A Mind on Fire

I had never heard of The Exiles before we started our journey through the National Film Registry. However, I had heard of Sherman Alexie whose name is featured prominently on the D…

Billy Wilder’s The Lost Weekend starts with one of the most famous opening shots in cinema history. The scene opens with a view of the New York City skyline. The camera tracks alon…

In the past, alcoholism was a subject that was danced around. It wasn’t something people talked about in “polite society.” There were treatments of sorts for people who were lookin…

Terrance Malick all but disappeared from the cinematic landscape after the release of 1978’s Days of Heaven. Twenty years later Malick returned with one of the greatest anti-war mo…

TWIN PEAKS: THE SERIES "Going fishing" is the first line of the first episode of Twink Peaks. It's not as iconic as other lines that would spring up over the course of two seasons…

(We've danced up some spoilers) Ari Aster made a splash with his debut horror movie Hereditary. Hereditary, like all good films, has many levels to it. The hook was the demonic pos…

(We’ve unwrapped a few spoilers) Most of the movies we get around the holidays are full of bright lights, tinsel, and someone learning the “true meaning” of Christmas. How many tim…

I’ve said to more than one friend that there’s a difference between a movie and a film. I wasn’t always able to articulate what I meant so I would give examples. Avengers: Age of U…

Art of the Dead (We've sketched a few spoilers so beware) The last time a Mahal Empire production graced our little website it was with Bus Party to Hell. Bus Party was a comedy h…

Man from Atlantis Aquaman was a joke of a character for ages. Saturday Night Live, Family Guy, South Park, and even SpongeBob SquarePants has taken a jab at the character. Why not…