With the Oscars (and 2023 Film Awards Season) officially over, it’s time now for the only list of top films of 2023 that matters: THE...

After viewing the 13 films that are required to watch all of the Oscar Nominees in the “Major” Categories, the BankofMarquis fearlessly...

There are many, many things to like and admire in Yorgos Lanthimos latest curiosity, the Frankenstein-esque POOR THINGS. Like all thing...

There have been, and always will be, films looking (and commenting on) one of the most horrific events of the 20th Century - the...

Dry, witty, ironic satire is a tough trick to pull off in a film these days. There’s a good chance that the filmmakers will alienate and...

If a film is going to be part really good and part really bad, is it better for the good part to be at the beginning or the end? If it is...

There are a ton of CGI-FEST, Big Dumb films out there, so when you run across a film that actually expects you to be intelligent and make...

Dore Schary, then head of production of MGM, like Stanley Kubrick’s first film, THE KILLING (1956) so he hired Kubrick to develop film...

Have you ever sat at a restaurant and see some folks across the way from you and think “I wonder what their story is”? Such is the case...

Over the past few years there has been numerous, very good films detailing the tumultuous times of the 1960’s - and many of them have...

The Leonard Bernstein BioPic MAESTRO is an artistic film about an artistic person by an artist who is appealing to other artists. Did I...

The joy of watching all of the Oscar nominated films and performances is that it forces the BankofMarquis to watch a film that might,...

After having Produced and Directed two short films, Stanley Kubrick met Producer James B. Harris while playing Chess at Washington Square....

The last time Paul Giamatti starred in an Alexander Payne film (2004’s SIDEWAYS), Payne won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay....

Actress/Writer/Director Emerald Fennell is turning into an artistic voice that bears noticing and with SALTBURN - her follow-up to...

The 2022 “Christmas” movie VIOLENT NIGHT was mis-marketed a year ago as ads made it appear that this was just another “slasher” flick,...

The BankofMarquis just viewed one of the most entertaining films of 2023 - and it’s a GODZILLA film. Yes, a GODZILLA film. From famed...

The new Epic Motion Picture NAPOLEON is the perfect example of the term “the whole does not equal the sum of the parts”. There are some...

The BankofMarquis stumbled across a Finnish action flick that makes Quentin Tarantino Movies - and the John Wick films - look like Disney...

Director David Fincher has a strong track record of interesting films…SE7EN, FIGHT CLUB, THE SOCIAL NETWORK (to name a few). Michael...