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Looking Back at Histories of Violence

November 8, 2025November 9, 2025 Matt Hanson 3 Comments A History of Violence, American dream, American identity, body horror, Canadian directors, cinema violence, Criterion Collection, David Cronenberg, Ed Harris, Maria Bello, masculinity, Sam Peckinpah, small-town America, Straw Dogs, Viggo Mortensen, violence in film

David Cronenberg’s twisted look at All-American normalcy gets the Criterion rollout

1974

1974: The Motion Picture Industry’s Miracle Year

January 10, 2024January 15, 2024 Samuel Porteous 0 Comments 1974, A Woman Under The Influence, Art Carney, Brian de Palma, Bring Me The Head of Alfredo Garcia, California Split, Charles Bronson, Chinatown, Death Wish, Elliot Gould, Faye Dunaway, Francis Ford Coppola, Fred Astaire, Gena Rowlands, George Segal, Harry and Tonto, Jennifer Jones, John Boorman, John Cassettes, Mel Brooks, O.J. Simpson, Paul Mazursky, Paul Newman, Peter Falk, Phantom of the Paradise, Richard Chamberlain, Robert Altman, Robert Mitchum, Robert Vaughn, Robert Wagner, Roman Polanski, Sam Peckinpah, Steve McQueen, Sydney Pollack, The Conversation, The Godfather Part II, The Parallax View, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Towering Inferno, The Yakuza, Tobe Hooper, Warren Beatty, Warren Oates, William Holden, Young Frankenstein, Zardoz

It’s the 50th anniversary of one of the great years in movie history

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The Kurtzman Era of Star Trek Boldly Goes Into the Trashcan

July 23, 2026July 28, 2026 William Schwartz 2

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Is Maggie O’Farrell’s New Novel ‘Land’ Just Grief Porn?

July 19, 2026July 24, 2026 Katie Smith 0

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‘The Invite’ Prompt Was — Bergman, But Make It Funny!

July 11, 2026July 14, 2026 Laura Pruden 3

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Traumatized Young Woman?

July 10, 2026July 14, 2026 Neal Pollack 1

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