Steven Spielberg

‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’: Steven Spielberg’s Gamble That Paid Off Generously

  By Sven Mikulec   People have forgotten how to tell a story. Stories don’t have a middle or an…

3 years ago

‘Minority Report’: Steven Spielberg’s Proof that You Don’t Need to Sacrifice Substance to Produce Spectacle

Photographed by Sean M. Casey, David James © Twentieth Century Fox, DreamWorks   By Sven Mikulec   The beginning of…

6 years ago

‘Jaws’: The Groundbreaking Summer Blockbuster that Changed Hollywood, and Our Summer Vacations, Forever

  By Sven Mikulec   It seems unbelievable, but it's been 46 years since Steven Spielberg's Jaws premiered in cinemas…

7 years ago

‘Back to the Future’: Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale’s Timeless and Endlessly Fun Hybrid of Genres

  By Sven Mikulec   When it came out in the summer of 1985, Back to the Future was a…

7 years ago

‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’: Lucas and Spielberg’s Epitome of Action-Adventure Films Still Waiting to Be Surpassed

  By Sven Mikulec   Trying to catch a break from all the Star Wars hype, in the spring of…

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

Spielberg’s brilliant feature debut is a textbook example of what an ambitious and talented young director can do with modest resources

'Duel' poster art by Matt Ferguson https://www.theartofmattferguson.com/   By Sven Mikulec   The 1971 road thriller Duel had a vital…

9 years ago

‘Empire of the Sun’ is Spielberg at his best

  By Sven Mikulec   I've earned the right to fail commercially, Steven Spielberg supposedly said after Empire of the…

9 years ago

A holy grail of Indiana Jones artifacts

Upon the first story meeting with Steven Spielberg and Lawrence Kasdan, George Lucas hand wrote this treatment for Raiders of…

10 years ago