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    Jean-Pierre Melville: Life And Work Of A Groundbreaking Filmmaking Poet

    Sven Mikulec

    Jean-Pierre Melville: Life and Work of a Groundbreaking Filmmaking Poet by Sven Mikulec

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    ‘Heat’: Michael Mann’s Meticulous Masterpiece of Both Style and Substance That Transcends Genre

    Koraljka Suton

    “Don't let yourself get attached to anything you are not willing to walk out on in 30 seconds flat if you feel the heat around the corner."

  • culture

    Life And Death In A Northern Town: Mike Hodges’ ‘Get Carter’

    Tim Pelan

    Tim Pelan examines Mike Hodges's classic 1972 British crime movie, 'Get Carter'

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    “No One Is Just Anything”: William Friedkin’s ‘Sorcerer’

    Tim Pelan

    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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    Scorsese On the Ropes: The ‘Kamikaze’ Film-Making of ‘Raging Bull’

    Tim Pelan

    Raging Bull is not your dad’s boxing movie. It’s certainly not a story of conventional redemption or hope overcoming the odds...

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    ‘Minority Report’: Steven Spielberg’s Proof that You Don’t Need to Sacrifice Substance to Produce Spectacle

    Sven Mikulec

    The beginning of Minority Report, Steven Spielberg’s thrilling sci-fi noir from 2002, is closely connected to another science fiction classic...

  • culture

    ‘No Country for Old Men’: The Coen Brothers and Cormac McCarthy’s Ruthless Examination of Life

    Sven Mikulec

    That is no country for old men. The young In one another’s arms, birds in the trees...

  • culture

    ‘Manhunter’—’Horror Implied, as Opposed to Explained…That’s Michael Mann’s Strength (Will)’

    Tim Pelan

    In 1986, Michael Mann’s 'Manhunter' elevated schlock-horror to a thoughtful, stylised, forensically psychological level, introducing the concept of a ...

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    ‘The Conversation’: Francis Ford Coppola’s Paranoia-Ridden Tale of Surveillance, Guilt and Isolation

    Koraljka Suton

    The idea originated in a conversation between me and Irving Kirshner. We were talking about espionage, and he said that most people thought the safest ...

  • culture

    Rats In the Attic: William Friedkin’s ‘The Exorcist’

    Tim Pelan

    Forty-five years after its powerful debut, and with all the attendant publicity, analysis and second-hand knowledge, from satire to theological debate,…

  • culture

    ‘Point Blank’ – John Boorman’s Amalgamation of American, British and French Filmmaking Styles

    Koraljka Suton

    The stories behind director John Boorman and screenwriter Alexander Jacobs brilliant retelling of Donald Westlake's THE HUNTER

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    Take It to the Limit One More Time: Michael Mann’s ‘Miami Vice’

    Tim Pelan

    Michael Mann’s 2006 big screen revamp of 1980s groundbreaking TV show Miami Vice (Brandon Tartikoff, NBC’s entertainment president scribbled “MTV cops” ...

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    ‘The Last of the Mohicans’: Michael Mann’s Riveting Love Story as the Formation of American Identity

    Sven Mikulec

    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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    ‘The Friends of Eddie Coyle’: Peter Yates’ Crime Masterpiece that Chose to Rely on a Completely Different Kind of Spectacle

    Sven Mikulec

    Published in January 1973, George V. Higgins’ crime novel The Friends of Eddie Coyle was well received by critics and the public, featuring a story ...

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    ‘Miller’s Crossing’ at 30: A Lamentation of Losers by the Coen Brothers

    Tim Pelan

    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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    How Robert Altman’s Anti-Western Classic ‘McCabe & Mrs. Miller’ Aged Like Fine Wine

    Koraljka Suton

    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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    Paradise Lost: How Martin Scorsese’s ‘Casino’ Charts the Rise and Fall of a Criminal Empire

    Tim Pelan

    This story has to be on a big canvas. There’s no sense in my getting Bob De Niro and Joe Pesci and making a 90-minute picture about only one aspect ...

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    More than 65 years since its release, Carol Reed’s ‘The Third Man’ is still a marvel to see, experience and learn from

    Cinephilia & Beyond

    Carol Reed’s 'The Third Man' might just be as visually stimulating as classic films get….

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    ‘DOES THIS LOOK LIKE A SICK MAN TO YOU?’: The Horror of Identity and the Identity of Horror in David Cronenberg’s ‘The Fly’

    Travis Woods

    TELEPOD 1: STATHIS He watches Her, trembling and nerve-twitched, eyes darting, lips pulled back over protruding…

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    ‘JFK’: Oliver Stone’s Emotionally Accurate and Masterfully Crafted Trip Down the Rabbit Hole

    Koraljka Suton

    “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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    ‘Sweet Smell of Success’: A Visceral and Vicious Depiction of the Evil that Power-Hungry Men Do

    Koraljka Suton

    There’s an old rule among directors that you see a film in its totality about four times. The first is when you really decide you love the story and you...

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    ‘Network’: Sidney Lumet and Paddy Chayefsky’s Gruesome Prophecy Turned Reality

    Koraljka Suton

    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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    Gang Wars, the Prohibition Menace: Brian De Palma’s ‘The Untouchables’

    Tim Pelan

    Screenwriter David Mamet came up with a Stanislavski quote to describe The Untouchables: “Tragedy is just heightened melodrama.” Brian De Palma, director..

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    How 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

    Koraljka Suton

    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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    ‘To Live and Die in L.A.’: The Intelligent, Authentic Thriller as One of the Highlights of Friedkin’s Career

    Sven Mikulec

    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 ...

  • culture

    ‘Magnolia’: Paul Thomas Anderson’s Absorbing Mosaic of Compassion, Humanity and the Importance of Forgiveness

    Sven Mikulec

    In 1997, an ambitious 26-year-old called Paul Thomas Anderson made Boogie Nights, his sophomore directing effort…

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    Francis Ford Coppola and Brian De Palma: ‘The Conversation’ Between Two Great Filmmakers

    Sven Mikulec

    The most personal of all films in Francis Ford Coppola’s repertoire was born between two big projects that helped Coppola gain the reputation he enjoys ...

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    Downwards Is the Only Way Forwards: Welcome to David Fincher’s ‘The Game’

    Tim Pelan

    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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    ‘Goodfellas’ at 30: Martin Scorsese’s Anthropological Goodlife Through a Lens

    Tim Pelan

    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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    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: An Unforgettable and Heartbreaking Exploration of Love, Human Beings and the Nature of Memory

    Sven Mikulec

    Having heard his friend complain about her boyfriend for what seemed to be a hundredth time,…

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    Noir Cut to Look of the Period, Not About the Period: The Sunny, Seedy ’50’s Underbelly of Curtis Hanson’s ‘L.A. Confidential’

    Tim Pelan

    "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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    ‘Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia’: The Story of the Great Sam Peckinpah’s Most Personal Film

    Sven Mikulec

    Before Warner Bros. decided to take a chance and hire him to make The Wild Bunch, the classic revisionist western that would completely revitalize his ...

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    ‘Miller’s Crossing’ is touching and studiously crafted love letter to American film noirs and the seventh art in general

    Cinephilia & Beyond

    The Coen brothers’ critically acclaimed Miller’s Crossing can be easily studied in two distinct ways. Firstly, it’s one hell of…

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    Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Apocalypse Now’ must be the key lecture in anyone’s filmmaking education

    Cinephilia & Beyond

    People often exaggerate when they talk about films. They get carried away, leaving the cinema emotionally stirred and too impressed to ...

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    William Friedkin’s ‘The Exorcist’: The Most Terrifying Film We Ever Laid Eyes On

    Cinephilia & Beyond

    It’s difficult to think of a horror film that caused so much controversy and polarized the audience to this degree…

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    Robert Altman’s ‘McCabe & Mrs. Miller’ is one of the most beautiful and emotionally stirring westerns American cinema ever produced

    Cinephilia & Beyond

    Confidently riding the waves generated by his highly successful satirical black comedy M*A*S*H, Robert Altman easily secured a directing job…

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    Fincher’s ‘Zodiac’ Is Easily One Of The Best Thrillers Of The Millennium So Far

    Cinephilia & Beyond

    He paints with people, Jake Gyllenhaal said of David Fincher after the two had worked together on Zodiac. “It’s tough…

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    ‘Sweet Smell of Success’, Alexander Mackendrick’s Most Accomplished Film that Hasn’t Aged a Day

    Cinephilia & Beyond

    Tony Curtis had to fight really hard to get the role of Falco in Alexander Mackendrick's 'Sweet Smell of Success' …

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    The day an X-rated walk on the dark side called ‘Midnight Cowboy’ won the Oscar for best picture, a new generation came to power in Hollywood

    Cinephilia & Beyond

    John Schlesinger’s 1969 classic Midnight Cowboy is one of those films that linger around our minds, that we get a sentimental…

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    Thelma Schoonmaker Breaks Down ‘Raging Bull’

    Cinephilia & Beyond

    It’s said that a movie is made three times: once through a script, once on set, and finally in the…

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    The Artistic Triumph of Sir Alan Parker’s Still Beating ‘Angel Heart’

    Sven Mikulec

    Sven Mikulec looks at the history and legacy of Alan Parker's 'Angel Heart'

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    Sic Transit Garber’s Subway: ‘The Taking of Pelham One Two Three’

    Tim Pelan

    Only the amazing reaction that that picture has gotten, because at the time I was dreadfully unhappy with the fact that I was going to be doing another ...

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    Lived All Our Best Times Left With the Worst: Christopher Nolan’s ‘Memento’

    Tim Pelan

    Fractured narrative, skewed perception, compressed timelines—director/writer Christopher Nolan won’t lead his audience in a straight line…

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    Once Upon a Time… In the Philippines: Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Apocalypse Now’ Is a Three-Time Prime Cut of Film-Making Largesse

    Tim Pelan

    Meanwhile, the mystique of ‘Apocalypse Now’ lives on. The Marine Corps invited me to Camp Pendleton to watch a demonstration of an aerial ...

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    ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’: Lucas and Spielberg’s Epitome of Action-Adventure Films Still Waiting to Be Surpassed

    Sven Mikulec

    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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    The Matrix Revelation: How the Wachowskis Opened Our Eyes to a New Kind of Action Cinema

    Tim Pelan

    Few films permeate the gestalt consciousness like Star Wars (“I am your father”, “Use the Force”…

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    Fincher’s Zodiac: A Suspenseful and Thrilling Combination of Police Procedural and Newspaper Film That Masterfully Chronicles the Progression of Obsession

    Koraljka Suton

    Robert Graysmith knew he was a guy on the sidelines of this story. He wanted to be a part of it and he made himself a part of it. He was doing it on his...

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    Subject to the Requirements of the Service: Peter Weir’s ‘Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World’

    Tim Pelan

    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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    Sidney Lumet and Paddy Chayevsky’s ‘Network’: The Grim Prophecy that Was Once Just Brilliant Satire

    Sven Mikulec

    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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    Carol Reed’s ‘The Third Man’: How Orson Welles Stole a Show He Was Barely In

    Koraljka Suton

    Filmmaker Carol Reed, hailed as one of the greatest U.K. directors, became famous in the late 1930s and 1940s with motion pictures such as Night Train ...

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    ‘Paris, Texas’: Wim Wenders’ Film of Extraordinary Beauty and Irresistibility

    Sven Mikulec

    In 1984, one film confidently rode through Cannes, sweeping prizes from all three juries at the most respected film festival in the world. Wim Wenders’ ...

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    Duct Soup: The Daffy, Dystopian Design Nightmare of Terry Gilliam’s ‘Brazil’

    Tim Pelan

    Brazil is the demented, surreal flip-side of George Orwell’s dystopian warning—"1984 1/2" was director Terry Gilliam’s originally…

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    Abel Ferrara’s ‘King of New York’ gained a true, cult reputation of a legitimate gangster classic

    Sven Mikulec

    Sven Mikulec When it comes to filmmakers who are, among other things, distinguished for their strong and passionate connection…

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    Click-In Movies: Reckless (1984)

    Cinephilia & Beyond

    The early-to-mid 1980s gave rise to a string of so-called “rebel” films, with one such project being the 1984 romantic...

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    The Killing of a Chinese Bookie: Cassavetes’ Deeply Personal Foray into ‘Sheer Entertainment’

    Sven Mikulec

    Following his great artistic and financial triumph, 'A Woman Under the Influence', the iconic American independent filmmaker John Cassavetes...

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    ‘I Am Insane, and You Are My Insanity’: The Captivating World of Terry Gilliam’s ‘12 Monkeys’

    Sven Mikulec

    As the final shot of Chris Marker’s iconic 'La Jetée' faded to black, screenwriter Janet Peoples turned to her husband and writing partner David ...

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    Click-In Movies: Model Shop (1969)

    Cinephilia & Beyond

    Revered for his visual style, French New Wave director Jacques Demy received international acclaim thanks to his 1964...

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    Click-In Movies: The Brother from Another Planet (1984)

    Cinephilia & Beyond

    Independent filmmaker John Sayles made his feature debut with the 1980 drama "Return of the Secaucus 7"...

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    Click-In Movies: Big Wednesday (1978)

    Cinephilia & Beyond

    In 1978, American filmmaker John Milius, whose screenwriting work on Apocalypse Now would go on to earn him an Oscar...

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    Click-In Movies: Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)

    Cinephilia & Beyond

    The 1978 neo-noir mystery thriller Eyes of Laura Mars started out as a treatment written by John Carpenter who...

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    Click-In Movies: The Gladiator (1986)

    Cinephilia & Beyond

    Famous for neo-noirs such as King of New York (1990) and Bad Lieutenant (1992), as well as independent films like...

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    Click-In Movies: Soylent Green (1973)

    Cinephilia & Beyond

    The year is 2022, and the human race is on the verge of destruction after decades of overpopulation, hunger...

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    Click-In Movies: The Professional (1981)

    Cinephilia & Beyond

    French secret agent called Josselin Beaumont was sent to assassinate an African dictator, but as he set out on...

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    Click-In Movies: Death of a Corrupt Man (1977)

    Cinephilia & Beyond

    Based on the novel written by Raf Vallet, Death of a Corrupt Man (Mort d'un pourri in the original) is a...

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    Click-In Movies: The Bodyguard (1992)

    Cinephilia & Beyond

    Inspired by Akira Kurosawa’s Yojimbo, Lawrence Kasdan wrote the screenplay for what would later become The Bodyguard...

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    Click-In Movies: On Dangerous Ground (1951)

    Cinephilia & Beyond

    From the director of They Live by Night, Rebel Without a Cause and The Savage Innocents, Nicholas Ray, On...

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    Click-In Movies: Le Cercle Rouge (1970)

    Cinephilia & Beyond

    When men, even unknowingly, are to meet one day, whatever may befall each, whatever the diverging paths, on the...

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    Click-In Movies: The Swimmer (1968)

    Cinephilia & Beyond

    Six years after they created David and Lisa, a film based on Theodore Isaac Rubin’s novella that brought them Academy...

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    Click-In Movies: The Gauntlet (1977)

    Cinephilia & Beyond

    The great Clint Eastwood started his directorial career back in 1971 with Play Misty for Me, and by the time he got...

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    Click-In Movies: Lifeguard (1976)

    Cinephilia & Beyond

    Canadian filmmaker Daniel Petrie’s 1976 drama Lifeguard is a story about a mature man working as a lifeguard on a...

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    Click-In Movies: The Outside Man (1972)

    Cinephilia & Beyond

    Scripted by its director, Jacques Deray, joining forces with Bunuel’s frequent collaborator Jean-Claude Carrière...

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    Click-In Movies: Raw Deal (1948)

    Cinephilia & Beyond

    A prison convict called Joe Sullivan ends up behind bars after taking the fall for a mobster who owes him his freedom, but...

  • culture

    Click-In Movies: Le Samouraï (1967)

    Cinephilia & Beyond

    One of the most important and influential films of the sixties, Jean-Pierre Melville’s brilliantly atmospheric neo-noir...

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    Click-In Movies: Snake Eyes (1998)

    Cinephilia & Beyond

    After having made the international blockbuster Mission Impossible in 1996, revered filmmaker Brian De Palma directed...

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    Click-In Movies: The Hunger (1983)

    Cinephilia & Beyond

    The year 1983 saw the release of Tony Scott’s first feature film called The Hunger, an erotic horror loosely based on...

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    Click-In Movies: Femme Fatale (2002)

    Cinephilia & Beyond

    In 2002, filmmaker Brian De Palma’s Femme Fatale flopped at the box office, earning back not even half of what was...

  • culture

    Click-In Movies: Revenge (1990)

    Cinephilia & Beyond

    After having made an erotic horror film starring David Bowie (The Hunger (1983)), a culturally significant box office hit...

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    Click-In Movies: Year of the Dragon (1985)

    Cinephilia & Beyond

    Filmmaker Michael Cimino garnered both fame and acclaim thanks to his 1978 Academy Award-winning war movie The...

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    Click-In Movies: At Close Range (1986)

    Cinephilia & Beyond

    After debuting as a director with his 1984 romantic drama Reckless, filmmaker James Foley made his second feature...

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    Click-In Movies: Gloria (1980)

    Cinephilia & Beyond

    Actor, director, screenwriter, producer. Multiple Academy Award-nominee John Cassavetes did it all. And was undeniably good...

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    The Holy Grail of Workprints: The Five-Hour Rough Version of ‘Apocalypse Now’

    Cinephilia & Beyond

    Workprints, rough versions of films before the editing process kicks in and trims out all…

  • culture

    To Live and Die for Authenticity: How Friedkin Made One of the Best Films of the Eighties

    Sven Mikulec

    At the beginning of the seventies, American filmmaker William Friedkin made two everlasting...

  • culture

    Psycho Pension Qu’est-ce que c’est: Richard Donner’s ‘Lethal Weapon’ Is a Real Live Wire

    Tim Pelan

    You think I’m crazy? You call me crazy, you think I’m crazy? You wanna see crazy?…

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