Song at Midnight (aka “Midnight Song”) is not a typical Chinese horror story as it does not feature any iconographic characters from traditional Chinese horror fiction, such as fox-spirits, ghostly maidens, Taoist priests, itinerant scholars. It was helmed by Ma-Xu Weibang, a director known for his work in the horror genre, released just months prior […]
Steve (2025): Tim Mielants’s Drama, Starring Oscar Winner Cillian (“Oppenheimer”) Murphy (*AMOUR*)
January 14, 2026 by
We designate Steve as “AMOUR” our digital global club for features that, for whatever reason, are Abandoned, Misunderstood, Overlooked, Underrepresented, Revisited.
Running Brave (1983): Donald Shebib’s Sports Biopic, Starring Bobby Benson as Native American Billy Mills
January 6, 2026 by
Blast from the Past: Robby Benson’s Career Revisited During the making of Running Brave, director Donald Shebib relied on help from Billy Mills, the subject of his biopic, to make sure the film would be historically accurate. Billy Mills, a member of the Oglala Sioux in South Dakota, later attended the University of Kansas where […]
Kiss of the Spider Woman (2025): Bill Condon’s (Unnecessary) Remake of 1985 Oscar-Winner
January 5, 2026 by
Kiss of the Spider Woman bombed at the bix office, earning a meager $2 million against a huge budget of more than $30 million.
Auteurism: Hollywood Studios as Auteurs? Comparison: MGM, Paramount, 20th Century Fox, Unibversal, Warner
Hollywood Studios as Auteurs?