The Art of the Biohazard: Why Zach Cregger’s ‘Resident Evil’ Is a Radical Departure for Franchise Cinema
In an era where intellectual property (IP) is often treated with the fragile, stifling reverence of a holy relic, director Zach Cregger has opted for a different approach: the sledgehammer. His new film, Resident Evil, arriving in theaters on September…
The Mirage of the Wasteland: Why Ridley Scott’s ‘The Dog Stars’ Feels Like a Departure into Vacuity
Ridley Scott has spent nearly half a century defining the visual vocabulary of cinema. From the claustrophobic, industrial dread of Alien (1979) to the historical grandeur of Gladiator (2000) and the visceral, mud-caked realism of The Last Duel (2021),…