Film

Having made several good thrillers in the U. K, such as The 39 Steps and The Lady Vanishes, Alfred Hitchcock was imported to Hollywood by David O.

Booed at its first screening at the 1960 Cannes Film Festival, Michelangelo Antonioni's L'Avventura represents a famous and notorious event in the history of that forum – and also an interesting case in film criticism and history of world cinema. Critics and journalists, just like moviegoers, are entitled to their tastes, which may shift over time as a result of reevaluating a film from a new perspective or placing it in the broader context of the filmmaker's oeuvre.

Visually awesome, emotionally distant, and remorselessly sober in its view of human evil, The Shining is Stanley Kubrick's first and only foray into the realm of horror. His previous film, Barry Lyndon (1975), was an innovative historical epic that was a box-office failure, despite its achievements (it won four technical Oscars and was nominated for two Golden Globes, Best Drama and Best Director).

Starting in the 1980s and the early ‘90s, competition from Hollywood swept through Asia. The cinema of Thailand was known for its hardcore action films, but it hit a low point when audiences shifted their attention to Hollywood blockbusters.

In recent years, India has produced an annual average of over 1,500 films. The wrestling film Dangal directed by Nitesh Tiwari made nearly US$190 million in China’s box office in 2016.

A healthy ego and caustic wit fuel Richard Fleischer’s no-hold-barred “Just Tell Me When To Cry”, his highly spirited autobiography published in 1993. He retired five years earlier after a prolific career started in 1946 and an impressive 47 films to his name.

Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, now celebrating its 60th anniversary, may not be the scariest thriller, but there is a good case for considering it the most influential horror picture ever made. It's the first postmodern cinema work, leaving its mark on every aspect of the industry.

By 1995, Samuel Fuller was back in his Hollywood Hills house at 7628 Woodrow Wilson Drive, after a 13-year self-imposed exile in Paris. At 83, he had just survived a debilitating stroke.