Sometimes, a visionary filmmaker is so far ahead of the curve that a masterwork goes unnoticed at the time of its release. Look no further than Alex Proyas' Dark City as one of the most glaring ...

Dark City premiered in 1998, and it quickly became a cult classic sci-fi film. Along with earning a Hugo Award nomination for Best Dramatic Presentation, it's said to have influenced The Matrix, which ...

There’s perhaps no other genre like Sci-Fi when it comes to failed releases that later find new life as cult classics. The Fifth Element was initially met with mixed reviews but is now widely ...

Olga Artemyeva is a film critic, screenwriter and film curator based in NYC. She has a PhD in Art History and teaches Film Studies. Her dissertaion was dedicated to the evolution of horror, and it ...