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..
‘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 ...
“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*
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'
John Schlesinger’s ‘Midnight Cowboy’: 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 ‘If I’m going to make a...
Bill Sienkiewicz vs. Conan Benjamin Marra Acclaimed cartoonist Benjamin Marra introduces a gallery of Bill Sienkiewicz's Conan illustrations.
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...
Simon Bisley: Dangerous Fantasy Benjamin Marra I remember distinctly when I first saw Bisley's work. It was the cover of the first issue of the Lobo...
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 ...
Richard Powers: The World of fFlar Jane Frank An essay celebration of renowned sci-fi artist Richard Powers and the surrealist wonder of the fFlar universe.
‘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 ...
‘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 ...
