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Fred Astaire made dozens of films across a screen career that stretched from the early 1930s into the final decades…
A Film Noir Stripped to Its Bleakest Essentials When Detour was released in 1945, it possessed none of the resources…
For almost five years, Tom Holland’s Fred Astaire biopic existed in the frustrating territory occupied by many ambitious Hollywood projects:…
The Little Shop of Horrors: Ambition, Appetite, and the Terrible Cost of Finally Being Noticed
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A Comedy About the Hunger Beneath Success When The Little Shop of Horrors appeared in 1960, it presented audiences with…
As Tom Holland prepares for one of the most demanding transformations of his career, a new generation is about to…
The Brain That Wouldn’t Die: Bodily Autonomy, Scientific Obsession, and the Horror of Being Kept Alive
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A Monster Film in Which the Scientist Is the True Threat When The Brain That Wouldn’t Die reached theaters in…
Plan 9 from Outer Space: Failure, Sincerity, and the Strange Immortality of an Impossible Film
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The Film That Refused to Disappear Few movies have acquired a cultural identity as contradictory as Plan 9 from Outer…
Carnival of Souls: Alienation, Dissociation, and the Terrifying Space Between Life and Death
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A Horror Film Built from Disconnection When Carnival of Souls appeared in 1962, it looked unlike the more commercially recognizable…
A Haunted House Built from Human Distrust When House on Haunted Hill was released in 1959, it entered a long…
The End of the World as a Daily Routine When The Last Man on Earth was released in 1964, cinematic…
