The Best of Alfred Hitchcock on the Criterion Collection
With a new greatest movie of all time to celebrate, Alfred Hitchcock gets a new lease on life. Sight & […]
Elusive Portrayals of Women in Film Noir
Film noir, a genre that flourished in the 1940s and 1950s, is renowned for its dark, stylistic aesthetics and morally
Casablanca: Film Noir or Not Film Noir?
Interestingly, almost no list of classic film noirs includes the Bogart classic Casablanca despite the fact that it contains nearly
10 Hit Television Shows that “Jumped the Shark”
In the television industry, the term “jump the shark” was conceived in the late 1970’s. It is defined as the
A Very Short Biography of Phil Collins
Phil Collins has one of the most recognizable voices in pop music, which is ironic since he never wanted to
Aliens (1986) is One of the Greatest Films of the ’80s for Good Reason
Upon its release, Ridley Scott’s original Alien (1979) was already a huge phenomenon. It featured the scariest monster ever put
The 100 Greatest Movies of the 1970s
The 1970s stand out as a revolutionary decade in cinema history, marked by a period of artistic innovation, narrative complexity,
Erich von Däniken is an Historical Figure
Every so often, someone comes around who makes history in a way unlike anyone before them. Sure, there are those
The 100 Greatest Movies of the 1980s
The 1980s in the history of film proved to be a decade of comfort, cynicism, brilliance and disappoint. We were
Is Roman Polanski’s Chinatown a Film Noir?
In his book More Than Night, Film Noir In Its Context, James Naremore splits traditional film noirs “generic, stylistic, or