Brief History

From the early days to Oscar glory. There’s no question that Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki is one of the greatest his artform has ever known. For…

How important is resemblance, really? As we mentioned in our newsletter yesterday, Christian Bale is reportedly in talks to star as former vice president Dick…

Buzz doesn’t always translate to biggest success. Sundance. The annual film festival where filmgoers have the opportunity to sample the new year’s films. A film can…

Short of the Day A documentary provides the answer to a question you never knew you had. Here’s a question I never thought of today, and I…

How an Indecisive Cast Led to 20+ Years of Development Hell Earlier this week, I wrote an open letter to those Ghostbusters fans staunchly opposed…

When you need that solve-everything narrative gimmick or just a change of scenery. Remember when time travel was cool? Maybe you don’t. Maybe someone went back…

Now that a judge has thrown out the copyright claim on the song every single human sings to someone on their birthday, leaving “Happy Birthday…

20th Century Fox There has never been a film like James Cameron’s Avatar. Winner of three Oscars, the highest-grossing film of all-time, a breakthrough 3D adventure,…

Kodansha Some films feel destined to remain unmade. That would be the case with the big screen version of Katsuhiro Otomo’s seminal manga Akira, if…