Cinephilia & Beyond https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html The Risk Always Lives: Words to Live by On the Set of James Cameron’s ‘Aliens’ ‘All the President’s Men’ at 50: Following the Money to Become One of the Most Remarkable American Films to Date Spies Like Us: Harry Palmer, the Everyday Hero of ‘The Ipcress File’ at 60 A Carpenter of Death and His Four Horsemen: Samuel Fuller’s ‘The Big Red One’ Sam Peckinpah’s original version of the screenplay for ‘One-Eyed Jacks,’ Marlon Brando’s only directorial effort Kael Kael Bang Bang: The Pauline Kael/Clint Eastwood Secret Wars Fincher’s ‘Zodiac’: A Suspenseful and Thrilling Combination of Police Procedural and Newspaper Film That Masterfully Chronicles the Progression of Obsession ‘Thief’ at 45: How Michael Mann’s Cinema Debut Stole the World’s Attention John Ford’s ‘The Searchers’ at 70: The Essential Film of American Culture and Identity ‘The Past, Present and Future of Humanity’: John Boorman’s ‘Excalibur’ at 45 ‘12 Angry Men’ at 69: The Everlasting Testament to Sidney Lumet and Reginald Rose’s Filmmaking Prowess ‘And the Sea Will Grant Each Man New Hope, As Sleep Brings Dreams of Home’: John McTiernan’s ‘The Hunt for Red October’ at 36 Directed by John Ford ‘I Am Insane, and You Are My Insanity’: Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of Terry Gilliam’s Captivating World of ‘12 Monkeys’ ‘The Killing of a Chinese Bookie’: Turning Entertainment into Personal Statement—Revisiting a Masterpiece on Its 50th Anniversary ‘The Long Goodbye’: Robert Altman and Leigh Brackett’s Unique and Fascinating Take on Chandler and Film Noir Approaching Menace: The American Pathology of Martin Scorsese’s ‘Taxi Driver’—Revisiting a Masterpiece on Its 50th Anniversary The Future is Now: Alfonso Cuarón’s ‘Children of Men’ Paints a Bleak Picture of a World Devoid of Humanity William Friedkin’s ‘The French Connection’ at 54: The Seventies’ Peak of Cinematic Excitement Rats in the Attic: William Friedkin’s ‘The Exorcist’—Revisiting a Masterpiece on its 52nd Anniversary ‘JFK’: Oliver Stone’s Emotionally Accurate and Masterfully Crafted Trip Down the Rabbit Hole ‘Catch Me If You Can’: Steven Spielberg’s Underrated Crime Comedy Is a Touching Drama About Identity, (Self-)Deception and Broken Families at Its Core Scorsese On the Ropes: The ‘Kamikaze’ Film-Making of ‘Raging Bull’ 40 Years of Hurt, Face-Hugging Dreams of Breathing: Ridley Scott’s ‘Alien’ Empire’s End: John Huston’s ‘The Man Who Would Be King’—Revisiting a Masterpiece on Its 50th Anniversary With ‘Barry Lyndon,’ Stanley Kubrick’s Painterly Eye Invites Us to Be All-seeing, but Ultimately, Unknowing—Revisiting a Masterpiece on Its 50th Anniversary ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’: Steven Spielberg’s Gamble That Paid Off Generously Leigh Brackett: A Terrific Writer Ahead of Her Time just as She Was Ahead of Her Colleagues ‘Heat’ at 30: Michael Mann’s Meticulous Masterpiece of Both Style and Substance That Transcends Genre ‘48 Hours’: Walter Hill’s Buddy Action Comedy that Inspired a New Trend in Hollywood ‘The Wicker Man’ at 52: The True Nature of Sacrifice ‘Se7en’ at 30: A Rain-Drenched, Somber, Gut-Wrenching Thriller that Restored David Fincher’s Faith in Filmmaking ‘Rocky’ at 49: A Heartwarming Sports Drama Reflecting Its Very Process of Creation ‘Network’: Sidney Lumet and Paddy Chayefsky’s Gruesome Prophecy Turned Reality—Revisiting a Masterpiece on Its 49th Anniversary ‘Out of the Past’ at 78: The Quintessential Film Noir that Launched Robert Mitchum and Kirk Douglas’ Careers Roman Polanski’s ‘Chinatown’ is one of the most impressive works of the period, an amazing experience from all angles ‘Empire of the Sun’ is Spielberg at his best Paradise Lost: How Martin Scorsese’s ‘Casino’ Charts the Rise and Fall of a Criminal Empire—Revisiting a Masterpiece on Its 30th Anniversary Donate2024 ‘Frankenstein’: James Whale’s Macabre Take on One of the Most Sympathetic Characters Ever Created in the World of English Letters ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’ at 50: Miloš Forman’s Mosaic of Brilliance With a Lesson Still As Important As Ever Sidney Lumet’s ‘Serpico’ at 52: One Honest Man’s Struggle Against the System ‘No Country for Old Men’: The Coen Brothers and Cormac McCarthy’s Ruthless Examination of Life ‘Touch of Evil’: Orson Welles’ Grandiose Film Noir that Took Four Decades to Shine In Its Intended Form The Chaotic Genius of ‘Brazil’: Terry Gilliam’s Dystopian Masterpiece at 40 ‘Cape Fear’: How Scorsese Added Complexity and Humanity to a Beloved Classic Subject to the Requirements of the Service: Peter Weir’s ‘Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World’ at 22 How Francis Ford Coppola Breathed New Life into ‘Bram Stoker’s Dracula’ Villeneuve’s ‘Arrival’: A Deep Exploration of the Importance of Language, the Nature of Time and the Dichotomy of Human Existence