Author: Adam Lawrence
The Two “Underground Realms” in Pan’s Labyrinth
Pan’s Labyrinth (2006), which has its 10th anniversary this October, might be one of the most successful attempts to blend fantasy/dark fairy tale with political allegory.
Films about Filmmaking, Part II: Cinema Paradiso (1988)
Man, that “week (or so)” was long, eh? Like, biblically long. This is Part II of a three-part series on films that explores the magic of filmmaking, with old-looking cameras and projectors in the spotlight, so to speak: 8½ (1963), Cinema Paradiso (1988), and Hugo (2011). Continuing in reverse order, I turn to Cinema Paradiso today.
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Dailies: Winter Noir (Montreal Style)
Fiction & Film: Raising Cain

Dan Hedaya, as the jealous cuckold in Blood Simple.