The Books, Journals, Poetry, & Film Base 120

Francis Ford Coppola is recognized as one of the leading directors of our time. Similarly, Zoetrope: All-Story, the literary magazine which he founded in 1997, has become acclaimed as one of the leading stars in the literary scene. The magazine is driven by the belief that short fiction offers benefits for both writers and readers: [...]

Director and screenwriter Darren Aronofsky has always had a unifying vision in his films, whether they’re black-and-white conspiracy thrillers (Pi, 1998), submarine ghost stories (Below, 2002), or time-travelling historical epics (The Fountain, 2006), to name just a few. His unifying vision is dark and visually striking, bringing out a visual poetry that’s getting rarer and [...]

I think it’s fair to say that no one was really expecting much from Unstoppable, a film about a runaway train and the two men who stand in its way (figuratively speaking, of course). There doesn’t seem to be quite enough there to set a film around, which is why previous entries in the genre [...]