Filmmaking

‘The Omen’: Richard Donner’s Horror Classic Sailing the Profitable Waves of Post-‘The Exorcist’ American Cinema

  By Sven Mikulec Sailing on the trendy and profitable satanic waves of horror’s inclusion in mainstream Hollywood that William…

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Blade Runner Souvenir Magazine: A Fascinating Blast from the Past from the Heart of Ridley Scott’s Masterpiece

  By Sven Mikulec Ira Friedman worked in the publishing department for Lucasfilm, situated in Los Angeles. He joined in…

8 years ago

The Coens’ ‘Blood Simple’: A Fantastic Debut Propelling the Creation of a Fascinating Body of Work

  By Sven Mikulec The filmmaking debut of the Coen brothers, Blood Simple, is a blood-soaked neo-noir thriller set in…

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Robert Altman’s ‘The Player’: An Intelligent and Hilarious Hollywood Satire as Sharp as a Knife

After spending a whole decade in an unofficial exile after several weak box office results, Robert Altman returned to the…

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‘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…

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‘The Fisher King’: A Sobering Fairytale that Radiates with Trauma, Warmth and Humanity

  By Sven Mikulec   When Robin Williams died, the feeling that shook the filmgoing community, and was instantly shared…

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‘The Parallax View’: Pakula’s Unsettling Examination of the Post-Compliant America

  By Sven Mikulec The seventies were a unique period in the history of the United States, with general dissatisfaction…

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‘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,…

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John Carpenter’s ‘The Thing’: The Story of an SF Horror Game-Changer

The Thing poster art by Christopher Shy   By Sven Mikulec   I mean, the whole point of the monster…

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