Comics Film ‘Iron Man’ Was a Risky and Bold Adventure for Marvel
Iron Man is a colorful, light, comedic film, and as the first film in the MCU it was responsible for establishing the tone and approach of the series moving forward.
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Hannibal Lecter May Be ‘The Silence of the Lambs’ Icon But Clarice Starling Is the Movie
The Criterion edition of 1991’s The Silence of the Lambs reminds us what the film has always stood for: Don’t underestimate Clarice.
Unrealistic Colors and Naturalistic Philosophies in Jean Renoir’s ‘The River’
In The River, Renoir transcends his own attractive colors, stumbling into a “realistic” philosophy of nature that the portraiture of color so often forbids.