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GLADIATOR: Ridley Scott's "Larger Than Life" Epic Explained
Gladiator and Braveheart mark the return of epic historical films to contemporary cinema screens.
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INHERENT VICE: P.T. Anderson’s Most Underrated Film Explained
Paul Thomas Anderson’s films resist easy classification and categorization, but it can be stated that Inherent Vice—his seventh feature...
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BLACK SWAN vs. PERFECT BLUE: Homage, Plagiarism, Adaptation?
Among other things, thanks to Natalie Portman’s Oscar-winning performance, Black Swan became one of Darren Aronofsky’s most acclaimed works.
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DIRTY HARRY. The One and Only Harry Callahan "Exposed"
San Francisco Police Inspector Harry Callahan is undoubtedly one of the most iconic characters in cinema and simultaneously one of Clint...
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Why GLADIATOR II Might Actually WORK
In November, Gladiator II premieres. Is it shaping up to be a big hit, or perhaps an even bigger flop?
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UNDER THE SILVER LAKE: Neo-Noir Puzzle of a Movie Decrypted
Under the Silver Lake, the third feature film by director David Robert Mitchell, belongs to the genre of cinematic puzzles—films that are much more...
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THE SHELTERING SKY. Bertolucci's Visually Stunning Opus Deciphered
The cultural interpretation of the journey motif as an entrance into another, foreign world is a topic eagerly explored by writers and poets, and for...
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8½: Federico Fellini’s Seminal Masterpiece Deciphered
I have the impression that the poetic force, which erupts in Fellini’s opus magnum – 8½…
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You can die from your own "f*ck". THE BOYS – Season 4 recap
The Boys is a show that radically opposes all anti-human ideologies and boldly condemns them.