Career Killing, Auteur Era Shattering Flop or A Misunderstood Masterpiece? A Heaven’s Gate Retrospective. By Simon Thompson. Throughout the history of filmmaking, it’s rare that you come across a film...
The Secret Agent: Review. By Simon Thompson. Writer/director Kleber Mendonça Filho’s political thriller The Secret Agent is one of the best movies I’ve seen in the last five years and fully worthy of ...
By Simon Thompson. Robert Mitchum was a Hollywood actor who spent his career playing complex anti-heroes better than anybody else in the business. Uncommonly tall for the era when he was young, and wi...
The Coen Brothers Past, Present, and Future. By Simon Thompson. In all areas of life, there is something that a great double act can provide that is both unknowable and magical at the same time. It’s ...
Sugar: Review. By Simon Thompson. Co -directors Eden Ohayon and Alexandra Nedved, and writing trio Molly Ehrenberg-Peters, Eden Ohayon and Alexandra Nedved’s Sugar, is a bizarre combination of biting ...