2014 was the best year for cinema this century – and hardly anyone noticed
A quietly stellar year.
Film Archives: 05/2026
The 1959 movie masterpiece Mel Brooks can’t stand: “I mean, it can’t compare”
His petty side is showing.
The co-star Morgan Freeman had been dying to work with since 1983: “I’m one of his huge fans”
Only took him 30 years.
“I was miserable”: the 1933 movie that almost sent Laurence Olivier into permanent Hollywood exile
No chemistry with his leading lady at all.
The “bullshit” 1995 scene Bruce Willis shot against his will: “You’re not John McClane, fuck off!”
He really didn’t want to.
The bizarre 1988 movie nobody likes unironically except Christopher Walken: “One of my best performances”
People like it, just ironically.
Antony Starr’s diabolical audition for James Bond: “It’s reflective of where I was at”
“Not gonna catch the fish.”
Anne Hathaway’s awkward first meeting with Christopher Nolan: “Shifting into a different gear, right now!”
Had to think fast on her feet.
“Braindead”: the 2021 scene Mike Flanagan called “the stupidest thing I’d ever shot”
Not a choice he would ever have made.