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Euro Horror: Classic European Horror Cinema in Contemporary American Culture

Ian Olney

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Beginning in the 1950s, "Euro Horror" movies materialized in astonishing numbers from Italy, Spain,...

Welcome to Collinwood (2002)

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Welcome to Collinwood is a 2002 American caper comedy film written and directed by Anthony and Joe...

Everybody's Fine (2009)

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Robert De Niro stars in this bittersweet drama based on the 1990 Italian film 'Stanno Tutti Bene' by...

The Wurst!: The Very Best of German Food

Otto Wolff

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A book celebrating all the greats of German cuisine--a food culture as rich as any other in Europe....

Sean Stone recommended Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) in Movies (curated)

Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)

1968 | Action, Drama, Western

8.5

(8 Ratings)

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"The Western is obviously one of the staples of American cinema, but ironically, the Italian spaghetti-westerns have become more famous in pop culture than the classic American western. And amongst the spaghetti-western directors, Sergio Leone will always be the titan for me. Although I love his films with Clint Eastwood, this epic is one to spend an evening with; from the classic shoot-out at the train depot, to the haunting final three-way gun fight, this may be my favorite portrayal of Charles Bronson on screen. It’s a story of the expansion of the railroad and the opening of the west; of revenge and infamy; of love triangles and justice. And with a sweeping, heartrending soundtrack from Ennio Morricone, what more can you ask of a film?"

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Richard Ayoade recommended Taxi Driver (1976) in Movies (curated)

Taxi Driver (1976)

1976 | Thriller

8.5

(37 Ratings)

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"Very funny, again. I just think it’s really funny, that film. “I had an apple pie with cheese — I thought that was great choice.” It’s a really good film to like if you’re interested in directing, ’cause it’s full of so many brilliant directorial flourishes: it’s like an Italian horror film, but really funny. There are sort of Mike Nichols scenes in there, with all the Bava camerawork and the Godard stuff. And just [De Niro] — his performance. And how subjective it is — how it channels all that Hitchcock stuff with something that’s more docuemntary and more real. I know [Scorsese] always talks about The Wrong Man in relation to it and it would have been interesting to see what Hitchcock had done if he’d done more stuff on location."

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