What! A year?
All by Marcelo Pico
An Ode to Madolyn: The Departed and The Cheater’s Remorse
On Martin Scorsese’s female characters and Vera Farmiga’s performance in his 2006 film.
Game Over: Spiral and the Legacy of the Saw Ending
A long, critical look at the greatness of the Saw franchise’s endings.
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and Going Back Home
A personal essay on going back to the movies, and more.
Marcelo's Top Ten Movies of 2020
It’s been a year.
Finding The Way Back: A Bit of Hope in Troubled Times
The basketball drama from this past year sure did leave its mark.
Confronting My Monster: Candyman (1992)
A look back at the ever-terrifying legend of Candyman.
Marcelo's Top Ten Movies of 2019
Another year, another year of great films.
Fantasia Fest 2019: What We're Excited For
This year’s Fantasia Fest has plenty of films worth checking out and we picked a few to keep an eye on!
Marcelo's Top Ten Movies of 2018
It’s been an incredible year for movies, as proof, here’s a list.
When the Truth is Found: The Coen Brothers' A Serious Man
Finding meaning in the meaningless in the Coens’ 2009 masterpiece.
Marcelo's Top Ten Movies of 2017
Death to 2017! Long live cinema!
An Ocean of Oil: Paul Thomas Anderson's There Will Be Blood
A decade ago, PTA changed the way we looked at him as a filmmaker, in this new American classic.
Die Hard is on the List of 2017 National Film Registry Inductees
Titanic, Dumbo, and Memento have also been included.
The King is Dead, Long Live the King: Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)
The fourth film in the original Apes series is the most brutal and the best, according to Marcelo.
High Octane Cinema: Ronin (1998)
John Frankenheimer delivers not one, but two sensational car chases in his late-era action thriller.
Alien Week: Alien 3 (1992)
This is what happens when you try to add the theme of death to your big summer blockbuster.
Get Out Your Multipass: The Fifth Element at 20
How quirky is Luc Besson's sci-fi action movie? Better question is, how French is Luc Besson?
Funny How Secrets Travel: David Lynch's Lost Highway
There is no respite for the damned, only a never-ending highway.
David Fincher's Next Possible Project: A Sequel to World War Z
Fincher making a sequel to a big budget horror movie? What could possibly go wrong?