In 1946, Duviver said that Panique was the most significant film of his career because it has someting to say. Panique is about how people are unkind, and how so-called independent people always end up falling in line with others. Duvivier said during production of the film, “I have a strong impression that we are living in a time where people do not love each other.”
After its liberation from Nazi Occupation, France had to reckon with the collusions and…

Let’s talk about Metin Erksan first. The Turkish film industry had its Hollywood period between 1950-80s, named the Yeşilçam period, named after the neighborhood in Beyoglu where most studios had their offices at. This was a period of mass production, in which approximately 300 films were made a year. For the people working in the industry it was always a rush, constantly churning out films. So a lot of the products were very similar and followed pretty much what stuck,…

The Wicker Man centers around a fascinating ideological battleground between Sergeant Howie, the conservative Christian cop investigating a disappearance on the island, and the sexually liberated pagan cult led by Lord Summerisle (shoutout Christopher Lee), the arguably queer-coded villain of the film. This film is, amongst many things, about revealing structures of belief. As an outsider, Sergeant Howie is able to unveil to us the inner workings of the system imposed by Lord Summerisle’s authority, revealing the contradictions and horrors…

“The King of Cult”, “The Pope of Pop Cinema”, “The Spiritual Godfather of New Hollywood”. Roger Corman was a man known by many names and all are true, good and bad. Yet, one cannot deny his speed and efficiency with budgets and deadlines. Within his 98 years of life, he directed over 50 and produced around 500 films. And if that isn’t monumental I don’t know what is.
Corman was born in Detroit in 1926 and was a pretty smart…