Screenwriting

‘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…

8 years ago

‘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…

8 years ago

‘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…

8 years ago

‘Carnal Knowledge’: Mike Nichols’ Expert Demystification of Sex and Relationships

  By Sven Mikulec When it hit the theaters in the early summer of 1971, Mike Nichols’ Carnal Knowledge by…

8 years ago

‘American Cinema’ explores film history and American culture through the eyes of over 150 Hollywood insiders

Using clips from more than 300 of the greatest movies ever made, this series explores film history and American culture…

8 years ago

Milos Forman’s ‘Ragtime’: An Entertaining Period Drama and a Graceful Goodbye of the Great James Cagney

In his much anticipated 1981 adaptation of E. L. Doctorow's celebrated novel ‘Ragtime,’ director Miloš Forman decided to single out…

8 years ago

‘Watching feature motion pictures in theaters is barely a hundred years old, and I’ve been working in films for half that time’

by Sven Mikulec After the Camerimage international film festival’s special screening of The Talented Mr. Ripley, Anthony Minghella’s wonderful and…

8 years ago

‘Rolling Thunder’: Another Shattering Experience from the Author of ‘Taxi Driver’

If Quentin Tarantino loved a certain movie so much that he named his own production company after it, you might…

8 years ago

‘Harper’: William Goldman’s Adaptation That Helped Build Paul Newman’s Image

The film that definitely helped create the image of Paul Newman as the cool film star with an abundance of…

8 years ago

Philip D’Antoni’s ‘The Seven-Ups’: An Adrenaline-Packed, Violent Thriller That Gained Cult Following

Even though William Friedkin's celebrated adrenaline-ridden thriller The French Connection had its legitimate sequel in 1975, many consider The Seven-Ups…

9 years ago