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Billy Wilder’s Noir Trilogy
When you’re a teenager, there’s nothing like discovering a new writer or a new movie director – new to you, that is.
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culture70s Paranoia Thrillers … and why we need them now more than ever
It was never going to last that long. Golden ages rarely do. But for a while there in the 1970s that’s what we had.
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cultureOur Doppelgängers, Ourselves
Here’s an elevator pitch. You’re you, right? You are who you are, doing the stuff you do. But let’s say there’s another you out there, an exact double...
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cultureThe Artistic Triumph of Sir Alan Parker’s Still Beating ‘Angel Heart’
Sven Mikulec looks at the history and legacy of Alan Parker's 'Angel Heart'
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cultureAlan Moore is Pretty Hilarious, Actually.
Despite a reputation of emotionally intense titles, Watchmen creator Alan Moore's career is far funnier than audiences give him credit for
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culture“In Magician’s Mysterious Sleeves”: Rick Veitch and the Censoring of Swamp Thing
It was not the first time an event beyond his control catapulted the Swamp Thing into an odyssey that took him far from his Houma home...
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cultureHandMade Crime
An exploration of the independent mavericks, HandMade Films, that gave us some of the most iconic British crime films of the 1970s and 1980s.
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cultureMagic and Ink: An Interview with Artist Jim Mahfood
Chloe Maveal sits down with artist Jim Mahfood for an interview about his career, cultural influences, and 'Sorcerers'.
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culture‘Network’: Sidney Lumet and Paddy Chayefsky’s Gruesome Prophecy Turned Reality
Once it opened, everybody kept saying, ‘Oh, what a brilliant satire.’ But Paddy and I always said, ‘This isn’t satire, it’s sheer reportage.’
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culture‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’: Lucas and Spielberg’s Epitome of Action-Adventure Films Still Waiting to Be Surpassed
Trying to catch a break from all the Star Wars hype, in the spring of 1977, George Lucas was resting on a Hawaiian beach, building sand castles with ...
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cultureAn Interview with Eddie Campbell, Part One: The Years Have (Digitally Colorized) Pants
An interview with the incomparable comics creator Eddie Campbell.
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cultureThe Megazine That Never Was
With today marking 30 amazing years of the Judge Dredd Megazine, it's time to look back and appreciate the never-were publications that made that possible.
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cultureJudge Dredd: The Devil You Know
Chloe Maveal provides a comparative look into Judge Dredd as a predictor of unchecked contemporary police brutality.
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cultureHoward Chaykin – A Life in Comics
A deep dive conversation between author Michael Tisserand and Howard Chaykin, whose life and career offer an oral history of American comics.
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cultureRanson Notes: The Astonishing Artwork of 2000 AD’s Arthur Ranson
In appreciation of British "Button Man" artist Arthur Ranson, whose career has gone unsung for far too long.
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cultureFront Row Center with Howard Chaykin: Neal Adams
Howard Chaykin pries into the secrets behind the legendary art of Neal Adams
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cultureSidney Lumet and Paddy Chayevsky’s ‘Network’: The Grim Prophecy that Was Once Just Brilliant Satire
What excited the general public and outraged horrified television moguls as a razor-sharp satire in 1976, a film promoted as outrageous, hasn’t lost its...
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cultureGaze Into The Art of Bolland: The Career and Covers of Brian Bolland
On his 70th birthday, let's take a moment to sing the praises of the entirely unmatched talents of artist Brian Bolland.
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cultureFeel Good Ink: The Visual Pop of Jamie Hewlett
Bridging the narrow divide between pop music, punk attitude, and art, artist Jamie Hewlett is a force to be recognized.
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cultureLegions, Dreams, and Distant Soil: Celebrating the Career of Colleen Doran
Writer, inker, colorist, and penciller Colleen Doran has set the comics world on fire for decades..and it's time more people knew her name.
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cultureDarwyn Cooke: The New Frontier of Cartooning
A retrospective on the laid back and exceptionally classic art of Darwyn Cooke.
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cultureZombie Himbos and Vatican Hunks: The Joy of British Horror Comics
With Halloween just around the corner, NeoText explores the versatility, humor, and perfectly grotesque visuals of British horror comics.
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culture‘JFK’: Oliver Stone’s Emotionally Accurate and Masterfully Crafted Trip Down the Rabbit Hole
“I think I was always controversial, provocative. But I can’t help it. I have to go there. It’s my nature. It’s my father’s nature, too..."
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cultureFront Row Center With Howard Chaykin: Scott Phillips
Howard Chaykin digs into the deep-seeded influences that fuel Scott Phillips' suburban noir stories.
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culture“No One Is Just Anything”: William Friedkin’s ‘Sorcerer’
After the success of *The Exorcist,* director William Friedkin teamed up with *The Wild Bunch* screenwriter Walon Green for the groundbreaking *Sorcerer*
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cultureRats In the Attic: William Friedkin’s ‘The Exorcist’
Forty-five years after its powerful debut, and with all the attendant publicity, analysis and second-hand knowledge, from satire to theological debate,…
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cultureHow Robert Altman’s Anti-Western Classic ‘McCabe & Mrs. Miller’ Aged Like Fine Wine
The legendary director Robert Altman was given an Academy Honorary Award in 2006, “in recognition of a career that has repeatedly reinvented...
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culture‘The Last of the Mohicans’: Michael Mann’s Riveting Love Story as the Formation of American Identity
After a string of successes on television, having made a name for himself on projects such as Starsky and Hutch> and Police Story, Michael Mann ...
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cultureSubject to the Requirements of the Service: Peter Weir’s ‘Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World’
Asked by Debbie Lynn Elias of Behind The Lens Online on what compels the director Peter Weir to film such varied stories ...
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cultureWilliam Goldman’s Edgy Novel ‘Heat’ And Its Two Screen Adaptations
In 1985, famed screenwriter and novelist William Goldman released his novel 'Heat', introducing the world to Nick Escalante, Nevada’s only freelance...
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cultureThe Man Who Shot Hell’s Kitchen: The Story of Phil Joanou’s ‘State of Grace’
The story of filmmaker Phil Joanou’s breakthrough in the movie business is basically a pitch-perfect...
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cultureCelebrating 40 Years of ‘Flash Gordon’: An Intentionally Campy Space Opera that Became a Cult Classic
December 5th, 2020 will mark the 40th anniversary of a lavish space opera hitting US theaters and subsequently...
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culture‘Point Blank’ – John Boorman’s Amalgamation of American, British and French Filmmaking Styles
The stories behind director John Boorman and screenwriter Alexander Jacobs brilliant retelling of Donald Westlake's THE HUNTER
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cultureEddie Little: Paradise Lost
The night of November 2nd, 1998. The El Cadiz Apartments, Los Angeles. Thief-turned-writer Eddie Little is worried sick; he’s convinced he can hear a ...
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culture‘No Country for Old Men’: The Coen Brothers and Cormac McCarthy’s Ruthless Examination of Life
That is no country for old men. The young In one another’s arms, birds in the trees...
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culture‘Minority Report’: Steven Spielberg’s Proof that You Don’t Need to Sacrifice Substance to Produce Spectacle
The beginning of Minority Report, Steven Spielberg’s thrilling sci-fi noir from 2002, is closely connected to another science fiction classic...
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culture‘DOES THIS LOOK LIKE A SICK MAN TO YOU?’: The Horror of Identity and the Identity of Horror in David Cronenberg’s ‘The Fly’
TELEPOD 1: STATHIS He watches Her, trembling and nerve-twitched, eyes darting, lips pulled back over protruding…
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cultureEternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: An Unforgettable and Heartbreaking Exploration of Love, Human Beings and the Nature of Memory
Having heard his friend complain about her boyfriend for what seemed to be a hundredth time,…
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culturePaul Lehr: Unexpected Rhythms
What words would YOU use to describe art that is indescribable? It’s a challenge! In my biography of Paul Lehr (2009) I wrote that he was among the...
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cultureAn American Western in France: Moebius and Charlier’s ‘Lieutenant Blueberry’
A beautiful gallery of Jean-Michel Charlier and Jean Giraud's spaghetti Western collection 'Lieutenant Blueberry'
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cultureClick-In Movies: On Dangerous Ground (1951)
From the director of They Live by Night, Rebel Without a Cause and The Savage Innocents, Nicholas Ray, On...
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cultureThe Artful Construction of Emotional Dissonance in Alison Bechdel’s ‘Fun Home’
Writer Annabel Paulsen discusses the psychological and emotional impact of Alison Bechdel's acclaimed graphic novel.
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cultureKing of New York (1990): Abel Ferrara’s Blood-Soaked Portrayal of New York City’s Underbelly
Long-time independent filmmaker Abel Ferrara was never one to pander to the expectations of either critics...
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culture‘The Driver’: Walter Hill Behind the Wheel of a Glorious Experiment
Having experienced his screenwriting debut with Hickey & Boggs in 1972, Walter Hill went on to pen several...
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cultureThis and That: The Duality of Gene Luen Yang
Writer and critic Tiffany Babb explores the duality of comic creator Gene Luen Yang's style of storytelling
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cultureEXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: We Buy Your Kids Talks Art and Influence
Sonny and Biddy, the incredible designers behind the team of We Buy Your Kids, sit down with NeoText.
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culture“Game Over, Man”: The Alien Franchise as Working Class Horror
An essay exploring the ways in which the Alien movie franchise exposes the horrors of the working class.
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cultureNo Adam for Eve: The Quiet History of Lesbian Pulp Fiction
A look into the history behind lesbian and bisexual themes in mid-century pulp fiction paperbacks.
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cultureBravo for Cartooning!: A Retrospective of Alex Toth
With an artistic experience spanning the spa between cartoons and comics and everywhere in between, Alex Toth's career is certainly nothing to scoff at!
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cultureIn The Shadow Of The Crane
Cinematographer Karim Hussain csc's appreciation of the Louma Crane
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cultureHow John Schlesinger’s Homeless and Lonesome ‘Midnight Cowboy’ Rode His Way to the Top and Became the First and Only X-rated Movie to Win a Best Picture Oscar
A friend of mine, an American painter living in London, had read the book and suggested that I look at it. I read it and thought ‘If I’m going to make a...
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cultureThe Holy Mountain: A Funny Thing Happened On the Way To Enlightenment
An analysis of the themes surrounding gender, sexuality, nature, and enlightenment in Alejandro Jodorowsky's seminal 1973 film, The Holy Mountain.
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cultureThe Matrix Revelation: How the Wachowskis Opened Our Eyes to a New Kind of Action Cinema
Few films permeate the gestalt consciousness like Star Wars (“I am your father”, “Use the Force”…
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culture‘To Live and Die in L.A.’: The Intelligent, Authentic Thriller as One of the Highlights of Friedkin’s Career
If you were to compile a list of the most impressive and exhilarating car chases in the history of the motion pictures, it’s more than likely that one ...
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culture‘Miller’s Crossing’ at 30: A Lamentation of Losers by the Coen Brothers
After the success of 'Raising Arizona', Joel and Ethan Coen were given the chance to do something a little more ambitious, with a budget of somewhere...
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cultureDavid Gerrold: The Man Who Folded Himself (Into Fiction)
A retrospective interview with award-winning science fiction author David Gerrold
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cultureDownwards Is the Only Way Forwards: Welcome to David Fincher’s ‘The Game’
Twenty-one years on, David Fincher’s The Game (1997) has come to be seen as a prescient, schadenfreude look at the gulf between us and the “one ...
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culture‘Goodfellas’ at 30: Martin Scorsese’s Anthropological Goodlife Through a Lens
As far back as I can remember, director Martin Scorsese has been synonymous with wiseguys, mooks, goombahs, and spin-on-a-dime funny-how guys delivering...
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cultureNoir Cut to Look of the Period, Not About the Period: The Sunny, Seedy ’50’s Underbelly of Curtis Hanson’s ‘L.A. Confidential’
"I came to it because of Ellroy. When I read ‘L.A. Confidential,’ I just got hooked on the characters, got caught up emotionally in their individual...
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cultureHow I Define Science Fiction
Multiple award-winning science fiction author and genre scholar Adam Roberts breaks down his ultimate definition of "Science Fiction."
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culture‘The Way of the Gun’ Proves There’s Still a Country For Old Men
Film writer and critic Matt Belenky discusses Christopher McQuirre's neo-western action film 'The Way of the Gun'
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factHunting Marlon Brando: A True Story
The worldwide search for the legendary Method actor soon becomes an obsession. The story of one man’s coming of age.
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fictionThe Compelled
Haunting and evocative, Adam Roberts and François Schuiten present a sci-fi novella where humanity is in the grip of a mysterious compulsion.