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By Tim Pelan Michael Mann's 2006 big screen revamp of 1980s groundbreaking TV show Miami Vice (Brandon … The post Take It to the Limit One More Time: Michael Mann's 'Miami Vice' at 20 appeared first on Cinephilia & Beyond.

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By Sven Mikulec When filmmaker Martin Brest developed a script for a buddy action comedy called Midnight … The post 'Midnight Run' at 38: Martin Brest's Cult-Action Comedy that Just Doesn't Seem to Get Old appeared first on Cinephilia & Beyond.

By Sven Mikulec In the post-Watergate period of America struggling with insecurity, distrust and national embarrassment, USC-educated filmmaker … The post 'Escape from New York' at 45: John Carpenter's Thrilling, Pumped-Up Ride through the Streets of a Dy

Terminator 2: Judgment Day poster art by Tony Stella, https://www.tony-stella.com/ By Tim Pelan I'm not playing it safe … The post New Model Arnie: How James Cameron's 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day' Held True to Its Exploitation Roots Whilst Remodelling the

By Tim Pelan The trick with dealing with Elmore Leonard as an idea is not to try and copy him. That's where you get into trouble. In the case of 'Out of Sight,' there's a significant amount of new material in the screenplay that doesn't exist in the book.

By Koraljka Suton The legendary director Robert Altman was given an Academy Honorary Award in 2006, "in recognition of … The post How Robert Altman's Anti-Western Classic 'McCabe & Mrs. Miller' Aged Like Fine Wine appeared first on Cinephilia & Beyond.

The Wild Bunch poster art by Tony Stella By Tim Pelan We wanted to show violence in real … The post "It Ain't Like It Used to Be. But It'll Do:" How Sam Peckinpah's 'The Wild Bunch' Became Both a Eulogy for a Mythic Past and a Template for a New Kind of A

The Parallax View poster art by Callum Mullin By Sven Mikulec The seventies were a unique period in … The post 'The Parallax View' at 52: Pakula's Unsettling Examination of the Post-Compliant America appeared first on Cinephilia & Beyond.