Run Through the Jungian: Stanley Kubrick’s ‘Full Metal Jacket’, a Phenomenological Treatise on War
By Tim Pelan “It’s not pro-war or anti-war. It’s just the way things are,” Stanley Kubrick said of Full…
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‘Psycho’: The Proto-Slasher that Brought On a Revolution in Cinema
By Sven Mikulec The image of a shabby motel in the middle of nowhere, by-passed by any relevant roads…
‘Mad Max II’: How George Miller’s ‘Road Warrior’ Became One of the Greatest Action Movies of All Time
By Koraljka Suton That came from my experience and having improved as a writer, understanding dramatic conflict a little…
‘Heat’: Michael Mann’s Meticulous Masterpiece of Both Style and Substance That Transcends Genre
By Koraljka Suton A guy told me one time, “Don’t let yourself get attached to anything you are not…
Stanley Kubrick’s original treatment for ‘The Shining’
By Sven Mikulec One of Stephen King’s most popular and celebrated novels, The Shining was initially conceived as the…
With ‘Barry Lyndon,’ Stanley Kubrick’s Painterly Eye Invites Us to Be All-seeing, but Ultimately, Unknowing
By Tim Pelan I have had a complete set of Thackeray sitting on my bookshelf at home for years,…
‘Sweet Smell of Success’: A Visceral and Vicious Depiction of the Evil that Power-Hungry Men Do
By Koraljka Suton There’s an old rule among directors that you see a film in its totality about four…
‘Big John’: A 75-Minute Precious Exploration of John Carpenter’s Life, Work and Ways
By Sven Mikulec In France, I’m an auteur; in Germany, a filmmaker; in Britain, a genre film director; and…
“It Ain’t Like It Used to Be. But It’ll Do:” How Sam Peckinpah’s ‘The Wild Bunch’ Became Both a Eulogy for a Mythic Past and a Template for a New Kind of Action
By Tim Pelan We wanted to show violence in real terms. Dying is not fun and games. Movies make…
Rats In the Attic: William Friedkin’s ‘The Exorcist’
By Tim Pelan Forty-five years after its powerful debut, and with all the attendant publicity, analysis and second-hand knowledge,…