Paradise Lost: How Martin Scorsese’s ‘Casino’ Charts the Rise and Fall of a Criminal Empire
By Tim Pelan Casino in some respects is director Martin Scorsese dialing Goodfellas up to 11. Oh, you want…
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Cleansing of the Soul for a Clean Slate: Guillermo del Toro’s ‘The Devil’s Backbone’
By Sven Mikulec Three decades ago, the now-renowned Oscar-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro was at the beginning of his…
How Robert Altman’s Anti-Western Classic ‘McCabe & Mrs. Miller’ Aged Like Fine Wine
By Koraljka Suton The legendary director Robert Altman was given an Academy Honorary Award in 2006, “in recognition of a…
‘Miller’s Crossing’: A Lamentation of Losers by the Coen Brothers
By Tim Pelan After the success of Raising Arizona, Joel and Ethan Coen were given the chance to do…
‘The Conversation’: Francis Ford Coppola’s Paranoia-Ridden Tale of Surveillance, Guilt and Isolation
By Koraljka Suton Between his masterpiece The Godfather (1972) and its 1974 sequel, esteemed filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola decided…
Run Through the Jungian: Stanley Kubrick’s ‘Full Metal Jacket’, a Phenomenological Treatise on War
By Tim Pelan “It’s not pro-war or anti-war. It’s just the way things are,” Stanley Kubrick said of Full…
Carol Reed’s ‘The Third Man’: How Orson Welles Stole a Show He Was Barely In
By Koraljka Suton Filmmaker Carol Reed, hailed as one of the greatest U.K. directors, became famous in the late…
‘Kundun’: Martin Scorsese’s Serene Meditation on the Transient Nature of Life
By Koraljka Suton It is no secret that Martin Scorsese is a devoutly religious man. His life-long quest to…
‘In the Mouth of Madness’: John Carpenter’s Love Letter to H.P. Lovecraft and the Subgenre of Cosmic Horror
By Koraljka Suton Director John Carpenter was always one to surprise, frighten and delight his audiences. After making Dark…
The Risk Always Lives: Words to Live by On the Set of James Cameron’s ‘Aliens’
By Tim Pelan “My mommy always said there were no monsters—no real ones—but there are,” Carrie Henn’s hardened child…