Tag Archives: Canon of Film

In this edition of CANON OF FILM, we honor the release of 'Ready Player One' by taking a look at Steven Spielberg's return to blockbuster filmmaking by exploring the director's roots with the classic, 'Jaws'. Hit the jump to read onward.

In this edition of CANON OF FILM, we honor the release of 'Ready Player One' by taking a look at Steven Spielberg's return to blockbuster filmmaking by exploring one of the director's more recent forays into Science Fiction with 'Minority Report'. Hit the jump to read more!

At some point, it went from cool to cliche to say that you were a fan of 'Dark City'. I think it's well-respected and well-known enough now, but at one point in time, even people who thought they really knew sci-fi and all the famous archetypal elements and the films that created them like Fritz Lang's 'Metropolis' or Kubrick's, '2001: A Space Odyssey'. Hit the jump to read on.

'2001: A Space Odyssey' recently ranked #6 by the Critics and #2 by Directors on “Sight & Sound” magazines Greatest Movie polls, strange considering how the reaction was mixed originally, and panned by many. It was definitely an anomaly in its time.

What is it about 'Back to the Future', really? I mean, I'm with everybody on it, it's one of my all-time favorites, like everybody, and this seems to be the one iconic '80s movie that even Hollywood sees absolutely no point in reviving or bringing back, and for good reason.

I don't think I'd even rank 'Jurassic Park' among Spielberg's Top 20 features. Admittedly, that's as much a tribute to Spielberg's body of work than anything else, but this is basically just a well-made horror movie.

Like the nature that foregrounds his work, and the character that are in conflict with it, Days of Heaven, and all of Malick’s film are constantly growing and evolving.