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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/john-fords-the-searchers-the-essential-film-of-american-culture-and-identity/ https://cinephiliabeyond.org/john-fords-the-searchers-the-essential-film-of-american-culture-and-identity/#comments Fri, 13 Mar 2026 13:43:20 +0000 http://www.cinephiliabeyond.org/?p=18698   By Sven Mikulec   Respected filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer (The Act of Killing, The Look of Silence), an intelligent, educated […]

The post John Ford’s ‘The Searchers’ at 70: The Essential Film of American Culture and Identity appeared first on Cinephilia & Beyond.]]> https://cinephiliabeyond.org/john-fords-the-searchers-the-essential-film-of-american-culture-and-identity/feed/ 4 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/12monkeys/ https://cinephiliabeyond.org/12monkeys/#respond Sat, 27 Dec 2025 13:56:48 +0000 https://cinephiliabeyond.org/?p=47294 12 Monkeys poster art by Yvan Quinet   By Sven Mikulec   By the time they got to me, they […]

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