192. Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë’s novel has been filmed over 25 times. Is there a line between radical interpretation and reckless desecration?
Emily Brontë’s novel has been filmed over 25 times. Is there a line between radical interpretation and reckless desecration?
This film has two men talking. However, its strength lies in the way it uses sound to tell us one thing while showing us another.
Adapting James Grady’s straight forward thriller, Sydney Pollack delivered a commentary on dehumanising institutions.
For all the fun stories and anecdotes about how the shark didn’t work, none of them help explain how Steven Spielberg managed to deliver a masterpiece.
He may make blockbusters, but Christopher Nolan’s tastes lean more to art house cinema. So what are his films really about?
With Steve McQueen in the title role, a legendary car-chase and a score by Lalo Schifrin, Peter Yates’ Bullitt still oozes as much cool now as it did in 1968.
The Coen Brothers won the Palme d’Or at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival with this sardonic look at Hollywood. But is that what it is really about?
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