Monthly Archives: April 2020

The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1963)

So much in Mario Bava’s masterful Hitchcock riff The Girl Who Knew Too Much (aka Evil Eye, 1963) relies upon the luminous, feline features of Letícia Román. Bava puts his heroine through the ringer, but often stays close to her … Continue reading →

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Streets of Fire (1984)

Walter Hill’s Streets of Fire (1984) opens with a disclaimer of a subtitle, “A Rock & Roll Fable,” before introducing us to its world of “another time/another place.” It’s the equivalent of letting us know that it’s a long time … Continue reading →

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Mill of the Stone Women (1960)

It’s difficult to imagine a more ingeniously original Gothic tableau than the one conjured by the Italian horror Mill of the Stone Women (Il mulino delle donne di pietra, 1960). Here we get not a haunted estate or castle, but … Continue reading →

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