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‘To Live and Die in L.A.’: The Intelligent, Authentic Thriller as One of the Highlights of Friedkin’s Career

  By Sven Mikulec If you were to compile a list of the most impressive and exhilarating car chases in…

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‘Spellbound’: A Star-Studded Love Story in Dalí’s Design and Hitchcock’s Style

  By Sven Mikulec   One of the thematically unique works of Alfred Hitchcock was definitely the 1945 giant crowd-pleaser…

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‘Ran’ is by all standards one of master Kurosawa’s best films in his resume

Influenced to a degree by William Shakespeare's King Lear, Akira Kurosawa's Ran combines the elements of the well-known story of…

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‘Jeremiah Johnson’ and the American Errand into the Wilderness Myth

  By Sven Mikulec One of the founding myths of the American cultural identity, crafted soon after the ‘City upon…

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‘Suspicion’: Proof that a True Artist Can Create Great Things Even Under the Crippling Harness of a Profit-Driven Studio

Sometimes considered a second-rate product in a highly admirable series of excellent movies in Alfred Hitchcock's dossier, the 1941 psychological…

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Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Lifeboat’: An Expertly Composed Allegorical Thriller That Deserves More Recognition

  By Sven Mikulec   The first in Alfred Hitchcock's series of limited-setting films, the 1944 American drama thriller Lifeboat…

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‘Pan’s Labyrinth’: A Richly Imagined, Dreamlike Voyage of Self-Discovery and Character Formation

  By Sven Mikulec   Guillermo del Toro is one of the most interesting filmmakers in the world today, and…

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‘Shadow of a Doubt’: Hitchcock’s Disquieting Little Subversive Masterpiece

  By Sven Mikulec One of the most subversive films Alfred Hitchcock ever made is a disquieting little masterpiece called…

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‘The Andromeda Strain’: Robert Wise and Michael Crichton’s Stunning Cautioning Tale

  By Sven Mikulec The highly versatile American film director Robert Wise might have indeed won popular support and the…

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‘The Night of the Hunter’: The Extraordinary Single Directorial Entry in Charles Laughton’s Career

  By Sven Mikulec Charles Laughton was a respected English actor with a solid career in Hollywood, but his interests…

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