Interview

‘Point Blank’: John Boorman’s Amalgamation of American, British and French Filmmaking Styles

Point Blank poster art by Tony Stella https://www.tony-stella.com/   By Koraljka Suton   British filmmaker John Boorman started out by…

3 years ago

‘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…

3 years ago

How ‘Once Upon a Time in America’ Became Sergio Leone’s Butchered Swan Song

  By Koraljka Suton   I am not fascinated, as you say, by the myth of the West, or by…

3 years ago

‘A Woman Under the Influence’: Cassavetes’ Intense and Emotionally Exhausting Slice of Life

  By Sven Mikulec When Gena Rowlands, his wife, expressed her interest in appearing in a play about the difficulties…

3 years ago

‘Mise-en-Scène’ and Fritz Lang: The Invaluable, Short-Lived Magazine’s Article on the Master of Darkness

  By Sven Mikulec   In 1979, Case Western Reserve University Film Society started publishing a magazine called Mise-en-Scéne, a…

3 years ago

The Future is Now: Alfonso Cuarón’s ‘Children of Men’ Paints a Bleak Picture of a World Devoid of Humanity

Cinematographer: Emmanuel Lubezki. Production stills by Jaap Buitendijk © Universal Pictures   By Koraljka Suton   Almost two decades ago,…

3 years ago

The immortal ‘Casablanca’: Why the Old Hollywood’s Everlasting Masterpiece Is Still Beloved

  By Sven Mikulec   There is only a spoonful of movies that enjoy such a reputation as Casablanca, the…

3 years ago

‘Sunset Boulevard’: Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett’s Sobering Exposure of the Dark Side of Hollywood

  By Sven Mikulec   You will not find in my pictures any phony camera moves or fancy setups to…

3 years ago

‘Out of the Past’: The Quintessential Film Noir that Launched Robert Mitchum and Kirk Douglas’ Careers

  By Sven Mikulec   Seventy years since its release, Out of the Past has long enjoyed an established place…

3 years ago

Leigh Brackett: A Terrific Writer Ahead of Her Time just as She Was Ahead of Her Colleagues

  By Sven Mikulec The name Leigh Brackett, already surely familiar to every true fan of the literary genre of…

3 years ago