Year: <span>2014</span>

Paul Thomas Anderson seemed to leap from southern California fully formed as a filmmaker. His first short-film,which was financed by his father, a girlfriend’s credit...

In the last year, I’ve tried to enlist several friends to write for FilmFisher, and on more than a few occasions, one of those friends...

This week, FilmFisher writers were asked to make a list of the 5 best movies they saw this year. Some made lists of movies which...

This week, five movies that do a fine job exploring race relations. Sean Johnson: 1. Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner 2. To Kill A Mockingbird...

The chiasm, or chiastic structure, is a pattern of organizing ideas in a narrative that was commonly used in ancient Hebrew scripture. Put simply, a...

This week, movies that are so bad that they’re good. A few of these selections will probably be offensive. Joseph Gross 1. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire...

This week, Interstellar rocketed into the top 20 spots on IMDB’s Top 250. Our writers were asked to make a list of the best sci-fi...

This week, greatest cameos.   Joshua Gibbs 1. Steve Martin in The Muppet Movie: “Would you like to smell the bottle cap? 2. Dustin Diamond...

Christian Leithart: I’ve heard people say that Quentin Tarantino is a master of building suspense in a scene. Haven’t seen it, but apparently Inglorious Basterds...

This week, the best heist/burglar/theft films of all time. No repeats was instructed, but not always followed (perhaps in keeping with the theme of stealing)....