Thandiwe Newton’s ‘God’s Country’ Works Best When It Doesn’t Speak
Photo: ‘God’s Country’ Shades of Influence In Julian Higgins’s debut feature, ‘God’s Country’ we don’t hear his protagonist speak for the first several minutes. Sandra (Thandiwe Newton), a university professor in Western Montana, solemnly watches a casket slide into a...
How Criterion is Changing the Home Media Landscape
Photo: Criterion Channel First off, the question must be asked, what is Criterion? Criterion was founded in 1984 and is a company that distributes home-video products. The Criterion Collection is another name for Criterion and is a series of films that the company...
With a Trailer on the Way, Will ‘Indiana Jones 5’ Save the Franchise?
Photo: ‘Indiana Jones 5’ At the D23 Expo this year, the cast of the upcoming untitled Disney film, ‘Indiana Jones 5’, released the first trailer and discussed the movie. Leading actor Harrison Ford was said to have gotten emotional talking about the final time he...
30th Anniversary of Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Reservoir Dogs’
Photo: ‘Reservoir Dogs’ Before his Breakthrough in the Film Industry Quentin Tarantino has always been the type of filmmaker who would always have things running his way. That’s why he has never attended film school, let alone graduate high school. Before...
