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Ridley Scott’s ‘Blade Runner’: A Game-Changing Science-Fiction Classic

  By Sven Mikulec   I read an article recently saying that one of the reasons the film has found…

7 years ago

“Bide Your Time and Everything Becomes Clear”: The Construction of Memory in Soderbergh’s ‘The Limey’

  By Sven Mikulec   From time to time, a film that is received less enthusiastically at the box office…

7 years ago

‘Phantom of the Paradise’: De Palma’s Cult Horror Musical That Got Its Second Chance to Shine

  By Sven Mikulec In Brian De Palma's entire career, his 1974 musical horror film Phantom of the Paradise is…

8 years ago

‘Frenzy’: Hitchcock’s Return to Perfection in His Penultimate Film

Having turned in a couple of ill-received films delving into the matters of political intrigue, Alfred Hitchcock went back to…

8 years ago

‘The Big Shave’: Martin Scorsese’s Vision of Death and American Politics Set in a Bathroom

  By Sven Mikulec   In 1967, young Martin Scorsese sent in a script to the Exprmntl festival of Knokke,…

8 years ago

Sidney Lumet’s ‘Serpico’: One Honest Man’s Struggle Against the System

  By Sven Mikulec   The legend has it, when Al Pacino asked Frank Serpico why he had blown the…

8 years ago

Charlie Rose: The Treasure Chest of First-Class Film Interviews

The North Carolina-born, now legendary journalist Charlie Rose dabbled with becoming a lawyer, but fortunately for us, he soon developed…

8 years ago

‘Rear Window’: Hitchcock’s Cinematic Exploration of Voyeurism Disguised as a Top-Notch Thriller

  By Sven Mikulec For all our education and filmwatching experience, we still haven't found a better example of a…

8 years ago

‘Dressed to Kill’: Brian De Palma’s Razor-Sharp, Dreamlike Erotic Thriller

  By Sven Mikulec With its highly stylized images of violence, exceptional acting performances from Nancy Allen and Michael Caine,…

8 years ago