From time to time, the team at Momentary Cinema work on a series of specifically themed posts, some once-off, some ongoing. Here is the anthologised list:
Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa – Master of Film, Part 1: The Rashomon Effect
Akira Kurosawa – Master of Film, Part 2: The Humanity of the Seven Samurai
Akira Kurosawa – Master of Film, Part 3: Derzu Uzala and the Russian Wilderness
Akira Kurosawa – Master of Film, Part 4: I Ran…in Dreams
Akira Kurosawa Meets the Man with No Name
Alfred Hitchcock
Exploring Hitchcock, Part 1: A Deeper Look at Rebecca, Rear Window and The Birds
Exploring Hitchcock, Part 2: The Earlier Masterpieces and his (not so) Grand Finale
Exploring Hitchcock, Part 3: Don’t Read This!…Vertigo and Psycho
Best Films by Decade
Travelling Through Time: The Best Films of the 1920s
Travelling Through Time: The Best Films of the 1930s
Travelling Through Time: The Best Films of the 1940s
Travelling Through Time: The Best Films of the 1950s
Travelling Through Time: The Best Films of the 1960s
Travelling Through Time: The Best Films of the 1970s
Travelling Through Time: The Best Films of the 1980s
Cinematography
Cinematography of the World, Part 1: China Post-1990
Cinematography of the World, Part 2: Jack Cardiff in 1940s Britain
Cinematography of the World, Part 3: Terrence Malick’s Vision of an American Heaven
European Masterpieces
The European Masterpieces, Part 1: Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources
The European Masterpieces, Part 2: L’Avventura, La Notte and L’Eclisse
The European Masterpieces, Part 3: Ashes and Diamonds
The European Masterpieces, Part 4: Closely Watched Trains
Female Icons
Four Icons of Early Cinema, Part 1: Asta Nielsen
Four Icons of Early Cinema, Part 2: Lillian Gish
Film Adaptations
Adaptations, Part 1: The Revenant and Man in the Wilderness – The Story of Hugh Glass
Adaptations, Part 2: The Great Catastrophe of Adapting Gatsby
Adaptations, Part 3: A Painted Devil Twice Imagined as The Beguiled
Adaptations, Part 4: The Wages of Fear – Clouzot’s Explosive Drama and Friedkin’s Thrilling Sorcery
Films as TV Shows
The Sun Always Shines on TV, Part 1
The Sun Always Shines on TV, Part 2
Horror Films
Horror in Store, Part 1: Dracula’s Influence
Horror in Store, Part 2: The Art of Terror
Love Films
The Power of Love, Part 1: All That Heaven Allows
The Power of Love, Part 2: Broadcast News
The Power of Love, Part 3: Happy Together
The Power of Love, Part 4: Blue is the Warmest Colour
Midnight Movies
Midnight Movies, Part 1: The Acid Adventures of El Topo
Midnight Movies, Part 2: Shooting Up in a Liquid Sky
Midnight Movies, Part 3: Warren Oates is the Cockfighter
Midnight Movies, Part 4: The King is Alive in Bubba Ho-tep
Movie Rules
Rule 9: All Our Greatest Heroes Arrive Fully Formed
Rule 21: The ‘Director’s Cut’ is Always the Best Version of the Movie, Except When It Isn’t
Rule 47: Never Remake a Movie Which Has Previously Starred Micheal York
Rule 263: Shia LaBeouf Must Never Be Allowed to Partake in Any Film That is Good
Thomas Harris
Hunting the Cannibal: The Heroes of Thomas Harris, Part 1 – Will Graham
Hunting the Cannibal: The Heroes of Thomas Harris, Part 2 – Clarice Starling
Saturday Afternoon Movies
Saturday Afternoon Movies, Part 1: Firefox
Saturday Afternoon Movies, Part 2: Outland
Saturday Afternoon Movies, Part 3: Split Second and Deep Rising
Saturday Afternoon Movies, Part 4: Push
Saturday Afternoon Movies, Part 5: Hell Drivers
Saturday Afternoon Movies, Part 6: The Hunted
Saturday Afternoon Movies, Part 7: Hell and High Water
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