The Brothers discuss the second half of Cameron’s career, including his move away from the science-fiction genre in the 1990s, his 2000s undersea documentaries, and the philosophy and worldbuilding of Avatar.
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With Avatar, the biggest film of all time, James Cameron makes a populist blockbuster that works as a cinematic baptism for the viewer.
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In his third deep sea documentary, Aliens of the Deep, James Cameron explores the amazing life forms that thrive in some of Earth’s most hostile environments and paves the way for the next phase of his career.
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James Cameron, Bill Paxton, and a team of explorers return to the wreck of the RMS Titanic to bear witness and memorialize those who were lost.
In Expedition: Bismarck, James Cameron uses the conventions of television historical documentaries to present a portrait of himself as a storyteller and an amateur scientist.
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Titanic is a gargantuan summation of the breadth and depth of Cameron’s cinematic craftsmanship as well as his thematic obsessions.
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True Lies is an outlier in James Cameron’s filmography, but this screwball action-comedy delivers on the action and domestic drama.
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In this roundtable discussion, the Brothers dig into James Cameron’s first five films and discuss his approach to franchise filmmaking, action, and pet themes around water and technology.
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James Cameron’s Terminator 2: Judgment Day is the ur-sequel, the cinematic text that shows what is possible not only in sequel cinematic storytelling, but in the blockbuster movie as a whole.
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In The Abyss, his most intimate and idiosyncratic film, James Cameron takes us to the bottom of the ocean in order to discover what it means to be human.
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Aliens is a deep exploration of the warrior mother as well as a gripping and relentless science-fiction action thriller.
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With The Terminator, James Cameron arrives on the stage as a director in full control of his craft, delivering one of the greatest science fiction films of all time.
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Romain Gavras’ Athena is an impressive formal achievement, although it never manages to resolve the tensions between its operatic storytelling and its slightly-artificial visual approach.
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James Cameron might’ve been fired from the production of Piranha II: The Spawning, but the shlocky Jaws ripoff remains instrumental in showing the elements that shaped Cameron as a filmmaker.
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The Brothers kick off their James Cameron Retrospective in the lead-up to the release of Avatar: The Way of Water.
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James Gray’s Armageddon Time captures the pain and regret of nostalgia as well as its longing and warmth.
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Twelve O’Clock High is a great account of the physical and mental toll on active servicemen, as well as a gripping portrayal of the nuts and bolts of daytime precision bombing during World War II.
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David Bruckner’s Hellraiser reboot is a flattened riff on the tale for a flattened cinematic culture.
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A ranking of each film in the iconic horror series, Halloween, which digs into the series’ strengths and weaknesses. Updated to include Halloween Kills and Halloween Ends.
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Examining the 11 films in the Hellraiser franchise and exploring their shared thematic interests and narrative failings. Updated to include the 2022 reboot.
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