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Predator (1987) is, in its own quiet way, an actor’s movie. And then there’s the late, great Carl Weathers, whose soldier-turned-CIA-creep Dillon is the most complex character in Predator—a role that sees Weathers thread a tricky dramatic needle with skill and panache.
Read MoreSince Saltburn’s 2022 release, critics have noted it’s similarities to The Talented Mr. Ripley, often for worse.
Read MoreA deep dive into the figure of the American housewife in Todd Haynes’ films.
Read MoreOne need only look at the Blockbuster hit of the past summer, Barbie, to see that the Bimbo is once again gracing our screens.
Read More2004 brought two prolific genre directors reanimating the Romero legacy for the 21st century, with wildly different approaches, at almost exactly the same time.
Read MoreLet Sofia Coppola make a movie about every woman who’s ever lived.
Read MoreMiles Davis’ breathtaking trumpet score elevates Louis Malle’s 1958 Elevators to the Gallows to a mid-century classic, enshrining a moment of musical evolution in film.
Read MoreMamoru Oshii’s Ghost in the Shell (1995) interrogates the idea of self, collective and non-self, marrying Buddhist and Abrahamic philosophies.
Read MorePaul Schrader’s movies follow such a clear formula that you can make a Madlibs from it. In fact, we did just that, roping in a couple of other Hyperreal contributors to imagine their own Schrader movies.
Read MoreThe African Desperate is indisputably a comedy, but the visceral feelings it elicits span the spectrum. There is an uneasy undercurrent to the whole film that unmoors all of its relationships and hints at all types of violence.
Read MoreYou have to know the rules to break the rules. Camp is the glowing pink tonic that keeps Death Becomes Her forever fresh all these years later.
Read MoreIs there a better monster myth for a movie about America than the cannibal?
Read MoreMetafictional horror comedy five years before Wes Craven’s Scream isn’t the only reason to love Popcorn.
Read MoreThe film was more or less disavowed by Spike Lee and writer Suzan-Lori Parks, but Girl 6 remains a thoughtful, complicated look at sex work and Black womanhood.
Read MoreEncountering a dark night of the soul, may you find beckoning reflections in these unfortunate onscreen sisters, whose lives might feel downright relatable.
Read MoreWhat’s more entertaining than murder? Being popular in high school, of course!
Read MoreBreaking cinema down into Architectural and Musical modes of filmmaking.
Read MoreA look at how director Robert Eggers’ use of historically accurate dialects brings his films to life.
Read MoreRomance built on a very specific foundation.
Read MoreTwenty-five years later and Strange Days is more relevant than ever.
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