Monthly Archives: July 2013

Cat People (1942)

In certain ways, the Hays Code was a boon. Beginning in 1934, all Hollywood films had to obtain content approval via the Motion Picture Production Code, but although it’s certainly eye-opening to watch many of those scandalous “Pre-Code” films, it … Continue reading →

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Solaris (1972)

“I knew nothing, and I persisted in the faith that the time of cruel miracles was not past.” -Stanislaw Lem, Solaris (1961) I don’t recall where it was, but when I first learned of the existence of Andrei Tarkovsky’s Solaris … Continue reading →

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Gog (1954)

I first read about Gog (1954) as a child, in some library book about robots in science fiction, this film being significant because of its malevolent machines, Gog and Magog, which are apparently named after some apocalyptic prophecy from Ezekiel. … Continue reading →

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