Charlton Heston and Janet Leigh star in Orson Welles’ baroque border town murder mystery, a sleazy, grimy, jittery, and ultimately dazzling work of cinematic magic.
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’78/52: Hitchcock’s Shower Scene’ – exploring ‘Psycho’ on Hulu
The title of 78/52: Hitchcock’s Shower Scene (2017), a documentary on the legendary sequence in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1961 classic Psycho, refers to the 78 camera set-ups and 52 cuts in the three-minute scene, an astounding attention to detail to a brief sequence that shocked American audiences with transgressions suggested but not actually shown on screen. […]
‘The English Patient’ – Love in wartime on Netflix
The African desert, WWII, and romance… no doubt about it, The English Patient (1996) is a Casablanca for the 90s, directed with sweep, elegance, and grand passions by Anthony Minghella from his screenplay adaptation of Michael Ondaatje’s novel. Ralph Fiennes, scarred by fire and buried under bandages like an Egyptian mummy, is the mysterious patient […]