One should never underestimate the impact a good teacher can have on the prospects of his or her students. As many of us undoubtedly know, the educators put in charge of helping us navigate our way to our respective futures are vital, and do so much to prepare us for the world. However, many of…

The human mind is a fascinating concept, since it is the factor that unites everyone, from doctors to philosophers, psychologists to artists, and every profession in between, provoking discourse that aims to get to the very root of what it is that drives us as a species, if such answers even exist. The precise reason…

In the 1950s, the entire world was living in fear, and for good reason – the Second World War was still recent enough in the collective memory to have scarred many who lived through it, and the rise of various political ideologies was only creating more tensions between nations, with the world seeming to be…

Before he was known as arguably the greatest filmmaker of his generation, Orson Welles was a young, rambunctious stage actor and director who frequently pushed boundaries, even when working within the confines of something as intimidating as Shakespeare. One of his most fascinating projects was a 1936 production of Macbeth, whereby he moved the setting…

There’s a scene where Lilly (as played by Melissa McCarthy) viciously throws a rock at a bird that has been terrorizing her, only to nearly have a breakdown when she manages to have good aim, knocking the bird out of the sky and nearly killing it – and the entire third act is focused on…

That Good Night is a film that came and went without much fanfare, remaining a relatively obscure piece of cinema that many people don’t realize exists, even though it’s a true gem of a film. Eric Styles created one of the most heartfelt odes to life in the form of his adaptation of the little-known…

For just about as long as we have, as a collective culture, been observing the broad tenets of proper decorum, the principle of decent society being where one doesn’t dare speak on the subjects of either politics or religion has been in effect, since there are few topics that can divide a population more than…

Individually, they were two of the greatest actors in the history of English-language cinema, but together they made pure magic. Over the course of their careers, Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau established a legacy that continues to be the gold standard for film acting, with their numerous collaborations over the years yielding absolutely magnificent results….

As the adage goes, if at first you don’t succeed as an actor, try and become a world-renowned independent filmmaker. Sofia Coppola has had a fascinating ascent, going from the victim of derision for her undeniably poor work in The Godfather Part III, to changing gears entirely and taking up a secondary career as a…

Reality and fiction blur together in Swan Song, the most recent film from queer cinema pioneer Todd Stephens, who tells the allegedly true story of Pat Pitsenbarger, a retired hairdresser and former amateur drag queen who is brought out of retirement for one final client: his former best friend who has recently died, and insists…