Director: Alfonso Cuaron Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki Writers: Alfonso Cuaron, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus, Hawk Otsby Stars: Clive Owens, Michael Caine, Julianne Moore Rating: 83 Children of Men is a spectacle film. The direction from Cuaron is not all that interested in the narrative, and it plays more as an action film with some of Emmanuel Lubezki’s best … More ‘Children of Men’ (2005) by Alfonso Cuaron

Director: Terry Zwigoff Cinematography: Maryse Alberti Editor: Viktor Livingston Rating: 92 The documentary ‘Crumb’ documents Robert Crumb, the famous underground cartoonist, and the entire Crumb family, minus his two sisters. It’s a literal visual realization of personal experience and personality translated into wonderfully bizarre cartoons and abstract art Outside of Crumb’s family, who are just … More ‘Crumb’ (1994) by Terry Zwigoff

Director: Lars Von Trier Cinematography: Anthony Dod Mantle Writers: Lars Von Trier Stars: Nicole Kidman, Paul Bettany, Chloe Sevigny, Stellan Skarsgard, Lauren Bacall, Patricia Clarkson Rating: 95 Dogville starts out abruptly, with it’s overbearing, fascinating and unique set design, that takes a few scenes to get used to, but ultimately is used masterfully as a … More ‘Dogville’ (2003) by Lars Von Trier

Director: Peter Yates Cinematography: Victor J. Kemper Writers: Paul Monash, George V. Higgins Stars: Robert Mitchum, Peter Boyle, Richard Jordan Rating: 86 Robert Mitchum is often lost within the pantheon of great Hollywood actors, and even with a wealth of acting credits, his work often goes underappreciated. Mitchum is cast in some questionable films, but … More ‘The Friends of Eddie Coyle’ (1973) by Peter Yates

Director: Robert Schwentke Cinematography: Florian Ballhaus Writers: Robert Schwentke Stars: Max Hubacher, Milan Peschel, Frederick Lau, and Waldamer Kobus Rating: 89 ‘The Captain’ was nowhere on my radar leading up until the day I saw the film. Schwentke and his filmography had me a little skeptical heading into my viewing of his black-and-white rendering of … More ‘The Captain’ (2018) by Robert Schwentke

Director: Stanley Kubrick Cinematographer: Stanley Kubrick Writers: Howard Slacker Stars: Frank Silvera, Kenneth Harp, Paul Marzusky, Virginia Lieth Rating: 66 Stanley Kubrick is my all-time favorite director. It’s not even a contest, his films have impacted how I see the medium as an art form. Kubrick turned the film into the ultimate visionary storytelling device … More ‘Fear and Desire’ (1953) by Stanley Kubrick

Director: James Cameron Cinematographer: Adrian Biddle Writers: James Cameron, David Giler, Walter Hill Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Michael Bienh, Bill Paxton, Paul Rieser  Rating: 77 Aliens is a follow up to Ridley Scott’s Alien, featuring Lt. Ripley (Siguroney Weaver) back with her cat to fight the alien scum again. For whatever reason, losing an entire crew the first time wasn’t good enough, … More ‘Aliens’ (1986) by James Cameron