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Les Diaboliques
Les Diaboliques (1955) is a tale of cold-blooded, calculated murder and suspense. Murder and suspense are always billed together in this kind of film, however,
Provincial Actors
It is general knowledge that in communist societies no aspects of human life ever go unnoticed or unscrutinised by the cyclopic, tyrannous intentions of mother
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre or, Socrates in the Desert
Socratic lessons can be articulated in all manner of ways. Pedro Blas Gonzalez examines John Huston’s 1947 fable about avarice and greed.
Once Upon a Time in China
Combining social satire, a thematic preoccupation with Chinese nationalism and the changing tide of technological development, and a lot of action, Wong Fei Hung (Once
The Uninvited and Dead of Night: The Transcendent Other
Not doubt two of the more fascinating films dealing with the supernatural and the paranormal, and the presence of the ‘other’ that cannot be denied
The Structure of Crystals
Struktura krysztalu (The Structure of Crystals) is Krzysztof Zanussi’s debut feature film. From the beginning we quickly notice that this is a film that will
Citizen Kane: Biography and the Unfinished Sentence
Self evidently, Citizen Kane is a biographical drama of a public figure, but it is also one of the great reflections on the very nature
Fahrenheit 451: A Brave New World for the New Man
Pedro Blas Gonzalez discusses Ray Bradbury’s novel and François Truffaut’s 1966 film in equal measure, and argues that as “studies of a type of human
The Firemen’s Ball
The creative process is difficult under any circumstances and in any milieu. However, it becomes excruciatingly difficult under the all-seeing, intrusive cloak of a communist
Nights of Cabiria
Le notti di Cabiria (Nights of Cabiria) is Federico Fellini’s classic visual study of romantic resilience and faith in human nature. The film is also
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