There is a reason that Blade Runner is often the first thing that comes to mind when considering the Cyber Punk genre. Few films…
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American Psycho—perhaps one of this century’s greatest dark comedies, was based on a 1991 novel by Bret Easton Ellis. The film version, released in…
The collaboration between Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke gave birth to one of the greatest films in the history of cinema—2001: A…
Kubrick was obsessed with making every frame of 2001 perfect. In several photos of Kubrick on the set, you can see him holding a…
Arthur C. Clarke’s short story titled The Sentinel, on which 2001: A Space Odyssey was based, follows the discovery of an object buried beneath the…
The ultra-stylish and minimalist flatware the astronauts Dave Bowman and Frank Poole use aboard the Discovery One spacecraft were designed in 1957 by Danish…
Transcript: Robert Bresson was a French filmmaker whose minimalist approach to filmmaking and dedicated precision in his style made him a favorite among his contemporaries…
Smack dab in the middle of the Hollywood Renaissance, William Friedkin’s 1971 police thriller titled The French Connection captures the gritty reality of a…
Transcript: Hal Ashby was an American filmmaker whose quirky sense of humor and sentimental charm made him a unique voice in the American New Wave.…