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Truth and the Classic Heist Film: Director James Marsh on ‘King of Thieves’

Truth and the Classic Heist Film: Director James Marsh on ‘King of Thieves’

James Marsh reflects on embracing the truth in spite of its vulgarity and awkwardnesses to tell a dramatised factual account of the Hatton Garden diamond heist in his film, King of Thieves.

Playing at Grown-ups: Don Siegel and Michael Caine Tilt at ‘The Black Windmill’

Playing at Grown-ups: Don Siegel and Michael Caine Tilt at ‘The Black Windmill’

Don Siegel's crime thriller The Black Windmill starring Michael Caine, now on Blu-ray via Kino Lorber, is a meta-commentary on adults behaving badly.

The Bee-all and End-all of ‘The Swarm’, or Irwin Allen’s Human Bee-in

The Bee-all and End-all of ‘The Swarm’, or Irwin Allen’s Human Bee-in

No matter if they're African or Brazilian bad-ass bees, what matters to the Yanks in The Swarm is that a bunch of vicious foreigners want to invade their land and claim their women!

Brian de Palma’s ‘Dressed to Kill’ Is Still Sexy, Still Shocking, Still Classic

Brian de Palma’s ‘Dressed to Kill’ Is Still Sexy, Still Shocking, Still Classic

Dressed to Kill doesn't address itself to every viewer, but for those who love horror and the tradition of suspense that de Palma so expertly participates in, it will always deliver.

Is Anybody There?

Part 5: Toy Story 2 to Titus (November – December 1999)

Psycho Smackdown: ‘Watchmen”s Rorschach vs. ‘The Dark Knight”s Joker

Superheroes Versus Comics

The New Classics – The 30 Best Films of 2008

Iconic – The Top 20 Male Performances of 2008

Let Us Now Praise Ordinary Men: Normalcy, Comics, and The Dark Knight

Batmassive: The Meaning of $300 Million