Jacob Davis

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Deputy Editor and Writer at The Film Magazine

Film, TV, Digital Media at TCU. Deputy Editor/Writer @thefilmagazine. Host/Producer @secondcutpod. DJ at KTCU.

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Queer (2024) Review | The Film Magazine

Dec 17, 2024 | thefilmagazine.com | Jacob Davis

Queer (2024)Director: Luca GuadagninoScreenwriter: Justin KuritzkesStarring: Daniel Craig, Drew Starkey, Jason Schwartzman, Henrique Zaga, Lesley ManvilleWilliam S. Burroughs was a self-hating gay man whose life was full of failure and abuse. He was also one of the most influential writers of the mid-20th century, and an inspiration for the counter-culture movement. If you know anything about him, it’s the great scandal of his life – he murdered Joan Vollmer, his wife, at a party in Mexico.
Megalopolis (2024) Review

Sep 30, 2024 | thefilmagazine.com | Jacob Davis

Megalopolis (2024)Director: Francis Ford CoppolaScreenwriter: Francis Ford CoppolaStarring: Adam Driver, Giancarlo Esposito, Nathalie Emmanuel, Aubrey Plaza, Shia LaBeouf, Jon Voight, Laurence FishburneIt isn’t often that a director gets an opportunity to release a large-scale passion project, especially in the current state of the film industry. For fans of cinema, there’s joy to be found simply in the circumstance, and especially so when its a legend in the medium.
Where to Start with Francis Ford Coppola

Sep 26, 2024 | thefilmagazine.com | Jacob Davis

No expressive medium displays the conflict between art and business the way that cinema does. Movies are expensive, and, for the most part, investors expect to see financial returns on the works they fund. No matter how audiences or filmmakers feel about that reality, its effects are inescapable, and our abstract conception of the “film industry” shows the two ideas to be functionally inseparable.
Strange Darling (2023) Review

Aug 28, 2024 | thefilmagazine.com | Jacob Davis

Strange Darling (2023)Director: JT MollnerScreenwriter: JT MollnerStarring: Willa Fitzgerald, Kyle Gallner, Barbara Hershey, Ed Begley Jr.Movies about serial killers are nothing new, and the enduring popularity of true crime media shows the fascination with such stories will continue. Like many genres, audiences have a growing understanding of the machinations of killer thrillers, so how can filmmakers adapt to keep audiences returning? Style. And that’s something Strange Darling has in spades.
Mullholland Drive (2001) Review

Jan 19, 2024 | thefilmagazine.com | Jacob Davis

Mullholland Drive (2001)Director: David LynchScreenwriter: David LynchStarring: Naomi Watts, Justin Theroux, Laura Elena Harring, Ann Miller, Robert ForsterHollywood is a land of dreams: a mythic, romanticized vision that is inherently created and marketed through any film. The dazzling lights, gorgeous populace, and beautiful wardrobes distract from the underpaid workers and sleazy executives.
Second Cut’s Top 10 Best Films of All Time | The Film Magazine

Nov 1, 2023 | wp.me | Jacob Davis

The Film Magazine writers put out their Top 10 Films lists, and the team at Second Cut Pod detail ours here. Movies discussed include The Godfather, Seven Samurai, Blade Runner, The Lord of the Rings, Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse, Pan’s Labyrinth, and many, many more. The goal of our top 10 lists here at The Film Magazine was to help showcase our team’s personalities and spotlight movies that are important to film history and ourselves.
Taxi Driver (1976) Review

Oct 20, 2023 | thefilmagazine.com | Jacob Davis

On a steamy street in New York on a hot summer night, a cab pulls into frame, followed by an intense shot of eyes bathed in neon light and a psychedelic rendering of the city’s ceaseless hustle and bustle. The American New Wave, or New Hollywood, was brimming with films that brought arthouse sensibilities to the American mainstream, and Martin Scorsese’s neo-noir crime thriller is among the best.
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (2023) Review

Oct 17, 2023 | thefilmagazine.com | Jacob Davis

Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour has been a sensation, with fans clamoring for tickets. Of course, many missed out on the experience, but Swift and her team decided to release a film version. The film was made under union contract, and was shot over three nights at the performer’s Los Angeles tour stop. She partnered with AMC theaters to distribute the concert’s film release, and the film drew huge presale numbers, setting the record for October’s highest opening day gross and becoming the .
10 Best Films of All Time: Jacob Davis

Sep 30, 2023 | thefilmagazine.com | Jacob Davis

What puts a film among the best? How important are factors like popularity, its box office haul, or Rotten Tomatoes score? Should it have achieved widespread acclaim among film scholars and seasoned critics? This subject has fueled debates that may persist until films become historic artifacts, akin to ancient Mesoamerican art. Ask this question to a hundred people, and be prepared for a hundred different responses – a glance at our staff’s own lists surely illustrates this point.
10 Best Films of All Time: Jacob Davis

Sep 30, 2023 | wp.me | Jacob Davis

What puts a film among the best? How important are factors like popularity, its box office haul, or Rotten Tomatoes score? Should it have achieved widespread acclaim among film scholars and seasoned critics? This subject has fueled debates that may persist until films become historic artifacts, akin to ancient Mesoamerican art. Ask this question to a hundred people, and be prepared for a hundred different responses – a glance at our staff’s own lists surely illustrates this point.