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Technicolor Movies

  • Movie Review: Niagra (1953)

    Movie Review: Niagra (1953)

    In this post, we will look at an early classic neo-noir and slow-burn thriller, directed by Henry Hathaway, starring Marilyn Monroe in a deliciously wicked role. True to its name, it is set on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls, where a couple on a delayed honeymoon meets a dysfunctional couple, turning their vacation into Read more

  • Movie Review: Suspira (1977)

    Movie Review: Suspira (1977)

    ‘Suspiria’, directed by the legendary Giallo filmmaker Dario Argento, is based on ‘Suspiria de Profundis’, an essay by Thomas De Quincey, and is considered a defining movie of the horror genre. On first glance, a casual viewer may dismiss the movie as a gaudy attempt at sensational horror, with almost no plot, but when one Read more

  • Rope(1948) vs. Compulsion(1959)

    Rope(1948) vs. Compulsion(1959)

    Today, let’s look at two very different movies that have a common thread. Both of them are inspired on the same gruesome unimaginable real life crime, committed by two teens, Leopold(19) and Loeb(18) in May 1924. Both young men came from affluent families and were heavily influenced by the concept of Friedrich Nietsche’s superman. To Read more