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Wham Moment: 6 Great Game Changers in Film

In some films, particularly of the twists and turns variety, a significant event, moment or even line of dialogue, can be summarized by the phrase “This changes everything”. This is known as a Game Changer, where the established landscape of the movie’s plot is irrevocably and dramatically altered, with no chance of ever going back. …

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Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘The Skin I Live In’ and ‘Bad Education’

This week, we turn our focus to Spanish auteur Pedro Almodóvar, who has reunited with former collaborator Antonio Banderas for The Skin I Live In, which finds the acclaimed director wading further into the depths of genre than perhaps ever before, folding in aspects of the mad-doctor subgenre and even…torture porn? We’ll also rewind to …

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‘The Skin I Live In’ a well-crafted but unsatisfying psycho-thriller

The Skin I Live In Written by Pedro Almodóvar Directed by Pedro Almodóvar Spain, 2011 The hallowed caverns of cinema history are littered with the skeletal remains of mad scientists, those power-crazed maniacs whose unholy experiments are frequently an affront to god and to the more tangible realm of medical ethics. These sneering antagonists are …

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Festival du Nouveau Cinéma: ‘The Skin I Live In’ a well-crafted but unsatisfying psycho-thriller

The Skin I Live In Written by Pedro Almodóvar Directed by Pedro Almodóvar Spain, 2011 The hallowed caverns of cinema history are littered with the skeletal remains of mad scientists, those power-crazed maniacs whose unholy experiments are frequently an affront to god and to the more tangible realm of medical ethics. These sneering antagonists are …

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NYFF2011: Cronenberg and Almodóvar Added to This Years Lineup

This year’s New York Film Festival is shaping up to be a strong one at that. Recently My Week with Marilyn, directed by Simon Curtis, has announced it’s world premier at the festival on October 9th as the Centerpiece at Alice Tully Hall. Added to the list are the highly anticipated films, A Dangerous Method …

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