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- [Sidney Lumet’s 'Prince of the City' and the Moral and Psychological Turmoil at the Heart of It](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/sidney-lumets-prince-of-the-city-and-the-moral-and-psychological-turmoil-at-the-heart-of-it/) - By Sven Mikulec In a city corrupt to the bone, can a man at the same time be true to the law, to himself, to his colleagues and loved ones? It’s this that Sidney Lumet’s 1981 crime drama Prince of the City delves into with passion and intelligence. Written by Lumet and his
- [Run Through the Jungian: Stanley Kubrick's ‘Full Metal Jacket’, a Phenomenological Treatise on War](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/full-metal-jacket/) - By Tim Pelan “It's not pro-war or anti-war. It's just the way things are,” Stanley Kubrick said of Full Metal Jacket, his 1987 adaptation of Gustav Hasford’s novel, The Short-Timers. Hasford was a combat correspondent with the Marine Corp in Vietnam, and Matthew Modine’s character Joker, who we follow through basic training and
- ['Jaws' at 50: The Groundbreaking Summer Blockbuster that Changed Hollywood, and Our Summer Vacations, Forever](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/jaws-groundbreaking-summer-blockbuster-changed-hollywood-summer-vacations-forever/) - Jaws poster art by Tony Stella https://www.tony-stella.com/ By Sven Mikulec It seems unbelievable, but it's been 46 years since Steven Spielberg's Jaws premiered in cinemas across the United States. Almost half a century since the audience got to see the film that would change not only the way they perceive swimming in the
- [Fincher’s ‘Zodiac’: A Suspenseful and Thrilling Combination of Police Procedural and Newspaper Film That Masterfully Chronicles the Progression of Obsession](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/zodiac/) - Zodiac poster art by Barret Chapman By Koraljka Suton Robert Graysmith knew he was a guy on the sidelines of this story. He wanted to be a part of it and he made himself a part of it. He was doing it on his own time because he wasn’t a reporter. It was
- [‘The Magnificent Ambersons’: The Fascinating Story of Orson Welles’ Studio-Tainted Masterpiece](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/magnificent-ambersons-fascinating-story-orson-welles-studio-tainted-masterpiece/) - By Sven Mikulec It was sometime in 1980 when Orson Welles finally sat down and agreed to watch The Magnificent Ambersons, giving in to his persuasive colleague and protégé Henry Jaglom. After about an hour, Welles turned off the TV, saying “from here on, it becomes their movie.” The frustration, dissatisfaction, anger and
- [“It Ain't Like It Used to Be. But It'll Do:” How Sam Peckinpah's ‘The Wild Bunch’ Became Both a Eulogy for a Mythic Past and a Template for a New Kind of Action](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/the-wild-bunch/) - The Wild Bunch poster art by Tony Stella By Tim Pelan We wanted to show violence in real terms. Dying is not fun and games. Movies make it look so detached. With 'The Wild Bunch,' people get involved whether they like it or not. They do not have the mild reactions to it.
- ['Raiders of the Lost Ark': Lucas and Spielberg's Epitome of Action-Adventure Films Still Waiting to Be Surpassed](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/raiders-lost-ark-lucas-spielbergs-epitome-action-adventure-films-still-waiting-surpassed/) - By Sven Mikulec Trying to catch a break from all the Star Wars hype, in the spring of 1977 George Lucas was resting on a Hawaiian beach, building sand castles with his friend and colleague Steven Spielberg, who was also reposing after the making of Close Encounters of the Third Kind. As the
- [‘Time Bandits’: The Ever-Lasting Importance of Terry Gilliam's Best Fairy Tale](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/time-bandits-the-ever-lasting-importance-of-terry-gilliams-best-fairy-tale/) - By Sven Mikulec One of the most imaginative children’s movies we’ve ever seen was made in 1981 by the king of the bizarre, the grand maester of visual storytelling, the American odd man out in the Monty Python British lineup—the one and only, Terry Gilliam. With Time Bandits, the fantasy film he wrote
- [Preparing for the Worst and Hoping for the Best:<br> Crises, Isolation and Connection in Julia Neuhaus’ Documentary ‘TEOTWAWKI–The End of the World As We Know It’ (2022)](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/teotwawki-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/) - June 8, 2023 By Koraljka Suton Our house is on fire, as activist Greta Thunberg so poignantly put it in 2018. And it has been for quite some time. Climate scientists have been fighting tooth and nail to raise awareness, find sustainable solutions and influence governments to start implementing changes. But things
- [Approaching Menace: The American Pathology of Martin Scorsese’s ‘Taxi Driver’—Revisiting a Masterpiece on Its 50th Anniversary](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/approaching-menace-the-american-pathology-of-martin-scorseses-taxi-driver/) - Taxi Driver poster art by Tony Stella https://www.tony-stella.com/ Loneliness has followed me my whole life, everywhere. In bars, in cars, sidewalks, stores, everywhere. There's no escape. I'm God's lonely man. —Travis Bickle By Tim Pelan Many rightly attribute Taxi Driver’s success to screenwriter Paul Schrader, director Martin Scorsese, and method leading man
- [The Future is Now: Alfonso Cuarón’s ‘Children of Men’ Paints a Bleak Picture of a World Devoid of Humanity](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/children-of-men/) - Cinematographer: Emmanuel Lubezki. Production stills by Jaap Buitendijk © Universal Pictures By Koraljka Suton Almost two decades ago, director Alfonso Cuarón’s fourth feature, the 2001 sexual road comedy Y tu mamá también, became an unexpected success and went on to earn the filmmaker a Best Original Screenplay Oscar nomination the following year. The
- [William Friedkin's 'The French Connection' at 54: The Seventies' Peak of Cinematic Excitement](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/william-friedkins-the-french-connection-the-seventies-peak-of-cinematic-excitement/) - Artwork by Huan Do / @huanartposters By Sven Mikulec One of the first things that comes to mind when The French Connection is discussed is the famous car chase scene, the breathtaking endeavor of Gene Hackman trying to catch an elevated train with his Pontiac. It can’t, however, be repeated too often or
- [‘The Past, Present and Future of Humanity’: John Boorman's ‘Excalibur’](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/excalibur/) - By Tim Pelan John Boorman's 1981 fantastical retelling of Thomas Mallory’s Le Morte d’Arthur is, to quote Nicol Williamson’s Merlin in the film, “A dream to some. A nightmare to others!” Often dismissed as an episodic and hammy sword and sorcery tale, it is to this writer a clever and satisfying retelling of
- [‘I Am Insane, and You Are My Insanity’: Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of Terry Gilliam’s Captivating World of ‘12 Monkeys’](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/12monkeys/) - 12 Monkeys poster art by Yvan Quinet By Sven Mikulec By the time they got to me, they had tried proper directors and nobody wanted to do it. Nobody seemed to understand what it was, what it was about, what the focus was, and how you dealt with that. I loved the fact
- [Rats in the Attic: William Friedkin’s ‘The Exorcist’—Revisiting a Masterpiece on its 52nd Anniversary](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/rats-in-the-attic-william-friedkins-the-exorcist/) - By Tim Pelan Fifty-two years after its powerful debut, and with all the attendant publicity, analysis, and secondhand knowledge, from satire to theological debate, that has existed around it since then, does William Friedkin's The Exorcist retain the same level of shock and awe? As a generally non-horror aficionado (the Alien films don't
- [‘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](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/catch-me-if-you-can/) - Catch Me If You Can poster art by Mike Pappa By Koraljka Suton Part of the inspiration of 'Catch Me If You Can' for me is that it shows you can turn your life around and make something better of yourself, but it's also a story that is pure, unadulterated fun. It has
- ['JFK': Oliver Stone’s Emotionally Accurate and Masterfully Crafted Trip Down the Rabbit Hole](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/jfk/) - By Koraljka Suton “I think I was always controversial, provocative. But I can’t help it. I have to go there. It’s my nature. It’s my father’s nature, too, to probe, to want to know the truth of a situation. And that’s not to say I’m right, but I have to ask some questions.
- [Scorsese On the Ropes: The ‘Kamikaze’ Film-Making of ‘Raging Bull’](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/raging-bull/) - By Tim Pelan Scorsese’s Raging Bull is not your dad's boxing movie. It's certainly not a story of conventional redemption or hope overcoming the odds. Instead it’s mainly a troubling deep dive into a sick soul, haunted by self-loathing, sexual frustration, jealousy and anger, the ring-centred conflicts heightened, abstract and visceral extensions of
- [40 Years of Hurt, Face-Hugging Dreams of Breathing: Ridley Scott's ‘Alien’](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/alien-40th-anniversary/) - Alien poster art by Brian Taylor By Tim Pelan Ripley's words to the Xenomorph in Alien 3 sum up how we all feel: “You’ve been in my life so long, I can’t remember anything else.” And now forty years of hurt has director Ridley Scott's original Alien, a self-proclaimed “Texas Chainsaw Massacre in
- [With 'Barry Lyndon,' Stanley Kubrick’s Painterly Eye Invites Us to Be All-seeing, but Ultimately, Unknowing—Revisiting a Masterpiece on Its 50th Anniversary](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/barry-lyndon/) - By Tim Pelan I have had a complete set of Thackeray sitting on my bookshelf at home for years, and I had to read several of his novels before reading 'Barry Lyndon.' At one time, 'Vanity Fair' interested me as a possible film but, in the end, I decided the story could not
- [Empire’s End: John Huston’s ‘The Man Who Would Be King’—Revisiting a Masterpiece on Its 50th Anniversary](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/empires-end-john-hustons-the-man-who-would-be-king/) - By Tim Pelan On the occasion of John Huston's The Man Who Would Be King screening at the Edinburgh International Film Festival in 2010 to mark star Sean Connery's 80th birthday (he plays the eponymous “king”, ex-British soldier Daniel Dravot, alongside Michael Caine as mate and fellow Tommy, Peachy Carnahan), co-star Saeed Jaffrey,
- [‘Heat’ at 30: Michael Mann’s Meticulous Masterpiece of Both Style and Substance That Transcends Genre](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/heat/) - Heat poster art by Ignacio RC, https://ignaciorc.com/heat By Koraljka Suton A guy told me one time, “Don't let yourself get attached to anything you are not willing to walk out on in 30 seconds flat if you feel the heat around the corner.” Now, if you're on me and you gotta move when
- ['Close Encounters of the Third Kind': Steven Spielberg's Gamble That Paid Off Generously](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/close-encounters-of-the-third-kind-steven-spielbergs-gamble-that-paid-off-generously/) - Close Encounters of the Third Kind poster art by Paul Mann By Sven Mikulec People have forgotten how to tell a story. Stories don’t have a middle or an end anymore. They usually have a beginning that never stops beginning. By the same token, you have so many moviemakers who want the effects
- [‘48 Hours’: Walter Hill’s Buddy Action Comedy that Inspired a New Trend in Hollywood](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/48-hours-walter-hills-buddy-action-comedy-inspired-new-trend-hollywood/) - By Sven Mikulec “I'm your worst fucking nightmare, man, a nigger with a badge,” barked Eddie Murphy during the famous 48 Hours’ redneck bar sequence that instantly created a new star on Hollywood's horizon. In his feature film debut, having arrived late on set and without practically any rehearsing, Murphy nailed the part
- [Leigh Brackett: A Terrific Writer Ahead of Her Time just as She Was Ahead of Her Colleagues](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/leigh-brackett-terrific-writer-ahead-time-just-ahead-colleagues/) - By Sven Mikulec The name Leigh Brackett, already surely familiar to every true fan of the literary genre of science fiction, is a name that should be celebrated by every film lover as well. Born exactly 101 years ago and often referred to as The Queen of Space Opera, she started writing and
- ['The Wicker Man' at 52: The True Nature of Sacrifice](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/wickerman/) - The Wicker Man poster art by Karl Fitzgerald https://www.karlfitzgeraldart.com/ By Tim Pelan Making the film was great fun. It was shot in 25 different locations and, since it was set in spring, and we were shooting in November, we had to glue leaves and blossom on to the trees wherever we were. The
- [‘Se7en’ at 30: A Rain-Drenched, Somber, Gut-Wrenching Thriller that Restored David Fincher’s Faith in Filmmaking](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/se7en-rain-drenched-somber-gut-wrenching-thriller-restored-david-finchers-faith-filmmaking/) - Se7en poster art by Krzysztof Domaradzki By Sven Mikulec “The movie is a horror movie. The movie is about utter and total loss of control.” —David Fincher on Se7en Slightly more than 22 years ago, David Fincher, a talented filmmaker who made music videos and commercials and was left by his directorial
- [Sidney Lumet’s ‘Serpico’ at 52: One Honest Man’s Struggle Against the System](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/sidney-lumets-serpico-one-honest-mans-struggle-system/) - By Sven Mikulec The legend has it that when Al Pacino asked Frank Serpico why he had blown the whistle on New York police corruption, Serpico replied, "If I didn't, who would I be when I listened to a piece of music?" Having joined the force in 1959, Serpico worked dedicatedly for 12
- ['Rocky' at 49: A Heartwarming Sports Drama Reflecting Its Very Process of Creation](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/rocky-a-heartwarming-sports-drama-reflecting-its-very-process-of-creation/) - By Sven Mikulec Sylvester Stallone’s breakout role and the whole process behind its development have become common knowledge. He was broke, his wife was pregnant, and he kept cruising around, knocking on doors, ringing doorbells, and trying to sell his script: a story of an unaccomplished, could-have-been boxing champion with the heart of
- [The Chaotic Genius of ‘Brazil’: Terry Gilliam’s Dystopian Masterpiece at 40](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/duct-soup-the-daffy-dystopian-design-nightmare-of-terry-gilliams-brazil/) - By Tim Pelan Brazil is the demented, surreal flip-side of George Orwell’s dystopian warning—1984 1/2 was director Terry Gilliam’s originally mooted title. Yet it is Gilliam’s comic vision that depressingly reflects and permeates our everyday culture. One of the bureaucratic balls-ups, government catch-all catchphrases (“We’re all in this together”), and an ineffectual war on
- [‘Empire of the Sun’ is Spielberg at his best](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/empire-sun-spielberg-best/) - By Sven Mikulec “I've earned the right to fail commercially,” Steven Spielberg supposedly said after Empire of the Sun’s box office harvest failed to impress. Despite this considerable financial disappointment, Spielberg, however, got the chance to make a very personal, intimate film that took some time but found its way into the hearts
- ['Network': Sidney Lumet and Paddy Chayefsky's Gruesome Prophecy Turned Reality—Revisiting a Masterpiece on Its 49th Anniversary](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/network/) - By Koraljka Suton Once it opened, everybody kept saying, ‘Oh, what a brilliant satire.’ But Paddy and I always said, ‘This isn’t satire, it’s sheer reportage.’ We were both brought up in television, so we knew what we were dealing with. But I’ve got to tell you—I don’t think I’ve seen it in
- [‘Out of the Past’ at 78: The Quintessential Film Noir that Launched Robert Mitchum and Kirk Douglas’ Careers](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/past-quintessential-film-noir-launched-robert-mitchum-kirk-douglas-careers/) - By Sven Mikulec Seventy years since its release, Out of the Past has long enjoyed an established place in film historians’ lectures on the best examples of film noir. Produced by RKO, a company that mainly specialized in the production of B-movies by that time and every once in a while managed to
- [Roman Polanski's 'Chinatown' is one of the most impressive works of the period, an amazing experience from all angles](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/roman-polanskis-chinatown/) - By Sven Mikulec Produced by the great Robert Evans, Roman Polanski's 1974 neo-noir Chinatown is without any doubt one of the most finely written films of all time. Robert Towne's screenplay is an example of extremely perfected craftsmanship: the way it conveys the story rooted in real history seems breathtakingly natural and
- [Paradise Lost: How Martin Scorsese's 'Casino' Charts the Rise and Fall of a Criminal Empire—Revisiting a Masterpiece on Its 30th Anniversary](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/casino/) - By Tim Pelan This story has to be on a big canvas. There’s no sense in my getting Bob De Niro and Joe Pesci and making a 90-minute picture about only one aspect of one story out of Vegas for the past 40 years. It has to be set in the context of
- [‘Frankenstein’: James Whale’s Macabre Take on One of the Most Sympathetic Characters Ever Created in the World of English Letters](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/frankenstein/) - By Koraljka Suton Look! It's moving. It's alive. It's alive... It's alive, it's moving, it's alive, it's alive, it's alive, it's alive, IT'S ALIVE! This has got to be one of the most iconic movie quotes of all time, regardless of whether the person doing the quoting has even seen the film it
- [‘No Country for Old Men’: The Coen Brothers and Cormac McCarthy’s Ruthless Examination of Life](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/no-country-for-old-men/) - By Sven Mikulec That is no country for old men. The young In one another’s arms, birds in the trees —Those dying generations—at their song, The salmon-falls, the mackerel-crowded seas, Fish, flesh, or fowl, commend all summer long Whatever is begotten, born, and dies. Caught in that sensual music all neglect Monuments of
- ['One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' at 50: Miloš Forman's Mosaic of Brilliance With a Lesson Still As Important As Ever](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/one-flew-cuckoos-nest-milos-formans-mosaic-brilliance-lesson-still-important-ever/) - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest poster art by Andrew Rowland By Sven Mikulec If you open any book on the history of film, you are bound to find a plethora of historically significant movies that marked certain periods, moved audiences, captured the zeitgeist, and initiated changes in the society and the way
- [‘Touch of Evil’: Orson Welles’ Grandiose Film Noir that Took Four Decades to Shine In Its Intended Form](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/touch-evil-orson-welles-grandiose-film-noir-took-four-decades-shine-intended-form/) - By Sven Mikulec When Universal approached Orson Welles with an intriguing supporting role in a new thriller tentatively called Badge of Evil, the filmmaker was at a difficult point of his career, not having directed an American film in a full decade. He spent the last ten years directing international productions like Othello
- [‘Cape Fear’: How Scorsese Added Complexity and Humanity to a Beloved Classic](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/cape-fear-how-scorsese-added-complexity-and-humanity-to-a-beloved-classic/) - By Sven Mikulec Back in 1962, J. Lee Thompson made a cinematic adaptation of John D. MacDonald's novel The Executioners. Written by James R. Webb, Cape Fear starred Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum and Polly Bergen, with its dark story of a released prisoner eager to exact his revenge on the lawyer he finds
- [Subject to the Requirements of the Service: Peter Weir’s ‘Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World’ at 22](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/subject-requirements-service-peter-weirs-master-commander-far-side-world/) - Master and Commander poster art by Colin Murdoch By Tim Pelan Asked by Debbie Lynn Elias of Behind The Lens Online on what compels the director Peter Weir to film such varied stories as he does, leading up to Master And Commander: The Far Side of the World, the director ruminated and replied,
- [How Francis Ford Coppola Breathed New Life into ‘Bram Stoker’s Dracula’](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/dracula/) - By Koraljka Suton It could be deemed rather poetic that the origins of two of the most iconic and beloved horror movie creatures can be traced back to a single weekend in 1816 hosted by Lord Byron—both Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and John Polidori's The Vampyre were the result of a writing challenge proposed
- [Villeneuve’s ‘Arrival’: A Deep Exploration of the Importance of Language, the Nature of Time and the Dichotomy of Human Existence](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/arrival/) - Any student of directing and filmmaking can learn a lot from Denis Villeneuve and Arrival, one of the best science fiction movies in recent years.
- [“If You’re Going to Sell Your Soul to The Devil, the Consequences Are There for You to Suffer”: Ridley Scott and Cormac McCarthy’s ‘The Counselor’](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/thecounselor/) - By Tim Pelan Not much of a one for describing his work, author Cormac McCarthy bluntly describes The Counselor, his first original screenplay, knocked out in five weeks apparently and directed by Ridley Scott in seven, as the story of Michael Fassbender's eponymous lawyer, “a decent man who gets up one morning and
- [The Faustian Fall Guy: Richard Rush’s ‘The Stunt Man’](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/faustian-fall-guy-richard-rushs-stunt-man/) - By Tim Pelan You've got to admire an opening sequence where an unconcerned, lazy dog lies in the middle of a dusty side road, obstructing a sheriff's patrol car by licking its own balls. The camera pans to a low-flying helicopter overshooting the spot where said lawman will fail to apprehend a fugitive
- [The Art of Cinematography: 10 Essential Documentaries Everyone Should See](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/the-art-of-cinematography-8-essential-documentaries/) - Cinematographers, often referred to as directors of photography (DPs), have played an indispensable role throughout the history of cinema. Their work goes far beyond operating a camera; they are the visual storytellers who shape how stories are seen and felt. These documentaries offer valuable insights into the art and craft of cinematography, providing both
- ['They Live': John Carpenter's Brilliantly Simple and Hugely Enjoyable Assault on Reagan's America](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/live-john-carpenters-brilliantly-simple-hugely-enjoyable-assault-reagans-america/) - By Sven Mikulec During the 1980s, John Carpenter stumbled upon a comic book based on Ray Nelson’s 1963 short story entitled Eight O'Clock in the Morning. Enraged by what he saw in Ronald Reagan's America, the filmmaker saw the story as a suitable premise for a cautioning science-fiction action thriller that the world
- [New Model Arnie: How James Cameron’s ‘Terminator 2: Judgment Day’ Held True to Its Exploitation Roots Whilst Remodelling the Action Blockbuster Template](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/terminator2/) - Terminator 2: Judgment Day poster art by Tony Stella, https://www.tony-stella.com/ By Tim Pelan I'm not playing it safe by doing 'Terminator 2.' My career could be in real trouble if this film doesn't do well. It's like 'Aliens’ was—I had everything to lose and nothing to gain. But I didn't get into filmmaking
- [‘Punch-Drunk Love’: The Hilarity of Anxiety and Blossoming Love in Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘art house Adam Sandler film’](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/punch-drunk-love/) - By Adam Buffery According to Paul Thomas Anderson, the self-taught San Fernando valley wiz-kid now entering the second half of his storied career, love is what happens when you’re busy buying pudding. The general audience has often missed the tender hum of humor coursing through many of Anderson’s feature films, as it seems
- ['To Live and Die in L.A.' at 40: How Friedkin Made One of the Best Films of the Eighties](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/to-live-and-die-in-la/) - By Sven Mikulec All of the films I have made, that I have chosen to make, are all about the thin line between good and evil. And also the thin line that exists in each and every one of us. That’s what my films are about. That’s what 'To Live and Die in
- [‘Spellbound’ at 80: A Star-Studded Love Story in Dalí’s Design and Hitchcock’s Style](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/spellbound-a-star-studded-love-story-in-dalis-design-and-hitchcocks-style/) - By Sven Mikulec One of the thematically unique works of Alfred Hitchcock was definitely the 1945 giant crowd-pleaser called Spellbound, featuring the unlikely romance of Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck. The story of a psychiatrist eager to prove the innocence of a man suspected of murder by using psychoanalysis found its way to
- ['Wait Until Dark': Terence Young's Terrifyingly Effective Suspense Thriller with Brilliant Audrey Hepburn and Alan Arkin](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/wait-dark-terence-youngs-terrifyingly-effective-suspense-thriller-brilliant-audrey-hepburn-alan-arkin/) - By Sven Mikulec Frederick Knott, the esteemed English playwright, might have written only three plays in his career, but this means that two-thirds of his complete opus ended up in the classics category, in no small part due to successful and highly praised film adaptations. Dial M for Murder premiered at the Westminster
- [Defying Gravity: The Cosmic Corn of Christopher Nolan’s ‘Interstellar’](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/interstellar/) - Interstellar poster art by Zero By Tim Pelan I thought of a labyrinth of labyrinths, of one sinuous spreading labyrinth that would encompass the past and the future and in some way involve the stars. —Jorge Luis Borges Time and gravity. Two forces that exert an enormous physical and psychological influence on
- [Jean-Pierre Melville: Life and Work of a Groundbreaking Filmmaking Poet](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/jean-pierre-melville-life-and-work-of-a-groundbreaking-filmmaking-poet/) - By Sven Mikulec One of the very few filmmakers we deeply cherish above almost all others and whose work we hold in the greatest esteem is Jean-Pierre Melville, the highly influential French filmmaker who reached his peak in the sixties, and succumbed to a heart attack at the age of only fifty-five. Even
- [Reclaiming the Lost Art of Melodrama in Sidney Lumet’s Unsung Masterpiece: ‘Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead’](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/before-the-devil-knows-youre-dead/) - By Parrish Stikeleather I sent the script first to Philip, one of the finest actors in the country, and I gave him the choice to play either brother: Hank or Andy. Then I sent it to Ethan. And Ethan said he wanted to play Hank. I was surprised, because Hank is a weak
- [Play for Play: How The Color of Money’s ‘One For Them’ Assignment Reignited Martin Scorsese’s Hunger for the Work](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/the-color-of-money/) - By Tim Pelan After 'The Last Temptation' was cancelled in ’83, I had to get myself back in shape. Work out. And this was working out. First 'After Hours,' on a small scale. The idea was that I should be able, if 'Last Temptation' ever came along again, to make it like 'After
- ['Bullitt' at 57: A Suspense-Packed Thriller that Introduced a New Kind of Action Films](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/bullitt-a-suspense-packed-thriller-that-introduced-a-new-kind-of-action-films/) - By Sven Mikulec Steve McQueen is definitely one of those larger-than-life film icons, a movie star that marked a specific cinematic period and will be remembered along with the greatest in the history of Hollywood. Bullitt, director Peter Yates' second film and the first one he made in the United States, greatly contributed
- [John Carpenter’s ‘The Thing’: The Story of an SF Horror Game-Changer](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/john-carpenters-thing-story-sf-horror-game-changer/) - The Thing poster art by Christopher Shy By Sven Mikulec I mean, the whole point of the monster is to be monstrous, to be repellent. That’s what makes you sidewith the human beings. I didn’t have a problem with that. The critics thought the movie was boring and didn’t allow for any hope.
- ['Fight Club' at 26: David Fincher's Stylish Exploration of Modern-Day Man's Estrangement and Disillusionment](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/fight-club-david-finchers-stylish-exploration-modern-day-mans-estrangement-disillusionment/) - Fight Club poster art by ChangeTheThought By Sven Mikulec Standing proudly among the ranks of those films whose post-theater, DVD legacy far outshone and outlived the results and recognition they got while on display in cinemas across the United States during their initial theatrical run, David Fincher's Fight Club is today seen by
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- [Abel Ferrara’s ‘King of New York’ gained a true, cult reputation of a legitimate gangster classic](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/abel-ferraras-king-of-new-york-gained-a-true-cult-reputation-of-a-legitimate-gangster-classic/) - By Sven Mikulec When it comes to filmmakers who are, among other things, distinguished for their strong and passionate connection to New York City, names such as Martin Scorsese, Sidney Lumet, and Spike Lee naturally come to mind. However, there’s one crucial director, a symbol of the American independent cinema of the nineties,
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- ['Miller's Crossing' at 35: A Lamentation of Losers by the Coen Brothers](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/millers-crossing/) - By Tim Pelan After the success of Raising Arizona, Joel and Ethan Coen were given the chance to do something a little more ambitious, with a budget of somewhere between $11 million and $15 million. They settled for a labyrinthine period gangster film loosely based on Dashiell Hammett’s The Glass Key, with
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- ['Goodfellas' at 35: Martin Scorsese’s Anthropological Goodlife Through a Lens](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/goodfellas/) - Photographed by Barry Wetcher © Warner Bros. By Tim Pelan As far back as I can remember, director Martin Scorsese has been synonymous with wiseguys, mooks, goombahs, and spin-on-a-dime funny-how guys delivering a gut punch to the senses, all choreographed to a wowser wall of sound. Young pretenders like Quentin Tarantino and Edgar
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- [‘Atlantic City’ at 45: Louis Malle’s Nostalgic Juxtaposition of Deterioration and Renewal](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/atlantic-city/) - By Koraljka Suton When acclaimed French New Wave director Louis Malle was approached by producer Alexandre Mnouchkine with the idea for a Canadian production certified by the CRTC (the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission), little did he know that the picture he would end up making would later be regarded as his most
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- [“No One Is Just Anything”: In William Friedkin's ‘Sorcerer’, Four Reduced Men Must Gamble with Life to Give It Value](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/sorcerer/) - Sorcerer original motion picture soundtrack cover art by Tony Stella, https://www.tony-stella.com/ By Tim Pelan The film became an obsession. It was to be my magnum opus, the one on which I’d stake my reputation. I felt that every film I’d ever made was preparation for this one. William Friedkin Jungle drums were
- [Provocative, pensive and splendidly acted, Hitchcock’s ‘Rope’ is a heck of a film](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/alfred-hitchcocks-rope/) - By Sven Mikulec Back in 1948, the great Alfred Hitchcock took a risk when, as a major director, he decided to turn his film Rope into an experiment of sorts. This tense psychological crime thriller was based on Patrick Hamilton’s 1929 play of the same name, which drew heavy inspiration from the notorious
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- [‘Horror Implied, as Opposed to Explained… That’s Michael Mann’s Strength (Will)’—‘Manhunter’](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/manhunter/) - Manhunter poster by Thomas Walker By Tim Pelan In 1986, Michael Mann’s Manhunter elevated schlock-horror to a thoughtful, stylised, forensically psychological level, introducing the concept of a serial killer to a wider base, through two fascinating characters—the incarcerated, urbane and clinically insane psychiatrist Hannibal Lecter (spelt Lektor in Manhunter and played by Brian
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- [‘Charley Varrick’ (1973): Don Siegel’s Masterclass in Seamless Storytelling](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/charley-varrick/) - By Koraljka Suton Two years after having made the critically acclaimed and commercially successful Dirty Harry, a seminal police movie that would set both the style and the tone for the genre itself, filmmaker Don Siegel went on to direct Charley Varrick, a neo-noir crime film that, all critical praise aside, undeservedly flopped
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- [‘The Friends of Eddie Coyle’ at 52: Peter Yates’ Crime Masterpiece that Chose to Rely on a Completely Different Kind of Spectacle](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/friends-of-eddie-coyle/) - The Friends of Eddie Coyle poster art by Tony Stella By Sven Mikulec Published in January 1973, George V. Higgins’ crime novel The Friends of Eddie Coyle was well received by critics and the public, featuring a story of the Boston criminal milieu and its detailed mechanics and intricacies composed by a lawyer
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- ['Catch-22': Mike Nichols' Underappreciated Classic Adaptation of One of the Best Antiwar Novels of All Time](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/catch-22-mike-nichols-underappreciated-classic-adaptation-one-best-antiwar-novels-time/) - By Sven Mikulec It had all the ingredients of an instant hit and future classic. At the helm, one of the hottest directorial commodities of the period, the great Mike Nichols, just coming off his successes with Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and The Graduate, the film that defined a whole generation. Under
- [How Robert Altman’s Anti-Western Classic ‘McCabe & Mrs. Miller’ Aged Like Fine Wine](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/mccabe-mrs-miller/) - By Koraljka Suton The legendary director Robert Altman was given an Academy Honorary Award in 2006, “in recognition of a career that has repeatedly reinvented the art form and inspired filmmakers and audiences alike.” Although he never won a competitive Oscar, despite having been nominated seven times—two times for Best Picture and five times
- [How Tim Burton's Version of the Caped Crusader Put the Dark in Dark Knight and Gave Wings to the Superhero Movie Genre](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/batman1989/) - By Koraljka Suton Exactly 30 years ago, in the summer of 1989, the world was swept off its feet by a creature of the night. Due to preliminary marketing and merchandising which gave rise to a large-scale Bat-Mania, it came as no surprise that the hyped feature-length movie about the comic book superhero
- [‘Minority Report’: Steven Spielberg’s Proof that You Don’t Need to Sacrifice Substance to Produce Spectacle](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/minority-report-steven-spielbergs-proof-dont-need-sacrifice-substance-produce-spectacle/) - Photographed by Sean M. Casey, David James © Twentieth Century Fox, DreamWorks By Sven Mikulec The beginning of Minority Report, Steven Spielberg’s thrilling sci-fi noir from 2002, is closely connected to another science fiction classic: Total Recall. The film was optioned all the way back in 1992 as a sequel to the Arnold
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- [We Can Mis-Remember it 80s-Style: ‘Total Recall’ Was the Last Gasp 80s Ultraviolent Action Extravaganza for a New Decade](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/total-recall/) - Total Recall poster by Kyle Lambert By Tim Pelan I made the movie in a way that it would be true on both levels, and I spent a lot of time to get that. If you want a scientific explanation, you know, of course, in quantum mechanics there is a very interesting principle,
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- [“Huston treats the story with a level, unsentimental honesty and makes it into one of his best films”](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/huston-treats-story-level-unsentimental-honesty-makes-one-best-films/) - By Sven Mikulec The neo-noir boxing drama that finally reinstated John Huston on the road of financial success after a series of box office disappointments, Fat City is a wonderful piece of filmmaking that remains one of our dearest sports films of all time. Leonard Gardner adeptly adapted his own novel of the same
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- [Hitchcock's ‘Vertigo’: The Unrelenting Male Gaze that Blurs the Lines Between Possession and Obsession](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/vertigo/) - By Koraljka Suton It is no secret that the late Alfred Hitchcock was—and still is—not only one of the most revered filmmakers in the history of cinema, but also the “Master of Suspense.” After having started his career as a silent film title designer and art director, the London-born auteur had his directorial
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- [‘Ryan’s Daughter’: The Proof of David Lean’s Versatility](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/ryans-daughter-the-proof-of-david-leans-versatility/) - By Sven Mikulec After working together on the giant adaptation of Doctor Zhivago, legendary British director David Lean and respected screenwriter Robert Bolt looked forward to doing something completely different. Having filmed epic films such as The Bridge on the River Kwai and Lawrence of Arabia, Lean chose to shoot s much smaller
- [James Mangold's 'Identity': The Devil in the Details](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/identity/) - I love 'Identity.' I love it. In fact, I think some of the filmmaking, the craftmanship, the image making, is such that I'm very proud of it. —James Mangold By Sven Mikulec Even though that’s exactly how I’m about to start, James Mangold has become a name that basically needs no introduction.
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- [‘12 Angry Men’ at 68: The Everlasting Testament to Sidney Lumet and Reginald Rose's Filmmaking Prowess](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/12-angry-men-everlasting-testament-sidney-lumet-reginald-roses-filmmaking-prowess/) - By Sven Mikulec When esteemed actor Henry Fonda saw a successful teleplay called 12 Angry Men written for CBS’s Studio One, his complete lack of producing experience didn’t stop him from contacting the teleplay’s author Reginald Rose. Excited by what he perceived as high-quality material for a feature film, Fonda struck a deal
- [‘The Conversation’: Francis Ford Coppola’s Paranoia-Ridden Tale of Surveillance, Guilt and Isolation](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/the-conversation/) - By Koraljka Suton The idea originated in a conversation between me and Irving Kirshner. We were talking about espionage, and he said that most people thought the safest way not to be bugged was to walk in a crowd, but he had heard that there were microphones which were capable of picking
- ['Stalker': Andrei Tarkovsky’s Merger of Contemplative Style and Transcendental Substance Designed to Put Us in the Zone](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/stalker/) - By Koraljka Suton 'Stalker' is not a desperate film. I don’t think a work of art can be inspired by this sort of feeling. Its meaning must be spiritual, positive, it should bring hope and belief. I don’t think my film lacks hope. If this is true—it is not a work of art.
- ['Klute': Alan J. Pakula and the Lewis Brothers' Thriller-Disguised Exploration of Human Interactions, Relationships and Psyche](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/klute-alan-j-pakula-lewis-brothers-thriller-disguised-exploration-human-interactions-relationships-psyche/) - By Sven Mikulec Often considered as the first part of the so-called Paranoia Trilogy, alongside subsequent The Parallax View (1974) and All the President’s Men (1976), Alan J. Pakula’s complex and misleading thriller Klute makes the most out of the opportunity to present a hypnotic reading of male-female relationships, as well as female
- [‘The Getaway’ remains one of the highlights that Sam Peckinpah's rich career has to offer](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/getaway-remains-one-highlights-sam-peckinpahs-rich-career-offer/) - By Sven Mikulec Sam Peckinpah's action-packed crime thriller The Getaway was a huge hit. It was just what the director needed at the beginning of the seventies—a box office champion. Things, however, hardly went smooth in the creation of this classic. The controversy stemmed not only from Peckinpah's alcohol abuse that led him
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- [Sydney Pollack’s ‘The Yakuza’ at 50: The Merging of Two Worlds in a Timeless Gangster Classic](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/sydney-pollacks-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 sharp script, great acting from Robert Mitchum, Ken Takakura and Kishi Keiko or gritty, uncompromising visuals that give the picture an authorial stamp and gripping atmosphere, but also in the historical and cultural role it
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- [Eros and Thanatos Collide in David Cronenberg’s Id-Driven Adaptation of J.G. Ballard’s ‘Crash’](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/crash/) - By Koraljka Suton As a young upstart filmmaker I felt that you were not a real filmmaker if you didn’t write your own stuff and it should be original. And that was beyond the French version of the auteur theory which was really meant to rehabilitate the artistic credibility of guys like Howard
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- [“We Translate Every Experience into the Same Old Codes”: In Michelangelo Antonioni's ‘The Passenger,’ Which Turns 50 Today, Jack Nicholson Attempts a Transference of Self](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/the-passenger/) - Artwork for Carlotta Films' Ultra Collector's Edition Blu-Ray of The Passenger by Robert Sammelin By Tim Pelan Michelangelo Antonioni's 1975 film The Passenger is a languid thriller in which not much seems to happen, beautifully. The protagonist, David Locke (Jack Nicholson), a weary journalist chasing rebels in Chad, on a seeming whim swaps
- [Arthur Penn's ‘Night Moves’ demands, and deserves, multiple viewings, and every single one of them is equally rewarding](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/arthur-penns-night-moves-demands-deserves-multiple-viewings-every-single-one-equally-rewarding/) - By Sven Mikulec Whenever Arthur Penn's name is mentioned, most people probably think of Bonnie and Clyde. The Beatty-Dunaway biographical crime film perhaps remains the most critically acclaimed part of the director's resume, but a lot of people still remember his somewhat less flashy, slightly puzzling and definitely more intriguing noir called Night
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- [‘The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford’: Andrew Dominik’s Visually Stupefying Exploration of One of America’s Oldest Myths](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/assassination-jesse-james-coward-robert-ford-andrew-dominiks-visually-stupefying-exploration-one-americas-oldest-myths/) - By Sven Mikulec When The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford came out in 2007, a lot of people believed a new golden age of the Western genre began, with both financially and critically successful movies such as James Mangold’s 3:10 to Yuma, John Hillcoat’s The Proposition or the Coen
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- [‘The Long Goodbye’: Robert Altman and Leigh Brackett’s Unique and Fascinating Take on Chandler and Film Noir](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/long-goodbye-robert-altman-leigh-bracketts-unique-fascinating-take-chandler-film-noir/) - Poster art by Tony Stella By Sven Mikulec Convinced people would always connect Raymond Chandler's legendary detective Philip Marlowe with the iconic superstar Humphrey Bogart, Robert Altman wasn't interested in making The Long Goodbye. “I don’t want to do Raymond Chandler,” he said, feeling he had nothing new or worthwhile to say about
- [God's Lonely Funny Man: Martin Scorsese's 'The King of Comedy' and America's Pathological Obsession with Fame](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/the-king-of-comedy/) - By Tim Pelan In this age of television wannabes and quick fix celebs, it is fitting to look back at The King of Comedy, Martin Scorsese’s dark comedy of squirming embarrassment—a prescient examination of the modern age’s obsession with fame, and a film he himself acknowledges as a sequel of sorts to
- [Philip Kaufman's 'The Right Stuff' at 41: “A Search Film, a Quest for a Certain Quality that May Have Seen Its Best Days”](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/philip-kaufmans-the-right-stuff-a-search-film-a-quest-for-a-certain-quality-that-may-have-seen-its-best-days/) - By Tim Pelan The vexed question of patriotism hangs over Damien Chazelle's First Man, a somber epic that manages to be both a very visceral examination of the dangers of punching the envelope to get further, faster, higher, out there, and also a downplayed study of private grief—post-traumatic space distraction. Where's the flag
- [How John Schlesinger’s Homeless and Lonesome ‘Midnight Cowboy’ Rode His Way to the Top and Became the First and Only X-rated Movie to Win a Best Picture Oscar](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/midnight-cowboy/) - By Koraljka Suton A friend of mine, an American painter living in London, had read the book and suggested that I look at it. I read it and thought 'If I'm going to make a film in America, then this is the one that I want to do.' David Picker of United Artists
- [Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Out of Sight’: An Achronological Time-Out from Conventional Crime Narrative](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/steven-soderberghs-out-of-sight-an-achronological-time-out-from-conventional-crime-narrative/) - By Tim Pelan The trick with dealing with Elmore Leonard as an idea is not to try and copy him. That's where you get into trouble. In the case of 'Out of Sight,' there's a significant amount of new material in the screenplay that doesn't exist in the book. Scott Frank's great accomplishment
- [‘8½’ at 62: Federico Fellini’s Daring, Self-Reflexive Masterpiece as a Most Intimate Exploration of Cinema](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/8½-federico-fellinis-daring-self-reflexive-masterpiece-intimate-exploration-cinema/) - By Sven Mikulec Working in the film business all the way since the forties, when he started out writing screenplays and soon apprenticing for the great Roberto Rossellini, Federico Fellini achieved a major international breakthrough with his 1960 Palme d'Or winner La Dolce Vita, a brilliant study of the contemporary Roman social elite
- [‘The Seventh Seal’ at 68: An Enthralling Philosophical Work of Art Made By One of the Truly Greatest](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/seventh-seal-enthralling-philosophical-work-art-made-one-truly-greatest/) - By Sven Mikulec Ingmar Bergman decided to make something completely different upon witnessing the success of his comedy Smiles of a Summer Night in Cannes, where the film had won the jury's special reward. “I mustn't let myself get scared off any more. It's better to do this than a bad comedy. I
- [‘Peeping Tom’: The Road from Disgust to Recognition for Michael Powell’s Brilliant Take on Filmmaking](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/peeping-tom-road-disgust-recognition-michael-powells-brilliant-take-filmmaking/) - By Sven Mikulec Michael Powell, one of the most distinguished British filmmakers of the 1940s and 1950s, basically ended his career when he made Peeping Tom in 1959. This is said with no exaggeration whatsoever. Peeping Tom was met with such disdain and loathing upon its premiere that the name of the filmmaker,
- ['The Killing of a Chinese Bookie': Turning Entertainment into Personal Statement](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/killing-of-a-chinese-bookie/) - May 10, 2023 By Sven Mikulec We did 'The Killing of a Chinese Bookie' just as an effort to get out of the distribution business. We started writing it two weeks before we started shooting. Years ago, Martin Scorsese and I were talking, and in one night made up this gangster story.
- [‘Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind’: An Unforgettable and Heartbreaking Exploration of Love, Human Beings and the Nature of Memory](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/eternal-sunshine-spotless-mind-unforgettable-heartbreaking-exploration-love-human-beings-nature-memory/) - By Sven Mikulec Having heard his friend complain about her boyfriend for what seemed to be a hundredth time, French artist Pierre Bismuth asked her if she would erase him from her memory if such an option was at her disposal. He soon passed this idea to his friend and filmmaker Michel Gondry,
- ['Sleuth' (1972): Olivier and Caine's Battle of Wits and One-Upmanship in Joseph L. Mankiewicz's Cerebral Mystery Thriller](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/sleuth/) - September 4, 2024 By Koraljka Suton The subtext is nightmarish. The whole idea of people committed to a games situation. They're fairly sin inspiration for 'Sleuth' was ister people. If there is a focal point, it's that if people take fantasy for reality, and act upon it, it must end in disaster.
- [Hal Ashby's 'Shampoo' at 50: The Brazen Comedy that Depicted the End of the Sixties's Innocence](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/hal-ashbys-shampoo-brazen-comedy-depicted-end-sixtiess-innocence/) - By Sven Mikulec After saying saying farewell to the nation in a televized address, Richard Nixon handed in his resignation in August, 1974, leaving the Oval Office smeared by the Watergate catastrophe and effectively causing a considerable and influential shift in the way citizens of the United States approached their government and political
- ['Boogie Nights': Paul Thomas Anderson's Priceless 155-Minute Film School](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/boogie-nights-paul-thomas-andersons-priceless-155-minute-film-school/) - By Sven Mikulec Had it not been for his inclination for porn films during his formative teenage years and one specific 'A Current Affair' article on adult film star Shauna Grant's romanticized journey to Hollywood, accompanied—it goes without saying—by his passion for filmmaking developed from the early days, Paul Thomas Anderson's sophomore feature
- [‘The Parallax View’: Pakula's Unsettling Examination of the Post-Compliant America](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/parallax-view-pakulas-unsettling-examination-post-compliant-america/) - The Parallax View poster art by Callum Mullin By Sven Mikulec The seventies were a unique period in the history of the United States, with general dissatisfaction with the government and distrust of the system generously fueled by Nixon's Watergate fiasco that led the American people to question their belief system and reinvent
- [A Conversation with François Truffaut: A Window into the Mind and Practices of the Pillar of the French New Wave](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/conversation-francois-truffaut-window-mind-practices-pillar-french-new-wave/) - By Sven Mikulec The notorious enfant terrible of film criticism, feeling no restraint as he butchers trends and practices in contemporary filmmaking that he feels devalue the noble and responsible profession. A dedicated interviewer, whose insightful and detailed conversations studiously examine some of the greatest filmmakers’ work. A passionate, sensitive, visionary film director,
- [Lives On the Line: The Grubby Politics of Paul Schrader’s ‘Blue Collar’](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/lives-line-grubby-politics-paul-schraders-blue-collar/) - By Tim Pelan Paul Schrader got the chance to direct his first film after the success of Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver, the script of which Schrader cranked out in a week, laying bare his feelings of loneliness in the underbelly of the city that never sleeps. Blue Collar (1978), the subject he chose
- [Peter Weir’s ‘Witness’ at 40: A Deep, Subtle and Complex Social Comment Disguised as a Police Thriller](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/peter-weirs-witness-deep-subtle-complex-social-comment-disguised-police-thriller/) - By Sven Mikulec One of the main figures of the Australian New Wave, Peter Weir, earned the attention of the film-appreciating community with such films as the mystery drama Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975), the renowned anti-war historical drama Gallipoli (1981) and the Mel Gibson and Sigourney Weaver-led drama The Year of Living
- [John Carpenter’s ‘The Fog’ at 45: One of the Best Ghost Stories and Its Clever Warning to Us All](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/john-carpenters-fog-one-best-ghost-stories-clever-warning-us/) - By Sven Mikulec Even though John Carpenter's The Fog came into our consciousness with the label of a lesser work from the old master, which is a misconception that probably persuaded many horror film lovers to postpone their encounter with it and rather choose a more popular title for their movie nights, from
- [David Mamet’s screenplay for ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ is the best screenwriting school you can ever get](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/david-mamets-screenplay-glengarry-glen-ross-best-screenwriting-school-can-ever-get-2/) - By Sven Mikulec Adapted by David Mamet from his 1984 Pulitzer- and Tony-winning Broadway hit, Glengarry Glen Ross is an ideal example of a wonderful play turned into a competently made film. Directed by James Foley, the film prioritizes conversation over action, with lines written with such passion, humor, and understanding of the
- [‘The Producers’: An Unyieldingly Entertaining Satire that Launched Mel Brooks’ Career](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/the-producers-an-unyieldingly-entertaining-satire-that-launched-mel-brooks-career/) - By Sven Mikulec The American 1968 dark comedy The Producers was written and directed by the one and only Mel Brooks, the absolute king of satire and parody. The story of a desperate Broadway producer so poor he actually wears a cardboard belt who decides to make a lot of money by deliberately
- ['Blazing Saddles': The Career's Highlight of a Man Without Whom the World of Comedy Would Be a Far Gloomier Place](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/mel-brooks-blazing-saddles/) - By Sven Mikulec Whenever we start talking about the genre of film parody, it’s impossible not to think of the legendary Mel Brooks. The world of the Old West has never before and never again been as amusing as in his 1974 spoof Blazing Saddles. In his hilarious take on the Western genre,
- [‘In the Mouth of Madness’ at 30: John Carpenter’s Love Letter to H.P. Lovecraft and the Subgenre of Cosmic Horror](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/in-the-mouth-of-madness/) - By Koraljka Suton Director John Carpenter was always one to surprise, frighten and delight his audiences. After making Dark Star, a 1974 low-budget horror movie that went rather unnoticed upon its initial release, the now-cult filmmaker went on to direct films such as the 1976 thriller Assault on Precinct 13 and the 1978
- [Before the Internet: The Essential Role of Film Magazines in Filmmaking Education](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/times-idea-internet-conceived-film-magazines-proved-invaluable-source-filmmaking-knowledge/) - Before the advent of the Internet, film magazines were an invaluable source of filmmaking knowledge. For aspiring filmmakers, every available piece of information contributed to their craft and artistic development, and print publications played a vital role in this educational process. Countless esteemed film magazines provided aspiring directors, writers, and cinephiles with essential technical
- [‘Escape from New York’: John Carpenter’s Thrilling, Pumped-Up Ride through the Streets of a Dystopian New York City](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/escape-new-york-john-carpenters-thrilling-pumped-ride-streets-dystopian-new-york-city/) - By Sven Mikulec In the post-Watergate period of America struggling with insecurity, distrust and national embarrassment, USC-educated filmmaker John Carpenter wrote a script for a dystopian futuristic action film entitled Escape from New York, but despite his active campaigning, none of the studios wanted to back the project, calling it “too violent, too
- ['Dune': Selling Out in Deep Space](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/dune-selling-deep-space/) - By Lovorko Marić David Lynch, a name that is for many film enthusiasts the epitome for weird, surreal, and bizarre, surprised many people when he had characterised himself as a Boy Scout from Missoula, Montana. He is also known as “Jimmy Stewart from Mars,” or “Jimmy Stewart on acid”—a very polite, happy-go-lucky, enthusiastic
- [John Huston and Humphrey Bogart: The Mise-en-Scène Magazine's Exploration of the Legendary Director-Actor Partnership](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/john-huston-humphrey-bogart-mise-en-scene-magazines-exploration-legendary-director-actor-partnership/) - By Sven Mikulec When someone mentions the most famous director-actor collaborations, there are usually several monumental pairs that come to an average film lover's mind before this great partnership that marked the middle of the 20th century. John Huston and Humphrey Bogart made six films together, or seven, if you count the Raoul
- [John Ford: The Monumental Visionary Explored in a Rare Edition of the Mise-en-Scène Magazine](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/john-ford-monumental-visionary-explored-rare-edition-mise-en-scene-magazine/) - By Sven Mikulec It's impossible to think or discuss the Western without considering John Ford and the role he played in the evolution of the genre. To be honest, it's difficult to have a decent discussion on the history of film in general and avoid mentioning the four-time Oscar winner who left a
- [‘Mise-en-Scène’ and Fritz Lang: The Invaluable, Short-Lived Magazine’s Article on the Master of Darkness](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/mise-en-scene-fritz-lang-invaluable-short-lived-magazines-article-master-darkness/) - By Sven Mikulec In 1979, Case Western Reserve University Film Society started publishing a magazine called Mise-en-Scéne, a 70-plus-page cinephilic treasure chest with a series of high-quality articles on some of the most important filmmakers of all time and their work that had left a deep mark on film both in terms of
- [‘Ernst Lubitsch and the Comedy of the Thirties’: One More Hidden Chest in the Mise-en-Scène Magazine's Treasure Trove](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/ernst-lubitsch-comedy-thirties-one-hidden-chest-mise-en-scene-magazines-treasure-trove/) - By Sven Mikulec Born in Berlin in 1892 to a Russian Jewish émigré running a dressmaking company, Ernst Lubitsch got into show business through the stage. Around 1910, he was a regular member of Max Reinhardt's Deutches Theater and quite famous for playing comedic characters. It took him thirty acting gigs to switch
- [Rare Uncut Version of ‘The Peter Sellers Story: As He Filmed It’](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/rare-uncut-version-peter-sellers-story-filmed/) - By Sven Mikulec For the avid Peter Sellers fan, this is the jackpot—the pot o’ gold at the end of the rainbow. Here’s the UNCUT version of The Peter Sellers Story: As He Filmed It, a very rare three and a half hour version of the documentary (not 90-minutes condensed rebroadcast version) directed by
- [The Sheep That Got Found: ‘Man on Fire’](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/man-on-fire/) - Man on Fire
- [‘Twin Peaks’: The ‘Auteur Television’ at Its First Peak](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/twin-peaks-auteur-television-first-peak/) - By Lovorko Marić David Lynch, a name that is for many film enthusiasts the epitome for weird, surreal, and bizarre, surprised many people when he had characterised himself as a Boy Scout from Missoula, Montana. He is also known as “Jimmy Stewart from Mars,” or “Jimmy Stewart on acid”—a very polite, happy-go-lucky, enthusiastic
- [‘Paris, Texas’: Wim Wenders’ Film of Extraordinary Beauty and Irresistibility](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/paris-texas-wim-wenders-film-extraordinary-beauty-irresistibility/) - By Sven Mikulec In 1984, one film confidently rode through Cannes, sweeping prizes from all three juries at the most respected film festival in the world. Wim Wenders' Paris, Texas, the visually enticing road film that centers far more on emotion that action, that leans on subtlety and the inner world of its
- ['Wild at Heart': A Twisted, Romantic Road Movie as a Lynchian Homage to 'The Wizard of Oz'](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/wild-heart-twisted-romantic-road-movie-lynchian-homage-wizard-oz/) - By Lovorko Marić David Lynch, a name that is for many film enthusiasts the epitome for weird, surreal, and bizarre, surprised many people when he had characterised himself as a Boy Scout from Missoula, Montana. He is also known as “Jimmy Stewart from Mars,” or “Jimmy Stewart on acid”—a very polite, happy-go-lucky, enthusiastic
- [Ridley Scott’s ‘Blade Runner’: A Game-Changing Science-Fiction Classic](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/blade-runner-a-game-changing-science-fiction-classic/) - By Sven Mikulec I read an article recently saying that one of the reasons the film has found an ongoing audience is that it was incomplete. That's absolute horseshit. The film was very specifically designed and is totally complete. In those days, there was more discussion than was welcome, as far as I'm
- ['Eraserhead'—The nightmarish journey into the world of David Lynch begins](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/eraserhead-nightmarish-journey-world-david-lynch-begins/) - By Lovorko Marić David Lynch, a name that is for many film enthusiasts the epitome for weird, surreal, and bizarre, surprised many people when he had characterised himself as a Boy Scout from Missoula, Montana. He is also known as “Jimmy Stewart from Mars,” or “Jimmy Stewart on acid”—a very polite, happy-go-lucky, enthusiastic
- ['The Straight Story': Lynch Going Straight for His Most Experimental Film](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/straight-story-lynch-going-straight-experimental-film/) - By Lovorko Marić David Lynch was surprised as anyone when he received the news that his film The Straight Story received a G-rating (“G” standing for “general audiences”, i.e. all ages are admitted to the screenings of the movie), meaning that it was time for a sweet, hard-working family to go to the
- ['Blue Velvet': A Warning Sign for All Voyeurs Reaching for the Underworld of Perversion](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/blue-velvet-warning-sign-voyeurs-reaching-underworld-perversion/) - By Lovorko Marić David Lynch, a name that is for many film enthusiasts the epitome for weird, surreal, and bizarre, surprised many people when he had characterised himself as a Boy Scout from Missoula, Montana. He is also known as “Jimmy Stewart from Mars,” or “Jimmy Stewart on acid”—a very polite, happy-go-lucky, enthusiastic
- ['Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me': Lynch Walking Back and Burning Himself in the Process](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/twin-peaks-fire-walk-lynch-walking-back-burning-process/) - By Lovorko Marić David Lynch, a name that is for many film enthusiasts the epitome for weird, surreal, and bizarre, surprised many people when he had characterised himself as a Boy Scout from Missoula, Montana. He is also known as “Jimmy Stewart from Mars,” or “Jimmy Stewart on acid”—a very polite, happy-go-lucky, enthusiastic
- ['sex, lies, and videotape': Steven Soderbergh's Groundbreaking Debut that Shook the Indie Filmmaking Scene](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/sex-lies-videotape-steven-soderberghs-groundbreaking-debut-shook-indie-filmmaking-scene/) - By Sven Mikulec When Steven Soderbergh's groundbreaking feature film debut sex, lies, and videotape conquered Cannes in 1989, grabbing three of its top prizes—Best Film, Best Actor and the international critics' prize, it sent an impulse that echoed throughout Hollywood and the independent filmmaking scene. The jury, with the great Wim Wenders presiding,
- [The Coens' ‘Blood Simple’: A Fantastic Debut Propelling the Creation of a Fascinating Body of Work](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/coens-blood-simple-fantastic-debut-propelling-creation-fascinating-body-work/) - By Sven Mikulec The filmmaking debut of the Coen brothers, Blood Simple, is a blood-soaked neo-noir thriller set in Texas and characterized by unexpected humor, colorful characters, solid acting and a viciously packed, audacious storyline that seems to enjoy toying with the viewer's expectations to shocking effect. Considering the fact that it was
- ['Mulholland Drive': David Lynch’s Surrealist Masterpiece Bridges the Gap Between the Conscious and Subconscious Mind](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/mulholland-drive/) - Mulholland Drive poster art by Kevin Tong January 4, 2024 By Koraljka Suton An idea comes, and you make it the way the idea says it wants to be, and you just stay true to that. Clues are beautiful because I believe we’re all detectives. We mull things over, and we figure
- ['The Elephant Man': A Portrait of an Outcast Defeating His Fears and Deformities with Creativity, Wit and Compassion](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/elephant-man-portrait-outcast-defeating-fears-deformities-creativity-wit-compassion/) - By Lovorko Marić David Lynch, a name that is for many film enthusiasts the epitome for weird, surreal, and bizarre, surprised many people when he had characterised himself as a Boy Scout from Missoula, Montana. He is also known as “Jimmy Stewart from Mars,” or “Jimmy Stewart on acid”—a very polite, happy-go-lucky, enthusiastic
- [‘Kundun’: Martin Scorsese’s Serene Meditation on the Transient Nature of Life](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/kundun/) - By Koraljka Suton It is no secret that Martin Scorsese is a devoutly religious man. His life-long quest to re-evaluate and come to terms with his faith was the driving force behind his highly controversial masterpiece The Last Temptation of Christ, the making and aftermath of which turned into Scorsese’s own way of
- ['Throne of Blood': The Value and Meaning of Kurosawa's Fog-Drenched Masterpiece](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/throne-blood-value-meaning-kurosawas-fog-drenched-masterpiece/) - By Sven Mikulec After making Rashomon in 1950, Akira Kurosawa set his eyes on making a film based on William Shakespeare's 'Macbeth.' Since Orson Welles' version was announced somewhere around that time, he decided to put it on hold, switched his attention to other projects and returned to the idea in the second
- [Universal Soldier? The Emersonian Combat Experience of Terrence Malick’s ‘The Thin Red Line’](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/the-thin-red-line/) - Cinematographer: John Toll. Production stills by Merie Weismiller Wallace © Fox 2000 Pictures By Tim Pelan Terrence Malick’s long-awaited return to cinema with 1998’s The Thin Red Line, an adaptation of James Jones’ iconic novel of the American infantry’s bitter struggle against Japanese forces on the island of Guadalcanal in WWII’s Pacific campaign,
- [Beware the Beast Man, For He Is the Devil’s Pawn: Franklin J. Schaffner’s ‘Planet of the Apes’](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/planet-of-the-apes/) - By Tim Pelan Oh my God. I'm back. I'm home. All the time, it was... We finally really did it. You Maniacs! You blew it up! Ah, damn you! God damn you all to hell! George Taylor (Charlton Heston) Back in the eighties, there was a comic strip in role-playing magazine White
- [Steven Soderbergh is one of the most articulate and fascinating thinkers on film out there](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/steven-soderbergh-one-articulate-fascinating-thinkers-film/) - By Sven Mikulec Steven Soderbergh tops our list of filmmakers we'd love to discuss films with. Incredibly articulate, absorbingly energetic, and refreshingly witty, the American director has given us an abundance of pleasure through his commentary tracks. The commentary track for Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, where Soderbergh converses with the legendary Mike
- ['Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' as One of the Most Accomplished Play Adaptations in Hollywood History](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/whos-afraid-of-virginia-woolf/) - By Sven Mikulec Even though Edward Albee play ‘Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’ was a big Broadway hit, garnering five Tony awards in the process, the general consensus was that it was a material far from easy to adapt to the silver screen. Its coarse language and uncompromising theme was deemed to be
- [‘The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean’: An Underappreciated Elegy to the Dying West](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/the-life-and-times-of-judge-roy-bean/) - By Sven Mikulec Probably one of John Huston's most personal works, The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean, the 1972 Western with the legendary Paul Newman, is one of the most pleasing films of the decade. The script—rich in characters and events, incredibly dynamic, fast-paced and chalk-full of humorous and somber moments
- ['The Hill': Sean Connery’s Sisyphean Bond Break-Out](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/hill/) - 'The Hill': Sean Connery’s Sisyphean Bond Break-Out
- ['I Wish I Knew How to Quit You': Ang Lee's Deeply Tragic 'Brokeback Mountain' Smolders with Slow-Burning Despair](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/brokeback-mountain/) - October 21, 2022 By Koraljka Suton It is a very existential idea to me. It's about the illusion of love. They keep wanting to go back to something they really didn't understand to begin with, when they are inside of it. They never get it. And when they get it, they've missed
- [Ridley Scott’s ‘The Duellists’: A Startling Debut of Honour](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/ridley-scotts-duellists-startling-debut-honour/) - By Tim Pelan On Sunday 18 February the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) will honor Sir Ridley Scott with the 2018 Fellowship at the EE British Academy Film Awards. Awarded annually, the Fellowship is the highest accolade bestowed by BAFTA upon an individual in recognition of an outstanding and exceptional
- ['Shadow of a Doubt': Hitchcock's Disquieting Little Subversive Masterpiece](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/shadow-of-a-doubt-hitchcocks-disquieting-little-subversive-masterpiece/) - By Sven Mikulec One of the most subversive films Alfred Hitchcock ever made is a disquieting little masterpiece called Shadow of a Doubt that was brought to life back in 1943, in the very midst of the Second World War. It’s somewhat surprising, some would even say remarkable, that at this very point
- ['2001: A Space Odyssey': Kubrick's Pioneering Achievement As One of the Most Significant Films Ever Made](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/2001-a-space-odyssey-kubricks-pioneering-achievement-as-one-of-the-most-significant-film-ever-made/) - By Sven Mikulec The very meaninglessness of life forces man to create his own meaning. Children, of course, begin life with an untarnished sense of wonder, a capacity to experience total joy at something as simple as the greenness of a leaf; but as they grow older, the awareness of death and decay
- [Miloš Forman’s ‘Amadeus’: A Stylish Cinematic Homage The Musical Prodigy Deserved](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/milos-formans-amadeus-a-stylish-cinematic-homage-the-musical-prodigy-deserved/) - By Sven Mikulec Miloš Forman's 1984 period drama Amadeus surely has to be one of the best of its kind, and yet it seems a lot of people tend to ignore it when the 80’s cinematography is discussed. The filmmaker who delivered the exceptionally significant and continuously cherished One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s
- ['The Fisher King': Terry Gilliam's Touching Film About Grief, Trauma and Hope](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/fisher-king/) - January 26, 2023 By Koraljka Suton I started reading and I stayed up till—I don’t know what time in the morning it was—I thought this is really great writing. That was Richard LaGravenese’s first ever script. He had written it on spec. I said, “I really like this, I like these characters,
- [Alfred Hitchcock's 'Lifeboat': An Expertly Composed Allegorical Thriller That Deserves More Recognition](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/alfred-hitchcocks-lifeboat/) - By Sven Mikulec The first in Alfred Hitchcock's series of limited-setting films, the 1944 American drama thriller Lifeboat is a remarkable proof of the filmmaker's expertise and power at creating tension stemming from different personalities stuck together in only a couple of square meters of space. A story of a handful of people
- [Brian De Palma's 'Blow Out' is one of the finest films about the process of filmmaking](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/brian-de-palmas-blow-out/) - Original artwork by Renato Casaro By Sven Mikulec A stylish American thriller knee-deep in paranoia, Brian De Palma's Blow Out is a neatly packed, thrill-ridden film executed on a level far beyond average filmmaking. The story of a sound man working on a sleazy exploitation horror, who accidentally catches a recording of what
- [‘Bringing Out the Dead’: Martin Scorsese’s Deeply Humane Unsung Gem](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/bringing-out-the-dead/) - By Koraljka Suton We wanted to do New York at night in a way that would create a claustrophobic feeling, and I was aware that it would seem as if I’d already done that. When you take an ambulance call in the middle of the night, the siren goes on, lights flash and
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- [Sam Peckinpah’s original version of the screenplay for ‘One-Eyed Jacks,’ Marlon Brando's only directorial effort](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/sam-peckinpahs-original-version-screenplay-one-eyed-jacks-marlon-brandos-directorial-effort/) - By Sven Mikulec On only one occasion did Marlon Brando give directing a shot. Disappointed with the audience's reaction, disheartened by studio interference or perhaps simply disillusioned with the whole experience, he never directed again and One-Eyed Jacks remained his only effort. In order for the film to become what would Scorsese later
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- [Screenwriting Lessons from One of Britain's Best: A Rare Interview with Wolf Mankowitz](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/screenwriting-lessons-one-britains-best-rare-interview-wolf-mankowitz/) - By Sven Mikulec One of the most interesting cultural personas of the British fifties and sixties, the versatile writer Wolf Mankowitz made a name for himself in the spheres of literature, film industry and theater. As a child of two Russian Jewish immigrants, he lived in poverty but unexpectedly got the opportunity to
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- [Directed by John Ford](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/directed-by-john-ford/) - By Sven Mikulec Peter Bogdanovich first met John Ford in 1963, when he conducted the first out of a series of interviews with the legendary filmmaker. Four years later, Bogdanovich published an interview book about Ford, and even though the director was allegedly dissatisfied with both the original Variety piece from 1963 and
- [John Ford’s ‘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/) - By Sven Mikulec Respected filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer (The Act of Killing, The Look of Silence), an intelligent, educated and well-spoken man, was giving a lecture in Zagreb, Croatia a couple of months ago, when he said something that resonated in our minds for quite some time. His statement was simple and logical, and
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- [‘Angels with Dirty Faces’: Michael Curtiz’s Touching Gangster Classic Forged Under the All-Seeing Eye of the Hays Code](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/angels-dirty-faces-michael-curtizs-touching-gangster-classic-forged-seeing-eye-hays-code/) - By Sven Mikulec Back in the thirties, gangster movies were increasingly popular in the American cinema. The subject of charismatic antiheroes ultimately falling to their demise was always inspirational; there was a certain degree of box-office success that could be counted on since the theme had proven to be raising interest in the
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- [A hero of independent cinema, a modest, humble man with a great heart, John Carpenter is the living reason why filmmaking is and forever will be so special to us](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/hero-independent-cinema-modest-humble-man-great-heart-john-carpenter-living-reason-filmmaking-forever-will-special-us/) - By Sven Mikulec When John Carpenter filmed the horror classic Halloween back in 1978 with a budget of only 325.000 dollars, he proved to each and every one of us that anything's possible. Armed with nothing but talent, passion for filmmaking and a resolve to do what it takes to make the most
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- [Alfred Hitchcock's 'To Catch a Thief': Bringing Cary Grant Back From a Premature Retirement and Saying Goodbye to Grace Kelly](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/alfred-hitchcocks-to-catch-a-thief/) - By Sven Mikulec The first out of five movies that Alfred Hitchcock made with VistaVision and his third and final collaboration with the magnificent Grace Kelly, To Catch a Thief is the master’s welcome and precious break from the phenomenal but somber thrillers that marked his career during the fifties. Set in the unbelievably
- [Alan Parker's 'Angel Heart' Is Astonishing as Hell](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/alan-parkers-angel-heart-astonishing-hell/) - Original artwork by Renato Casaro By Sven Mikulec It was incredible. We created the milieu I loved. We were in New York briefly, and then New Orleans, it was a great experience, I really enjoyed all of that. I had two fantastic actors. I had De Niro, who was absolutely at the top of
- [Akira Kurosawa on watching ‘Solaris’ with Andrei Tarkovsky](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/akira-kurosawa-watching-solaris-andrei-tarkovsky/) - This piece was originally written for the Asahi Shinbun newspaper, and published in the evening edition, on 13 May, 1977. It was reproduced, with the addition of the photo of Kurosawa and Tarkovsky in Solaris pamphlet. It was also published in Nihonkai Eigasha, June 1978. It was again published in Image Forum No. 80, March special
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- ['To Live and Die in L.A.': The Intelligent, Authentic Thriller as One of the Highlights of Friedkin's Career](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/to-live-and-die-in-l-a-the-intelligent-authentic-thriller-as-one-of-the-highlights-of-friedkins-career/) - By Sven Mikulec If you were to compile a list of the most impressive and exhilarating car chases in the history of the motion pictures, it's more than likely that one filmmaker's name would have several entries in the top ten. William Friedkin blew the world's mind with The French Connection, and years later,
- [‘Carnal Knowledge’: Mike Nichols’ Expert Demystification of Sex and Relationships](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/carnal-knowledge-mike-nichols-expert-demystification-of-sex-and-relationships/) - By Sven Mikulec When it hit the theaters in the early summer of 1971, Mike Nichols’ Carnal Knowledge by all means left a deep impression. The story of two men observed through a period of about twenty years, from their college-roommate days to their mid-forties, is a raw, bitter, honest and completely disarming depiction
- [“My advice to young filmmakers is this: don't follow trends, start them!”](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/my-advice-to-young-filmmakers-is-this-dont-follow-trends-start-them/) - By Sven Mikulec In an interview he gave to American Film in 1978, legendary director Frank Capra talks about his life and how he made the movies that became a significant part of movie history. A brilliant interview and required reading for any filmmaker. Also, recommended viewing: in this undated interview, Capra recalls his
- [‘The Andromeda Strain’: Robert Wise and Michael Crichton’s Stunning Cautioning Tale](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/the-andromeda-strain/) - By Sven Mikulec The highly versatile American film director Robert Wise might have indeed won popular support and the Academy’s attention with West Side Story and The Sound of Music, but his contribution to numerous genres is astonishing, especially if we consider what he had done for science fiction. In 1951 he directed the
- [Peter Bogdanovich’s ‘What’s Up, Doc?’ brought screwball back to life](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/peter-bogdanovichs-whats-up-doc-brought-screwball-back-to-life/) - By Sven Mikulec Peter Bogdanovich’s disarmingly charming screwball comedy What’s Up, Doc? is not just a highly entertaining comedy with very nice performances and tons of goofy humor—it’s also a nice, retro, comparison-worthy homage to the movies that ruled the box-office back in the thirties and forties. Bogdanovich envisioned a sort of a remake
- [‘Persona’: Ingmar Bergman’s Psychological Masterpiece as the White Whale of Critical Analysis](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/persona-ingmar-bergmans-psychological-masterpiece-white-whale-critical-analysis/) - Photographed by Bo Arne Vibenius © AB Svensk Filmindustri By Sven Mikulec In 1963 Ingmar Bergman was appointed head of the Royal Dramatic Theater in Stockholm. Refusing to cut back on his filmmaking projects, exhausted and stressed out, he soon fell ill. In his nine weeks of recovery from a rather difficult case of
- [John Toll: ‘There’s No Difference Between Feature Films and TV Shows—It’s All Filmmaking to Me’](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/john-toll-theres-no-difference-feature-films-tv-shows-filmmaking/) - By Sven Mikulec Having debuted as director of photography on Malcolm Leo’s documentary film The Beach Boys: An American Band back in 1985, John Toll has enjoyed a very successful career during which he worked closely with a series of renowned filmmakers, such as Edward Zwick, Francis Ford Coppola, Mel Gibson, Cameron Crowe and
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- [Terrence Malick’s ‘The Thin Red Line’: The Traumatic and Poetic Journey into the Heart of Man](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/terrence-malicks-thin-red-line-traumatic-poetic-journey-heart-man/) - By Sven Mikulec Twenty years have passed between Days of Heaven, Terrence Malick’s second feature film, and The Thin Red Line, his great 1998 comeback, the third film in a rich, influential and thoroughly unique career of one of the most interesting, inspirational and poetic filmmakers of our time. Twenty years is a very
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- [‘The New World’: Terrence Malick’s Magic Portrayal of America’s Original Sin](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/the-new-world/) - By Sven Mikulec After a much-discussed hiatus that lasted for two decades, Terrence Malick returned to filmmaking with the highly praised anti-war epic called The Thin Red Line, and as the critics and film lovers around the globe competed to express their acclaim for the powerful cinematic poem that proved Malick was far from
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- [Time never lies, and ‘Ace in the Hole’ is by no means a blank in Billy Wilder's admirable arsenal](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/time-never-lies-ace-hole-no-means-blank-billy-wilders-admirable-arsenal/) - By Sven Mikulec This Billy Wilder film was so tough and brutal in its cynicism that it died a sudden death at the box office, and they re-released it under the title 'Big Carnival,' which didn’t help. Chuck Tatum is a reporter who’s very modern—he’ll do anything to get the story, to make up
- [Nicolas Roeg's ‘Don't Look Now’ is a special kind of a supernatural thriller that aptly deals with subjects far from supernatural](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/nicholas-roegs-dont-look-now/) - By Sven Mikulec Set in the dream-like landscape of the mesmerizing city of Venice painted in dark, somber tones, Nicolas Roeg's Don't Look Now is a special kind of a supernatural thriller that aptly deals with subjects far from supernatural. It's an analysis of grief, a portrait of sorrow, a depiction of marriage with
- [Joshua Caldwell's ‘Dig’ is a phenomenal example of fine filmmaking in short film production](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/joshua-caldwells-dig-is-a-phenomenal-example-of-fine-filmmaking-in-short-film-production/) - By Sven Mikulec Visually stunning, with perfect music, really impressive acting by both Breaking Bad star Mark Margolis and young Aaron Himelstein and equally powerful and painful storytelling, Joshua Caldwell’s Dig is a phenomenal example of fine filmmaking in short film production. Set in Breaking Bad environment, this story is a joy to behold and
- [‘The Wicker Man’ occupies a special place in our horror-craving hearts](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/wicker-man-occupies-special-place-horror-craving-hearts/) - By Sven Mikulec When Christopher Lee felt the desire to take on more serious projects, after becoming an icon of Hammer Horror series, he met with screenwriter Anthony Shaffer and soon joined forces with director Robin Hardy. What they were set out to make was a more complicated kind of a horror film: intelligently
- [John Sturges’ ‘The Magnificent Seven’ is a vital part of our childhoods, and as such, it shall be revered indefinitely](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/magnificent-seven/) - By Sven Mikulec This is the sole reason we spent half of our preadolescence prancing around our houses with plastic guns, cowboy hats and an overwhelming desire to become heroes. Just like them. The Magnificent Seven, the iconic western by John Sturges, is a celebrated adaptation of the legendary Akira Kurosawa film Seven Samurai,
- ['Children of Men': Alfonso Cuarón's Bleak but Genius Vision of the Past, Present and the Future](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/children-men-alfonso-cuarons-bleak-genious-vision-past-present-future/) - By Sven Mikulec When we say that Children of Men is, without a doubt, one of the best films made in this century, we put this claim forward calmly and only after a long and detailed deliberation. The main argument for the inclusion of Alfonso Cuarón's 2006 dystopian science fiction thriller in this prestigious
- [‘Phantom of the Paradise’: De Palma's Cult Horror Musical That Got Its Second Chance to Shine](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/phantom-paradise-de-palmas-cult-horror-musical-got-second-chance-shine/) - By Sven Mikulec In Brian De Palma's entire career, his 1974 musical horror film Phantom of the Paradise is perhaps the one work of art most difficult to categorize in any drawers, a film piece so puzzling, chaotic and uncanny it's literally impossible to be forgotten. It may well be true that, upon its
- [HandMade Crime](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/handmade-crime/) - By Ray Banks This article is an original piece of writing prepared for NeoText, a publisher of quality fiction and long-form journalism. "Cheer up, Brian, you know what they say..." The story of HandMade Films begins with the (Second) Greatest Story Ever Told. Twenty-three freshly crucified souls hang in the early morning
- ['The Long Good Friday': The Epitome of British Gangster Films](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/the-long-good-friday-the-epitome-of-british-gangster-films/) - By Sven Mikulec It really is to no surprise that over the years many filmlovers have had the nerve to call John MacKenzie’s The Long Good Friday “the British Godfather.” As much as such similes often miss the point, mislead future viewers and stand as an offense to the uniqueness of movies, with MacKenzie’s
- [James Cameron’s ‘Terminator’ is a true classic, as powerful and influential as films can get](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/james-camerons-terminator-true-classic-powerful-influential-films-can-get/) - By Sven Mikulec Arnold Schwarzenegger called it “a shitty film” on one occasion. Michael Biehn was unsure about coming on board because he thought the film sounded silly. James Cameron’s agent called his idea stupid, and Orion Pictures, the distributor, had little to no faith in the film’s commercial and critical success. And yet,
- [‘Dressed to Kill’: Brian De Palma’s Razor-Sharp, Dreamlike Erotic Thriller](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/dressed-kill-brian-de-palmas-razor-sharp-dreamlike-erotic-thriller/) - By Sven Mikulec With its highly stylized images of violence, exceptional acting performances from Nancy Allen and Michael Caine, seductive and staggeringly overt eroticism, ability to deliver shock and undeniable metafilmic and subversive qualities, Brian De Palma’s Dressed to Kill, released in the midst of the summer of 1980, proved a lucrative and surprisingly
- [Blade Runner Souvenir Magazine: A Fascinating Blast from the Past from the Heart of Ridley Scott’s Masterpiece](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/blade-runner-souvenir-magazine-fascinating-blast-past-heart-ridley-scotts-masterpiece/) - By Sven Mikulec Ira Friedman worked in the publishing department for Lucasfilm, situated in Los Angeles. He joined in the company in 1980, but soon decided to return home to New York and start his own publishing company. What instigated this move was Lucasfilm's decision to abandon their L.A. offices and relocate to Northern
- [Michael Mann's 'Heat': A Complex, Stylistically Supreme Candidate for One of the Most Impressive Films of the Nineties](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/michael-manns-heat-complex-stylistically-supreme-candidate-one-impressive-films-nineties/) - By Sven Mikulec Michael Mann's crime thriller Heat was a project whose development path started all the way back in 1979, but when it finally hit theaters in 1995, it seemed obvious that it was well worth the wait. Even though it's probably the easiest to categorize it as a thriller, since what lies
- [‘High Noon’: A Remarkable Take on Society Whatever You Find Lurking Beneath Its Surface](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/high-noon-a-remarkable-take-on-society-whatever-you-find-lurking-beneath-its-surface/) - By Sven Mikulec The fact that somebody shoots a gun is of no interest. What I want to know is why he shoots it and what the consequences are. —Fred Zinnemann Fred Zinnemann’s High Noon has enjoyed the reputation of being one of the most significant westerns of all time. An instant hit both
- ['Patton': A Most Compelling Biopic Worthy of Its Enigmatic Subject](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/patton-a-most-compelling-biopic-worthy-of-its-enigmatic-subject/) - By Sven Mikulec As far as biographical films go, it's difficult to find a more compelling picture than Franklin J. Schaffner's Patton, a classic of American cinema, a jaw-dropping proof of lead actor George C. Scott's range and power and solid evidence of Francis Ford Coppola's versatility of craft. Coppola wrote the screenplay with
- [Andrei Tarkovsky: The essential documentaries on the Russian Master](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/andrei-tarkovsky-the-essential-documentaries/) - Everyone’s immortal. Everything is too. —Andrei Tarkovsky (4 April 1932 – 29 December 1986) Charles M, a fantastic YouTube account dedicated to Andrei Tarkovsky related materials, has been uploading some incredible stuff, the English subtitles are also available: an intimate and poetic scene-by-scene look into the filming of Tarkovsky's masterpiece, Nostalghia. Shot on
- [‘Get Carter’: Why Mike Hodges’ Uncompromising Gangster Film Gained Cult Following](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/get-carter-why-mike-hodges-uncompromising-gangster-film-gained-cult-following/) - By Sven Mikulec Intent on making a great British gangster film, producer Michael Klinger purchased the rights to Ted Lewis' novel Jack's Return Home and, captivated by the filmmaker's work on the 1969 television film Suspect, immediately decided Mike Hodges was the man to run the project. The cult British crime film Get Carter,
- [Francis Ford Coppola and Brian De Palma: 'The Conversation' Between Two Great Filmmakers](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/francis-ford-coppola-brian-de-palma-conversation-two-great-filmmakers/) - By Sven Mikulec The most personal of all films in Francis Ford Coppola's repertoire was born between two big projects that helped Coppola gain the reputation he enjoys today, the first two parts of The Godfather trilogy. Two huge, big-budgeted movies, and a tiny personal story filmed between them, but an expertly made film
- ['Ride the High Country': The Seed from which Peckinpah's Revisionist Approach to the Western Genre Would Ultimately Grow](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/ride-the-high-country/) - By Koraljka Suton During the making of Ride the High Country in 1962, director Sam Peckinpah was ordered by MGM to stop filming on location (Mammoth Lakes, near Bishop) due to unfavorable weather conditions and to relocate to Bronson Canyon in Los Angeles instead. Peckinpah allegedly saw to it that none of the cast
- [Christopher Nolan’s 'Dunkirk': A Miracle of Deliverance, Within a Miracle of Delivery](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/christopher-nolans-dunkirk/) - By Tim Pelan When Christopher Nolan first announced Dunkirk as the title and subject of his next film after the grandiose yet intimate epic Interstellar, heads were scratched. Why this tale? Why now? “As a filmmaker, you're always looking for a gap in pop-culture,” the writer-director told Total Film, who have selected Dunkirk as
- [‘Young Frankenstein’: Comedy Master Mel Brooks at the Peak of His Craft](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/young-frankenstein-comedy-master-mel-brooks-at-the-peak-of-his-craft/) - The year 1974 was a rather big for then 48-year-old Mel Brooks. Seven years after his brilliant filmmaking debut with The Producers, Brooks made Blazing Saddles, one of the greatest comedies of the seventies and a genius spoof on the Western genre. But that very same year he filmed Young Frankenstein, another highly inspired parody, but
- [Sidney Lumet and Paddy Chayevsky's 'Network': The Grim Prophecy that Was Once Just Brilliant Satire](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/sidney-lumet-paddy-chayevskys-network-grim-prophecy-just-brilliant-satire/) - By Sven Mikulec What excited the general public and outraged horrified television moguls as a razor-sharp satire in 1976, a film promoted as outrageous, hasn’t lost its principal qualities over the years that went by, but in an interesting and a somewhat saddening way it sort of changed its genre. What were once caricatures
- [Fincher's 'Zodiac' As Easily One Of The Best Thrillers Of The Millennium So Far](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/finchers-zodiac-as-easily-one-of-the-best-thrillers-of-the-millennium-so-far/) - He paints with people, Jake Gyllenhaal said of David Fincher after the two had worked together on Zodiac. “It's tough to be a color.” With the respected filmmaker's notoriety for being as demanding and authoritarian a director as possible, we have no doubt in our minds that Gyllenhaal's experience during the filming, as rewarding as
- [‘Full Metal Jacket’ is an indisputable classic that simply has to be part of any filmmaker's education](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/full-metal-jacket-indisputable-classic-simply-part-filmmakers-education/) - At the same time devastating and inspiring, war has always been a popular theme for filmmakers to exploit. Through the course of cinematic history, there have been plenty of accomplished works that dealt with this subject, and we've probably seen most of them. None, however, had the immediate and profound impact on us as the
- [More than 65 years since its release, Carol Reed's ‘The Third Man’ is still a marvel to see, experience and learn from](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/every-sentence-in-the-whole-script-is-about-harry-lime-nobody-talks-about-anything-else-for-ten-reels/) - Carol Reed's The Third Man might just be as visually stimulating as classic films get. The 1949 film noir features great performances from Joseph Cotton, Alida Valli and the indestructible Orson Welles, it evokes an unprecedented atmosphere enhanced by supreme black-and-white cinematography by the wonderful Robert Krasker, displays eloquent ingenuity in Graham Greene's screenplay and
- [All hail Kubrick's ‘Barry Lyndon,’ a masterclass in bringing a unique filmmaker's vision to life](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/stanley-kubricks-barry-lyndon/) - What is now considered one of Stanley Kubrick's most accomplished films, as well as an example of innovative, audacious filmmaking at its best, was almost given birth to by accident. After Kubrick's dream of making Napoleon crumbled into pieces, he used this studious research and shifted his ambitions and talent into William Makepeace Thackeray's 1844
- [Kael Kael Bang Bang: The Pauline Kael/Clint Eastwood Secret Wars](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/kael-kael-bang-bang-the-pauline-kael-clint-eastwood-secret-wars/) - By Jasun Horsley An alternate and more autobiographical version of this essay first appeared in Seen & Not Seen: Confessions of a Movie Autist. Saint Clint Vs. General Kael “A lot of people thought [Pauline] was really turned on by Clint Eastwood. He was the big, macho, alpha male, and Pauline just loved
- [Getting Lost at the Movies with Pauline Kael](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/getting-lost-at-the-movies-with-pauline-kael/) - By Jasun Horsley A longer and more autobiographical version of this essay first appeared in Seen & Not Seen: Confessions of a Movie Autist. More Than a Critic Like those cynical heroes who were idealists before they discovered that the world was more rotten than they had been led to expect, we’re just
- [‘Homicide’: David Mamet’s Soul-Searching Thriller as a Modern-Day Classic](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/homicide-david-mamets-soul-searching-thriller-modern-day-classic/) - In the course of the last forty years, the Chicago-born Pulitzer-winning American playwright, screenwriter and director David Mamet steadily built his name with the reputation of one of the most proficient writers in contemporary American theater and film production. Risen to fame with the scripts for The Postman Always Rings Twice, The Verdict and The
- [Vittorio Storaro: The Tragedy of Modern Technology and Its Effect on Cinematography](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/vittorio-storaro-tragedy-modern-technology-effect-cinematography/) - There are only a handful of cinematographers in the world whom we could even place in the same sentence as Vittorio Storaro. The legendary Italian director of photography is one of the most respected artists in his line of work: a three-time Oscar Winner (Apocalypse Now, Reds, The Last Emperor), Bernardo Bertolucci's close collaborator (Last
- [Robert Altman’s ‘McCabe & Mrs. Miller’ is one of the most beautiful and emotionally stirring westerns American cinema ever produced](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/robert-altmans-mccabe-mrs-miller-one-beautiful-emotionally-stirring-westerns-american-cinema-ever-produced/) - Confidently riding the waves generated by his highly successful satirical black comedy M*A*S*H, Robert Altman easily secured a directing job on the adaptation of Edmund Naughton’s 1959 novel McCabe, and delighted with the director’s work on the aforementioned film, Warren Beatty readily accepted the lead role. It would be disrespectful to simply say Altman didn’t
- ['Billy, How Did You Do It?': A Unique and Rewarding Window into the Mind of One of Hollywood's Greatest](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/billy-unique-rewarding-window-mind-one-hollywoods-greatest/) - The Austrian-born filmmaker who would become one of the most important figures of American cinema, Billy Wilder could have been proud of a rich career filled with many movies now deemed true classics. From Double Indemnity and The Lost Weekend, through Sunset Boulevard and The Seven Year Itch, all the way to Some Like It
- [Sam Peckinpah’s ‘The Wild Bunch’ is savage poetry; one of the great masterpieces of world cinema](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/sam-peckinpahs-wild-bunch-savage-poetry-one-great-masterpieces-world-cinema/) - Indulging a creative and, to a degree, noble and socially responsible desire to shatter the nurtured illusion of violence in the westerns as idealized, innocent cowboys-versus-Indians gunfighting, Sam Peckinpah decided to take the subject in his own hands and show the world a piece of stylistically enhanced truth about what it meant to be an
- [Darkly comedic and delightfully manic, ‘After Hours’ is one of Scorsese's best films](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/darkly-comedic-delightfully-manic-hours-one-scorseses-best-films/) - In an attempt to somehow merge the genre of comedy with unmistakable elements of satire and to a degree even horror, Martin Scorsese took the city he loved so much and portrayed it as a Twilight Zone heap of madness, fear and paranoia situated on top of hell itself. We follow an extraordinary day in
- [‘Hollywood: A Celebration of the American Silent Film’: An Eleven-Hour Investigative Odyssey](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/hollywood-celebration-american-silent-film-eleven-hour-investigative-odyssey/) - When Al Jolson’s The Jazz Singer came out in 1927, it practically put the entire silent movie industry out of business. The talkies were a revolution upon which there was no turning back, and after almost nine decades what remained ingrained in the popular memory is the image of absurd little jerky sketches accompanied by
- [Hal Ashby's 'Bound for Glory': An Unorthodox Biopic Chock-Full Of Cinematic Beauty](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/hal-ashbys-bound-glory-unorthodox-biopic-chock-full-cinematic-beauty/) - The legendary American folk singer-songwriter Woodrow Wilson Guthrie was born in 1912, and in the 55 years of his life he built not only a body of musical works which would serve to inspire famous musicians such as Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Bruce Springsteen or Joe Strummer, but a reputation and legacy of some kind
- [Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Apocalypse Now’ must be the key lecture in anyone’s filmmaking education](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/francis-ford-coppolas-apocalypse-now-must-be-the-key-lecture-in-anyones-filmmaking-education/) - People often exaggerate when they talk about films. They get carried away, leaving the cinema emotionally stirred and too impressed to be able to objectively evaluate the quality of what they’ve just seen. A lot of superlatives have been attached to Francis Ford Coppola’s Vietnam War epic Apocalypse Now. But how can a film, especially
- ['Marnie': Hitchcock's Controversial Exploration of Sexual Violence and the Complexity of the Human Psyche](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/marnie-hitchcocks-controversial-exploration-of-sexual-violence-and-the-complexity-of-the-human-psyche/) - The film that started out as a critical failure, labeled as the weakest link in the maestro's string of high-quality cinematic treats, over time developed into one of Alfred Hitchcock's most praised movies. Marnie just might be the darkest, most controversial and complex film in the great director's whole career, an obvious departure from the
- ['The Texas Chain Saw Massacre': An Original, Effective and Highly Influential Pillar of Horror Cinema](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/the-texas-chain-saw-massacre-an-original-effective-and-highly-influential-pillar-of-horror-cinema/) - Hailed by many as the perfect horror film, lauded by millions as one of the most influential films ever made, considered by most one of the revolutionary pillars of latter day horror cinema, Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is an endlessly referenced cult slasher that beckons to be revisited every once in a
- [“As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster”](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/martin-scorsese-goodfellas/) - As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster, said Ray Liotta, and the rest has become legend. Martin Scorsese's 1990 crime film Goodfellas gloriously depicts the rise and fall of Henry Hill, a young man infatuated with the image of gangsters, in a film Roger Ebert dubbed the finest
- [Charlie Rose: The Treasure Chest of First-Class Film Interviews](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/charlie-rose-treasure-chest-first-class-film-interviews/) - The North Carolina-born, now legendary journalist Charlie Rose dabbled with becoming a lawyer, but fortunately for us, he soon developed a keen interest for politics and journalism, scoring a gig at PBS, working for Bill Moyers. In the years that followed Rose switched from PBS to NBC and CBS, steadily climbing the ladder and soon
- [John Schlesinger's ‘Marathon Man’ is a remarkable film on all levels](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/john-schlesingers-marathon-man-remarkable-film-levels/) - One of the most accomplished examples of suspense thrillers in the 1970s, John Schlesinger's Marathon Man is a remarkable film on all levels. The legendary screenwriter William Goldman adapted his own novel for the big screen, and did it quite marvelously with the generous help of a proven acting crew of Laurence Olivier, Dustin Hoffman
- ['Sweet Smell of Success', Alexander Mackendrick's Most Accomplished Film that Hasn't Aged a Day](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/sweet-smell-of-success-alexander-mackendricks-most-accomplished-film-that-hasnt-aged-a-day/) - Tony Curtis had to fight really hard to get the role of Falco in Alexander Mackendrick's Sweet Smell of Success. It's not like he had a lot of competition: he was seen as the ideal choice for the self-loathing press agent doing the dirty work for an influential columnist from the very start. The problem
- [“Take all of the responsibility, because you’re going to get all of the blame”](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/take-all-of-the-responsibility-because-youre-going-to-get-all-of-the-blame/) - Of his directorial debut, acclaimed director David Fincher summarised to The Digital Bits: “Alien 3 was flawed from its inception and it was certainly flawed—actually, pretty fucked up—well before we started shooting. So there you go. Take all of the responsibility, because you’re going to get all of the blame.” The good folks at Strange
- [The Legend of Sound Mixing: A Conversation with Christopher Newman](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/legend-sound-mixing-conversation-christopher-newman/) - It's been almost nine decades since the talkies spread throughout the film-appreciating community and revolutionized the filmmaking business. And yet, it seems the sound is somehow still underappreciated and taken for granted, if we were to base our judgement on the reputation of soundmen. Honestly, how many notable soundmen can you name at this point?
- [‘Frenzy’: Hitchcock’s Return to Perfection in His Penultimate Film](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/frenzy-hitchcocks-return-perfection-penultimate-film/) - Having turned in a couple of ill-received films delving into the matters of political intrigue, Alfred Hitchcock went back to Britain and, practically at the very end of his career, made another great film on the trail of the works that had given him the title of the master of suspense and the macabre. A
- [“Dazed By Days” By Richard Linklater](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/dazed-by-days-by-richard-linklater/) - Richard Linklater wrote the following article for The Austin Chronicle. The article was originally printed in their issue Volume XIII, No 4, dated September 24, 1993. Additional materials provided by Film School thru Commentaries, “an incredibly illuminating, relatable and one of the most inspiring commentaries you’ll hear. I’ve cut out only the moments where Linklater talks about
- ['Suspicion': Proof that a True Artist Can Create Great Things Even Under the Crippling Harness of a Profit-Driven Studio](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/alfred-hitchcock-suspicion/) - Sometimes considered a second-rate product in a highly admirable series of excellent movies in Alfred Hitchcock's dossier, the 1941 psychological thriller named Suspicion is, au contraire, a masterful exposition of Hitchcock's skills. If we take all the circumstances of its production into consideration, especially the information on the studio's meddling in the process and its
- ['The Man Who Wasn't There': A Lovely, Artistic Exhibition of the Coens' Filmmaking Prowess](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/the-man-who-wasnt-there/) - The Coen brothers' subtle, restrained and impactful 2001 film noir The Man Who Wasn't There is an exhibition of stylistic supremacy that marked the work of one of filmmaking's most creative and accomplished duo. Joel and Ethan Coen built a beautifully filmed, black-and-white complex world of a barber barely floating through life. Billy Bob Thornton's
- [Kurosawa's ‘Kagemusha’: A Poem about Human Nature](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/akira-kurosawas-screenplay-kagemusha/) - Probably the main reason Akira Kurosawa's epic samurai masterpiece called Kagemusha has its rightful place among the most impressive movies we've seen so far is the simply brilliant idea that serves as the film's basis. The play between reality and illusion, a theme most explored in Kurosawa's filmmaking, lies in the heart of Kagemusha. As
- [‘Ran’ is by all standards one of master Kurosawa's best films in his resume](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/akira-kurosawas-ran/) - Influenced to a degree by William Shakespeare's King Lear, Akira Kurosawa's Ran combines the elements of the well-known story of the British author's king with a Japanese medieval epic to create a, first and foremost, beautiful, touching film of lasting value and invaluable depth. Even though Kurosawa experienced a lot of success and international and
- [‘The Age of Innocence’: Scorsese’s Strikingly Passionate Depiction of Unconsummated Love](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/the-age-of-innocence-scorseses-strikingly-passionate-depiction-of-unconsummated-love/) - We're rather determined in defending our claim that Martin Scorsese's The Age of Innocence is one of the best literary adaptations ever made in the world of film. Despite the fact that many wondered why Scorsese would drift away from his usual themes and subjects only to make a 19th-century love story, the truth is
- [‘The Devil Needs a Fix’: Ian Ebright’s Sophomore Film Proves His Debut Was No Coincidence](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/the-devil-needs-a-fix-ian-ebrights-sophomore-film-proves-his-debut-was-no-coincidence/) - A struggling reporter sits in a diner with an open notepad, nervously jotting down a potential title for his next interview. As he changes his mind and scribbles an alternative title, you can sense the puffy-eyed writer is under considerable pressure. Who is he waiting for and how consequential this one interview might be for
- ['The Line': Luke Wallace's Gripping Crime Drama With a Terrific Cast](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/the-line-luke-wallaces-gripping-crime-drama-with-a-terrific-cast/) - A cold, wet, sinister-looking abandoned factory, two serious men with automatic rifles staring out the window, obviously expecting a visitor they deem dangerous enough to keep them on their toes. A black car slowly approaches, and you can feel the tension transferring through the screen. A young man enters the factory and sits down to
- ['Sacrifices of Andrei Tarkovsky': A Precious Insight into the Life of the Man to Whom We Owe So Damn Much](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/sacrifices-andrei-tarkovsky-precious-insight-life-man-owe-damn-much/) - Had he lived, Andrei Tarkovsky would have celebrated his 86th birthday today. One of the greatest poets of the silver screen and our eternal hero we'll continue to worship until he draw our last filmloving breaths, Tarkovsky died young, in exile, but was turned into a myth through the love of his art, the mystery
- [‘Miller's Crossing’ is touching and studiously crafted love letter to American film noirs and the seventh art in general](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/the-coen-brothers-millers-crossing/) - The Coen brothers' critically acclaimed Miller's Crossing can be easily studied in two distinct ways. Firstly, it's one hell of a gangster thriller, enriched by beautiful imagery, impeccably strong acting performances, a bulletproof screenplay and abundance of indelible details usually attached to the Coens' filmmaking style. But secondly, this 1990 financially modest entry in the
- [Regarded as one of David Lean’s best films, the 1965 epic ‘Doctor Zhivago’ is a champion of accomplished filmmaking](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/regarded-as-one-of-david-leans-best-films-the-1965-epic-doctor-zhivago-is-a-champion-of-accomplished-filmmaking/) - Regarded as one of David Lean’s best films, the 1965 epic romance Doctor Zhivago is a champion of accomplished filmmaking. We find it very interesting and amusing that a film that deals with the Russian revolution has become significant to the degree of being itself labeled revolutionary. Lean set the story, based on the celebrated
- ['A Passage to India': David Lean's Rocky Road to Creating a Most Powerful Adaptation](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/a-passage-to-india-david-leans-rocky-road-to-creating-a-most-powerful-adaptation/) - In 1924 E.M. Forster published his highly acclaimed novel A Passage to India. Exactly sixty years later David Lean's film adaptation saw the light of day, received a huge applause from the audiences and entered the history books as one of the greatest screen adaptations the world has ever seen. But to think that the
- [Humor and Tragedy as the Defining Features of Human Existence: A Review of ‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/humor-tragedy-defining-features-human-existence-review-three-billboards-outside-ebbing-missouri/) - As a former reviewer for a Croatian film-dedicated website, I used to see a lot of inferior filmmaking efforts. The local multiplex gave me a press accreditation—who needs money when you can watch movies for free, right?—and since I was young and stupid enough to think I had all the time in the world, nothing
- [William Friedkin's 'Sorcerer': Cautionary Tales Have Rarely Taken Such an Amazing Artistic Form](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/william-friedkins-sorcerer-cautionary-tales-have-rarely-taken-such-an-amazing-artistic-form/) - I'm very happy when films I've made are still recognized by whomever decades after they were made, but for most part you make films for a contemporary audience, the great William Friedkin recently told us in an exhilarating interview. This respected filmmaker's statement inexplicitly concerned Sorcerer, his 1977 existential thriller that had the misfortune of
- [‘Fargo’: The Unforgettable Dark Comedy that Set the Coen Brothers Up as a Recognizable Voice in American Cinema](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/fargo-unforgettable-dark-comedy-set-coen-brothers-recognizable-voice-american-cinema/) - Even though the Coen brothers made a name out of themselves in the indie circles with a series of praised movies such as Blood Simple, Raising Arizona, Miller's Crossing and Barton Fink, their fifth film was a major financial flop. Ethan and Joel Coen made The Hudsucker Proxy, a smart and typically strange comedy with
- ['Cool Hair': William Orozco-Cubbon's Bonnie-and-Clyde-Like Thriller that Leaves Us Wanting More](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/cool-hair-william-orozco-cubbons-bonnie-clyde-like-thriller-leaves-us-wanting/) - The short film Cool Hair, directed by debutant and production manager William Orozco-Cubbon, was screened at the 2017 Zero Film Festival in West Hollywood, the 2017 Cinema at the Edge Film Festival in Santa Monica, CA, as well as the 2017 Los Angeles Lift-Off Film Festival. Starring Russian born model-turned-actress Alena Savostikova and newcomer Vic
- [‘Mulholland Drive’: The Master of the Uncanny’s Greatest Work](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/mulholland-drive-the-master-of-the-uncannys-greatest-work/) - There are movies that seriously scare us. Some films we've seen left us not only in a panicked state in the theater, but continued their grueling grip on our psyche even after returning home, to the safety of our beds and within the comforting boundaries of locked doors, closed windows and neatly prepared baseball bats.
- [‘Hi-Glow Retro’: Alex Morsanutto’s Bullet-Proof Ticket to Feature Filmmaking](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/hi-glow-retro-alex-morsanuttos-bullet-proof-ticket-feature-filmmaking/) - From the very first scene, dominated by a cool voiceover accompanied by fragments of the crucial penultimate sequence that we’ll come to understand much later, it was somehow obvious to me I was about to see something out of the ordinary. It would probably sound like baloney if I said I knew right away Alex
- [Masterclass with Andrei Tarkovsky: Cinema Is a Mosaic Made of Time](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/filmmakers-masterclass-with-andrei-tarkovsky-cinema-is-a-mosaic-made-of-time/) - During the period he stayed in Italy to work on Nostalghia, one of cinema's godfathers Andrei Tarkovsky held a speech at a special event called ‘Thieves of Cinema’ (Ladri di cinema) on September 9, 1982 in Rome. In an engulfing lecture that lasted almost an hour, Tarkovsky discussed his cinematic role models, the filmmakers who
- [“Altmanesque means never having to say you’re sorry”](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/altmanesque-means-never-having-to-say-youre-sorry/) - Robert Altman's Short Cuts is not only one of the more enticing films of the fruitful nineties, but also a work of art we simply can't stop harassing our friends with. Based on nine stories and a poem written by the American 20th century short story legend Raymond Carver, the film follows the lives of
- [Jerry Lewis' Invaluable, Impossibly Rare 'The Total Filmmaker'](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/jerry-lewis-invaluable-impossibly-rare-total-filmmaker/) - The Total Film-Maker—Jerry Lewis’ book on filmmaking, taken from 480 hours of audio tape, recorded as Jerry taught filmmaking at the University of Southern California, 1971. It’s apparently one of the best books written about filmmaking ever. It was printed in 1971 and has been out-of-print since then [PDF]. (NOTE: For educational and research purposes
- [Martin Scorsese's ‘The King of Comedy’ is a developed critique and a statement that is just as precise and contemporary as it was back in '82](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/martin-scorseses-king-comedy-developed-critique-statement-just-precise-contemporary-back-82/) - Martin Scorsese's The King of Comedy easily stands as one of the more unusual of the director's films, but at the same time it's comprised of the same amount of brilliance and talent that Scorsese wove into his other, more celebrated movies. We're talking about a black comedy that hardly delivers any laughs. A comedy
- [‘Time and Again’: The Importance of Family in Aidan Largey’s Nostalgic Time Travel Flick](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/time-importance-family-aidan-largeys-nostalgic-time-travel-flick/) - As we meet Brian and Lucen, two small-town kids trying to build a time machine when they're not butting heads with their teachers during class, the memory of Stand By Me and The Goonies somehow springs to mind, and we get an inescapable feeling we've just started watching a Steven Spielberg film. Lucen is a
- [Stanley Kramer's 'On the Beach': A Most Persuasive Cautioning Tale if We Ever Saw One](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/stanley-kramers-on-the-beach-a-most-persuasive-cautioning-tale-if-we-ever-saw-one/) - If you’re going to make a film about the end of the world, a Sydney Sun journalist called Neil Jillet allegedly said, Australia’s the place to do it. When Stanley Kramer took his crew and cast to Australia in order to film his adaptation of Nevil Shute’s post-apocalyptic novel, it was literally a collision of
- [‘Remote’: Marc Roussel’s Highly Suspenseful Mixture of Time Travel and Home Invasion](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/remote-marc-roussels-highly-suspenseful-mixture-time-travel-home-invasion/) - Do you remember Gregory Hoblit’s 2000 science fiction thriller called Frequency, where a present-day son (Jim Caviezel) manages to connect with his long-deceased father (Dennis Quaid) through the radio? Or The Lake House, Alejandro Agresti’s somewhat panned 2006 romantic drama where Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock somehow connect through the postal service even though they
- [Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/cinema-europe-hollywood/) - Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood (1995) is a documentary series produced by David Gill and silent film historian Kevin Brownlow. Chronicles the birth of European cinema, from the Lumiere brothers to World War I, and then the first golden age of Swedish cinema, from the formation of Svenska Bio to the departure for Hollywood of
- ['Happy Birthday, Barbara': A Wonderfully Restrained Piece of Fine Visual Storytelling](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/happy-birthday-barbara-wonderfully-restrained-piece-fine-visual-storytelling/) - A woman stands in a hotel hallway, switching her stare from a wrinkled little piece of paper in her glove-protected hand to the stylized number on the wooden door of a hotel room she's obviously preparing herself to knock on. The paper confirms she is in the right place; something about her tells you she's
- [‘American Cinema’ explores film history and American culture through the eyes of over 150 Hollywood insiders](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/american-cinema/) - Using clips from more than 300 of the greatest movies ever made, this series explores film history and American culture through the eyes of over 150 Hollywood insiders, including Martin Scorsese, Brian De Palma, Sydney Pollack, Jim Jarmusch, Julie Dash, the Coen brothers, Steven Spielberg, John Milius, Jane Russell, Errol Morris, Walter Murch, Nora Ephron,
- [‘Inland Empire’: The Purest David Lynch Experience Since ‘Eraserhead’](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/inland-empire-purest-david-lynch-experience-since-eraserhead/) - David Lynch, a name that is for many film enthusiasts the epitome for weird, surreal, and bizarre, surprised many people when he had characterised himself as a Boy Scout from Missoula, Montana. He is also known as “Jimmy Stewart from Mars,” or “Jimmy Stewart on acid”—a very polite, happy-go-lucky, enthusiastic individual, who unironically uses words
- [“You have to let me play Frank! Because I am Frank!”](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/let-play-frank-frank/) - There are probably only a handful of storytellers of David Lynch's caliber in the world today. From Eraserhead to Inland Empire, the Montana-born emperor of surreal filmmaking created and nurtured a very peculiar style, constantly dancing on the thin line between dreams and reality, facts and projections, keeping the audience all wrapped up in atmospheric
- [Terry Gilliam has always been a hero of ours, and 'Brazil' was perhaps the first step in the development of our fascination with him](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/terry-gilliams-1985-brazil/) - Ex-Monthy Python icon Terry Gilliam's 1985 film Brazil is a wonderfully imagined and ably executed satire on bureaucratic society and its totalitarian government running a vast, senselessly hyper-industrial world. Gilliam developed the story with the help of Charles Alverson, whose name, however, failed to come up on the end credits. Officially, Brazil was written by
- [‘Annie Hall’: One of the Last Beautiful American Films of the Pre-Blockbuster Era](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/annie-hall-one-last-beautiful-american-films-pre-blockbuster-era/) - It was April 1978 and a whole gallery of Hollywood stars was seated at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. Star Wars, the movie that swept the audience away and was considered a heavy favorite in the Best Picture category, turned out not to be the film that left the deepest mark at the
- [The Weird World of Eadweard Muybridge](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/weird-world-eadweard-muybridge/) - A fantastic documentary on one of the key people in the history of cinema. A portrait of the pioneer photographer, forefather of cinema, showman, murderer—Eadweard Muybridge was a Victorian enigma. He was born and died in Kingston upon Thames, but did his most famous work in California—freezing time and starting it up again, so that
- [Peter Bogdanovich's ‘Paper Moon’ is a treasure to come back to even after all these years](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/peter-bogdanovichs-paper-moon-is-a-treasure-to-come-back-to-even-after-all-these-years/) - Charming, kind of melancholy, deeply poignant and above all touching and heart-warming, Peter Bogdanovich's Paper Moon is a classic period piece set in the Great Depression era of the mid-thirties. Based on a screenplay by Alvin Sargent, who adapted it from Joe David Brown's novel ‘Addie Pray,’ it presents a surprisingly wonderful performance from the
- [Talking Pictures: A look back at television appearances by legends of the silver screen](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/talking-pictures-look-back-television-appearances-legends-silver-screen/) - A look back at television appearances by legends of the silver screen, using archive footage to tell the story of their lives and careers. An insight into the life of David Lean, whose drive and genius made him one of Britain’s greatest ever film directors. Featuring a compilation of rarely seen interviews and archive footage.
- [Alan Parker’s ‘Mississippi Burning’: Making a Powerful Social Commentary From Inside the Hollywood System](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/alan-parkers-mississippi-burning-making-a-powerful-social-commentary-from-inside-the-hollywood-system/) - Alan Parker's Mississippi Burning was labeled by Roger Ebert as the best American film of 1988. Bear in mind, this was the year the likes of Die Hard and Rain Man came out. Parker's passionate story portrays the racial tension in the American south at the beginning of the 1960s and the plot of the
- [Martin Scorsese’s ‘Taxi Driver’ is the turning point in our lives in terms of film appreciation and education](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/martin-scorseses-72nd-birthday/) - Martin Scorsese’s 74th birthday seems like a perfect opportunity to float in our minds to the streets of New York, sit in a cab and revisit the reason we hope the master continues working for at least another decade. An indisputable giant and a firm member of the best films of all time gallery, his
- [Brian De Palma's 'Body Double': A Hitchcockian Thriller Executed in Completely Original Style](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/brian-de-palmas-body-double-hitchcockian-thriller-executed-completely-original-style/) - In Body Double, his 1984 erotic thriller that the critics were much too quick to judge and discard, Brian De Palma succeeded in creating an unforgettable film that at the same time pays an obvious tribute to the works of Alfred Hitchcock and remains somehow completely his own, coherent with his very own stylistic preferences
- [Arena: A Pretty British Affair (1981)](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/arena-a-pretty-british-affair-1981/) - An excellent documentary made in 1981 by Gavin Millar for the long running BBC documentary series Arena. Detailed interview with Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger looking back at their long career as influential British filmmakers and their unusual partnership. The documentary includes clips from many of their major films and interviews with both Powell and Pressburger,
- [Hawks made a number of westerns in his life, none of which had the intense impact on us the way ‘Rio Bravo’ did](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/hawks-made-number-westerns-life-none-intense-impact-us-way-rio-bravo/) - Howard Hawks made a number of westerns in his life, none of which had the intense impact on us the way Rio Bravo did. The tension coming from its brilliantly simple—or simply brilliant?—premise is quite remarkable. The good guys are a bunch of likable, honest but oh so imperfect people thrown into a violent, bloody
- [Robert Bresson's Notes on Cinematography](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/robert-bressons-notes-cinematography/) - A small, powerful book of significant thoughts on filmmaking: Robert Bresson's Notes on the Cinematograph (NOTE: Out-of-print; available November 8, 2016). “Bresson left us with a concise number of important films, as well as a rather simple and beautiful book of aphorisms ostensibly about the act of shooting a film, but perhaps about more than just that.
- [Arthur C. Clarke's ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ Diary](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/arthur-c-clarkes-2001-a-space-odyssey-diary/) - The ultimate trip began with a story called The Sentinel by Arthur C. Clarke. It took flight when Stanley Kubrick asked Clarke to write a novel of space exploration unpon which the acclaimed director would base a movie. The result was one of the most extraordinary films of all time. Now for the first time
- [Steve Hamilton, Bestselling Author of 'The Second Life of Nick Mason': Writing Should Never Feel Easy, an Empty Page Still Scares Me](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/steve-hamilton-bestselling-author-second-life-nick-mason-writing-never-feel-easy-empty-page-still-scares/) - When news came out that Lionsgate was making a film adaptation of Steve Hamilton's 'The Second Life of Nick Mason,' the new thriller that came out today, we were, for the lack of a better word, thrilled. Hamilton is the guy responsible for the excellent Alex McKnight series, and since we've always been soft for
- [Gary Leva’s Documentaries About Filmmaking](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/gary-levas-documentaries-about-filmmaking/) - Filmmaker and film historian Gary Leva has distinguished himself as the creative force behind scores of documentaries, broadcast programs and Special Features, many of them focused on the cinematic arts. Leva's documentaries have made a lasting contribution to the history of film. His award-winning A Legacy of Filmmakers premiered at the Telluride Film Festival and
- ['Obsession': When De Palma Stepped Out of Hitchcock's Shadow](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/obsession-de-palma-stepped-hitchcocks-shadow/) - Released in the late summer of 1976, more than a year since the end of production due to Columbia Pictures minor objections to some of the film's controversial themes and motifs, Brian De Palma's psychological thriller Obsession achieved solid box office results and was welcomed by a mixed reaction from the critics. Its life under
- ['No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos': The Perfect Insight into the Life and Work of Two Great Cinematographers](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/no-subtitles-necessary-laszlo-vilmos-perfect-insight-life-work-two-great-cinematographers/) - Vilmos Zsigmond and László Kovács, the Hungarian cinematographers who left an incredibly deep mark in Hollywood as they helped carve the visual identity of the American New Wave cinema, met and became close friends as students in Budapest, only to leave Hungary upon the Soviet invasion in 1956. Putting their lives on the line, they
- ['Memoirs of an Angel': A Passionate Documentary Tribute to the Greatest Poet of the Art of Film](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/memoirs-angel-passionate-two-hour-documentary-tribute-greatest-poet-art-film/) - Twenty years have passed since the untimely departure of Krzysztof Kieślowski, the poet of modern cinema and the embodiment of cinematic passion and creativity who will forever remain our principal source of never-ceasing inspiration. To commemorate such an important date, the gals and guys at the Edinburgh-based charitable trust BandB composed a fascinating 77-minute-long tribute
- ['Straw Dogs': Peckinpah's Most Controversial Blade Hasn't Lost Any of Its Sharpness Over the Years](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/straw-dogs-peckinpahs-most-controversial-blade-hasnt-lost-any-of-its-sharpness-over-the-years/) - After Sam Peckinpah angered the studio with his Ballad of Cable Hogue, where he went 19 days over schedule and more importantly 3 million dollars over budget, he had a tough time finding a gig, so he decided to go to England to make Straw Dogs, a film based on Gordon M. Williams' 1969 novel
- [‘Taxi Driver’: God's Lonely POV](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/taxi-driver-gods-lonely-pov/) - God’s Lonely POV by Will McCrabb In the last act of Martin Scorsese's masterpiece Taxi Driver there is the ultimate visceral and violent manifestation of the protagonist Travis Bickle's (as played by Robert De Niro) fractured psyche. He sets out to free a young prostitute by killing her pimp (Harvey Keitel) and any "johns" or door
- [‘Telephone Me’: A Story of Revenge with Frenetic Energy and Honest Performances](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/telephone-me-a-story-of-revenge-with-frenetic-energy-and-honest-performances/) - It’s delightful to see short films of this kind of frenetic energy. Michael Demetriou's somewhat bizarre take on a story brought to life by a cheating girlfriend's alcohol-empowered affair which sends a furious boyfriend frantically cruising the campus in search of revenge and satisfaction, is an exciting piece of filmmaking characterized by extremely dynamic direction,
- [Jordan Rossi's 'Shakespeare on Death': A Brave, Captivating Effort at Honoring William Shakespeare](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/jordan-rossis-shakespeare-on-death-a-brave-captivating-effort-at-honoring-william-shakespeare/) - Through the years we’ve witnessed countless screen adaptations of the work of William Shakespeare. It was to our surprise when we found that young filmmaker, writer and photographer Jordan Rossi developed a project of this very nature. He chose to bring to life some of Shakespeare’s lesser known work, creating a series of three short
- [‘Scream Greats, vol. 1: Tom Savini’: A Priceless Insight into the Work of One of the Greatest Make-Up Artists of All Time](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/scream-greats-vol-1-tom-savini/) - From the napalm-drenched fires and gruesome death fields of Vietnam a young man with a camera emerged, a photographer whose experience in the war encouraged him to employ both his memory and imagination to revolutionary creative work. Tom Savini is the man and legend behind all those horror films from the eighties you know and
- [‘The Exile and Death of Andrei Tarkovsky’: A Priceless Contribution to the Body of Work on One of  Cinema’s Greatest Poets](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/the-exile-and-death-of-andrei-tarkovsky/) - The longer I work in cinema, the more convinced I am that this domain of art is not ruled by any laws. I do not even attempt to find them... Everything is possible. These inspirational words are ascribed to one of cinema’s most unique artists of all time. The Russian filmmaking poet Andrei Tarkovsky, whose
- [A ‘Lost’ Treasure: David Lean's documentary ‘Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor’](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/david-lean-documentary-lost-found-the-story-of-cooks-anchor/) - As the great British filmmaker David Lean scouted Tahiti searching for possible locations to shoot his, ultimately never-to-be-seen HMS Bounty movie, his frequent collaborator Eddie Fowlie alerted him of a rare and surprising find: he discovered an anchor that the historians confirmed once belonged to Captain James Cook, who jettisoned it back in 1773. Fascinated
- [Master Class with Martin Scorsese](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/master-class-with-martin-scorsese/) - From Scorsese and Lynch to Wenders and Godard, interviews with twenty of the world’s greatest directors on how they make films—and why. Each great filmmaker has a secret method to his moviemaking—but each of them is different. In ‘Moviemakers’ Master Class,’ Laurent Tirard talks to twenty of today’s most important filmmakers to get to the
- [An interview with Sergio Leone from June 1984 issue of American Film](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/interview-sergio-leone-pages-june-1984-issue-american-film/) - An interview with Sergio Leone from the pages of the June 1984 issue of American Film written by Pete Hamill. Throughout the candid interview, it’s clear filmmaking is a sacred belief to Leone who hails from a family steeped in the tradition of filmmaking. Often attributed with perfecting the spaghetti western genre with A FISTFUL
- [‘Watching feature motion pictures in theaters is barely a hundred years old, and I’ve been working in films for half that time’](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/interview-with-walter-murch/) - by Sven Mikulec After the Camerimage international film festival’s special screening of The Talented Mr. Ripley, Anthony Minghella’s wonderful and haunting 1999 film with Matt Damon in the starring role, I had the unique pleasure and honor of seeing and listening to probably the greatest film editor and sound designer of the last half a
- [Camerimage: A unique festival honoring the art and craft of cinematography](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/camerimage-a-unique-festival-honoring-the-art-and-craft-of-cinematography/) - by Sven Mikulec Deep in the heart of Poland, a rather unique film festival is taking place from this Saturday to the next. Camerimage, the biggest and most important festival of its kind, tirelessly honors the art of cinematography and brings to the fore all those creators and artists whose work often remains neglected and
- [‘Love in the Afternoon’: Wilder’s Ode to Lubitsch in an Exquisite Romantic Comedy](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/love-in-the-afternoon-wilders-ode-to-lubitsch-in-an-exquisite-romantic-comedy/) - The first of twelve screenplays written together by the great Billy Wilder and his dearest collaborator, screenwriter I. A. L. Diamond, the 1957 romantic comedy Love in the Afternoon is a charming love story carried on the shoulders of the wonderful Audrey Hepburn, Gary Cooper and Maurice Chevalier. Set in the City of Light, the
- [Kubrick's old home: Abbots Mead](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/kubricks-old-home-abbots-mead/) - Stanley Kubrick's daughter Katharina Kubrick revisits her old home at Abbots Mead. Broadcast on 10th of November 2015 on BBC1's The One Show. Thanks to the original uploader of the video, UK TV-Cinemania. In January, 2006, the following post originally appeared at the Google Groups. This is a turn of the (19th) Century house called Abbots
- [Dario Argento’s Subversive ‘Opera’](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/dario-argentos-subversive-opera/) - by guest author Paul Synnott This article reveals the ending. When I first saw Dario Argento's Opera (released in England on video as Terror at the Opera, 1987) the sense of unease and vulnerability I experienced was unlike anything I’d felt from a film in a long time. I was struck by how the director
- [William Friedkin’s ‘The Exorcist’: The Most Terrifying Film We Ever Laid Eyes On](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/william-friedkins-the-exorcist-the-most-terrifying-film-we-ever-laid-eyes-on/) - It's difficult to think of a horror film that caused so much controversy and polarized the audience to this degree as did The Exorcist in 1973. William Friedkin’s terrifying masterpiece, based on the book and screenplay by William Peter Blatty, has became a classic in the genre and a firm contender for any list of
- [Cruising Around Town with Kubrick at the Back or: How Peter Webber Acquired Stanley's Beloved Mercedes](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/cruising-around-town-with-kubrick-at-the-back-or-how-peter-webber-acquired-stanleys-beloved-mercedes/) - That Obscure Object of Desire The Peter Webber Interview by Sven Mikulec Peter Webber, who delighted us back in 2003 with his charming debut Girl with a Pearl Earring, proved to be a capable director, a very nice guy but, above all, a truly devoted lover of the art he chose to be his life
- [The purest expression of a cinematic idea](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/actually-purest-expression-cinematic-idea/) - Alfred Hitchcock is a master of mise en scène. His films are so much fun to analyze because there are no accidentals in terms of the visual; everything is planned and has a purpose. Pay particular attention to the differences between Jimmy Stewart’s apartment and the world outside of his windows. While you’re there, be
- [Thyrone Tommy's 'Avalanche': How Easy It Is to Become What You Despise](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/thyrone-tommys-avalanche-how-easy-it-is-to-become-what-you-despise/) - A young boy and a talented archer, who takes his hobby very seriously and passionately, has a strained relationship with his militant, strict, reserved father who doesn't approve of his son's love for this particular sport. As the young boy struggles under the rigid terms of this strenuous relationship, it becomes obvious that slowly but
- [Elia Kazan's 'East of Eden': James Dean's Promise He Was Prevented From Delivering On](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/elia-kazans-east-of-eden-james-deans-promise-he-was-prevented-from-delivering-on/) - The great Elia Kazan's East of Eden has entered the film history books as a marvelous and technically highly skilled work of art, but even more so as James Dean's first major screen role. The adaptation of the last part of John Steinbeck's widely popular novel of the same name, Kazan's film follows the story
- [Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/ken-russell-a-bit-of-a-devil/) - Following the death of Ken Russell in November 2011, Alan Yentob looks back over the career of the flamboyant film director responsible for Women In Love, Tommy and The Devils. Friends and admirers—including Glenda Jackson, Terry Gilliam, Twiggy, Melvyn Bragg, Robert Powell and Roger Daltrey—recall a pioneering documentary-maker, talented photographer and fearless film director. When
- [Philip D'Antoni's 'The Seven-Ups': An Adrenaline-Packed, Violent Thriller That Gained Cult Following](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/philip-dantonis-the-seven-ups-an-adrenaline-packed-violent-thriller-that-gained-cult-following/) - Even though William Friedkin's celebrated adrenaline-ridden thriller The French Connection had its legitimate sequel in 1975, many consider The Seven-Ups to be a worthy continuation of Friedkin's classic. The reasons for this are simple: the team behind The Seven-Ups, which gained a cult following and generally enjoys a slightly less revered status among filmgoers, is
- [Rajendra Thakurathi's The Dishwasher: The Price of the American Dream](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/rajendra-thakurathis-the-dishwasher-the-price-of-the-american-dream/) - Rajendra Thakurathi's The Dishwasher is an important short film on several different layers. First of all, it should be said that we don't base our opinions on movies on the subject they choose to grapple with. Whether it's a theme we're quite familiar with or the object in question means absolutely nothing to us, we
- [Orson Welles’ ‘The Lady from Shanghai’ is as captivating as it's masterfully crafted](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/orson-welles-the-lady-from-shanghai/) - Directed, produced and written by Orson Welles, The Lady from Shanghai is a complicated, puzzling and engaging little masterpiece from the legend's workshop, and it remains a crying shame that the only version available to the world is the heavily edited one. Indeed, roughly sixty minutes of Welles' original take were cut from the final
- ['The New Cinema': A Fascinating Documentary on the Restructuring of 1960's Hollywood](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/the-new-cinema-a-fascinating-documentary-on-the-restructuring-of-1960s-hollywood/) - Today's film industry, according to countless filmlovers around the globe, needs intrinsic changes to occur in order for Hollywood to shine again in all of its glory. Studios hold a desperate grip on projects that bring profit, often ignoring talented artists and original ideas in favor of tested audience-attracting franchises that go on and on
- [Kheaven Lewandowski, Director of 'River': 'Making Films For a Living Is a Privilege'](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/kheaven-lewandowski-director-of-river-making-films-for-a-living-is-a-privilege/) - Excited by his inspired and visually captivating short film River, we decided to have a little chat with Kheaven Lewandowski, a talented filmmaker whose greatest work is yet to be seen. From his beginnings to future plans, from River to Pulp Fiction, we talked about a range of subjects, leaving this exchange convinced that this
- [Walter Hill’s screenplay for ‘The Driver’ is the best screenwriting school you can get](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/walter-hills-screenplay-for-the-driver-is-the-best-screenwriting-school-you-can-get/) - Walter Hill's The Driver can definitely be labeled as another one of this great professional’s stories with strong, masculine protagonists trying to find their way around a difficult situation, but there are numerous reasons why this film is unique, composedly powerful on its own two feet and considered today as among the very best the
- [Justin Dec’s ‘Boats’: A Hilarious Take on a Nothing-to-Laugh-About Subject](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/justin-decs-boats-a-hilarious-take-on-a-nothing-to-laugh-about-subject/) - There's the merciless money-making machine underneath the Hollywood sign, standing proud and tall, the symbol of the blooming industry of the moving pictures. Even though show-business has always been just that—business—at its core, it seems that our generation of filmloving movie-goers has been blessed to witness a new era of film production. Every other days
- [Tom Oliver's ‘In the Near Light’: Anything Is Possible With Your Heart In the Right Place](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tom-olivers-near-light-anything-possible-heart-right-place/) - Young British filmmaker Tom Oliver's half-hour short film In the Near Light is a beautifully envisioned story visually influenced by the works of such cinematic greats as Wim Wenders and Jim Jarmusch. The colors are bleak, the atmosphere is surreal, haunting and to a degree it takes us back to Wings of Desire, while the
- [Michael Mann's ‘The Insider’ unflinchingly stands as significant as ever](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/michael-manns-the-insider/) - Rarely have we seen such an important film as Michael Mann's The Insider. The story of Jeffrey Wigand, a whistle-blower in the tobacco industry, is a severe, sharp, resolute criticism of the industry and the American society, it's a haunting tale of the importance of truth and the price honest people are forced to pay
- [Gareth Calverley’s 'Pedal': A Film with Heart Written All Over It](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/gareth-calverleys-pedal-a-film-with-heart-written-all-over-it/) - When we started reviewing short films, we immediately agreed on what type of films we would want to showcase. There are literally thousands of films produced on a yearly basis, so what kind of material would we be looking for? What quality do these films have to have? The single most important aspect of a
- [“Yes, it’s a crop duster. We can plant some crops nearby”](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/yes-crop-duster-can-plant-crops-nearby/) - The Cinematographer’s camera angles for the crop dusting sequence from Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest. All 61 bullet points (above) represent a specific camera angle, a specific shot, as detailed at The Big Picture. The iconic sequence was a combination of location footage and studio-based rear projection. The book, Casting a Shadow: Creating the Alfred Hitchcock
- [Me and Me Dad: A Portrait of John Boorman](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/me-and-me-dad-a-portrait-of-john-boorman/) - An intimate portrait about the iconic filmmaker John Boorman directed by his daughter Katrine. The story is told through the relationship of father and daughter, it is a journey about filmmaking, family conflict, love and reconciliation. Now over 80 years old, the director of Hell in the Pacific, Excalibur, Point Blank, Deliverance and The Emerald
- [‘Brute Force’ is powerful cinema: A rare Laserdisc commentary with Jules Dassin](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/brute-force-powerful-cinema-rare-laserdisc-commentary-jules-dassin/) - Both analog channel feature rare interviews with director Jules Dassin. The interview is conducted by Laserdisc producer Cary Roan; Roan recorded his questions in the U.S., Dassin recorded his responses in Greece and the two sections are married for this Laserdisc release. The interview is excellent and informative, not only about Brute Force, but how
- [John Huston's ‘The Misfits’ stands tall as a pearl of the sixties which isn't going to fade into public oblivion any time soon](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/john-hustons-the-misfits/) - John Huston's The Misfits is a studious, daring vision of American life depicting the same type of protagonists that always appealed to the great filmmaker—people who could be easily called losers, but whose streak of idealism and hopefulness, in the midst of their isolating displacement, makes them attractive and quite easily relatable for the audience.
- [The Forty-Year Rule: ‘Chinatown’](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/the-forty-year-rule-chinatown/) - Legendary screenwriter Robert Towne and director David Fincher sit down for an informative and interesting commentary that examines the many facets of this fascinating film. Topics include the simplicity and understated power of Polanski’s direction, the movie’s distinctive music, choice of aspect ratio, the performances of Nicholson, Dunaway, and Huston, and the myriad nuances and creative
- [The Making of Kubrick's 2001](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/making-kubricks-2001/) - A few days ago, I received out-of-print gem The Making of Kubrick’s 2001 (edited wonderfully by Jerome Agel, 1970). I’m still over the moon. “There have been countless words written about Stanley Kubrick's visionary masterpiece 2001: A Space Odyssey—some good, some bad—but after 45 years, this superb book remains the only one you'll ever really
- [‘Cinema! Cinema! The French New Wave’](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/cinema-cinema-french-new-wave/) - An intimate window into one of the great movements in film history that brought about an evolution in the art of cinema. A cinematic revolution, the French New Wave offered a change in filmmaking through its regard for the auteur theory, developments in editing and story structure, approach to production, and more. As a 50
- [BBC Omnibus: Documentary profiles of Cassavetes, Lumet, Altman, Tarantino, Ray](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/bbc-omnibus-documentary-profiles-of-cassavetes-lumet-altman-tarantino-ray/) - Omnibus was an arts-based BBC television documentary series, broadcast mainly on BBC One in the United Kingdom. It ran from 1967 until 2003, usually being transmitted on Sunday evenings. During filming in 1970, the BBC followed John Cassavetes and his actors in New York and London making a documentary for their Omnibus strand, examining the unique
- [Michael Morrow's 'Mummers': A Punch in the Stomach When Your Guard Is Down](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/michael-morrows-mummers-a-punch-in-the-stomach-when-your-guard-is-down/) - Besides being nicely shot, well acted and cleverly written, Michael Morrow's Mummers is a sneaky film, it has to be said. It sets you up, makes you relax, deceives you into letting your guard down. And then it hits you with a vicios uppercut you never saw coming, and you find yourself on the canvas
- [Ray Wong's 'Burnt Grass': An Excellent Sci-Fi Built Around a Genius Idea](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/ray-wongs-burnt-grass-an-excellent-sci-fi-built-around-a-genius-idea/) - For his festival debut, the Toronto-based filmmaker and music-video director Ray Wong chose to tell a 11-minute-long sci-fi tale of a mysterious phenomenon in the backyard of a perfectly ordinary couple. When Sally and Jack realize they have a patch of burnt ground which is capable of replicating organic matter, their lives spiral out of
- [The Willis Frame](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/the-willis-frame/) - Gordon Willis was one of the cinema’s greatest artists. Drawing from over 25 feature films where he served as cinematographer, this video essay by Steven Benedict celebrates Willis’ lighting, blocking, preference for a 40mm lens and above all his use of strong geometric patterns. Whether he was collaborating with some of Hollywood’s most celebrated auteurs;
- [The only way to win the war on drugs is to stop fighting: An Open Letter to Congress and the President By Don Winslow](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/an-open-letter-to-congress-and-the-president-by-don-winslow/) - “Let me come right out and say what you won’t tell the American people. The War on Drugs is unwinnable. It was unwinnable for Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush, and now Obama. At forty-four years, it’s America’s longest war and there’s no end in sight.” —Don Winslow Bestselling author Don Winslow, whose new
- [A unique insight into David Lean's method and vision](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/a-unique-insight-into-david-leans-method-and-vision/) - Steven Spielberg, Alec Guinness and Omar Sharif appear in this tribute to the great British filmmaker, David Lean. Clips from many of his films, such as Brief Encounter, Hobson's Choice, Great Expectations, Doctor Zhivago, Lawrence of Arabia, and The Bridge on the River Kwai are included. A unique insight into Lean's method and vision. Lean
- [Four Writers That Have Sold More Than 125 Million Books And The Creator Of HBO'S 'True Detective' Praise A New Novel Causing It To Sell Out At Bookstores Nationwide Overnight](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/four-writers-that-have-sold-more-than-125-million-books-and-the-creator-of-hbos-true-detective-praise-a-new-novel-causing-it-to-sell-out-at-bookstores-nationwide-overnight/) - Propelled by remarkable praise from the four biggest authors in crime fiction (Lee Child, Michael Connelly, Harlan Coben and James Ellroy), who together have sold more than 125 million books, the creator of HBO's True Detective and rave reviews from The New York Times, Esquire, NPR, Rolling Stone and many others, Don Winslow's novel The
- [Kheaven Lewandowski's 'River': The Light of New Beginnings in the Suffocating Darkness of Tokyo](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/kheaven-lewandowskis-river-the-light-of-new-beginnings-in-the-suffocating-darkness-of-tokyo/) - We know almost nothing about the gigolo scene in Tokyo. We haven't experienced the wild, neon-lit nights of Tokyo bars and night clubs. We can't even speak Japanese. And yet, we found ourselves completely absorbed by Mr. Lewandowski's captivating short film entitled River. The official synopsis states this is “a modern day odyssey story of
- ['The Cartel' Knocks the Critics Off Their Feet](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/the-cartel-knocks-the-critics-off-their-feet/) - Seldom have we seen such universal, unified, overwhelmingly positive response from literary critics to a new novel on the world’s bookshelves as it is the case with Don Winslow’s The Cartel. The long-awaited sequel to The Power of the Dog, the critically acclaimed first installment of the two-part odyssey through the drug wars that plague
- [Don Winslow’s ‘The Cartel’: Why the Much Anticipated Novel from the Leading American Crime Writer Is Bound to Make an Impact](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/don-winslows-the-cartel-why-the-much-anticipated-novel-from-the-leading-american-crime-writer-is-bound-to-make-an-impact/) - Don Winslow, one of the leading crime novelists in the United States today, knew what he wanted to do in life at the age of six, growing up in a book-loving family in the small town of Perryville, Rhode Island. Reading books and writing stories was hardly only a passion for him—it was his ticket
- ['Keep It Clean': A Role Model Student Film](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/keep-it-clean-a-role-model-student-film/) - When a door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesman visits an overly tidy man with an OCD who lives in a spotless apartment, this unexpected visits instigates a series of surprising events that would change the life of our unsuspecting protagonist forever. Keep it Clean is above all a charming student short film that lies distinguished among others
- ['Hollywood and the Stars' ranks one of the best of its kind behind-the-scenes look at classic Hollywood to ever be documented](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/hollywood-and-the-stars/) - Hollywood and the Stars was a 1963 NBC television documentary series produced by the David L. Wolper Production in association with United Artists Television. It was narrated by Joseph Cotten with the theme music and several episodes composed by Elmer Bernstein. Each 30 minute show concentrated on a Hollywood genre, film or legendary star. The series
- [Christopher Yogi's 'Obake' Is a Touching Piece of a Beautiful Albeit Sad Dream](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/christopher-yogis-obake-touching-piece-beautiful-albeit-sad-dream/) - Japanese-American filmmaker Christopher Makoto Yogi's Obake is a short film that could be best seen as an accomplished effort to capture the essence of the islands of Hawaii. With a strong emphasis on visuality—the cinematography is absolutely perfect, partly thanks to a paradise-like scenery of the Hawaiian locations—Yogi created a captivating mixture of the past
- [A Turnip-head's Guide to the British Cinema](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/a-turnip-heads-guide-to-the-british-cinema/) - British Cinema: Personal View—A Turnip Head's Guide To The British Cinema is 1986 documentary film written and directed by Alan Parker. Documentary presenting Parker's view of British cinema with comments from Richard Lester and others and location report from King's Lynn on the making of Hugh Hudson’s Revolution, starring Al Pacino, Donald Sutherland, and Nastassja Kinski. Thanks to
- [Regina Russell’s ‘Quiet Riot: Well Now You’re Here, There’s No Way Back’: A Documentary with Unexpected Soul and Quite a Lot of Gut](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/regina-russells-quiet-riot-well-now-youre-here-theres-no-way-back-a-documentary-with-unexpected-soul-and-quite-a-lot-of-gut/) - Back in 1983, an American heavy metal band called Quiet Riot absolutely exploded. After years of being shunned by record companies, after years of struggling and extremely frequent changes in their line-up, in ’83 it all changed. Their American debut album Metal Health was a huge success, they became instant rock stars in the true
- [Cinema — Cartography of the Human Condition](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/cinema-cartography-of-the-human-condition/) - The opening shot of Ingmar Bergman's 1982 film Fanny and Alexander begins on a sign from which the great director chooses to crane down to reveal a small scene of a puppet-show bathed in candle light. The sign reads EI. BLOT. TIL. LYST, which translates into English as "not for pleasure alone." This was no coincidence of
- [Clarke Scott's 'If I Had Another Day' Is a Complex and Touching Filmmaking Endeavour](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/clarke-scotts-another-day-complex-touching-filmmaking-endeavour/) - Clarke Scott's If I Had Another Day is a complex film we've really enjoyed unpuzzling. The melancholically toned story of a girl coping with grief after losing her loved one is, at the same time, a cleverly conceived, whole-souled effort to examine the emotional turbulence of a break-up and a filmmaking endeavour that shows a substantial
- [Michael Cimino's ‘Year of the Dragon’ is one of the most significant action movies of the period](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/michael-ciminos-year-of-the-dragon/) - Oliver Stone at one point described Michael Cimino as “the most Napoleonic director he ever worked with.” This impression was left upon him after he worked with Cimino on their 1985 neo-noir action classic Year of the Dragon. Impressed by his unproduced script for Platoon and under pressure with the studio's deadlines, Cimino asked Stone
- [Orson Welles takes the hot seat in this in-depth and revealing interview from 1955](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/orson-welles-takes-the-hot-seat-in-this-in-depth-and-revealing-interview-from-1955/) - Writer, film and theatre director, Orson Welles takes the hot seat in this in-depth and revealing interview. First transmitted in 1955. Newspaper writers John Beavan, Elizabeth Frank, Rene McColl and William Hardcastle press Orson Welles on a number of issues as they attempt to delve into his life, passions and the secrets behind his career.
- [Aspirations of a Promising Filmmaker: A Conversation With Nicolas Delgado](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/aspirations-of-a-promising-filmmaker-a-conversation-with-nicolas-delgado/) - Nicolas Delgado, whose The Macabre World of Lavender Williams really delighted us a while ago, had a little chat with us regarding his career, all those movies that inspired him and set him on his path of becoming a filmmaker, what it was like to work with his childhood hero Robert Zemeckis, and the things that
- [How To Make A Movie: A brilliant insight into making two very diverse British films](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/how-to-make-a-movie-a-brilliant-insight-into-making-two-very-diverse-british-films/) - A brilliant insight into making two very diverse British films in 1998, Elizabeth and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. Interviews with Mike Figgis, Tim Bevan, Debra Hayward, Michael Hirst, Shekhar Kapur, Alison Owen, Guy Ritchie, Matthew Vaughn, Simon Hayes, Andrew MacDonald, Alan Parker, Christopher Eccleston, Vinnie Jones, John Myhre, Peter Wignall and Tim Maurice-Jones.
- [Never-Before-Broadcast Interviews with Legends of the Silver Screen](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/never-before-broadcast-interviews-with-legends-of-the-silver-screen/) - YouTube user Colin Grimshaw is bringing us videos that have never been seen on broadcast TV. Actors and directors such as Mel Brooks, Malcolm McDowell, Glenda Jackson, Tim Curry, Christopher Lee, Mark Hamill, Terry Jones, Jenny Agutter, Dirk Bogarde, and more. All clips were provided officially by the film company involved with the making of
- [From Getting Into the Box with 'Buried' to Breaking Out with 'The Sea of Trees': A Conversation with Chris Sparling](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/from-getting-into-the-box-with-buried-to-breaking-out-with-the-sea-of-trees-a-conversation-with-chris-sparling/) - A Conversation with Chris Sparling by Sven Mikulec Back in 2010, I watched a nice little thriller about an American driver who ends up trapped in a wooden box six feet under after being attacked by terrorists in Iraq. I thoroughly enjoyed Buried, but I distinctly remember thinking, one dude in a coffin for an hour
- [Ang Lee on Ingmar Bergman](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/ang-lee-ingmar-bergman/) - Two years ago, you recorded an introduction for the Criterion Collection DVD of Ingmar Bergman’s The Virgin Spring, a film that had a tremendous impact on you as a student in Taiwan. Does Bergman continue to be an influence? Is there a trace of him in Lust, Caution? During preproduction, I was told there would
- [Hitchcock's Partner in Suspense: The Life of Screenwriter Charles Bennett](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/hitchcocks-partner-in-suspense-the-life-of-screenwriter-charles-bennett/) - With a career that spanned from the silent era to the 1990s, British screenwriter Charles Bennett (1899-1995) lived an extraordinary life. His experiences as an actor, director, playwright, film and television writer, and novelist in both England and Hollywood left him with many amusing anecdotes, opinions about his craft, and impressions of the many famous
- [Four decades later, Brian De Palma’s ‘Carrie’ stands out as one of the most capably crafted horror films of all time](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/four-decades-later-brian-de-palmas-carrie-stands-one-capably-crafted-horror-films-time/) - Stephen King’s novels were subjected to a hundred film adaptations since the prolific author began publishing his works in the seventies, but as they say—you always remember the first. In 1976 Carrie, based on King’s 1974 debut novel, almost literally shocked the world. Brian De Palma filmed a deeply thought-out and intelligent landmark horror film,
- [“It was a genius director and it was a genius actress and a genius script... It was a blessing”](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/genius-director-genius-actress-genius-script-blessing/) - It all began as a thesis film for UCLA film student Colin Higgins who first developed the idea for Harold and Maude as a twenty-minute short. When he showed the script to his landlady, Mildred Lewis, the wife of a Hollywood producer, she suggested they form their own production company and shop it around to
- [Six Kinds of Light: John Alcott, a rare documentary on cinematographer best known for his four collaborations with Stanley Kubrick](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/six-kinds-of-light-john-alcott-a-rare-documentary-on-cinematographer-best-known-for-his-four-collaborations-with-stanley-kubrick/) - John Alcott, the great cinematographer who worked with Stanley Kubrick for some time, speaks at length about Kubrick and his additional work on 2001: A Space Odyssey, for which he took over as lighting cameraman from Geoffrey Unsworth in mid-shoot, A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon, the film for which he won his Oscar, and The
- [The best show about movies on television](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/moving-pictures-best-show-movies-television/) - Moving Pictures is a television series devoted to film that aired on BBC from 1991 to 1996. It was presented by Rock Follies screenwriter Howard Schuman. Each program was composed of several short films on different cinematic subjects. Although it never achieved high ratings, Moving Pictures was frequently used to teach film studies. Interviewed on
- [The Art of Storyboarding](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/the-art-of-storyboarding/) - The importance of storyboarding is mostly known to everybody who ever tried to make a movie. Whether it helps you visualize the film before a single scene is filmed, or simply assists you in convincing somebody your idea is worth supporting, the value of a storyboard is often immeasurable. Moving Pictures is a television series
- [Alfred Hitchcock at the National Film Theatre](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/alfred-hitchcock-at-the-national-film-theatre/) - ‘It is a great privilege and honour to introduce to you, in the flesh, the director that most other directors would like to emulate, that most actors would like to emulate and that most actors who fancy themselves as directors would like to emulate—Mr Alfred Hitchcock.’ Another brilliant interview with master of suspense. Hitchcock was
- [‘Annie Hall’: Practical Therapy](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/annie-hall-practical-therapy/) - With Annie Hall, Woody Allen made several decisive moves that would change the direction of his career and the craft of his art. Up to that point, Allen made flat out comedies. He wanted to make people laugh and he did. It was what appeared to be his genius. Yet it was a precursor of
- [The Vision and Struggles of a Dedicated Filmmaker: A Conversation with Ian Ebright](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/a-conversation-with-ian-ebright/) - Ian Ebright, the director of the brilliant From the Sky short film, is a rather eloquent, friendly fellow and obviously a passionate lover of all things film. It's been a pleasure to chat with him about his film debut, his goals and wishes, as well as all the stuff that matter the most on his
- [Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/ingmar-bergman-makes-a-movie/) - The year is 1961 and Ingmar Bergman is making a movie. While planted on the scene as apprentice to Bergman, Vilgot Sjöman (director, I Am Curious–Yellow, 1967), suggests to Swedish Television that they take the opportunity to record with the acclaimed director. In August, Sjöman and the television crew begin to capture what would become
- [Ian Ebright’s ‘From the Sky’: A Film You Should Really Immerse Into](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/ian-ebrights-from-the-sky-a-film-you-should-really-immerse-into/) - In a touching, minimalistically staged and well-acted story, Ian Ebright brings forth a world where the life of every man, woman and child is conditioned by foreign policy, governed by the constant threat from the sky, disrupted by division, fear, anger and revenge. The world is the Middle East, the protagonists are an old shepherd
- [Alex Cox’s screenplay for the cult classic ‘Repo Man’](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/alex-coxs-screenplay-cult-classic-repo-man/) - Here's the screenplay for Alex Cox’s cult classic Repo Man, courtesy of the man himself: “I wrote this script for Jonathan Wacks and Peter McCarthy. There were fourteen different drafts. It was originally about WMD/nuclear terrorism, ending with a Neutron Bomb either 1) blowing up in downtown LA or 2) being sold to rebels in Latin
- [Roman Polanski's ‘Tess’ is a work of great pastoral beauty as well as vivid storytelling](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/roman-polanskis-tess-work-great-pastoral-beauty-well-vivid-storytelling/) - Roman Polanski's arguably only romance film, Tess, is one his critically best accepted works, and the performance of 18-year-old Nastassja Kinski, along with Paris, Texas, is probably the high point of her career. “Without Mr. Polanski's name in the credits,” wittily stated the New York Times, “this lush and scenic Tess could even be mistaken
- [An Hour about the Life and Work of Filmmaker Stanley Kubrick](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/an-hour-about-the-life-and-work-of-filmmaker-stanley-kubrick/) - With a photographer’s eye, a philosopher’s curiosity, and a searing intellect, Stanley Kubrick’s films have cut a distinctive path through cinematic history with a scope that is still hard to estimate. Here Charlie Rose talks with the late director’s widow Christiane, his lifelong friend Jan Harlan, an executive producer and the brother of Christiane Kubrick, and adds
- [Cinema: Alfred Hitchcock (1966), a rare interview with the Master of Suspense](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/cinema-alfred-hitchcock/) - In May 1966, Alfred Hitchcock was interviewed for Granada's Cinema programme by presenter Mike Scott. Talking extensively about his pre-war work, the programme was eventually transmitted in October 1966. The transmitted programme no longer exists and what follows is a compilation of the existing ‘rushes’ material which includes scenes not shown in the transmitted programme.
- [“The thing is, nobody outside the Kubrick house got to see the boxes”](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/stanley-kubricks-boxes/) - Stanley Kubrick's films were landmark events—majestic, memorable and richly researched. But, as the years went by, the time between films grew longer and longer, and less and less was seen of the director. What on earth was he doing? Two years after his death, Jon Ronson was invited to the Kubrick estate and let loose
- [Christopher Rucinski's 'Dogs In the Distance' Scores Distressingly Close to Home](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/christopher-rucinskis-dogs-distance-scores-distressingly-close-home/) - When two close friends take a shortcut on their way home from the store, they are intercepted by a couple of street thugs. What's supposed to be a short beer-getting walk transforms into a traumatic event that completely shakes the participants and makes them wonder not only how true their friendship really is, but if
- [Krzysztof Kieslowski: A Masterclass for Young Directors](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/krzysztof-kieslowski-masterclass-young-directors/) - In the summer of 1994 the legendary Polish director Krzysztof Kieślowski (1941-1996) gave a workshop in Amsterdam for young directors. The theme of the workshop was the direction of actors. For a fortnight, various groups worked every day on a scene from Ingmar Bergman’s screenplay for Scenes from a Marriage. The sessions with the directors
- [Ingmar Bergman: Reflections on Life, Death, and Love with Erland Josephson](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/ingmar-bergman-reflections-life-death-love-erland-josephson/) - Legendary director Ingmar Bergman rarely gives interviews, but in 1999 he made an exception for journalist Malou von Sivers of TV4 International Sweden. Together with his best friend and frequent collaborator, the renowned Swedish actor Erland Josephson, Bergman discusses life, death, and love in this charged and highly candid interview. Bergman has long been revered
- [Dial H for Hitchcock (1999)](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/dial-h-hitchcock-1999/) - Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius aka Dial H for Hitchcock (1999) is a fascinating look at the cinematic genius of Alfred Hitchcock. Briefly covering much of his early British works, the film primarily focuses on his American classics, such as Shadow of a Doubt, Notorious, Rear Window, Vertigo, Psycho and The Birds. The documentary also
- [“I was never conscious of my screenplays having any acts. It’s all bullshit”](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/creative-screenwriting-magazine/) - Founded by Erik Bauer in 1994, Creative Screenwriting Magazine—cited as "the best magazine on screenwriting" by the L.A. Times—is dedicated to bringing its audience exclusive interviews, industry insight and the latest breakthroughs in the craft and business of screenwriting. Unfortunately, the publication of the print version of the magazine is still suspended. Today, Creative Screenwriting
- [‘Anatomy of a Murder’ is Preminger at his finest](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/anatomy-of-a-murder-is-preminger-at-his-finest/) - As far as films about legal battles and court clashes go, Otto Preminger’s Anatomy of a Murder ranks among the very best. Adapted by Wendell Mayes from the highly successful novel written by Michigan Supreme Court Justice John D. Voelker, this 1959 top-notch courtroom drama is a representational portrayal of the judicial system, ceaselessly engaging
- [The day an X-rated walk on the dark side called 'Midnight Cowboy' won the Oscar for best picture, a new generation came to power in Hollywood](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/john-schlesingers-midnight-cowboy/) - John Schlesinger's 1969 classic Midnight Cowboy is one of those films that linger around our minds, that we get a sentimental grip on and treasure it fondly for decades after the experience of watching it. It's a story undeniably formed around two splendid characters under the spotlight, grandly played by our heroes Dustin Hoffman and Jon
- [The ‘angry young man’ of Hollywood, Rod Serling became something of a personal hero to us](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/rod-serling-became-something-of-a-personal-hero-to-us/) - The 'angry young man' of Hollywood, Rod Serling became something of a personal hero to us. An acclaimed television writer, he will go down in history as the creator of The Twilight Zone, but this fantastic show is hardly the only reason we hold him in such high regard. An ex-soldier, Serling didn't hesitate to
- [Bob Fosse’s ‘All That Jazz’ is a confessional, hallucinatory extravaganza](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/bob-fosses-jazz-confessional-hallucinatory-extravaganza/) - The preternaturally gifted director and choreographer Bob Fosse turned the camera on his own life for this madly imaginative, self-excoriating musical masterpiece. Roy Scheider gives the performance of his career as Joe Gideon, whose exhausting work schedule—mounting a Broadway production by day and editing his latest movie by night—and routine of amphetamines, booze, and sex
- [All bow to the Queen!](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/bow-queen/) - One of our all-time favorite World War I films is, without doubt, John Huston's 1951 The African Queen. The gripping adventure not only created a truly memorable on-screen couple in majestic Bogart and Hepburn, but also managed to secure the 52-year-old actor his one and only Academy Award. The chemistry and tension between the two
- [“The best education in film is to make one. I would advise any neophyte director to try to make a film by himself. A three-minute short will teach him a lot”](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/best-education-film-make-one-advise-neophyte-director-try-make-film-three-minute-short-will-teach-lot/) - Stanley Kubrick actually made the transition from photography to film after reading Vsevolod Pudovkin’s Film Technique. Pudovkin was a Russian film director, screenwriter and actor who developed influential theories of montage. Pudovkin's masterpieces are often contrasted with those of his contemporary Sergei Eisenstein, but whereas Eisenstein utilized montage to glorify the power of the masses, Pudovkin preferred to
- [All the essential documentaries on Stanley Kubrick](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/essential-documentaries-stanley-kubrick/) - All the essential documentaries on Stanley Kubrick, including Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001), Stanley Kubrick's Boxes (2008), A la Recherche de Stanley Kubrick (1999), The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove (2000), Cinefile: Stanley Kubrick: The Invisible Man (1996), rare Dutch documentary, Without Walls: Forbidden Fruit (1993), Full Metal Jacket:
- [The McCoubrey Brothers' 'The Grey Matter': A Nostalgic, Original and Highly Charming Horror Comedy That Leaves You Puzzled but Wanting More](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/the-mccoubrey-brothers-the-grey-matter/) - When we took a peak at the McCoubrey brothers' well-received short film entitled The Grey Matter, we somehow found ourselves catapulted a couple of decades back. Let us get this straight—not in a bad way at all. The disturbing, endlessly entertaining and often quite bizarre horror comedies we grew up with suddenly seemed as alive
- [Terry Gilliam’s out-of-print LaserDisc commentary for ‘The Adventures of Baron Munchausen’](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/terry-gilliams-out-of-print-criterion-laserdisc-commentary-for-the-adventures-of-baron-munchausen/) - The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, a 1988 brilliant classic by Terry Gilliam, explores the mystical travels of the Baron and his friends. On-set photography by Peter Marlow/Magnum Photos, courtesy of Kinoimages. Here's a rarity: Terry Gilliam's out-of-print Criterion Laserdisc commentary for The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (as always; for educational purposes only). A different commentary
- [A holy grail of Indiana Jones artifacts](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/holy-grail-indiana-jones-artifacts/) - Upon the first story meeting with Steven Spielberg and Lawrence Kasdan, George Lucas hand wrote this treatment for Raiders of the Lost Ark, courtesy of Will McCrabb. Speaking of which, dear every screenwriter/storyteller, read this: a holy grail of Indiana Jones artifacts—a 125-page transcript of the original story-conference meeting involving producer George Lucas, director Steven
- [The impact of Martin Scorsese's ‘Mean Streets’](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/the-impact-of-martin-scorseses-mean-streets/) - Celebrated as one of the most original American films of all time, Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets holds a firm place among the best crime films we ever had the pleasure of seeing. It's not easy to pinpoint what exactly makes it so damn good—whether it's the memorable Keitel-De Niro on-screen collaboration, master Scorsese's direction or
- [“I’ve always said that my best dialogue and screenwriter is Ennio Morricone”](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/happy-86th-birthday-ennio-morricone/) - Legendary Maestro Ennio Morricone is an international treasure, and today we celebrate his 86th birthday with a great BBC short documentary exploring the life and work of the brilliant Italian composer. Part 1 looks at his early years; part 2 looks at Morricone’s collaboration with Sergio Leone; part 3 features Morricone recording in Rome, and looks at his
- [Photographing Stanley Kubrick's ‘Barry Lyndon’](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/photographing-stanley-kubricks-barry-lyndon/) - March 1976 edition of American Cinematographer Magazine with two Kubrick-related articles, each covering the photographing of the film Barry Lyndon [pdf]. One article focuses generally on the cinematography by John Alcott, while the other focuses more closely on the specialized lenses utilized for the film. Thanks to DetroitStalker for uploading and sharing those articles. Subscribing to American
- [“The two most important words in movies today are ‘Billy Wilder’!”](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/the-two-most-important-words-in-movies-today-are-billy-wilder/) - Billy Wilder's Double Indemnity came out in 1944, the same year David O. Selznick released Since You Went Away. Part of the campaign for the latter film were major ads that declared, “Since You Went Away are the four most important words in movies since Gone With the Wind!” which Selznick had also produced. Wilder
- [Billy Wilder About Film Noir](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/billy-wilder-film-noir/) - Billy Wilder's career stretches back to the late 1920s, when he collaborated on the scripts for several films made in Germany, including the classic semi-documentary People on Sunday (1929). When Hitler came into power, Wilder fled to France and eventually ended up in America. He soon overcame his limited knowledge of the English language and
- [Paradise is around here: A Rare Interview with Akira Kurosawa by Maani Petgar](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/paradise-around-rare-interview-akira-kurosawa-maani-petgar/) - An interview with Akira Kurosawa: Paradise Is Around Here..., Film Monthly (No. 225-1998). The following interview was originally published on Maani Petgar’s website. Be sure to check out the other great articles at MP's site as well. PARADISE IS AROUND HERE… It was exactly four and a half years ago that Australia’s SBS TV approved the making of a documentary
- [Moviemakers' Master Class: Private Lessons from the World's Foremost Directors](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/moviemakers-master-class-private-lessons-worlds-foremost-directors/) - From Scorsese and Lynch to Wenders and Godard, interviews with twenty of the world's greatest directors on how they make films—and why. Each great filmmaker has a secret method to his moviemaking—but each of them is different. In Moviemakers' Master Class, Laurent Tirard talks to twenty of today's most important filmmakers to get to the
- [Cronenberg’s highly intelligent, brave and uncompromising venture into the mind of William S. Burroughs](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/cronenbergs-highly-intelligent-brave-uncompromising-venture-mind-william-s-burroughs/) - David Cronenberg is quite brilliant in analyzing and deconstructing the human psyche through quite serious works disguised in the robes of body horror and unnerving visual atrocities. The Canadian Baron of Blood's take on William S. Burroughs' 1959 novel Naked Lunch is easily one of the most bizarre films we've seen, as it's strange even
- [‘Great Directors’ features interviews with Bertolucci, Lynch, Frears, Varda, Loach, Cavani, Haynes, Breillat, Linklater and Sayles](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/great-directors-features-interviews-bertolucci-lynch-frears-varda-loach-cavani-haynes-breillat-linklater-sayles/) - Angela Ismailos’ documentary Great Directors features conversations with some of the world's greatest living directors including Bernardo Bertolucci, David Lynch, Liliana Cavani, Stephen Frears, Agnes Varda, Ken Loach, Todd Haynes, Catherine Breillat, Richard Linklater and John Sayles. The film documents Ismailos' voyage of discovering the creative personalities behind the camera. She explores the filmmakers' artistic
- [The Directors Series: Stanley Kubrick](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/directors-series-stanley-kubrick/) - What led you into filmmaking? I was born in New York City, where my father was a doctor. My parents wanted me to become a doctor, and I was supposed to go to medical school, but I was such a misfit in high school that when I graduated I didn’t have the marks to get
- [Iran: A Cinematographic Revolution](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/iran-cinematographic-revolution/) - Today Iranian cinema is one of the most highly regarded national cinemas in the world, regularly winning festival awards and critical acclaim for films which combine remarkable artistry and social relevance. Iran: A Cinematographic Revolution traces the development of this film industry, which has always been closely intertwined with the country's tumultuous political history, from
- [David Lean and His Dedicated Maniacs (2009)](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/david-lean-and-his-dedicated-maniacs-2009/) - David Lean is widely regarded as one of history’s greatest film directors. Epics like Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago and The Bridge on the River Kwai have left an indelible mark in film history, inspiring generations of cinema goers and film makers such as Steven Spielberg. Lean had great faith in his regular film crew,
- [Ryan Prows' ‘Narcocorrido’: There Are No Winners In This Game – Just The Dead and Those Who Will Soon Join Them](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/ryan-prows-narcocorrido-no-winners-game-just-dead-will-soon-join/) - We've recently got a chance to see one of the darkest, most ambitious short films so far. Ryan Prows' Narcocorrido is a 23-minute story of drug trafficking and police corruption near the US-Mexico border, and yet it doesn't seem half as long. Nerve-wrecking and thrilling, it's one of those films that you can't get out
- [“In a perfect world all films would be made by the Coens”](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/perfect-world-films-made-coens/) - It's no secret that we are devoted fans of the Coen Brothers, and it's really not that hard to understand why. A Coens film usually abides to its own set of rules, somehow functions within the limits of its own reality, and The Big Lebowski is no exception to the brothers' style or modus operandi.
- [“There is no American masterpiece more prescient than and still as urgent as NASHVILLE”](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/nashville/) - This cornerstone of 1970s American moviemaking from Robert Altman is a panoramic view of the country’s political and cultural landscapes, set in the nation’s music capital. Nashville weaves the stories of twenty-four characters—from country star to wannabe to reporter to waitress—into a cinematic tapestry that is equal parts comedy, tragedy, and musical. Many members of
- [Filmmaking Tips From Legendary Film Directors](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/filmmaking-tips-legendary-film-directors/) - An utterly brilliant series of articles by Film School Rejects’ Scott Beggs called 6 Filmmaking Tips From... It's powerful knowledge—straight from the source. Martin Scorsese Alfred Hitchcock David Fincher Stanley Kubrick Billy Wilder Steven Spielberg The Coen Brothers Wes Anderson Ridley Scott David Cronenberg Pixar Nora Ephron Aaron Sorkin Michael Haneke Christopher Nolan Jon
- [In memory of Robin Williams (1951-2014)](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/in-memory-of-robin-williams-1951-2014/) - [dropcap letter="R"]est in peace, dear, beautiful, brilliant Robin Williams. Terry Gilliam, who directed Williams in The Fisher King, posted a tribute on Facebook, writing: “Robin Williams, the most astonishingly funny, brilliant, profound and silly miracle of mind and spirit, has left the planet. He was a giant heart, a fireball friend, a wondrous gift from
- [“Would I, growing up, like to have had access to stuff on DVDs like this? Oh God, yeah! It's better than any film school, I think”](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/the-must-hear-commentary-list/) - A lot of unexpected pleasure can be found listening to audio commentaries. It's not only about learning a thing or two about the creative and filmmaking process from wise directors or eloquent actors and film crew members. It's not even about changing the way you perceive the films in question, although from our experience, the
- [“In terms of special training to become a filmmaker, one should study classic films and learn from them. That is how Scorsese became the filmmaker he is”](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/terms-special-training-become-filmmaker-one-study-classic-films-learn-scorsese-became-filmmaker/) - Three-time Oscar winner Thelma Schoonmaker has been working with Martin Scorsese for almost half a century now. From Who's That Knocking On My Door to The Wolf of Wall Street, they enjoyed a fruitful and harmonious collaboration. In this fantastic 17-minute interview, Schoonmaker discusses why her relationship with Scorsese functions so well and what makes
- [Jim McMahon's 'Perfectly Normal': A Message Definitely Worth Delivering](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/jim-mcmahons-perfectly-normal-message-definitely-worth-delivering/) - Jim McMahon's Perfectly Normal is a 10-minute romantic dramedy that skillfully and originally deals with the ever popular theme of finding the right one. When a young, beautiful but lonely woman desperately falls in love with her handsome, single therapist, the potential couple experience a series of unexpected, surprising events in a short period of time
- [Talking Pictures: David Lean](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/talking-pictures-david-lean/) - An insight into the life of David Lean, whose drive and genius made him one of Britain’s greatest ever film directors. Featuring a compilation of rarely seen interviews and archive footage. Narrated by Sylvia Syms. David Lean is widely regarded as one of history’s greatest film directors. Epics like Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago and
- [“These lectures have taught me more than anything I've yet come across in my life”](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/lectures-taught-anything-ive-yet-come-across-life/) - The legendary David Milch—acclaimed writer-producer of Hill Street Blues, Brooklyn South, NYPD Blue, Deadwood, John from Cincinnati, Luck—gave a series of lectures at the Writers Guild Foundation in 2007. Courtesy of Marc Ostrick, in this five volume lecture series recorded at the Writer’s Guild Theatre, Milch uncovers the consciousness behind the act of storytelling. Dissecting
- [Visions of Light: The Art of Cinematography](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/visions-of-light-the-art-of-cinematography-1992/) - The film equivalent of a stroll through the Louvre, the documentary Visions of Light: The Art of Cinematography collects interviews with many of modern-day Hollywood's finest directors of photography and is illustrated by examples of their best work as well as scenes from the pictures which most influenced them. A who's-who of cinematographers—Nestor Almendros, John
- [David Fincher: A Life in Pictures](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/david-fincher-life-pictures/) - BAFTA’s (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) Guru Program is an online educational resource for filmmakers that features new and archived lectures and other materials culled from the organizations current presentations and extensive calalog of lectures series and masterclasses. BAFTA-winning and Oscar-nominated director David Fincher (Gone Girl, The Social Network, Seven, Fight Club) discuss
- [Mitchell Cohen's 'Super Zero' Is a True Delight](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/mitchell-cohens-super-zero-true-delight/) - A lot of people feel misplaced in the world. Worthless. Lonely. Without a purpose. But quite often, if you persevere, if you hang on to life, things change. Circumstances alter. Once a sad, friendless black swan, you may transform into much more, shine in all your glory, claim your place in the world with a
- [“On every film you suffer, but on some you really suffer”](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/every-film-suffer-really-suffer/) - Martin Scorsese's commencement address to the 2014 graduating class of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. “The audience was abuzz with excitement in anticipation of honored speaker and NYU alumnus Martin Scorsese’s address, which was both conversational and inspiring. The legendary director included many anecdotes from his own time in college, when NYU was
- [Kodak MasterClass Series: Shooting For Drama with Robby Müller and Peter James](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/kodak-master-class-series-shooting-drama-robby-muller-peter-james/) - The esteemed Dutch cinematographer Robby Müller (Paris Texas, Repo Man, To Live and Die in L.A.) and his British colleague Peter James (Rich in Love, Driving Miss Daisy, Shot Alive) are at the center of attention of another great article by our friend Nathalie and her always amazing Mentorless. In this video, Müller and James
- [Masterclass Interview: Alfred Hitchcock on Filmmaking](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/masterclass-interview-alfred-hitchcock-filmmaking-1976/) - In this fantastic interview from a 1976 press conference for his final film, Family Plot, Alfred Hitchcock responds to a range of serious and comical questions about his career, filmmaking style, storytelling abilities, and directing. The event was chaired by film critic Richard Schickel, courtesy of Eyes On Cinema & Bobbie Wygant archives. This is quite priceless: Alfred Hitchcock and
- [Living Famously: Alfred Hitchcock (BBC, 2002)](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/living-famously-alfred-hitchcock-bbc-2002/) - Profile of enduring icons. The life and work of legendary film director Alfred Hitchcock is featured, from his early years in east London to Hollywood fame. The program shows how, from his earliest childhood in the suburbs of London, Hitchcock was a precociously sedentary loner. His active imagination helped him gain an apprenticeship in the fledgling
- [“There is something of the confession booth to the editing room”](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/something-confession-booth-editing-room-omissions-commissions-shooting-whispered-discretely-absolved-concealment-alchemically-transforme/) - When legendary editor and sound designer Walter Murch talks, you better listen. Murch has been editing sound in Hollywood since starting on Francis Ford Coppola’s film The Rain People (1969). He edited sound on American Graffiti (1973) and The Godfather: Part II (1974), won his first Academy Award nomination for The Conversation (1974), won his first Oscar for Apocalypse Now (1979), and won an unprecedented
- [Roger Corman's Most Important Film](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/roger-cormans-important-film/) - In 1961 Roger Corman made the best and most important film of his career and one of the most vital, incendiary, political and unfortunately prescient American independent films of the last fifty years, The Intruder. Based on the 1959 novel of the same name by Charles Beaumont, the story takes place in the Deep South just
- [“The ring is everywhere, and the hardest opponent you can come up against is yourself”](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/ring-everywhere-hardest-opponent-can-come/) - This is one of the intrinsic life lessons Martin Scorsese learned during the making of Raging Bull, his eighth feature as a film director. This picture came to him just as he was battling his own demons in the ring of life. After the experiment and failure of New York, New York in 1977, he
- [Alexander Newton's 'New Territory': A Nostalgic Expedition Down Memory Lane](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/alexander-newtons-new-territory-nostalgic-expedition-memory-lane/) - As nostalgic as I am, childhood is a theme I often honestly enjoy seeing in films. Alexander Newton's New Territory proved to be no exception. Set in a Pennsylvanian forest and built around three children venturing through the woods with no adult supervision, Newton's short film is an ode to childhood, a visually charming tribute
- [“We are badly in need of a mad computer expert”](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/badly-need-mad-computer-expert/) - The great folks at British Film Institute unearthed a memo to Roger Caras from Stanley Kubrick. On 22 September 1965, during early production on 2001: A Space Odyssey, Kubrick fired off this short memo to his collaborator Caras, then vice-president of the director’s production company Hawk Films. Kubrick was himself fascinated with advancing computer technology and consulted
- [‘Wild at Heart’ is deeply sexual, splendidly grotesque and mammothly entertaining](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/wild-heart-deeply-sexual-splendidly-grotesque-mammothly-entertaining/) - Immediately in love with Barry Gifford's novel of the same name, David Lynch decided he needed to make Wild at Heart, feeling that the current emergence of violence in America would make for a perfect backdrop for an unconventional, modern love story. Despite winning Palme d'Or at Cannes, Wild at Heart failed to acquire universal
- [An Interview with Jacques Tati](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/interview-jacques-tati/) - Studs Terkel was a great fan of film, as evidenced by his many discussions with filmmakers, actors, and critics; and during his career he traveled to and recorded interviews in a variety of locations around the world. In 1962 Terkel visited Paris; while there, he stopped at Jacques Tati’s Spectra Films for a conversation. They discuss
- [Kevin Slack’s ‘The Drought’: What Life Really Comes Down To](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/kevin-slacks-drought-life-really-comes/) - Writing isn't easy. Since a great deal of our readership is comprised of film lovers, much of whom are directors, writers, journalists, or have at least tried to convey their thoughts through paper once or twice, I probably don't have to tell you that. Yet there are times when words simply pour out of me,
- [Screenplay for the deleted original ending of ‘The Shining’](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/screenplay-deleted-original-ending-shining/) - When the film was first released, a hospital epilogue was located between the shot of Jack frozen in the snow and the long dolly shot through the lobby that ends on the July 4, 1921 framed photo. Kubrick decided to remove the scene very shortly after the U.S. opening, dispatching assistants to excise the scene from the dozens
- [A Hitchcock thriller that never was: The Short Night](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/hitchcock-thriller-never-short-night/) - Near the end of his life, Alfred Hitchcock had worked on the script for a projected spy thriller, The Short Night. The project was originally announced in the late 1960s at the time of Topaz and Hitchcock scouted locations in Finland. A romantic suspense thriller with espionage elements, the script was based on both a
- [‘The Shining’: The Upside of Madness](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/shining-upside-madness/) - One of the world's greatest cinematic artists was Stanley Kubrick. A filmmaker both in control of the craft, Kubrick began his career (while still only a teenager) as a still photographer. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, and as a young man in between photo gigs he would earn money by hustling chess in
- [Ben Ryder's 'Guardian': Free Will or Predeterminism?](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/ben-ryders-guardian-free-will-predeterminism/) - You always have a choice. There's always another way. Ben Ryder's Guardian is a thrilling and finely acted little ride that could best be summed up in these two simple sentences. The question it poses, though, is hardly a simple one: is a man's fate predetermined? The choices we're forced to make in life... are
- [Scorsese, De Palma, Schrader, Lynch, Bertolucci, Allen, Polanski, and Demme analyse key scenes from their film output](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/scene-by-scene/) - Mark Cousins’ Scene by Scene BBC series consists of detailed, incisive discussions in which film directors analyse key scenes from their film output. Those interviewed include such famous names as Brian De Palma, David Lynch, Bernardo Bertolucci, Woody Allen, Roman Polanski, Martin Scorsese, Jonathan Demme and many others. Presented in a lively and accessible manner
- [In 1941 the young Robert Wise met the equally young Orson Welles](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/1941-young-robert-wise-met-equally-young-orson-welles/) - In 1941 the young Robert Wise met the equally young Orson Welles. And the rest, as they say, is film-history. Director Robert Wise talks about Orson Welles and working on Citizen Kane and his films in this 45 minute documentary. With Ernest Lehman, Robert Mitchum, Julie Andrews and more. After editing Kane, Wise quickly turned
- [‘Interstellar’: Breathing Some Soul into the Moneymaking Machine](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/interstellar-breathing-soul-moneymaking-machine/) - A large amount of ink has been spilt discussing Christopher Nolan's role in the development of the seventh art and his meaning for the future of film. Visit any lively forum in the States, Chile or Croatia, and I'm pretty sure you'll easily find heated discussions on the real value of the man who's been
- [“I'm planning a psychological film, it's called Psycho and it's in the nature of, shall we say, a rather gentle horror picture”](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/castaway-alfred-hitchcock/) - Desert Island Discs is a biographical and factual radio programme, broadcast on BBC Radio 4. It was first broadcast on 29 January 1942 and celebrated its 70th anniversary in early 2012. Each week a distinguished guest (“castaway”) is asked to choose eight pieces of music, a book and a luxury item that they would take
- [The Oscar nominated ‘Miracle Fish’ is a beautiful Australian short film its author Luke Doolan can certainly be proud of](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/oscar-nominated-miracle-fish-beautiful-australian-short-film-author-luke-doolan-can-certainly-proud/) - The Oscar nominated Miracle Fish is a beautiful Australian short film its author Luke Doolan—he’s also a brilliant editor of Animal Kingdom, David Michôd's feature debut—can certainly be proud of. Visually impressive and surprisingly elevated by a skillful performance of the lead actor portraying an 8-year-old pupil experiencing his probably most traumatic birthday ever, Miracle
- [One of the greatest mimics, character actors and comedians who ever breathed](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/will-the-real-mr-sellers-please-stand-up/) - A very rare piece, this has never been re-broadcast—Will The Real Mr. Sellers Please Stand Up (1969). Behind the scenes interviews with Peter Sellers during the making of The Magic Christian, “including appearances by Ringo, Paul and Linda, and John. The documentary was never repeated by the BBC, possibly due to the fact that Peter Sellers
- [“If you have a dream, get up off your ass and start putting one foot in front of the other”](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/frank-darabont-on-a-career-in-film/) - Frank Darabont talks about his childhood as a refugee and immigrant; his youthful attraction to horror and fantasy; and the events and influences that lead him to pursue a career as a filmmaker. Darabont also talks his first movie jobs as a crew member on low budget horror films like Hell Night (1981); his first
- [Jared Hogan's ‘Small Little Things’: The Complexities of Love](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/jared-hogans-small-little-things-complexities-love/) - Jared Hogan's Small Little Things is a story of two teenagers who meet and fall in love. Less than 11 minutes long, with virtually only a couple of lines of dialogue, this film is actually surprisingly successful in conveying all of the emotions that make young love such an amazing but traumatic experience. In such
- [What does David Fincher not do?](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/david-fincher/) - Every Frame a Painting’s Tony Zhou has published a video you simply have to see. In his eight-minute analysis of David Fincher's filmmaking technique, Tony created a brilliant insight into the craft of one of the most distinguished directors in contemporary cinema, opening a window for us to peek into the mind of a modern
- [Daniel Goldhaber's 'Bad Kid': A Vision Startlingly Devoid of Comfort](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/daniel-goldhabers-bad-kid-vision-startlingly-devoid-comfort/) - Daniel Goldhaber's Bad Kid is not a film consumed easily. This story of a disturbed American boy living in the suburbs leaves you with an uneasy feeling in the stomach, as darkness emanates from the screen wrapping you in its cloud of hopelessness. Great acting from young Paris Peterson, fine piece of 'less is more'
- [Andrew Rowe's 'Sleepy Stories' May Be Silly but Cleverly Pulls It Off](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/andrew-rowes-sleepy-stories-may-silly-cleverly-pulls/) - Andrew Rowe's Sleepy Stories is, admittedly, built upon a relatively silly concept, albeit a clever one. An insomniac, deeply exhausted and downright desperate, turns to a special service that provides “agents” whose storytelling technique is guaranteed to cure even the worst cases of insomnia. It may sound ridiculous, but thanks to capable acting, fine writing
- [Zachary Goldberg's 'Lifted' Is the Feel-Good Film You've Been Looking For](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/zachary-goldbergs-lifted-feel-good-film-youve-looking/) - Zachary Goldberg's Lifted is a heartwarming story of two lonely kids finding unexpected solace and joy in each other's company. Even though the story's dancing on the verge of fantasy, the real magic actually happens in the children's relationship and characters. With capable acting and some clever symbolism in the title, this is the feel-good
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- [Bishal Dutta’s ‘Neverlanders’ is a beautiful story incredibly easy to relate to](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/bishal-duttas-neverlanders-beautiful-story-incredibly-easy-relate/) - Bishal Dutta’s Neverlanders is a beautiful story incredibly easy to relate to. A middle-aged woman recalls the day she had to leave for college -- standing on the shore of a rumbling, petrifying river, lacking determination and vision, Sammy knows she's tiptoeing on the verge of the rest of her life, getting cold feet at
- [Dylan Allen's 'Epilogue' Is One Hell of a Film](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/dylan-allens-epilogue-one-hell-film/) - What happens to a hero once he finally manages to defeat his archenemy, save the damsel in distress and possibly the future of the world? How does he feel once the gunfire ceases? When his enemies are vanquished, is he equally capable of grappling with normal, every-day life? To put it as shortly as possible,
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- [David Beazley’s ‘The Cost of Living’ is one of the best shorts we’ve seen in a long time](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/david-beazleys-the-cost-of-living-is-one-of-the-best-shorts-weve-seen-in-a-long-time/) - Superb acting, clever dialogue and a skillfully built comic atmospere is what makes The Cost of Living, a new short film by David Beazley, simply a joy to behold. This dark comedy tells us the story of two childhood friends who, after 24 years of friendship, have to face one another, look in each other's
- [The Captivus, a sci-fi short film from the workshop of Casey Tebo](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/the-captivus-a-sci-fi-short-film-from-the-workshop-of-casey-tebo/) - The Captivus, a sci-fi short film from the workshop of Casey Tebo, a Boston-area filmmaker who spent years filming Aerosmith concerts and videos, is a clever story with an intelligent twist set in a spaceship made entirely out of scrap material. In less than fifteen minutes, Casey clearly demonstrates his talents in both filmmaking and
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- [Cinéma cinémas (1982-1991)](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/cinema-cinemas-brilliant-cinema-magazine-broadcast-january-1982-november-1991/) - Cinéma cinémas is a brilliant cinema magazine broadcast on Antenne 2 from January 1982 to November 1991, produced by the director Claude Ventura, journalist Anne Andreu and critic Michel Boujut. The vast majority of these profiles of filmmakers are in English with French subtitles. A magnificent interview with legendary cinematographer Stanley Cortez on shooting The
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- [Seymour Cassel](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/seymour-cassel/)
- [Vladimir Nabokov](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/vladimir-nabokov/)
- [A Woman Under the Influence](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/a-woman-under-the-influence/)
- [Robert Bresson](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/robert-bresson/)
- [French New Wave](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/french-new-wave/)
- [La Nouvelle Vague](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/la-nouvelle-vague/)
- [New Wave](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/new-wave/)
- [Jean-Luc Godard](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/jean-luc-godard/)
- [Steven Soderbergh](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/steven-soderbergh/)
- [Tom Savini](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/tom-savini/)
- [Frank Warner](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/frank-warner/)
- [Terminator](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/terminator/)
- [The Terminator](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/the-terminator/)
- [Richard Linklater](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/richard-linklater/)
- [Peter Benchley](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/peter-benchley/)
- [Jaws](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/jaws/)
- [John Wayne](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/john-wayne/)
- [Badlands](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/badlands/)
- [Alejandro Jodorowsky](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/alejandro-jodorowsky/)
- [Max Ophüls](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/max-ophuls/)
- [The Asphalt Jungle](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/the-asphalt-jungle/)
- [Ben Maddow](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/ben-maddow/)
- [George Lucas](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/george-lucas/)
- [Steven Spielberg](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/steven-spielberg/)
- [Lost Highway](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/lost-highway/)
- [The Straight Story](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/the-straight-story/)
- [Mary Sweeney](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/mary-sweeney/)
- [Brian De Palma](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/brian-de-palma/)
- [Bernardo Bertolucci](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/bernardo-bertolucci/)
- [Woody Allen](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/woody-allen/)
- [Psycho](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/psycho/)
- [Full Metal Jacket](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/full-metal-jacket/)
- [Heat](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/heat/)
- [Michael Mann](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/michael-mann/)
- [Al Pacino](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/al-pacino/)
- [Robert De Niro](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/robert-de-niro/)
- [8½](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/8½/)
- [Federico Fellini](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/federico-fellini/)
- [John Boorman](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/john-boorman/)
- [Metropolis](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/metropolis/)
- [Fritz Lang](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/fritz-lang/)
- [Bob Hoskins](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/bob-hoskins/)
- [Unforgiven](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/unforgiven/)
- [Clint Eastwood](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/clint-eastwood/)
- [David Webb Peoples](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/david-webb-peoples/)
- [Philip K. Dick](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/philip-k-dick/)
- [Robby Müller](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/robby-muller/)
- [Anthony Dod Mantle](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/anthony-dod-mantle/)
- [Benedict Neuenfels](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/benedict-neuenfels/)
- [Charlie Chaplin](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/charlie-chaplin/)
- [John Schlesinger](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/john-schlesinger/)
- [Gregory Peck](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/gregory-peck/)
- [Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/cinema-europe-the-other-hollywood/)
- [David Milch](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/david-milch/)
- [Philip Kaufman](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/philip-kaufman/)
- [Rian Johnson](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/rian-johnson/)
- [Empire of the Sun](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/empire-of-the-sun/)
- [J.G. Ballard](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/j-g-ballard/)
- [Tom Stoppard](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/tom-stoppard/)
- [Lee Marvin](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/lee-marvin/)
- [Jack Nicholson](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/jack-nicholson/)
- [Frenzy](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/frenzy/)
- [Twin Peaks](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/twin-peaks/)
- [The Untouchables](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/the-untouchables/)
- [Desert Island Discs](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/desert-island-discs/)
- [The Maltese Falcon](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/the-maltese-falcon/)
- [Alan Splet](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/alan-splet/)
- [Eadweard Muybridge](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/eadweard-muybridge/)
- [Dan O’Bannon](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/dan-obannon/)
- [Sunset Boulevard](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/sunset-boulevard/)
- [Michael Curtiz](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/michael-curtiz/)
- [Satyajit Ray](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/satyajit-ray/)
- [Michael Powell](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/michael-powell/)
- [Otto Preminger](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/otto-preminger/)
- [Annie Hall](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/annie-hall/)
- [The Searchers](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/the-searchers/)
- [Donald Sutherland](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/donald-sutherland/)
- [Anatomy of a Murder](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/anatomy-of-a-murder/)
- [Wendell Mayes](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/wendell-mayes/)
- [The Magnificent Ambersons](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/the-magnificent-ambersons/)
- [Lost in Translation](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/lost-in-translation/)
- [Sofia Coppola](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/sofia-coppola/)
- [The Short Night](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/the-short-night/)
- [Frank Darabont](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/frank-darabont/)
- [Mean Streets](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/mean-streets/)
- [Rod Serling](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/rod-serling/)
- [Christopher Nolan](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/christopher-nolan/)
- [I.A.L. Diamond](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/i-a-l-diamond/)
- [Errol Morris](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/errol-morris/)
- [Ben Hecht](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/ben-hecht/)
- [Stan Winston](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/stan-winston/)
- [The Long Good Friday](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/the-long-good-friday/)
- [John MacKenzie](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/john-mackenzie/)
- [Barrie Keeffe](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/barrie-keeffe/)
- [Frank Capra](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/frank-capra/)
- [Marcello Mastroianni](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/marcello-mastroianni/)
- [American Zoetrope](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/american-zoetrope/)
- [Philip Seymour Hoffman](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/philip-seymour-hoffman/)
- [Jan Harlan](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/jan-harlan/)
- [Eraserhead](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/eraserhead/)
- [Se7en](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/se7en/)
- [Andrew Kevin Walker](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/andrew-kevin-walker/)
- [Millard Kaufman](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/millard-kaufman/)
- [Sam Peckinpah](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/sam-peckinpah/)
- [Gregg Toland](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/gregg-toland/)
- [Rio Bravo](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/rio-bravo/)
- [John Milius](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/john-milius/)
- [The Magnificent Seven](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/the-magnificent-seven/)
- [Walter Newman](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/walter-newman/)
- [Chris Marker](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/chris-marker/)
- [John McTiernan](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/john-mctiernan/)
- [Shadow of a Doubt](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/shadow-of-a-doubt/)
- [Thornton Wilder](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/thornton-wilder/)
- [Klute](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/klute/)
- [Alan J. Pakula](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/alan-j-pakula/)
- [Andy Lewis](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/andy-lewis/)
- [Dave Lewis](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/dave-lewis/)
- [Ace in the Hole](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/ace-in-the-hole/)
- [Point Blank](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/point-blank/)
- [Sven Nykvist](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/sven-nykvist/)
- [The Sacrifice](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/the-sacrifice/)
- [After Hours](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/after-hours/)
- [Joseph Minion](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/joseph-minion/)
- [Ryan’s Daughter](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/ryans-daughter/)
- [Harold and Maude](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/harold-and-maude/)
- [Colin Higgins](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/colin-higgins/)
- [Hal Ashby](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/hal-ashby/)
- [Alfonso Cuarón](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/alfonso-cuaron/)
- [Alexander Jacobs](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/alexander-jacobs/)
- [Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/pat-garrett-and-billy-the-kid/)
- [James Coburn](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/james-coburn/)
- [North by Northwest](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/north-by-northwest/)
- [Cary Grant](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/cary-grant/)
- [Eva Marie Saint](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/eva-marie-saint/)
- [James Mason](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/james-mason/)
- [Notorious](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/notorious/)
- [Jerry Lewis](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/jerry-lewis/)
- [Mark Frost](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/mark-frost/)
- [Deadwood](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/deadwood/)
- [Michael Herr](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/michael-herr/)
- [Spartacus](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/spartacus/)
- [Dalton Trumbo](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/dalton-trumbo/)
- [Glengarry Glen Ross](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/glengarry-glen-ross/)
- [James Foley](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/james-foley/)
- [John Michael Hayes](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/john-michael-hayes/)
- [Charlton Heston](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/charlton-heston/)
- [Three Days of the Condor](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/three-days-of-the-condor/)
- [Lorenzo Semple Jr.](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/lorenzo-semple-jr/)
- [Sydney Pollack](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/sydney-pollack/)
- [Robert Redford](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/robert-redford/)
- [Steve McQueen](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/steve-mcqueen/)
- [The Shawshank Redemption](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/the-shawshank-redemption/)
- [Matthew McConaughey](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/matthew-mcconaughey/)
- [The Apartment](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/the-apartment/)
- [Dune](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/dune/)
- [Blow-Up](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/blow-up/)
- [joel coen](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/joel-coen/)
- [ethan coen](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/ethan-coen/)
- [Midnight Cowboy](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/midnight-cowboy/)
- [Waldo Salt](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/waldo-salt/)
- [The Godfather](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/the-godfather/)
- [Mario Puzo](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/mario-puzo/)
- [The Verdict](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/the-verdict/)
- [Emmanuel Lubezki](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/emmanuel-lubezki/)
- [Stalker](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/stalker/)
- [Volker Schlöndorff](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/volker-schlöndorff/)
- [Goodfellas](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/goodfellas/)
- [Saul Bass](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/saul-bass/)
- [James Wong Howe](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/james-wong-howe/)
- [Herman J. Mankiewicz](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/herman-j-mankiewicz/)
- [Hans Zimmer](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/hans-zimmer/)
- [Boogie Nights](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/boogie-nights/)
- [Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/bring-me-the-head-of-alfredo-garcia/)
- [Gordon T. Dawson](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/gordon-t-dawson/)
- [Joseph Stefano](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/joseph-stefano/)
- [Mark Hamill](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/mark-hamill/)
- [The Ipcress File](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/the-ipcress-file/)
- [Sidney J. Furie](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/sidney-j-furie/)
- [Michael Caine](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/michael-caine/)
- [Otto Heller](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/otto-heller/)
- [John Sayles](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/john-sayles/)
- [Once Upon a Time in America](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/once-upon-a-time-in-america/)
- [Joe Pesci](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/joe-pesci/)
- [Danny Aiello](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/danny-aiello/)
- [Giuseppe Rotunno](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/giuseppe-rotunno/)
- [Elia Kazan](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/elia-kazan/)
- [Roger Corman](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/roger-corman/)
- [Spencer Tracy](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/spencer-tracy/)
- [Donald Stewart](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/donald-stewart/)
- [Philip Glass](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/philip-glass/)
- [The Wild Bunch](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/the-wild-bunch/)
- [Touch of Evil](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/touch-of-evil/)
- [Thief](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/thief/)
- [Christopher Doyle](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/christopher-doyle/)
- [Willem Dafoe](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/willem-dafoe/)
- [The Deer Hunter](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/the-deer-hunter/)
- [Michael Cimino](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/michael-cimino/)
- [Vilmos Zsigmond](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/vilmos-zsigmond/)
- [Family Plot](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/family-plot/)
- [Paul Newman](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/paul-newman/)
- [Charlie Kaufman](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/charlie-kaufman/)
- [Charles Bronson](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/charles-bronson/)
- [Anthony Perkins](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/anthony-perkins/)
- [Solaris](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/solaris/)
- [The Total Film-Maker](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/the-total-film-maker/)
- [Malcolm McDowell](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/malcolm-mcdowell/)
- [Casablanca](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/casablanca/)
- [Stanley Kubrick's Boxes](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/stanley-kubricks-boxes/)
- [Ken Adam](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/ken-adam/)
- [Larry Smith](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/larry-smith/)
- [Tom Cruise](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/tom-cruise/)
- [Arthur C. Clarke](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/arthur-c-clarke/)
- [Serpico](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/serpico/)
- [Peeping Tom](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/peeping-tom/)
- [Akira Kurosawa's Dreams](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/akira-kurosawas-dreams/)
- [The King of Comedy](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/the-king-of-comedy/)
- [The Parallax View](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/the-parallax-view/)
- [Monty Python and the Holy Grail](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail/)
- [Nashville](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/nashville/)
- [Jake LaMotta](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/jake-lamotta/)
- [Close Encounters of the Third Kind](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/close-encounters-of-the-third-kind/)
- [Kagemusha](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/kagemusha/)
- [Terry Rawlings](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/terry-rawlings/)
- [Harry Dean Stanton](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/harry-dean-stanton/)
- [Wild at Heart](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/wild-at-heart/)
- [The Thin Red Line](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/the-thin-red-line/)
- [Mark Bristol](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/mark-bristol/)
- [Joan Tewkesbury](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/joan-tewkesbury/)
- [Dede Allen](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/dede-allen/)
- [There Will Be Blood](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/there-will-be-blood/)
- [Diane Keaton](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/diane-keaton/)
- [Bob Fosse](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/bob-fosse/)
- [Christiane Kubrick](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/christiane-kubrick/)
- [kirk douglas](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/kirk-douglas/)
- [Fred Zinnemann](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/fred-zinnemann/)
- [Gary Cooper](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/gary-cooper/)
- [Grace Kelly](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/grace-kelly/)
- [Rock Hudson](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/rock-hudson/)
- [Bernard Herrmann](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/bernard-herrmann/)
- [Abel Ferrara](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/abel-ferrara/)
- [Christopher Lee](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/christopher-lee/)
- [Boris Karloff](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/boris-karloff/)
- [Carter Burwell](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/carter-burwell/)
- [The Lady from Shanghai](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/the-lady-from-shanghai/)
- [Rita Hayworth](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/rita-hayworth/)
- [jfk](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/jfk/)
- [William Goldman](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/william-goldman/)
- [All the President's Men](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/all-the-presidents-men/)
- [Back to the Future](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/back-to-the-future/)
- [Robert Zemeckis](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/robert-zemeckis/)
- [Bob Gale](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/bob-gale/)
- [Blue Velvet](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/blue-velvet/)
- [Jane Campion](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/jane-campion/)
- [Frank Herbert](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/frank-herbert/)
- [Dino De Laurentiis](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/dino-de-laurentiis/)
- [Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/alice-doesnt-live-here-anymore/)
- [Robert Getchell](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/robert-getchell/)
- [Ellen Burstyn](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/ellen-burstyn/)
- [Ennio Morricone](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/ennio-morricone/)
- [Melissa Mathison](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/melissa-mathison/)
- [The Yakuza](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/the-yakuza/)
- [Robert Mitchum](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/robert-mitchum/)
- [Charles Brackett](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/charles-brackett/)
- [Rope](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/rope/)
- [Arthur Laurents](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/arthur-laurents/)
- [Aliens](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/aliens/)
- [Short Cuts](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/short-cuts/)
- [Frank Barhydt](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/frank-barhydt/)
- [Raiders of the Lost Ark](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/raiders-of-the-lost-ark/)
- [Harrison Ford](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/harrison-ford/)
- [Douglas Trumbull](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/douglas-trumbull/)
- [Persona](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/persona/)
- [Casino](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/casino/)
- [Nicholas Pileggi](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/nicholas-pileggi/)
- [Being There](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/being-there/)
- [Eddie Fowlie](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/eddie-fowlie/)
- [Owen Roizman](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/owen-roizman/)
- [Halloween](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/halloween/)
- [Debra Hill](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/debra-hill/)
- [Jamie Lee Curtis](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/jamie-lee-curtis/)
- [The Insider](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/the-insider/)
- [Eric Roth](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/eric-roth/)
- [A Countess from Hong Kong](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/a-countess-from-hong-kong/)
- [Marlon Brando](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/marlon-brando/)
- [To Live and Die in L.A.](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/to-live-and-die-in-l-a/)
- [Gerald Petievich](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/gerald-petievich/)
- [Deric Washburn](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/deric-washburn/)
- [Nicolas Roeg](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/nicolas-roeg/)
- [Paul Verhoeven](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/paul-verhoeven/)
- [Die Hard](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/die-hard/)
- [John Turturro](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/john-turturro/)
- [Conan the Barbarian](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/conan-the-barbarian/)
- [Nestor Almendros](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/nestor-almendros/)
- [Bruce Willis](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/bruce-willis/)
- [Brad Pitt](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/brad-pitt/)
- [Rick Baker](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/rick-baker/)
- [Peter Fonda](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/peter-fonda/)
- [Easy Rider](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/easy-rider/)
- [Johnny Cash](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/johnny-cash/)
- [Hampton Fancher](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/hampton-fancher/)
- [David Peoples](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/david-peoples/)
- [Tony Scott](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/tony-scott/)
- [Children of Men](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/children-of-men/)
- [Tony Gilroy](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/tony-gilroy/)
- [Michael Clayton](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/michael-clayton/)
- [The Twilight Zone](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/the-twilight-zone/)
- [Jerry Goldsmith](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/jerry-goldsmith/)
- [Miller's Crossing](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/millers-crossing/)
- [Albert Finney](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/albert-finney/)
- [Nastassja Kinski](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/nastassja-kinski/)
- [Ken Russell](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/ken-russell/)
- [Trent Reznor](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/trent-reznor/)
- [Days of Heaven](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/days-of-heaven/)
- [Gravity](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/gravity/)
- [Jodie Foster](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/jodie-foster/)
- [All That Jazz](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/all-that-jazz/)
- [Pedro Almodovar](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/pedro-almodovar/)
- [Ed Wood](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/ed-wood/)
- [Wolfgang Petersen](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/wolfgang-petersen/)
- [Memento](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/memento/)
- [James Caan](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/james-caan/)
- [Harvey Keitel](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/harvey-keitel/)
- [David Koepp](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/david-koepp/)
- [Eleanor Coppola](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/eleanor-coppola/)
- [Nostromo](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/nostromo/)
- [Robert Bolt](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/robert-bolt/)
- [The Last Temptation of Christ](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/the-last-temptation-of-christ/)
- [Brian Helgeland](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/brian-helgeland/)
- [L.A. Confidential](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/l-a-confidential/)
- [James Dean](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/james-dean/)
- [Paul Hirsch](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/paul-hirsch/)
- [Gilbert Taylor](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/gilbert-taylor/)
- [Michael Fassbender](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/michael-fassbender/)
- [Liam Cunningham](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/liam-cunningham/)
- [Christian Bale](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/christian-bale/)
- [Straw Dogs](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/straw-dogs/)
- [One-Eyed Jacks](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/one-eyed-jacks/)
- [J. Todd Anderson](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/j-todd-anderson/)
- [Kurt Russell](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/kurt-russell/)
- [Barry Sonnenfeld](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/barry-sonnenfeld/)
- [Blow Out](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/blow-out/)
- [Nancy Allen](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/nancy-allen/)
- [Liv Ullmann](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/liv-ullmann/)
- [William Holden](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/william-holden/)
- [Gloria Swanson](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/gloria-swanson/)
- [Ryan O'Neal](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/ryan-oneal/)
- [Vertigo](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/vertigo/)
- [Guillermo del Toro](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/guillermo-del-toro/)
- [John Alcott](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/john-alcott/)
- [Mel Brooks](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/mel-brooks/)
- [Matthew Modine](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/matthew-modine/)
- [Shane Salerno](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/shane-salerno/)
- [Haskell Wexler](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/haskell-wexler/)
- [Richard Matheson](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/richard-matheson/)
- [Ronald Shusett](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/ronald-shusett/)
- [Spike Lee](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/spike-lee/)
- [Jack Cardiff](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/jack-cardiff/)
- [John Cleese](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/john-cleese/)
- [Superman](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/superman/)
- [Carrie](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/carrie/)
- [Alex Cox](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/alex-cox/)
- [The Getaway](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/the-getaway/)
- [Duel](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/duel/)
- [The Dirty Dozen](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/the-dirty-dozen/)
- [Robert Aldrich](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/robert-aldrich/)
- [Manhunter](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/manhunter/)
- [Dante Spinotti](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/dante-spinotti/)
- [Faye Dunaway](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/faye-dunaway/)
- [Mickey Rourke](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/mickey-rourke/)
- [Joel and Ethan Coen](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/joel-and-ethan-coen/)
- [Bill Lancaster](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/bill-lancaster/)
- [Dariusz Wolski](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/dariusz-wolski/)
- [Robert Evans](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/robert-evans/)
- [Moving Pictures](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/moving-pictures/)
- [Mike Hodges](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/mike-hodges/)
- [Scene by Scene](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/scene-by-scene/)
- [Mark Cousins](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/mark-cousins/)
- [Jim Thompson](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/jim-thompson/)
- [John Williams](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/john-williams/)
- [Lawrence D. Cohen](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/lawrence-d-cohen/)
- [Emeric Pressburger](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/emeric-pressburger/)
- [The French Connection](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/the-french-connection/)
- [Marnie](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/marnie/)
- [Tippi Hedren](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/tippi-hedren/)
- [The Making of Kubrick’s 2001](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/the-making-of-kubricks-2001/)
- [Philip Baker Hall](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/philip-baker-hall/)
- [Sydney](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/sydney/)
- [Hard Eight](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/hard-eight/)
- [james stewart](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/james-stewart/)
- [The Conversation](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/the-conversation/)
- [Barry Gifford](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/barry-gifford/)
- [Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/whos-afraid-of-virginia-woolf/)
- [Don Siegel](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/don-siegel/)
- [David Bowie](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/david-bowie/)
- [Peter Finch](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/peter-finch/)
- [David Shire](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/david-shire/)
- [Frank Pierson](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/frank-pierson/)
- [Peter George](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/peter-george/)
- [Anne V. Coates](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/anne-v-coates/)
- [Rocky](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/rocky/)
- [Sylvester Stallone](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/sylvester-stallone/)
- [John G. Avildsen](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/john-g-avildsen/)
- [Heaven’s Gate](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/heavens-gate/)
- [James B. Harris](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/james-b-harris/)
- [Double Indemnity](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/double-indemnity/)
- [Michel Gondry](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/michel-gondry/)
- [Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/butch-cassidy-and-the-sundance-kid/)
- [Gene Hackman](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/gene-hackman/)
- [George Miller](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/george-miller/)
- [Don Winslow](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/don-winslow/)
- [Robert Burks](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/robert-burks/)
- [Gaspar Noé](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/gaspar-noe/)
- [In Bruges](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/in-bruges/)
- [Martin McDonagh](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/martin-mcdonagh/)
- [Joel Coen and Ethan Coen](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/joel-coen-and-ethan-coen/)
- [Five Easy Pieces](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/five-easy-pieces/)
- [Bob Rafelson](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/bob-rafelson/)
- [William Shatner](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/william-shatner/)
- [Billy Weber](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/billy-weber/)
- [Elmer Bernstein](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/elmer-bernstein/)
- [John Frankenheimer](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/john-frankenheimer/)
- [Seconds](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/seconds/)
- [Tom Mankiewicz](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/tom-mankiewicz/)
- [Ang Lee](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/ang-lee/)
- [Steven Zaillian](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/steven-zaillian/)
- [Ken Loach](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/ken-loach/)
- [Luis Buñuel](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/luis-bunuel/)
- [The Seventh Seal](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/the-seventh-seal/)
- [6 Filmmaking Tips](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/6-filmmaking-tips/)
- [Lawrence Kasdan](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/lawrence-kasdan/)
- [Dylan Allen](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/dylan-allen/)
- [Epilogue](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/epilogue/)
- [The Peter Sellers Story: As He Filmed It](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/the-peter-sellers-story-as-he-filmed-it/)
- [Lifted](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/lifted/)
- [Zachary Goldberg](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/zachary-goldberg/)
- [Luke Roulstone](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/luke-roulstone/)
- [Daniel Jobbins](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/daniel-jobbins/)
- [The Adventures of Roger & Bob](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/the-adventures-of-roger-bob/)
- [Fat City](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/fat-city/)
- [Leonard Gardner](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/leonard-gardner/)
- [Stacy Keach](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/stacy-keach/)
- [Susan Tyrell](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/susan-tyrell/)
- [Jr.](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/jr/)
- [Bad Kid](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/bad-kid/)
- [Daniel Goldhaber](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/daniel-goldhaber/)
- [Sleepy Stories](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/sleepy-stories/)
- [Andrew Rowe](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/andrew-rowe/)
- [Tess](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/tess/)
- [Every Frame a Painting](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/every-frame-a-painting/)
- [Small Little Things](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/small-little-things/)
- [Jared Hogan](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/jared-hogan/)
- [Sam Shepard](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/sam-shepard/)
- [Sorcerer](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/sorcerer/)
- [Walon Green](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/walon-green/)
- [Roy Scheider](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/roy-scheider/)
- [Miracle Fish](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/miracle-fish/)
- [Luke Doolan](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/luke-doolan/)
- [Michael Douglas](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/michael-douglas/)
- [Saul Zaentz](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/saul-zaentz/)
- [If I Had Another Day](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/if-i-had-another-day/)
- [Clarke Scott](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/clarke-scott/)
- [The Weird World of Eadweard Muybridge](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/the-weird-world-of-eadweard-muybridge/)
- [Fine Cuts: The Art of European Film Editing](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/fine-cuts-the-art-of-european-film-editing/)
- [Christopher Walken](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/christopher-walken/)
- [Meryl Streep](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/meryl-streep/)
- [Repo Man](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/repo-man/)
- [Edge City](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/edge-city/)
- [Russell Crowe](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/russell-crowe/)
- [Jeffrey Wigand](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/jeffrey-wigand/)
- [Guardian](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/guardian/)
- [Ben Ryder](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/ben-ryder/)
- [Catch-22](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/catch-22/)
- [In the Near Light](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/in-the-near-light/)
- [Tom Oliver](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/tom-oliver/)
- [The Drought](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/the-drought/)
- [Kevin Slack](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/kevin-slack/)
- [Will McCrabb](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/will-mccrabb/)
- [New Territory](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/new-territory/)
- [Alexander Newton](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/alexander-newton/)
- [The Intruder](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/the-intruder/)
- [Gene Corman](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/gene-corman/)
- [Peter James](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/peter-james/)
- [Kodak Master Class Series](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/kodak-master-class-series/)
- [Martin Sheen](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/martin-sheen/)
- [Sissy Spacek](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/sissy-spacek/)
- [Super Zero](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/super-zero/)
- [Mitchell Cohen](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/mitchell-cohen/)
- [John Barry](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/john-barry/)
- [Sterling Hayden](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/sterling-hayden/)
- [Miklós Rozsa](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/miklos-rozsa/)
- [Marilyn Monroe](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/marilyn-monroe/)
- [Griffin Dunne](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/griffin-dunne/)
- [Dimitri Tiomkin](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/dimitri-tiomkin/)
- [Erland Josephson](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/erland-josephson/)
- [Peter Lorre](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/peter-lorre/)
- [Rudy Wurlitzer](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/rudy-wurlitzer/)
- [Perfectly Normal](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/perfectly-normal/)
- [Jim McMahon](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/jim-mcmahon/)
- [George Roy Hill](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/george-roy-hill/)
- [Lou Lombardo](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/lou-lombardo/)
- [Arthur Penn](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/arthur-penn/)
- [Night Moves](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/night-moves/)
- [Alan Sharp](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/alan-sharp/)
- [Paul D. Zimmerman](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/paul-d-zimmerman/)
- [Liliana Cavani](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/liliana-cavani/)
- [Stephen Frears](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/stephen-frears/)
- [Agnes Varda](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/agnes-varda/)
- [Todd Haynes](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/todd-haynes/)
- [Catherine Breillat](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/catherine-breillat/)
- [Pino Donaggi](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/pino-donaggi/)
- [Mario Tosi](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/mario-tosi/)
- [The Wicker Man](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/the-wicker-man/)
- [Anthony Shaffer](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/anthony-shaffer/)
- [Robin Hardy](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/robin-hardy/)
- [Gale Anne Hurd](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/gale-anne-hurd/)
- [Brad Fiedel](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/brad-fiedel/)
- [Marathon Man](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/marathon-man/)
- [Michael Small](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/michael-small/)
- [Laurence Olivier](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/laurence-olivier/)
- [Burt Lancaster](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/burt-lancaster/)
- [Álex Phillips](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/alex-phillips/)
- [Warren Oates](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/warren-oates/)
- [Narcocorrido](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/narcocorrido/)
- [Ryan Prows](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/ryan-prows/)
- [Abbas Kiarostami](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/abbas-kiarostami/)
- [Karl Malden](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/karl-malden/)
- [Charles Lang](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/charles-lang/)
- [Brian McKay](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/brian-mckay/)
- [Robert Elswit](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/robert-elswit/)
- [Amir Naderi](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/amir-naderi/)
- [Rakhshan Bani-Etemad](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/rakhshan-bani-etemad/)
- [Dariush Mehrjui](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/dariush-mehrjui/)
- [Mohsen Makhmalbaf](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/mohsen-makhmalbaf/)
- [Jafar Panahi](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/jafar-panahi/)
- [Bahman Ghobadi](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/bahman-ghobadi/)
- [Samira Makhmalbaf](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/samira-makhmalbaf/)
- [David O. Selznick](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/david-o-selznick/)
- [The Grey Matter](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/the-grey-matter/)
- [The McCoubrey Brothers](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/the-mccoubrey-brothers/)
- [Peter McCoubrey](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/peter-mccoubrey/)
- [Luke McCoubrey](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/luke-mccoubrey/)
- [John A. Alonzo](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/john-a-alonzo/)
- [Sam O'Steen](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/sam-osteen/)
- [On the Waterfront](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/on-the-waterfront/)
- [Budd Schulberg](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/budd-schulberg/)
- [Leonard Bernstein](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/leonard-bernstein/)
- [Jon Voight](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/jon-voight/)
- [Adam Holender](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/adam-holender/)
- [Duke Ellington](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/duke-ellington/)
- [Sam Leavitt](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/sam-leavitt/)
- [Charles Lawton Jr.](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/charles-lawton-jr/)
- [Brendan Gleeson](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/brendan-gleeson/)
- [Eigil Bryld](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/eigil-bryld/)
- [Robert Krasker](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/robert-krasker/)
- [Anton Karas](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/anton-karas/)
- [From the Sky](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/from-the-sky/)
- [Ian Ebright](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/ian-ebright/)
- [Maz Siam](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/maz-siam/)
- [Laura](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/laura/)
- [Joseph LaShelle](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/joseph-lashelle/)
- [Kim Novak](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/kim-novak/)
- [Alec Coppel](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/alec-coppel/)
- [Henry Bumstead](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/henry-bumstead/)
- [Doctor Zhivago](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/doctor-zhivago/)
- [Freddie Young](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/freddie-young/)
- [Winter Light](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/winter-light/)
- [Peter Webber](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/peter-webber/)
- [Arthur Miller](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/arthur-miller/)
- [Russell Metty](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/russell-metty/)
- [Dazed and Confused](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/dazed-and-confused/)
- [Jerzy Kosinski](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/jerzy-kosinski/)
- [Carole Eastman](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/carole-eastman/)
- [Dog Day Afternoon](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/dog-day-afternoon/)
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- [American Graffiti](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/american-graffiti/)
- [Gloria Katz](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/gloria-katz/)
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- [New Hollywood](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/new-hollywood/)
- [Cape Fear](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/cape-fear/)
- [Wesley Strick](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/wesley-strick/)
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- [The Dishwasher](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/the-dishwasher/)
- [Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/ken-russell-a-bit-of-a-devil/)
- [The Age of Innocence](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/the-age-of-innocence/)
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- [The Masque of the Red Death](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/the-masque-of-the-red-death/)
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- [Peter Shaffer](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/peter-shaffer/)
- [Bill Conti](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/bill-conti/)
- [The Man Who Knew Too Much](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/the-man-who-knew-too-much/)
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- [Mildred Pierce](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/mildred-pierce/)
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- [Conrad L. Hall](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/conrad-l-hall/)
- [John Woo](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/john-woo/)
- [Opera](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/opera/)
- [Terror at the Opera](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/terror-at-the-opera/)
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- [Love in the Afternoon](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/love-in-the-afternoon/)
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- [Chris Gerolmo](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/chris-gerolmo/)
- [Peter Biziou](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/peter-biziou/)
- [Anthony Minghella](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/anthony-minghella/)
- [Ragtime](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/ragtime/)
- [Michael Weller](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/michael-weller/)
- [James Cagney](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/james-cagney/)
- [Jane Russell](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/jane-russell/)
- [Nora Ephron](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/nora-ephron/)
- [The Lost Weekend](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/the-lost-weekend/)
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- [To Catch a Thief](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/to-catch-a-thief/)
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- [Candice Bergen](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/candice-bergen/)
- [Jules Feiffer](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/jules-feiffer/)
- [Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/lost-and-found-the-story-of-cooks-anchor/)
- [James Agee](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/james-agee/)
- [Lillian Gish](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/lillian-gish/)
- [The Andromeda Strain](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/the-andromeda-strain/)
- [Michael Crichton](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/michael-crichton/)
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- [El laberinto del fauno](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/el-laberinto-del-fauno/)
- [Pan's Labyrinth](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/pans-labyrinth/)
- [Guillermo Navarro](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/guillermo-navarro/)
- [Jordan Rossi](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/jordan-rossi/)
- [Shakespeare on Death](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/shakespeare-on-death/)
- [Lifeboat](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/lifeboat/)
- [Tallulah Bankhead](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/tallulah-bankhead/)
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- [Suspicion](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/suspicion/)
- [Samson Raphaelson](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/samson-raphaelson/)
- [Joan Harrison](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/joan-harrison/)
- [Joan Fontaine](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/joan-fontaine/)
- [Harry Stradling Jr.](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/harry-stradling-jr/)
- [Franz Waxman](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/franz-waxman/)
- [Jeremiah Johnson](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/jeremiah-johnson/)
- [Edward Anhalt](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/edward-anhalt/)
- [Duke Callaghan](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/duke-callaghan/)
- [Tim McIntire](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/tim-mcintire/)
- [John Rubinstein](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/john-rubinstein/)
- [Spellbound](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/spellbound/)
- [The Texas Chain Saw Massacre](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/the-texas-chain-saw-massacre/)
- [Tobe Hooper](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/tobe-hooper/)
- [Daniel Pearl](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/daniel-pearl/)
- [Gunnar Hansen](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/gunnar-hansen/)
- [Telephone Me](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/telephone-me/)
- [Michael Demetriou](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/michael-demetriou/)
- [Barton Fink](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/barton-fink/)
- [Michael Berenbaum](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/michael-berenbaum/)
- [John Goodman](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/john-goodman/)
- [Michael Kahn](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/michael-kahn/)
- [Douglass Trumbull](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/douglass-trumbull/)
- [Dr. Strangelove or: How I Stopped Worrying and Love the Bomb](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/dr-strangelove-or-how-i-stopped-worrying-and-love-the-bomb/)
- [Anthony Harvey](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/anthony-harvey/)
- [Laurie Johnson](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/laurie-johnson/)
- [Geoffrey Unsworth](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/geoffrey-unsworth/)
- [Ray Lovejoy](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/ray-lovejoy/)
- [Robert McCall](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/robert-mccall/)
- [Robert Burke](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/robert-burke/)
- [George Tomasini](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/george-tomasini/)
- [Philip H. Lathrop](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/philip-h-lathrop/)
- [John M. Stephens](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/john-m-stephens/)
- [Dick Bush](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/dick-bush/)
- [Lawrence Turman](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/lawrence-turman/)
- [Calder Willingham](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/calder-willingham/)
- [Robert Surtees](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/robert-surtees/)
- [Katharine Ross](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/katharine-ross/)
- [Maurice Seiderman](https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/maurice-seiderman/)