The Emperor and The Samurai: 5 Akira Kurosawa and Toshiro Mifune Collaborations
Frida Content Editor Reggie Peralta analyzes five films directed by Akira Kurosawa and starring Toshiro Mifune.
Haven’t Seen: Bound
Frida writing team member Josh Green shares his impressions of Lana and Lilly Wachowski’s Bound prior to seeing it at The Frida next week.
Cinema Essentials – May 2022
Join us this May for Cinema Essentials 2022, featuring acclaimed films representing different Oscar categories!
Neon Nightmares – May 2022
Join us this May for Neon Nightmares 2022 a month-long series of neon-soaked thrillers and art films!
The Worst Person in the World: Face The Strange
Frida writing team member Anthony McKelroy analyzes the structure and substance of Joachim Trier’s The Worst Person in The World.
Out of the Blue: Burn Out, Fade Away
Frida writing team member Austin Jaye takes on Out of the Blue, Dennis Hopper’s 1980 family drama.
Holding The Dark in Collateral and Macbeth
Frida writing team member Mick Nguyen compares and contrasts the relationships in Michael Mann’s Collateral and Joel Coen’s The Tragedy of Macbeth.
Listening In on Life: Francis Ford Coppola’s The Conversation
Frida writing team member Penny Folger discusses The Conversation, the tense 1974 surveillance thriller by Francis Ford Coppola.
Don’t Say Money: 12 Heist Films
In the spirit of our Michael Mannuary series, Frida writing team member Anthony McKelroy takes a look at 12 heist movies across film history.
Haven’t Seen: Heat
In this installment of Haven’t Seen, Frida writing team member Josh Green shares his initial impressions of Michael Mann’s Heat.
Y2K Films: Yi Yi
” And a one, and a two . . . “
CineMoms: 10 Films of Motherhood
Keep the spirit of Mother’s Day alive with these films that feature or explore themes of motherhood!
Selena – La Rosa Blanca
“The unfilmable novel of Selena Quintanilla-Pérez’s life was first attempted in Gregory Nava’s sprawling, cradle-to-grave biographical drama Selena (1997).”
Y2K Films: Mulholland Drive, No Hay Banda
“Much more than an enigma to be cracked, Mulholland Drive takes as its subject the very act of solving: the pleasurable and perilous, essential and absurd process of making narrative sense, of needing and creating meaning. Whether or not they explicitly pose the question, Lynch’s late films ponder the role of story at times when reality itself can seem out of joint.” — Dennis Lim, ‘The Man From Another Place’, 2015
Kajillionaire – Family Jewels
With all the radiance of a California sun, the splendiferous treasures held within Miranda July’s latest feature film Kajillionaire, flare and rage against the menacing infinity of our observable universe.
