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PREACHER FROM HELL: Charles Laughton’s The Night of The Hunter
Charles Laughton’s only outing as a director The Night of the Hunter (1955) has been recently released on DVD by the good folks at The Criterion Collection. I first saw it on Turner Classic Movies...
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THE RESPONSIVE EYE OF DEPALMA PT. 2: Dressed To Kill
“If its a good movie, the sound could go off and the audience would still have a perfectly clear idea of what was going on.” – Alfred Hitchcock “Visual imagery and sound are essential elements of film....
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CLASSIC POTBOILERS: Lady In A Cage
I first saw Lady in a Cage (1964) on cable several years ago. At the time, I didn’t know anything about it, and it turned out to be one of those cool little movie gems you find every once in awhile. I...
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Furious Sounds That Rocked Cinema Pt. 2: Slash It Up!
There have been several important director/composer collaborations throughout cinema history and one of its most well established and unique was Alfred Hitchcock and Bernard Herrmann. For Psycho...
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DEEP FOCUS: Fargo
Since their debut in 1984, The Coen Brothers have been two of the most interesting writer-directors of offbeat genre cinema and their 1996 black crime-comedy Fargo remains one of their very best works....
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Short Reviews: The Theatre Bizarre (Mayhem Horror Fest)
It’s Mayhem! 20 days after the screening of the very good and shocking The Woman it is time for THE Horror Fest in Nottingham. The late night screening of this first festival day was the latest horror...
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Furious Noir: D.O.A.
In the opening moments of Rudolph Mate’s suspense heavy film noir masterpiece D.O.A. (1950) star Edmond O’Brien is filmed in a tracking shot as composer Dimitri Tiompkin’s barreling percussion and...
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The Furious 70s: MARATHON MAN
Based on the novel by writer William Goldman, John Schlesinger’s 1976 thriller Marathon Man marked his second collaboration with Dustin Hoffman who he first worked with on the 1969 counter-culture...
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Between a Rock and a Hard Place: 127 HOURS
127 Hours comes from Danny Boyle who is a very good director. His works are very varied, ranging from 28 Days Later (2002) an infected people thriller to Sunshine (2007) a sci-fi adventure film to...
View ArticleMad As Hell Horror Series: YOU’RE NEXT
It’s extremely rare for Hollywood to muster up one semi-decent horror movie a year. Sure, there is always one or two that manage to generate a little bit of buzz before coming out, but once its on the...
View ArticleFURIOUS POSTERS: Brian DePalma’s SISTERS
Director Brian DePalma began his film career in the late 60s making indie counterculture comedies like The Wedding Party, Greetings and Hi Mom!. In 1973 he took his first step into the realm of...
View ArticleBLU RELEASES: Phantom of The Paradise rises again
Scream Factory, the sub-label of Shout Factory will be releasing a new edition of Brian DePalma’s 1974 cult classic Phantom of The Paradise next summer. Speaking as a longtime fan who has owned several...
View ArticleThe Hateful Eight Primer
Quentin Tarantino‘s upcoming western thriller THE HATEFUL EIGHT caused quite a ruckus even before it began filming – but that’s just making us anticipate... The post The Hateful Eight Primer appeared...
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