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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

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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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Was ‘Ronaldinho: The One and Only’?

April 27, 2026April 30, 2026 Dan Friedman 0

Mini-series about the Brazilian soccer star is designed to whet our World Cup whistle

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‘Power to the People’: John Lennon & Yoko Ono’s NYC Rent Party on the Big Screen

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‘IF’: Imaginary Friends and Real Ryan Reynoldses

April 19, 2026April 19, 2026 Robert Dean 0

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‘The Testaments’ Brings Us Back to Gilead

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