Articles of Note
complete archives:
Collider/Brian Formo, CraveOnline/Brian Formo, Complex/BrianFormo, Rotten Tomatoes/Brian Formo,
Flaunt magazine/Brian Formo, The Huffington Post/Brian Formo
REVIEWS
DIARY: Letterboxd
SELECT REVIEWS:
'The Shape of Water' — Collider
'Carol' — Collider
'Arrival' — Collider
'Under the Skin' – CraveOnline
'Moonlight' — Collider
'Personal Shopper' — Collider
‘Her’ — Mandatory
'Magic Mike XXL' — IGN
'Zama' — Collider
'La La Land' — Collider
'mother!' — Collider
'Hell or High Water' — Collider
‘The Wind Rises’ — Mandatory
'Downsizing' — Collider
'Straight Outta Compton' — IGN
'Paper Towns' — IGN
'The Diary of a Teenage Girl' — Collider
'Clouds of Sils Maria' – Complex
'The Wind Rises' – CraveOnline
'Maps to the Stars' — IGN
'Inherent Vice' – Complex
'A Most Violent Year' – Complex
'Behind the Candelabra' – The Huffington Post
'The Bling Ring' – The Huffington Post
ESSAYS
'Basic Instinct' at 25: Why We Need to Revive the Erotic Thriller — Collider
Deliverance Has an Infamous Rape Scene and Men Keep Failing to Understand It — Collider
Let’s Talk About That Brilliant ‘Get Out’ Ending — Collider
‘Showgirls’ at 20: It’s Not Satire; It’s Old-School, Misanthropic Paul Verhoeven — Collider
The Future Is Female: How 'Blade Runner 2049' Uses Gender — Collider
‘Southland Tales': You’ve Never Been More Prepared to See This Film Than Right Now — Collider
Why ‘Jessica Jones’ and ‘Spotlight’ Are a Step Forward for Victims of Abuse — Collider
How Women Broke Free from Men in 2015 — Collider
How ‘Snakes on a Plane’ Proves Hollywood Should Listen to Their Talent, Not the Internet — Collider
'Bring it On' 15 Years Later: Where Have All the Cheery Teen Movies Gone? — Collider
Could Jaume Collet-Serra Become the Paul Verhoeven of Modern Thrillers? — Collider
‘Bottle Rocket’ at 20: Can Wes Anderson Go Home Again? — Collider
‘Civil War’ Made Some of the Same Mistakes as ‘Batman v Superman’—It Just Made Them Less Obvious — Collider
FEATURES
Turnt Up, Still Down – Flaunt magazine (print); subject: Wiz Khalifa
History Will Be Kind to Me For I Intend To Write It – Flaunt magazine (print); subject: Jesse Rogg, LA studio/event space Mack Sennett Studios
Scar Tissue: Xavier Dolan – MovieMaker magazine (print); subject: Xavier Dolan, director of 'Mommy'
Bury Me in the Arms of Lady Blue – Flaunt magazine (print); subject: Erika Strömqvist, fashion designer
No One Will Be Disappointed with the 'Breaking Bad' Finale – The Huffington Post; subject: Thomas Gulebic, music supervisor of “Breaking Bad”
The Dirty Laundry of 'Blue is the Warmest Color' – The Huffington Post; subjects: director Abdellatif Kechiche and stars Lea Seydoux and Adele Exarchopoulos
LISTS:
70s Films That Time Forgot — Collider
80s Films That Time Forgot — Collider
Best Horror Movies of the 60s — Collider
Best Film Noirs — Collider
Long-Running Weekly Series: Best Movie Ever – CraveOnline
Brian’s Top 10 Films of 2015, 2016 — Collider
Telluride Film Festival Diary #1, #2 — Collider
The 12 Most Painful Oscar Snubs of 2015 – Complex
Growing Up 'Clueless': How the Teen Classic Helped the Complex Staff Blossom into Betty's — Complex
The 20th Anniversary ‘Speed’ Tour: Get Off the Bus! – CraveOnline
'Mad Men' Finale Roundtable — Collider
12 Actors and the Roles That Changed Their Careers – Complex
Cannes 2015: Preview — Collider
The Other Oscars: Best Cinematography – CraveOnline
The Other Oscars: Best Production Design – CraveOnline
10 Up-and-Coming Directors With Franchise Potential – Complex
18 Game-Changing Trailers – CraveOnline
Violence in Cinema: 'The Act of Killing'/'Only God Forgives' – The Huffington Post
What Happened to the Comedy Stars of the 80s/90s? – CraveOnline
2013 Year in Review: Best Films, Best Performances and Most Underrated – CraveOnline
2012 Year in Review – The Huffington Post
See also: VIDEO AND PRINT INTERVIEWS...
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