https://cinephiliabeyond.org Films and Filmmaking Thu, 23 Apr 2026 21:01:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://cinephiliabeyond.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/cropped-007_w-1-32x32.jpg https://cinephiliabeyond.org 32 32 https://cinephiliabeyond.org/man-on-fire/ https://cinephiliabeyond.org/man-on-fire/#respond Thu, 23 Apr 2026 12:03:27 +0000 https://cinephiliabeyond.org/?p=51690   By Tim Pelan   “The kidnapping I didn’t want to make feel like a normal shootout. Right now, it […]

The post The Sheep That Got Found: ‘Man on Fire’ appeared first on Cinephilia & Beyond.]]> https://cinephiliabeyond.org/man-on-fire/feed/ 0 https://cinephiliabeyond.org/devils-backbone/ https://cinephiliabeyond.org/devils-backbone/#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2026 15:12:32 +0000 https://cinephiliabeyond.org/?p=39694   By Sven Mikulec   Three decades ago, the now-renowned Oscar-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro was at the beginning of […]

The post Cleansing of the Soul for a Clean Slate: Guillermo del Toro’s ‘The Devil’s Backbone’ at 25 appeared first on Cinephilia & Beyond.]]> https://cinephiliabeyond.org/devils-backbone/feed/ 2 https://cinephiliabeyond.org/excalibur/ https://cinephiliabeyond.org/excalibur/#respond Fri, 10 Apr 2026 20:00:53 +0000 https://cinephiliabeyond.org/?p=37566   By Tim Pelan   John Boorman’s 1981 fantastical retelling of Thomas Mallory’s Le Morte d’Arthur is, to quote Nicol […]

The post ‘The Past, Present and Future of Humanity’: John Boorman’s ‘Excalibur’ at 45 appeared first on Cinephilia & Beyond.]]> https://cinephiliabeyond.org/excalibur/feed/ 0 https://cinephiliabeyond.org/12-angry-men-everlasting-testament-sidney-lumet-reginald-roses-filmmaking-prowess/ https://cinephiliabeyond.org/12-angry-men-everlasting-testament-sidney-lumet-reginald-roses-filmmaking-prowess/#comments Fri, 10 Apr 2026 09:09:18 +0000 https://cinephiliabeyond.org/?p=31767   By Sven Mikulec   When esteemed actor Henry Fonda saw a successful teleplay called 12 Angry Men written for […]

The post ‘12 Angry Men’ at 69: The Everlasting Testament to Sidney Lumet and Reginald Rose’s Filmmaking Prowess appeared first on Cinephilia & Beyond.]]> https://cinephiliabeyond.org/12-angry-men-everlasting-testament-sidney-lumet-reginald-roses-filmmaking-prowess/feed/ 1 https://cinephiliabeyond.org/presidents-men-following-money-become-one-remarkable-american-films-date/ https://cinephiliabeyond.org/presidents-men-following-money-become-one-remarkable-american-films-date/#respond Thu, 09 Apr 2026 12:03:24 +0000 http://www.cinephiliabeyond.org/?p=22683   By Sven Mikulec   When Robert Redford thought of an idea to make a film about the dogged efforts […]

The post ‘All the President’s Men’ at 50: Following the Money to Become One of the Most Remarkable American Films to Date appeared first on Cinephilia & Beyond.]]> https://cinephiliabeyond.org/presidents-men-following-money-become-one-remarkable-american-films-date/feed/ 0 https://cinephiliabeyond.org/thief-michael-manns-cinema-debut-stole-worlds-attention/ https://cinephiliabeyond.org/thief-michael-manns-cinema-debut-stole-worlds-attention/#comments Fri, 27 Mar 2026 13:10:07 +0000 https://cinephiliabeyond.org/?p=30726   By Sven Mikulec   I started the film at 175 pounds and dropped to 150. We worked eighteen-hour days. […]

The post ‘Thief’ at 45: How Michael Mann’s Cinema Debut Stole the World’s Attention appeared first on Cinephilia & Beyond.]]> https://cinephiliabeyond.org/thief-michael-manns-cinema-debut-stole-worlds-attention/feed/ 6 https://cinephiliabeyond.org/killing-of-a-chinese-bookie/ https://cinephiliabeyond.org/killing-of-a-chinese-bookie/#respond Sun, 15 Feb 2026 13:17:44 +0000 https://cinephiliabeyond.org/?p=51565   By Sven Mikulec   We did ‘The Killing of a Chinese Bookie’ just as an effort to get out […]

The post ‘The Killing of a Chinese Bookie’: Turning Entertainment into Personal Statement—Revisiting a Masterpiece on Its 50th Anniversary appeared first on Cinephilia & Beyond.]]> https://cinephiliabeyond.org/killing-of-a-chinese-bookie/feed/ 0 https://cinephiliabeyond.org/approaching-menace-the-american-pathology-of-martin-scorseses-taxi-driver/ https://cinephiliabeyond.org/approaching-menace-the-american-pathology-of-martin-scorseses-taxi-driver/#comments Sat, 07 Feb 2026 13:54:01 +0000 https://cinephiliabeyond.org/?p=32914 Taxi Driver poster art by Tony Stella https://www.tony-stella.com/   Loneliness has followed me my whole life, everywhere. In bars, in […]

The post Approaching Menace: The American Pathology of Martin Scorsese’s ‘Taxi Driver’—Revisiting a Masterpiece on Its 50th Anniversary appeared first on Cinephilia & Beyond.]]> https://cinephiliabeyond.org/approaching-menace-the-american-pathology-of-martin-scorseses-taxi-driver/feed/ 3 https://cinephiliabeyond.org/catch-me-if-you-can/ https://cinephiliabeyond.org/catch-me-if-you-can/#respond Thu, 25 Dec 2025 22:50:52 +0000 https://cinephiliabeyond.org/?p=50622 Catch Me If You Can poster art by Mike Pappa   By Koraljka Suton   Part of the inspiration of […]

The post ‘Catch Me If You Can’: Steven Spielberg’s Underrated Crime Comedy Is a Touching Drama About Identity, (Self-)Deception and Broken Families at Its Core appeared first on Cinephilia & Beyond.]]> https://cinephiliabeyond.org/catch-me-if-you-can/feed/ 0 https://cinephiliabeyond.org/empires-end-john-hustons-the-man-who-would-be-king/ https://cinephiliabeyond.org/empires-end-john-hustons-the-man-who-would-be-king/#comments Tue, 16 Dec 2025 13:18:10 +0000 https://cinephiliabeyond.org/?p=34629   By Tim Pelan   On the occasion of John Huston’s The Man Who Would Be King screening at the […]

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