1962

Horrific Inquiry: CARNIVAL OF SOULS (1962)
Horrific Inquiry: CARNIVAL OF SOULS (1962)

From the layers of trauma to the shocking twist ending, Carnival of Souls is a classic cinematic experience best shared with others.

THE TRIAL: Orson Welles' (Other) Forgotten Masterpiece
THE TRIAL: Orson Welles’ (Other) Forgotten Masterpiece

The Trial is one film that fell through the cracks and achieved some notoriety, but it’s also a tragedy that there were many more that were ignored.

NO TIME TO DIE Countdown: DR. NO Revisited
NO TIME TO DIE Countdown: DR. NO Revisited

As No Time To Die’s release date was pushed to November, Jake Tropila takes this chance to revisit all previous James Bond films, starting off with Dr. No.

IVAN'S CHILDHOOD & The Horror Of Waking Up
IVAN’S CHILDHOOD & The Horror Of Waking Up

Tarkovsky’s Ivan’s Childhood, perhaps more than any other film, shows the complexities of dreams, here shown through the eyes of a childhood experiencing the trauma of war.

WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE?: The Movie That Made Bette Davis & Joan Crawford Lifelong Foes

Joan Crawford & Bette Davis’ feud is one of classic Hollywood legend; we look at What Ever Happened To Baby Jane and how they became rivals.

WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE?: What's Camp Got to Do with It
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE?: What’s Camp Got to Do With It

With the release of the FX series Feud, there’s no better time to revisit Robert Aldrich’s histrionic horror, What Ever Happened To Baby Jane.

Sculptures In Time Pt. I: Tarkovsky's IVAN'S CHILDHOOD
Sculptures In Time Pt. I: Tarkovsky’s IVAN’S CHILDHOOD

About midway through Andrei Tarkovsky’s feature 1962 film debut of Ivan’s Childhood, in the midst of a Russian battlefield field torn asunder during World II, a cross is backlit by a setting sun. The cross is obscured in shadow and yet its beauty remains. A spiritual man, Tarkovsky was never afraid to ask questions about spiritual matters.

THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE: A Cold War Thriller for the Internet Age

Frank Sinatra, whose 100th birthday would have been this December, was one of the great entertainers of the 20th century. He had an exceptional voice that made him perhaps the most influential vocalist in history, but Sinatra doesn’t sing a note in his best movie, the Cold War thriller The Manchurian Candidate (1962). This deft political drama, which wouldn’t have been made without Sinatra’s intervention, uncannily predicts many of the tumultuous events of the 1960s and beyond.