Author: Adam Charles
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The 36 Dramatic Situations: Oldboy (2003) and Involuntary Crimes of Love
This article is part of our 36 Dramatic Situations series. For 36 days straight, we’ll be exploring the famous 36 Dramatic Situations by presenting a…
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The 36 Dramatic Situations: Match Point (2005) and Murderous Adultery
This article is part of our 36 Dramatic Situations series. For 36 days straight, we’ll be exploring the famous 36 Dramatic Situations by presenting a…
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The 36 Dramatic Situations: Grumpy Old Men (1993) and Rivalry of Kinsmen
This article is part of our 36 Dramatic Situations series. For 36 days straight, we’ll be exploring the famous 36 Dramatic Situations by presenting a…
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Criterion Files #89: Sisters
If there’s one thing that the film community tends to do unfairly as a collective (there’s actually many things, but this is one of them)…
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The 36 Dramatic Situations: There Will Be Blood (2007) and Obtaining
This article is part of our 36 Dramatic Situations series. For 36 days straight, we’ll be exploring the famous 36 Dramatic Situations by presenting a…
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The 36 Dramatic Situations: The Chaser (2008) and Abduction
This article is part of our 36 Dramatic Situations series. For 36 days straight, we’ll be exploring the famous 36 Dramatic Situations by examining a…
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Criterion Files #29: Picnic at Hanging Rock
There are five words in the English language that when strung together instantly build a mysterious attraction when they’re attached to a work of art,…
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Criterion Files #60: Autumn Sonata
Throughout his younger career Ingmar Bergman had developed a strong working relationship with actor Max Von Sydow that would eventually prove to be one of…
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Criterion Files #91: The Blob
In 1960 Alfred Hitchcock released Psycho, oft-credited as the film that brought the horror genre out of the predominance of drive-in culture and into the…