Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood (2019)

An aging western "heavy", Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio), always playing the villain, and his long-time stuntman, Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt), are both finding their way through the late 60's. Dalton is coming to terms with the decline of his career and Cliff is living a life below the poverty line while looking through the window

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is a 1920 silent horror/thriller out of Germany's Weimar era. A young man reminisces about how he met his fiancé and their encounter with a somnambulist, sleepwalker. The mystery that unfolds is loaded with bizarre set designs, heavy handed makeup, creative editing, and murder. The German Expressionist style of the

The Birth of a Nation (1915)

When I started watching the oldest films in film history, I of course came across The Birth of a Nation. A three-plus hour long silent film glorifying the KKK with absurd and demonizing depictions of African Americans and slaves is not only a horrible portrayal of a horrible situation, but a rough film to get