Koraljka Suton

How Robert Altman’s Anti-Western Classic ‘McCabe & Mrs. Miller’ Aged Like Fine Wine

  By Koraljka Suton   The legendary director Robert Altman was given an Academy Honorary Award in 2006, “in recognition of…

3 years ago

Hitchcock’s ‘Vertigo’: The Unrelenting Male Gaze that Blurs the Lines Between Possession and Obsession

  By Koraljka Suton   It is no secret that the late Alfred Hitchcock was—and still is—not only one of…

3 years ago

‘Point Blank’: John Boorman’s Amalgamation of American, British and French Filmmaking Styles

Point Blank poster art by Tony Stella https://www.tony-stella.com/   By Koraljka Suton   British filmmaker John Boorman started out by…

3 years ago

How ‘Once Upon a Time in America’ Became Sergio Leone’s Butchered Swan Song

  By Koraljka Suton   I am not fascinated, as you say, by the myth of the West, or by…

3 years ago

The Future is Now: Alfonso Cuarón’s ‘Children of Men’ Paints a Bleak Picture of a World Devoid of Humanity

Cinematographer: Emmanuel Lubezki. Production stills by Jaap Buitendijk © Universal Pictures   By Koraljka Suton   Almost two decades ago,…

3 years ago

‘Walk the Line’: How James Mangold Uncovered the Emotional History of Johnny Cash

  By Koraljka Suton   He had to find the range of his own creativity, and learn how to control…

3 years ago

How Francis Ford Coppola Breathed New Life into ‘Bram Stoker’s Dracula’

  By Koraljka Suton   It could be deemed rather poetic that the origins of two of the most iconic…

3 years ago

‘Atlantic City’: Louis Malle’s Nostalgic Juxtaposition of Deterioration and Renewal

  By Koraljka Suton   When acclaimed French New Wave director Louis Malle was approached by producer Alexandre Mnouchkine with…

3 years ago

‘Charley Varrick’ (1973): Don Siegel’s Masterclass in Seamless Storytelling

  By Koraljka Suton   Two years after having made the critically acclaimed and commercially successful Dirty Harry, a seminal…

4 years ago