“The look of Ingmar Bergman and the feel of Cocteau” was Herk Harvey’s unlikely blueprint for Carnival of Souls. You can feel that ambition in almost every frame. He turns…
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At first glance, Walkabout looks like a simple survival adventure, but Nicolas Roeg has much more on his mind. His first solo film after co-directing Performance (1970) with Donald Cammell,…
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15 best folk horror movies of the 21st century: Folk horror has always felt a little different from other horror. Films like Witchfinder General (1968), The Blood on Satan’s Claw…
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Best Hong Kong action movies: Watching Kenji Tanigaki’s The Furious (2025) recently sent me down the rabbit hole of Hong Kong action movies. The history of Hong Kong action cinema…
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Many great directors are known for mastering a specific genre. Sergio Leone reinvented the Western, Alfred Hitchcock became the master of suspense, Wes Craven reshaped the landscape of 1980s horror…
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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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