The medieval and Renaissance eras have given cinema some of its most breathtaking stories, equal parts brutal,...
Movie Swords
Swords from movies often capture our imaginations due to their unique designs, iconic status, and the characters who wield them.
There are war epics, and then there is Red Cliff. John Woo’s 2008 masterpiece doesn’t just depict...
“Nothing like it had ever been made, and nothing like it would ever be attempted again.” That’s...
When Stanley Kubrick’s Spartacus hit cinemas in 1960, it was sold as a sword-and-sandal epic with Kirk...
When Bernardo Bertolucci released The Last Emperor in 1987, it was clearly something unexpected. It was in...
There’s something endlessly magnetic about witches. They exist in that strange, enticing space between power and peril,...
Valhalla Rising is one of those films that lingers. It doesn’t tell you what to think, nor...
Michael Mann’s The Last of the Mohicans (1992) has never really left the cultural bloodstream. Based on...
Elizabeth: The Golden Age is the 2007 sequel to Shekhar Kapur’s earlier film Elizabeth (1998). Where the...
Ridley Scott’s Gladiator gave the world one of cinema’s most enduring heroes: Maximus Decimus Meridius, the Roman...