culture King of New York (1990): Abel Ferraraâs Blood-Soaked Portrayal of New York Cityâs Underbelly Koraljka Suton Long-time independent filmmaker Abel Ferrara was never one to pander to the expectations of either critics...
culture âMagnoliaâ: Paul Thomas Andersonâs 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 effortâŠ
fiction SIlencer Thomas Ray An impossible manhunt and next-level spycraft in this scintillating novel from Thomas Ray and NeoText.
culture Three Bullets from The Greenock Kid: The Westerns of Alan Sharp Ray Banks By the time Alan Sharp arrived in Hollywood to begin his screenwriting career at the age of thirty-six, he had already lived a dozen lives.
culture Click-In Movies: Sexy Beast (2000) Cinephilia & Beyond Having directed numerous commercials in the United Kingdom, as well as music videos for artists such as Nick Cave and...
culture Click-In Movies: The Laughing Policeman (1973) Cinephilia & Beyond In this police procedural, hailed for its realistic portrayal of detective work, Walter Matthau plays Jake Martin, a Detective Sergeant looking for the...
culture Click-In Movies: Last Summer (1969) Cinephilia & Beyond Based on the 1968 novel by Evan Hunter, "Last Summer" is a coming-of-age film that intertwines newly-discovered sexuality and human cruelty, which were...
culture Front Row Center With Howard Chaykin: Scott Phillips Howard Chaykin Howard Chaykin digs into the deep-seeded influences that fuel Scott Phillips' suburban noir stories.
culture Subject to the Requirements of the Service: Peter Weirâs âMaster and Commander: The Far Side of the Worldâ Tim Pelan Asked by Debbie Lynn Elias of Behind The Lens Online on what compels the director Peter Weir to film such varied stories ...
culture Alexander Jacobs: A Bastard Made of Concrete Ray Banks February, 1965: a snowy day in the Quantock Hills of Somerset. 32-year-old John Boorman was hard at work on his debut feature, 'Catch Us If You Can'...
culture âBlack Sundayâ (1977): John Frankenheimerâs Overwhelmingly Suspenseful Terrorist Film Koraljka Suton The late American director John Frankenheimer began his career when the Cold War was at its peak...
culture 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 (âI am your fatherâ, âUse the ForceââŠ
culture Lived All Our Best Times Left With the Worst: Christopher Nolanâs âMementoâ Tim Pelan Fractured narrative, skewed perception, compressed timelinesâdirector/writer Christopher Nolan wonât lead his audience in a straight lineâŠ
culture âSweet Smell of Successâ: A Visceral and Vicious Depiction of the Evil that Power-Hungry Men Do Koraljka Suton Thereâs 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...
culture Take It to the Limit One More Time: Michael Mannâs âMiami Viceâ Tim Pelan Michael Mannâs 2006 big screen revamp of 1980s groundbreaking TV show Miami Vice (Brandon Tartikoff, NBCâs entertainment president scribbled âMTV copsâ ...
culture âMinority Reportâ: Steven Spielbergâs Proof that You Donât Need to Sacrifice Substance to Produce Spectacle Sven Mikulec The beginning of Minority Report, Steven Spielbergâs thrilling sci-fi noir from 2002, is closely connected to another science fiction classic...
culture âThe Last of the Mohicansâ: Michael Mannâs 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 ...
culture John Schlesingerâs âMidnight Cowboyâ: the X-rated Movie that Won an 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 âIf Iâm going to make a...
culture Carol Reedâs âThe Third Manâ: 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 ...
culture âThe Conversationâ: Francis Ford Coppolaâs 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 âManhunterââ’Horror Implied, as Opposed to Explained…That’s Michael Mann’s Strength (Will)â Tim Pelan In 1986, Michael Mannâs 'Manhunter' elevated schlock-horror to a thoughtful, stylised, forensically psychological level, introducing the concept of a ...
culture âThe Friends of Eddie Coyleâ: Peter Yatesâ Crime Masterpiece that Chose to Rely on a Completely Different Kind of Spectacle Sven Mikulec Published in January 1973, George V. Higginsâ crime novel "The Friends of Eddie Coyle" was well received by critics and the public, featuring a story ...
culture Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Superhero Influences Paco Taylor A look into the subversive use of superhero imagery that infiltrates Jean-Michel Basquiat's art.
culture HandMade Crime Ray Banks An exploration of the independent mavericks, HandMade Films, that gave us some of the most iconic British crime films of the 1970s and 1980s.
culture Paradise Lost: How Martin Scorseseâs âCasinoâ Charts the Rise and Fall of a Criminal Empire Tim Pelan This story has to be on a big canvas. Thereâs no sense in my getting Bob De Niro and Joe Pesci and making a 90-minute picture about only one aspect ...
fact The Detective: And Other True Stories Walt Harrington An outstanding collection of profiles by Walt Harrington, one of the most impactful journalists in the modern wave of long-form creative nonfiction.
culture Walt Harrington’s “The Detective: And Other True Stories” Mike Sager, Alex Belth "Each Harrington story is a precious gem. Like a valuable piece of woodwork or a beautiful song, they stand alone as totems of thought and ideas..."
culture A Life In Crime, Part Ten: THE MANY LIVES OF JIMMY LEIGHTON Max Allan Collins Rounding up his current series of essays, Max Allan Collins on Dave Thomas and their new collaborative thriller.
culture âRancho Deluxeâ (1975): Frank Perryâs Cleverly Plotted and Superbly Cast Anti-Western Koraljka Suton American filmmaker and stage director Frank Perry was nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Director category for his debut feature, the 1962...
culture David Carradine’s Final Fight For ‘Americana’ Mike Malloy What happens when a TV superstar makes an understated, personal film with friends in rural Kansas in the early 1970s but doesn't get it finished until....
culture 8:46 Ho Che Anderson Ho Che Anderson's powerful essay on the murder of George Floyd. "Wer're tired. Tired of the fear. Tired of the anger. Tired of dying..."
