Among the most prolific filmmakers of all time, Robert Wise was a master of versatility, crafting masterpieces in genres ranging from musicals (West Side Story (1961); The Sound of Music…
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Carol Reed’s cinematic masterpiece, The Third Man, embodies the noir genre in its purest form, showcasing and capturing all its defining characteristics. Holly Martins (Joseph Cotten), an unemployed pulp novelist,…
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Beyond American films, Japanese cinema, through its “Yakuza” films, has played a significant role in expanding and refining the “Gangster” genre with its distinctive style, cultural authenticity, thematic richness, and…
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Recently, I saw Xavier Gens’ Under Paris (2024), a French Horror film about a grieving marine biologist who must confront her tragic past to save Paris from the devastation wrought…
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In the same way that Alfred Hitchcock was renowned as the “Master of Suspense,” Sergio Leone could be called the “Master of Tension” because of his unparalleled ability to create…
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1. Introduction: Alfred Hitchcock’s films left an indelible mark on cinema and enabled the medium’s evolution in ways that would not have been possible without his contribution to the art…
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