Sydney Pollack

‘Eyes Wide Shut’: A Tense, Nightmarish Exploration of Marriage and Sexuality in Kubrick’s Ultimate Film

  By Sven Mikulec   Almost a decade passed since Full Metal Jacket hit the theaters, and Stanley Kubrick lived…

6 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

‘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

Sydney Pollack’s ‘The Yakuza’: The Merging of Two Worlds in a Timeless Gangster Classic

  By Sven Mikulec   The significance of Sydney Pollack's 1974 neo-noir gangster film The Yakuza lies not only its…

9 years ago

Sydney Pollack’s ‘Three Days of the Condor’ is one of the finest spy thrillers ever filmed

  By Sven Mikulec The paranoid, skeptical, post-Watergate America gave birth to Sydney Pollack's first-class thrilller Three Days of the…

10 years ago