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DUEL Deciphered: Spielberg's Horror on the Road

DUEL Deciphered: Spielberg's Horror on the Road

Steven Spielberg had ambitions of becoming a film director from a very young age.

GROUNDHOG DAY Explained: An Extremely Smart Comedy

GROUNDHOG DAY Explained: An Extremely Smart Comedy

Each of us tries, or at least wants to try, to arrange life in the best, most comfortable way, in line with our own vision of happiness.

BARRY LYNDON Unveiled: A Masterpiece from a Bygone Era

BARRY LYNDON Unveiled: A Masterpiece from a Bygone Era

A teenage Irishman, Redmond Barry, falls in love with his cousin.

REAR WINDOW Explained: The Darkness Within the Human Soul

REAR WINDOW Explained: The Darkness Within the Human Soul

Alfred Hitchcock. Two words that electrify generations of cinema lovers like few others.

DEATH BECOMES HER Deciphered. Darkly Grotesque Fairy Tale

DEATH BECOMES HER Deciphered. Darkly Grotesque Fairy Tale

After his success with the Back to the Future trilogy and the live-action-animation crime spoof Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Robert Zemeckis was hailed as...

SPACEBALLS Deciphered. Brooks' Hilarious Sci-Fi Spoof

SPACEBALLS Deciphered. Brooks' Hilarious Sci-Fi Spoof

After this bombastic introduction, a spaceship appears before us, flying endlessly, with a design that looks like the wild dream of a drunk designer...

JAWS Deciphered: Behind the Scenes of Spielberg’s Hit

JAWS Deciphered: Behind the Scenes of Spielberg’s Hit

Sharks have dead eyes. Black, like a doll’s. Only when it bites you does life enter those black eyes. And then you hear a piercing scream. The...

NORTH BY NORTHWEST Deciphered: Hitch's Unparalleled Genius

NORTH BY NORTHWEST Deciphered: Hitch's Unparalleled Genius

Advertising agent Roger Thornhill, during a meeting with clients at the Plaza Hotel in New York, calls over a bellboy who is looking for a certain...

POLTERGEIST Deciphered: The Story Behind the Seminal Horror

POLTERGEIST Deciphered: The Story Behind the Seminal Horror

Before Steven Spielberg became known as a talented creator of serious dramas, he did everything to be recognized as the world’s greatest provider of...

THE SILENT STAR. First Sci-Fi adaptation of Stanislaw Lem

THE SILENT STAR. First Sci-Fi adaptation of Stanislaw Lem

After World War II, American science fiction cinema experienced a remarkably dynamic revival, although the quality of the emerging films varied.