Chris Luciantonio
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Nostalgia limits new film culture
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This summer, viewers saw the release of one of television’s unexpected sleeper hits in Stranger Things, a 1980s horror/science fiction throwback that has taken the Netflix binge-watching crowd by storm. What is best described as The Monster Squad (1987) drawn out over eight one-hour episodes, the series has been charming critics and audiences alike with…
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How limited film releases are denying artists their livelihood
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Among the most well received films released in 2015, standing next to giants like The Revenant and Mad Max: Fury Road, was a little independent stop-motion animation called Anomalisa. This sombre love story was the latest offering from writer-director Charlie Kaufman whose previous success with bizarre screenplays for Being John Malkovich and Adaptation made him…
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