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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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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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‘48 Hours’: Walter Hill’s Buddy Action Comedy that Inspired a New Trend in Hollywood

  By Sven Mikulec I'm your worst fucking nightmare, man, a nigger with a badge, barked Eddie Murphy during the…

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Sidney Lumet’s ‘Serpico’: One Honest Man’s Struggle Against the System

  By Sven Mikulec   The legend has it, when Al Pacino asked Frank Serpico why he had blown the…

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‘Rear Window’: Hitchcock’s Cinematic Exploration of Voyeurism Disguised as a Top-Notch Thriller

  By Sven Mikulec For all our education and filmwatching experience, we still haven't found a better example of a…

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