‘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…
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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…
Peter Weir’s ‘Fearless’ as a Soulful Slice of Life That Gently Examines the Human Condition
By Koraljka Suton Essentially, this is a detective story and the mystery at hand is this: What happened to…
Life and Death in a Northern Town: Mike Hodges’ ‘Get Carter’
By Tim Pelan Soon after its release in 1972, the film was banished to the dark shadows of cult…
Sic Transit Garber’s Subway: ‘The Taking of Pelham One Two Three’
By Tim Pelan Only the amazing reaction that that picture has gotten, because at the time I was dreadfully…
‘Bringing Out the Dead’: Scorsese’s Deeply Humane Unsung Gem
By Koraljka Suton We wanted to do New York at night in a way that would create a claustrophobic…
‘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…
Fincher’s ‘Zodiac’: A Suspenseful and Thrilling Combination of Police Procedural and Newspaper Film That Masterfully Chronicles the Progression of Obsession
By Koraljka Suton Robert Graysmith knew he was a guy on the sidelines of this story. He wanted to…
‘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…
‘Network’: Sidney Lumet and Paddy Chayefsky’s Gruesome Prophecy Turned Reality
By Koraljka Suton Once it opened, everybody kept saying, ‘Oh, what a brilliant satire.’ But Paddy and I always…