Joker: Folie (or Folly?) à Deux
We are just two days from the Venice premiere of Director Todd Phillips’ sequel to his stunningly successful Joker from...
Birthday Bash: David Fincher’s Top 7
Today David Fincher turns 62. Once a week, here at the Contending we will celebrate the birthdays of filmmakers, and...
See Kate Winslet as Lee Miller, the Famous WWII Photojournalist in the Trailer for ‘Lee’
In recent years, Kate Winslet has found more critical success on television than in film. Her new movie Lee, about...
‘The Featherweight’ Hits as Hard as Heroin
Is it a mockumentary if it isn’t mocking anything? This is the question I started to ask myself while trying...
The MCU’s Last Moment of Greatness
No matter how one may feel about superhero movies based on comics made for children, there can be no dismissal...
The Award-Winning Documentary ‘Taking the Fight’: Or How I Decided to Make a Movie About my Kickboxing Debut at 56
They say it's never too late to try new things, but I don't think most people include taking up kickboxing...
Reframe: American Graffiti
When American Graffiti was released in August of 1973, it was virtually impossible to imagine how a film about a...
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