Category Archives: Theater Fantastique
A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
“This is the universe. Big, isn’t it?” So opens A Matter of Life and Death (aka Stairway to Heaven, 1946), one of the finest films from the acclaimed British filmmaking team known as the Archers – director Michael Powell & … Continue reading
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Tagged 40's, afterlife, angel, David Niven, Drama, Fantasy, Jack Cardiff, Kim Hunter, Michael Powell, Powell & Pressburger, Raymond Massey, Roger Livesey, Surreal, WWII
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Double Feature: Simon of the Desert (1965)/The Monk (1972)
Luis Buñuel had come out of the desert with Viridiana (1961). Since 1945 the Spanish-born enfant terrible behind the definitive works of Surrealist cinema, Un Chien Andalou (1929, with Salvador Dalí) and L’Age d’Or (1930), had been living in Mexico, … Continue reading
100 Essential Films of the Fantastic (76-100)
Part 4 of the 100 Essential Films of the Fantastic. See Part 1 for an introduction. To view all 100, visit the list’s contents page. #76 Heavy Metal (1981) D: Gerald Potterton Animated anthology based on Heavy Metal magazine … Continue reading
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Tagged 80's, 90's, Animation, David Cronenberg, Dystopia, fairy tale, Fantasy, George Lucas, George Miller, Harrison Ford, horror, Japan, Jeunet & Caro, Mad Max, Ridley Scott, Robot, Science Fiction, Steven Spielberg, Sword and Sorcery, Terry Gilliam, Werewolf, Wim Wenders
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