HAIL, CAESAR! – Based on a True Fiction
The Hail, Caesar! trailer seems to be the biggest thing to hit the realm of…
Michael Guarnieri
Michael Guarnieri is a writer and photographer currently living in Chicago.
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Articles:
THE MARTIAN – Solving the Problem
Survival, Matt Damon’s character will tell the audience in a scene from the new Ridley…
Southern Discomfort: CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF
Of course, 1958’s Cat on a Hot Tin Roof was forever fated to linger under…
The Sinful Virtues of BLACK MASS
It is this writer’s pleasure to announce that Scott Cooper’s new gangster flick Black Mass…
HANNIBAL Finale Review – “The Wrath of the Lamb”
I believe that is what is called a mic drop? Hannibal wrapped things up in a…
STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON is an Exciting Piece of Hollywood Mythmaking
The word “myth” is too often misunderstood. We place too much emphasis on the apparent…
Open Forum: “Covering” the Director
Lately, I’ve been thinking about influence. Influence is a funny thing. An artist cannot be…
American Underworld – Part 2: Enemies at the Gates
“Gangsters are foreigners. He’s an American.” – “Gramp Maple” in The Petrified Forest (1936) In 1931, the…
American Underworld – Part I: Original Gangster
W.R. Burnett’s original 1929 novel Little Caesar opens with a quote from Machiavelli. The 1931…
American Underworld: An Introduction
For this writer, the undignified afterlife of the American gangster movie has been frustrating to…