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The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)

As fantasy films go, they don’t get much better than this. The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958) was also the seventh big-screen voyage of Ray Harryhausen, whose magical stop motion creatures populated Mighty Joe Young (1949, alongside mentor Willis O’Brien), … Continue reading

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Sisters (1973)

That Brian De Palma is the son of a surgeon – a philandering surgeon, no less, and one who let his son witness his surgeries – doubtless played a role in the development of his stylistic breakthrough Sisters (1973). The … Continue reading

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Obsession (1976)

It’s impossible to discuss Brian De Palma’s Obsession (1976) without discussing Alfred Hitchcock, in particular Vertigo (1958), the film of which – for a good portion of its running time – this seems to be a remake. If you haven’t … Continue reading

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