Tag: 1960s
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Shaken, Not Stirred: Dr. No (1962)
Shaken, Not Stirred takes a (brief) look at the James Bond canon from Eon Productions. Twice a month, Chris and Jon share their impressions of each film, both on its own terms and in terms of the cultural landscape as well as the genre it helped to create, not to mention its intersection in the…
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Hooptober 12.0 – Eggshells (1969)
Being Film #29 for Hooptober 2025 We’ve finally gotten to the “Hooper” of Hooptober – and Eggshells is a doozy of a debut for the director, a dark and experimental abstraction of the concept of community and utopia in a world intent on pushing back on anything that doesn’t fall in line with the regimented,…
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Hooptober 12.0 – The City Of The Dead (1960)
Being Film #24 for Hooptober 2025 Slightly gothic horror movie about witches from the 60s starring Christopher Lee…and it’s not from Hammer? Color me intrigued, and since two of the films I had slated to cover the “conspiracy or cult” requirement for the marathon turned out to be action films and not horror (sorry The…
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Hooptober 12.0 – Viy (1967)
Being Film #11 for Hooptober 2025 Straddling the line between folktale and vibrant Hammer-style gothic horror, I was shocked and surprised at how much I enjoyed the lean, vibrant Viy. My knowledge of Russian cinema, let alone Russian horror, is pretty limited, but I shouldn’t be surprised considering the rich history Russia has from a…
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Hooptober 12.0 – The Possessed (1965)
Being Film #4 for Hooptober 2025 Films like The Possessed, or La Donna del Lago in its original Italian, are the reason I constantly try to seek out new films whenever Hooptober comes around. A proto-giallo that also functions as an Italian noir evoking the dream-like narratives David Lynch would forge just over a decade…
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Something Like a Filmography: Red Beard (1965)
Something Like a Filmography takes a (brief) look at the filmography of Akira Kurosawa. Twice a month, Chris and Jon share their impressions of each film, both on its own terms and in terms of Kurosawa’s legacy and its intersection in the Cinema Dual hosts’ lives. FROM THE BOX: A testament to the goodness of humankind, Akira…