Corman’s protégés number among the most influential people in cinema.
Hetherington gave his life bearing witness, and Diary is what he saw.
The film feels familiar because every tabloid or celebrity story of the past 30 years has followed the exact same outline.
Roger Corman has had as much influence over modern Hollywood as Spielberg or Scorsese, and for good reason.
It’s an inherently compelling story, so it’s surprising that there have been no feature-length documentaries made on the subject before.
Guilty Pleasures is a movie about fantasy: creating it, living in it, and learning its limitations.
The human comedy that takes place within the cramped confines of huts is as rich as any found in a Herzog documentary.
As Nolan’s career has progressed, he’s lost sight of how to make those moments feel organic.
From the beginning, the anxiety of the loss of family has been central to Pixar.
It’s not the computer itself which makes Pixar’s films good.