Star Wars Episode VII: Return of the Empire or Revenge of the Consumer?

Zev Burrows

It’s been almost a year and a half now since multi-billionaire and film executive George Lucas sold his production company, Lucasfilm Ltd., to the Walt Disney Company for an estimated $4.06 billion, as the 69 year-old executive approaches what seems…

Film Criticism: Does it Matter Anymore?

Zev Burrows

Andrew Sarris, Pauline Kael, Vincent Canby, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Gene Siskel, and Roger Ebert. What do these names have in common? For starters, they are (or were) all film critics who have at some point held a prominent voice in the…

The Room: A Ten-Year Cult Phenomenon

Zev Burrows

In 2003, an unknown filmmaker named Tommy Wiseau produced a movie that was, upon initial release, labeled as one of the worst if not, the worst film of all time. Ten years later, his cult classic The Room is still…