Tag Archives: based on a short story

hunters’ island (film: The Most Dangerous Game – Irving Pichel & Ernest B. Schoedsack, 1932)

Posted on September 20, 2026 by admin

The 1932 ‘The Most Dangerous Game’ represents an interesting chapter in the history of American cinema—a film that can be considered a precursor to several highly popular genres of adventure, horror, and entertainment movies. Two directors are credited on the … Continue reading →

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a quality film de papa (film: Les orgueilleux – Yves Allégret & Rafael E. Portas, 1953)

Posted on June 29, 2026 by admin

Yves Allégret, the director of the Franco-Mexican co-production ‘Les orgueilleux‘ (known in English distribution as ‘The Proud and the Beautiful’) was in the 1950s one of the preferred target of the critics of future French New Wave filmmakers. He directed … Continue reading →

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outstanding and controversial cinematic experience in the mid 1930s (film: Kermeze héroïque – Jacques Feyder, 1935)

Posted on January 20, 2026 by admin

‘La kermesse héroique‘ (‘Carnival in Flanders’ in the English distribution) was a completely unexpected discovery for me, especially since I knew almost nothing about any of the directors or actors who participated in the production with the exception of Louis … Continue reading →

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farewell to Anouk (film: Un soir, un train – André Delvaux, 1968)

Posted on July 26, 2024 by admin

It might be a bit of an exaggeration to say that Belgian cinema begins with the films of André Delvaux, but that doesn’t mean this statement is completely untrue. Delvaux was not only the first Belgian director to achieve international … Continue reading →

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a milestone in the history of the western genre (film: The Wild Bunch – Sam Peckinpah, 1969)

Posted on September 2, 2023 by admin

The scene that opens Sam Peckinpah‘s 1969 ‘The Wild Bunch‘ immediately reminds fans of the western genre of John Sturges’ ‘The Magnificent Seven’ made in 1960. A group of riders enter a small town in the Wild West (rather the … Continue reading →

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