Today Iranian cinema is one of the most highly regarded national cinemas in the world, regularly winning festival awards and…
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By Sven Mikulec I've earned the right to fail commercially, Steven Spielberg supposedly said after Empire of the…
By Sven Mikulec When Christopher Lee felt the desire to take on more serious projects, after becoming an icon…
Stephen King’s novels were subjected to a hundred film adaptations since the prolific author began publishing his works in the…
Angela Ismailos’ documentary Great Directors features conversations with some of the world's greatest living directors including Bernardo Bertolucci, David Lynch,…
By Sven Mikulec When John Carpenter filmed the horror classic Halloween back in 1978 with a budget of…