Oct 14, 2020
Abel Ferrara's built a reputation as a confrontational, upsetting director, so much so that a simple, prosaic scene shocks in and of itself...
Finally, Some Proof That 'Step Brothers' and 'The Lighthouse' Are the Same Movie
PUBLISHED Jul 14, 2020
When A24 dropped its twisted seaman thriller The Lighthouse last year, its story might have felt familiar. As a keen-eyed video editor has...
Robert Eggers Hopes You Aren't Getting as Drunk as 'The Lighthouse' Characters in Quarantine
PUBLISHED May 19, 2020
Last year's unexpectedly quarantine-appropriate seafaring film, Robert Eggers's The Lighthouse, has become especially relevant in recent mo...
Paul Schrader Blasts "Pussified Producer" for Halting Film Shoot After Actor Diagnosed with Coronavirus
PUBLISHED Mar 16, 2020
Paul Schrader does not mince words, both in his films and in real life. The director was hard at work on The Card Counter, his follow-up to...
'Motherless Brooklyn' Finds Political Potency in 1950s Film Noir
Directed by Edward Norton
PUBLISHED Oct 29, 2019
On the surface, Motherless Brooklyn is loving tribute to 1950s film noir. There's a hardscrabble detective with debilitating Tourette's, an...