Articles by Paul Dika

'Dune' Nearly Lives Up to the Grandeur of the Novel

Directed by Denis Villeneuve

PUBLISHED Oct 20, 2021

Dune is finally here. Another film adaptation means another chance for a filmmaker to try and capture all of the complexities of the novel...

Denis Villeneuve Explains Why 'Dune' Is More Relevant Than Ever

PUBLISHED Oct 18, 2021

Another Dune adaptation was coming one way or another, and Denis Villeneuve, the writer-director responsible for the latest film iteration...

'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...

Turnstile's 'GLOW ON' Makes Hardcore Genre-Fluid

PUBLISHED Aug 26, 2021

Prior to the start of the pandemic, Turnstile were a band on the rise, playing to larger rooms as they toured in support of their 2018 albu...

M. Night Shyamalan's Twists Are Getting 'Old'

Directed by M. Night Shyamalan

PUBLISHED Jul 23, 2021

M. Night Shyamalan has had quite the rollercoaster of a career, with success coming at an early age, with films like The Sixth Sense, Signs...

'No Sudden Move' Is Exciting Enough to Forgive Its Flaws

Directed by Steven Soderbergh

PUBLISHED Jul 5, 2021

Has there been busier director than Steven Soderbergh over the last 20 years? In that time, he has directed and completed a feature film al...

'Holler' Is a Rare Trump-Era Film with Subtlety

Directed by Nicole Reigel

PUBLISHED Jun 10, 2021

There have been a flood of films from the past few years — the Borat sequel, The Post, The Comey Rule — which all lack any sort of subtlety...

'Spiral' Might Be the Worst 'Saw' We Ever Saw

Directed by Darren Lynn Bousman

PUBLISHED May 14, 2021

When Saw came out seventeen years ago, it was such a wild success that there were seven (!) Saw movies released between 2005 and 2017. With...