identifier
stringlengths 1
43
| dataset
stringclasses 3
values | question
stringclasses 4
values | rank
int64 0
99
| url
stringlengths 14
1.88k
| read_more_link
stringclasses 1
value | language
stringclasses 1
value | title
stringlengths 0
200
| top_image
stringlengths 0
125k
| meta_img
stringlengths 0
125k
| images
listlengths 0
18.2k
| movies
listlengths 0
484
| keywords
listlengths 0
0
| meta_keywords
listlengths 1
48.5k
| tags
null | authors
listlengths 0
10
| publish_date
stringlengths 19
32
⌀ | summary
stringclasses 1
value | meta_description
stringlengths 0
258k
| meta_lang
stringclasses 68
values | meta_favicon
stringlengths 0
20.2k
| meta_site_name
stringlengths 0
641
| canonical_link
stringlengths 9
1.88k
⌀ | text
stringlengths 0
100k
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7350
|
dbpedia
|
3
| 22
|
https://playfootball.nfl.com/parents/benefits-of-youth-tackle-football/
|
en
|
Benefits of Youth Tackle Football
|
[
"https://playfootball.nfl.com/visuals/css-assets/logo-play-football.svg",
"https://playfootball.nfl.com/media/1877/tackle-2.jpg",
"https://playfootball.nfl.com/media/1880/browns-clinic-tackle-smaller.jpg",
"https://playfootball.nfl.com/media/1030/bal.svg",
"https://playfootball.nfl.com/media/1002/cin.svg",
"https://playfootball.nfl.com/media/1003/cle.svg",
"https://playfootball.nfl.com/media/1022/pit.svg",
"https://playfootball.nfl.com/media/1031/buf.svg",
"https://playfootball.nfl.com/media/1014/mia.svg",
"https://playfootball.nfl.com/media/1016/ne.svg",
"https://playfootball.nfl.com/media/xubfj4zn/jets_logo.svg",
"https://playfootball.nfl.com/media/1008/hou.svg",
"https://playfootball.nfl.com/media/1009/ind.svg",
"https://playfootball.nfl.com/media/1010/jax.svg",
"https://playfootball.nfl.com/media/1026/ten.svg",
"https://playfootball.nfl.com/media/1005/den.svg",
"https://playfootball.nfl.com/media/1011/kc.svg",
"https://playfootball.nfl.com/media/1020/oak.svg",
"https://playfootball.nfl.com/media/1012/lac.svg",
"https://playfootball.nfl.com/media/1033/chi.svg",
"https://playfootball.nfl.com/media/1006/det.svg",
"https://playfootball.nfl.com/media/1007/gb.svg",
"https://playfootball.nfl.com/media/1015/min.svg",
"https://playfootball.nfl.com/media/1004/dal.svg",
"https://playfootball.nfl.com/media/1018/nyg.svg",
"https://playfootball.nfl.com/media/1021/phi.svg",
"https://playfootball.nfl.com/media/1660/commanders-logo.svg",
"https://playfootball.nfl.com/media/1028/atl.svg",
"https://playfootball.nfl.com/media/1032/car.svg",
"https://playfootball.nfl.com/media/1017/no.svg",
"https://playfootball.nfl.com/media/1025/tb.svg",
"https://playfootball.nfl.com/media/1029/az.svg",
"https://playfootball.nfl.com/media/1171/lar_updated.svg",
"https://playfootball.nfl.com/media/1024/sf.svg",
"https://playfootball.nfl.com/media/1023/sea.svg",
"https://playfootball.nfl.com/visuals/css-assets/logo-play-football.svg"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[] | null |
Learn how tackle football helps kids and teens to learn teamwork, leadership, and discipline, and get answers about safety and finding a league.
|
en
|
/visuals/css-assets/favicon/favicon.ico
|
https://playfootball.nfl.com/parents/benefits-of-youth-tackle-football/
|
Instills Sportsmanship: Tackle teaches your child about what it means to be a good sport, fostering them to become a role model for what it looks like to celebrate the wins and learn from the losses.
Teaches Teamwork: Tackle instills the critical value of teamwork and teaches your child how to play and interact well with others, no matter what age they enter the sport.
Generates Discipline: Tackle provides a hands-on approach to teaching your child how to be disciplined, while also integrating useful structure and organization into their lives.
Builds Resilience: Tackle equips your child with the skills needed to be resilient and learn to independently pick themselves up when things get challenging.
Promotes Fitness: Tackle encourages physical activity and healthy movement for kids at all levels of athletic ability, ensuring your child spends quality time away from the screen. You don’t need to be the fastest on the field to be a good player!
Inspires Parent-Child Bonds: Tackle generates moments for you and your child to bond over a shared love of a sport, from playing catch in the backyard to following your favorite professional teams together.
Offers Long-Term Options: Tackle can provide an avenue for your child’s long-term participation with a prestigious sport, from youth scholarships to other opportunities to continue their journey, even at the collegiate level.
Tackling Your Concerns
Player protection at the youth football level
The NFL Way to Play shows the league’s commitment to promoting proper playing technique across all levels of football from current players, NFL Legends and head coaches.
USA Football’s coaching certifications also help train leaders in youth football about proper tackling techniques and drills. These certifications now exist in more than 7,000 football programs across the country and address key safety issues through specially tailored drills and exercises.
My child already plays flag. What next?
Now that your child has learned the fundamentals of football, are they ready to take their game to the next level? With participation in flag already under your child’s belt, making the transition to tackle football will allow them to continue learning, growing and developing a passion for the sport.
Supporting Community
Tackle football creates a welcoming community for your child to be a part of and grow with across their journey with the sport. Plus, it’s a true scholastic sport, so it also emphasizes community for your child in an at-school setting, too.
Leadership Opportunity
Tackle football helps teach and instill what it means to be a leader, empowering your child with ways to take initiative and show responsibility for their actions both on and off the field.
Active Lifestyle
Tackle football is a key tool in helping your child develop healthy habits – instead of staying inside playing video games, tackle gets them up, gets them out and gets them exercising.
|
|||||
7350
|
dbpedia
|
2
| 81
|
https://operations.nfl.com/inside-football-ops/players-legends/player-health-safety/
|
en
|
Player Health & Safety
|
[
"https://operations.nfl.com/images/logo-play-football.svg",
"https://operations.nfl.com/media/1185/shaw_helmet.jpg?mode=max&width=300",
"https://operations.nfl.com/media/1189/dayton_triangles_helmet_02.jpg?rmode=max&width=995&quality=85&v=1d01efac9338b00",
"https://operations.nfl.com/media/1181/helmet_1920s_leather.jpg?rmode=max&width=995&quality=85&v=1d01efa70fc8900",
"https://operations.nfl.com/media/1396/ap500917047-2.jpg?rmode=max&width=995&quality=85&v=1d031007d8e8e80",
"https://operations.nfl.com/media/1183/ratterman_geroge_radio_helmet_h5f_0092.jpg?rmode=max&width=995&quality=85&v=1d01efa778b0080",
"https://operations.nfl.com/media/1184/lanier_helmet.jpg?rmode=max&width=995&quality=85&v=1d01efa78bc2d80",
"https://operations.nfl.com/media/1395/ap8911121773-2.jpg?rmode=max&width=995&quality=85&v=1d0310062238380",
"https://operations.nfl.com/media/1188/jones_walter_helmet.jpg?rmode=max&width=995&quality=85&v=1d01efa7e197800",
"https://operations.nfl.com/media/1191/billssurface.jpg?rmode=max&width=995&quality=85&v=1d01efe05b4b600",
"https://operations.nfl.com/media/1192/2014helmet.jpg?rmode=max&width=995&quality=85&v=1d01efeecf8d000",
"https://operations.nfl.com/media/4244/512a1110.jpg?rxy=0.52991452991452992,0.16025641025641027&width=352&height=235&v=1d6258242297e00&quality=85",
"https://operations.nfl.com/media/1102/nagurski_bronko_action.jpg?width=352&height=235&v=1d014dc4236e980&quality=85",
"https://operations.nfl.com/media/5ihhp2ez/bengals-uniforms-10-23.jpeg?rxy=0.5265711372892208,0.09778593688625138&width=352&height=235&v=1da811fe845aaa0&quality=85",
"https://operations.nfl.com/images/logo_nflops-lightbg300@2x.png"
] |
[
"https://player.vimeo.com/video/293600832"
] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[] | null |
Together with the NFLPA, the NFL works to ensure players receive medical care and that policies and protocols are informed by input from medical experts.
|
en
|
https://operations.nfl.com/favicon.ico?v=1
|
https://operations.nfl.com/inside-football-ops/players-legends/player-health-safety/
|
PROTECTING PLAYERS
The NFL enforces rules changes aimed at eliminating potentially risky behavior that could lead to injuries. The Competition Committee, which spearheads the rules-changing process, reviews injury data after every season and examines video to see how injuries occur. More than a dozen NFL health and safety committees, subcommittees and panels provide input, as does the NFL Players Association. The Player Safety Advisory Panel submits formal recommendations directly to the Competition Committee and the Commissioner. Their analysis covers all injuries impacting players, including concussions and ACL/MCL tears, and considers how protocols and rules changes are making an impact on player safety.
Through rules changes, such as kickoff modifications and the "Use of the Helmet" rule — which states that it is a foul if a player lowers his head to initiate and make contact with his helmet against an opponent — the NFL is leveraging data in an effort to improve player safety and evolve the game.
For the “Use of the Helmet” rule change, for example, the comprehensive review of data and video led by the NFL’s medical and engineering advisors suggested that there may be an increased risk associated with lowering the head to align the neck and spine to initiate and make contact with the helmet. Accordingly, the clubs unanimously agreed to a rule change aimed at reducing that risk.
The review also showed that over the course of all games during the 2015-2017 seasons, the kickoff represented only six percent of plays but 12 percent of concussions. Data suggested that players had approximately four times the risk of concussion on the kickoff compared to running or passing plays. Accordingly, modifications to the kickoff rule addressed the components that were understood to pose the most risk, like the use of a two-man wedge, while maintaining the play. The Competition Committee worked with special teams coaches and NFL medical and engineering advisors to consider changes to the kickoff play during an owners and coaches session in early May. NFL clubs approved the Competition Committee’s proposal later that month during the Spring League Meeting.
The NFL and the NFLPA work together to protect players by outlining infractions or penalties for improper player conduct, dangerous plays or incorrect use of safety equipment. For example, the NFL requires players to wear thigh and knee pads during games to better protect them from leg injuries. As with helmets and shoulder pads, players not wearing the mandatory protective equipment are not permitted onto the playing field and may be fined.
Additionally, the league mandates the proper maintenance and testing of playing fields to reduce the risk of injury. In 2016, the NFL and NFLPA established the Field Surface Safety & Performance Committee to perform research and advise on injury prevention, improve testing methods and adopt tools and techniques to evaluate field surface performance and playability. It also oversees the NFL stadium inspection program, which includes testing of NFL playing surfaces by engineers retained by the NFL, under observation by NFLPA experts.
MEDICAL RESEARCH
The NFL supports preeminent experts and institutions in their research on the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of sports-related injuries and other issues affecting NFL players’ health, safety and wellbeing.
NFL Scientific Advisory Board: In 2016, the NFL allotted $40 million for medical research primarily dedicated to neuroscience. The NFL assembled a Scientific Advisory Board (SAB)—chaired by Peter Chiarelli, U.S. Army General (Retired)—comprising leading independent researchers, experts, doctors, scientists and clinicians to identify and support research proposals on the diagnosis, treatment and natural history of concussion and associated comorbid conditions.
In 2018, the SAB granted $35 million in total funding to five projects for research being conducted by investigative teams related to the diagnosis, treatment, and natural history of concussion (mild traumatic brain injury) and associated comorbid conditions.
In July 2021, the SAB announced a four-year, $4 million award to a team of medical researchers led by the University of Wisconsin who are investigating the prevention and treatment of hamstring injuries in elite football players.
The remaining $1 million in SAB funding will be awarded through a request for proposals for research on alternatives to opioids for pain management.
Learn more about the NFL’s support for medical research.
|
|||||
7350
|
dbpedia
|
1
| 40
|
https://fittoplay.org/sports/american-football/
|
en
|
American Football
|
[
"https://fittoplay.org/Content/GlobalAssets/logo_skadefri_white.svg",
"https://fittoplay.org/globalassets/pictures/american-football/american-football.jpg/LandingPageMainImage",
"https://fittoplay.org/globalassets/pictures/sport_icons/skadefri/american-football_double.1.png",
"https://fittoplay.org/Content/GlobalAssets/nih_en.png",
"https://fittoplay.org/globalassets/pictures/system/logos/ost_logo.png",
"https://fittoplay.org/globalassets/pictures/system/logos/olympiatoppen_en.png",
"https://fittoplay.org/Content/GlobalAssets/first_aid.jpg"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[] | null |
en
|
/favicon.ico
| null |
The focus of this program made for American Football is to improve and strengthen the muscles stabilizing the ankles, knees, hips, shoulders and core. This way, the players have a better chance of whithstanding tacklings from the opposite team while running, changing directions, and throwing and catching the ball. By strengthening the hamstring- and groin muscles, the risk of muscle strains can also be prevented. You will find the exercise program by following the orange button below.
Injured?
American football is a fast-paced contact sport that demands a lot from the players both physically and mentally. The game itself can look quite violently due to it’s nature as a full-contact game. With this in mind, including the quick runs, turns and throws, the risk of injuries is high. Read along for more about common injuries in American football.
|
||||||
7350
|
dbpedia
|
2
| 15
|
https://www.britannica.com/story/why-do-some-people-call-football-soccer
|
en
|
Why Do Some People Call Football “Soccer”?
|
[
"https://cdn.britannica.com/mendel/eb-logo/MendelNewThistleLogo.png",
"https://cdn.britannica.com/mendel/eb-logo/MendelNewThistleLogo.png",
"https://cdn.britannica.com/37/178537-131-A3735B2F/golf-golfer-gloves-Unsportsmanlike-club-greens-ball.jpg?w=68&h=68&s=crop",
"https://cdn.britannica.com/49/196049-131-C54E54AE/Bobby-Riggs-Billie-Jean-King-Battle-of-September-20-1973.jpg?w=68&h=68&s=crop",
"https://cdn.britannica.com/28/153528-131-208CEA18/Xian-Terra-cotta-soldiers-tomb-Qin-China-Shaanxi.jpg?w=68&h=68&s=crop",
"https://cdn.britannica.com/45/157745-131-A0A7967C/Children-soccer-ball.jpg?w=68&h=68&s=crop",
"https://cdn.britannica.com/57/144757-131-5BCA8A87/Soccer-ball-motion-grass-Homepage-blog-arts-2010.jpg?w=68&h=68&s=crop",
"https://cdn.britannica.com/55/235355-131-5EA8CFD4/Usain-Bolt-Jamaica-gold-medal-breaking-world-record-200m-Beijing-Summer-Olympics-August-20-2008.jpg?w=68&h=68&s=crop",
"https://cdn.britannica.com/59/177559-131-AECDD581/Hagia-Sophia-Istanbul-Turkey.jpg?w=68&h=68&s=crop",
"https://cdn.britannica.com/52/196952-131-0665E4EE/Egyptians-hieroglyphics-carvings.jpg?w=68&h=68&s=crop",
"https://cdn.britannica.com/13/195913-131-E6C2B632/World-map-Oceans-Continents.jpg?w=68&h=68&s=crop",
"https://cdn.britannica.com/58/156058-131-22083D0A/Adolf-Hitler.jpg?w=68&h=68&s=crop",
"https://cdn.britannica.com/51/190751-131-B431C216/soccer-ball-goal.jpg?w=68&h=68&s=crop",
"https://cdn.britannica.com/38/216038-131-BEEAF8B4/beaver.jpg?w=68&h=68&s=crop",
"https://cdn.britannica.com/34/193634-131-F5FF783D/factories-Industrial-Revolution-workers-house-machines.jpg?w=68&h=68&s=crop",
"https://cdn.britannica.com/94/159994-131-8E828D22/Battle-of-New-Orleans-oil-painting-E-1910.jpg?w=68&h=68&s=crop",
"https://cdn.britannica.com/51/190751-050-147B93F7/soccer-ball-goal.jpg?w=600&q=60"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
"demystified",
"football",
"soccer",
"rugby",
"association football",
"gridiron football",
"rugger",
"Gaelic football",
"Australian rules football",
"etymology",
"words"
] | null |
[
"John M. Cunningham"
] | null |
You play it with your feet, right?
|
en
|
/favicon.png
|
Encyclopedia Britannica
|
https://www.britannica.com/story/why-do-some-people-call-football-soccer
|
One of the best-known differences between British and American English is the fact that the sport known as football in Great Britain is usually called soccer in the United States. Because the sport originated in England, it is often assumed that soccer is an Americanism. In fact, the word is thoroughly British in origin. So why is it that Americans (not to mention Canadians, Australians, and others) are likelier to use the word than Brits are? The answer lies in how the sport developed in each country.
Although football-type games have been around for centuries, the sport we know today is often said to have begun in 1863, when England’s newly formed Football Association wrote down a set of rules. At the time, it was the most widely played game of its kind in the country, but it wasn’t the only one. Rugby football, named after an English boarding school, was a variation that allowed players to carry and run with the ball to advance it toward the goal. The game played under the Football Association’s rules thus became known as association football.
Inevitably, the names would be shortened. Linguistically creative students at the University of Oxford in the 1880s distinguished between the sports of “rugger” (rugby football) and “assoccer” (association football). The latter term was further shortened to “soccer” (sometimes spelled “socker”), and the name quickly spread beyond the campus. However, “soccer” never became much more than a nickname in Great Britain. By the 20th century, rugby football was more commonly called rugby, while association football had earned the right to be known as just plain football.
Meanwhile, in the United States, a sport emerged in the late 19th century that borrowed elements of both rugby and association football. Before long, it had proved more popular than either of them. In full, it was known as gridiron football, but most people never bothered with the first word. As a result, American association-football players increasingly adopted soccer to refer to their sport. The United States Football Association, which had formed in the 1910s as the official organizing body of American soccer, changed its name to the United States Soccer Football Association in 1945, and it later dispensed with the “Football” altogether. No longer just a nickname, soccer had stuck.
|
||||
7350
|
dbpedia
|
1
| 17
|
https://www.interexchange.org/blog/hosts/american-football-explained
|
en
|
American Football Explained
|
[
"https://www.interexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/logo.png",
"https://www.interexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/logo.png",
"https://www.interexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/menu-our-programs-1.jpg.webp",
"https://www.interexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/menu-our-programs-1.jpg.webp",
"https://www.interexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/nav-wtusa.webp",
"https://www.interexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/nav-wtusa.webp",
"https://www.interexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/nav-ctusa.webp",
"https://www.interexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/nav-ctusa.webp",
"https://www.interexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/nav-ccusa.webp",
"https://www.interexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/nav-ccusa.webp",
"https://www.interexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/nav-apusa.webp",
"https://www.interexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/nav-apusa.webp",
"https://www.interexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/nav-outbound-worktravel.webp",
"https://www.interexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/nav-outbound-worktravel.webp",
"https://www.interexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/nav-outbound-grouptour.webp",
"https://www.interexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/nav-outbound-grouptour.webp",
"https://www.interexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/nav-foundation.webp",
"https://www.interexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/nav-foundation.webp",
"https://www.interexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/nav-wtusa-host.webp",
"https://www.interexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/nav-wtusa-host.webp",
"https://www.interexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/nav-ctusa-host.webp",
"https://www.interexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/nav-ctusa-host.webp",
"https://www.interexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/nav-ccusa-host.webp",
"https://www.interexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/nav-ccusa-host.webp",
"https://www.interexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/nav-apusa-host.webp",
"https://www.interexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/nav-apusa-host.webp",
"https://www.interexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/logo.png",
"https://www.interexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/logo.png",
"https://iex-website.s3.amazonaws.com/images/github/4204b310-39fd-11e5-94f0-ac276c791760.jpg",
"https://iex-website.s3.amazonaws.com/images/github/4204b310-39fd-11e5-94f0-ac276c791760.jpg",
"https://www.interexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/facebook-ic-c.svg",
"https://www.interexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/facebook-ic-c.svg",
"https://www.interexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/linkedin-ic-c.svg",
"https://www.interexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/linkedin-ic-c.svg",
"https://www.interexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/twt-ic-c.svg",
"https://www.interexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/twt-ic-c.svg",
"https://www.interexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/copylink-ic-c.svg",
"https://www.interexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/copylink-ic-c.svg",
"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/032d8c8902c35842baef18254f7d8cdc?s=300&d=mm&r=g",
"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/032d8c8902c35842baef18254f7d8cdc?s=300&d=mm&r=g",
"https://www.interexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/facebook-ic-c.svg",
"https://www.interexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/facebook-ic-c.svg",
"https://www.interexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/linkedin-ic-c.svg",
"https://www.interexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/linkedin-ic-c.svg",
"https://www.interexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/twt-ic-c.svg",
"https://www.interexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/twt-ic-c.svg",
"https://www.interexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/copylink-ic-c.svg",
"https://www.interexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/copylink-ic-c.svg",
"https://www.interexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/finding-internship-julia-feature.jpg",
"https://www.interexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/finding-internship-julia-feature.jpg",
"https://www.interexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/english-language-learning-apps.jpg.webp",
"https://www.interexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/english-language-learning-apps.jpg.webp",
"https://www.interexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/travel-apps.jpg.webp",
"https://www.interexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/travel-apps.jpg.webp",
"https://www.interexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/logo-1024x159.png",
"https://www.interexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/logo-1024x159.png"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[
"Rishina Dharia"
] |
2012-09-10T16:43:00+00:00
|
American Football is immensely popular in the United States. You may have heard people at your workplace or around town talking their favorite professional or college teams but chances are you have never watched a game and have no idea what is going on.
|
en
|
InterExchange
|
https://www.interexchange.org/blog/hosts/american-football-explained
|
American Football is immensely popular in the United States. You may have heard people at your workplace or around town talking their favorite professional or college teams but chances are you have never watched a game and have no idea what is going on. Allow me to explain…
Football teams play once a week. Each game requires a lot of preparation and is very physical so players need several days in between to study the next team and recover from the previous week’s hits. The fans spend this time dissecting the last game and obsessing over why their teams won or lost.
Because of all this build up, every game is an event. Most college teams play on Saturday, and most professional teams play on Sunday, so people are generally home from work and have time to sit and watch, organize a party, or tailgate at the stadium. There is a nighttime professional Monday game and the occasional Thursday game but one can watch football on almost any Saturday or Sunday from August through January. It is not uncommon for the average football fan to spend an entire weekend watching football, leaving many a fan with a severely dented couch.
The professional teams are divided into divisions based on where they are from and grouped into two conferences. Each conference is, in a sense, a mini league. At the end of the season and playoffs, the winningest team from each conference plays in a game called the Super Bowl. The Super Bowl is American Football’s championship game. College football is divided into many more divisions and conferences, and the season’s champion is determined through a more complex and controversial system which could be another blog in itself!
Now I’m sure you still have many questions. Here are the ones I am most frequently asked:
Why are there so many players and what do they all do?
Each team carries 45 to 50 players because the positions are so specialized. You will have 11 players on the field at a time, and it is rare that a player will play on both offense and defense. There are big guys who serve as blockers, smaller guys who are in charge of catching or running with the ball, and medium sized guys who may do both. You will also see players who kick and punt. Wikipedia offers a great breakdown of each position. Check it out and impress your new American friends with your football knowledge!
Why is this Quarterback guy so important?
The quarterback controls the flow of the offense and is the main player in charge of getting the team to score. It is his job to throw to the receivers who catch and to hand the ball to the running backs that will run. It is rare that anyone besides the quarterback will throw the ball.
Is this rugby?
No, but it has its origins in rugby, and there are some similarities. Plays begin with the teams facing in what looks like a rugby scrum, they use an oval ball, and there is a goal post that the ball can be kicked through. There are differences, too, though. Namely, players wear lots of protective equipment because they spend so much time quite literally running right into each other.
What’s the point of all this?
The point is for your team to get the ball to the opponent’s end zone to score a touchdown, either by running with the ball into or catching a pass in the end zone. This nets you 6 points. You then get a chance for an extra point by kicking the ball through a goal post. On rare occasions, teams may try for two extra points by running or throwing the ball into the end zone one more time. The players on defense are trying to stop you obviously. If you get close to the end zone but not quite there, a team may try to kick the ball through the goal post for 3 points. This is called a field goal. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins.
How many games do they play?
Each professional team plays 16 games and gets a week off at some point during the season. The entire regular season is 17 weeks. Then there is a playoff tournament where you have to win or your season is over.
What’s a first down?
When your team is playing offense, it gets four downs, or four chances to advance the ball and score a touchdown. A first down just means the first chance to advance the ball. There is marker placed 10 yards away and if you get past these 10 yards, you get another set of four downs. If you don’t make the 10 yards or score a touchdown, you have to give the ball back to the other team’s offense. Penalties can increase or decrease the number of yards before you get more downs.
Could you explain the Super Bowl?
It is the Professional Championship game at the end of the season. The teams left standing from each conference at the end of the playoffs play each other at a predetermined neutral stadium. The Super Bowl is generally on the first Sunday of February and people often organize Super Bowl parties. Even non-football fans may watch the Super Bowl, making it one of the year’s most watched events on television. Companies even use this event to debut their new commercials because so many people are viewing.
Why do you care so much?
The games are fun to watch. Some people get involved in rivalries with fans of other teams. Generally, the teams closest to each other play each other more often. You may have a friend who lives in a nearby city that likes the rival team. It is fun to gloat when your team wins but it might be less fun to hear about how terrible your team is when they lose. There is a sense of community that builds around football. Even if you do not attend a game at a stadium, you may watch at home with your friends or at a local bar.
Why are people cooking food outside the stadium?
It is called tailgating – people park their cars and trucks outside of the stadium and drink beer and grill food. Many don’t even intend to go inside to watch the game. They’re happy just being outside near the energy of the event. This contributes to the sense of community that develops around football.
Where do these players all come from?
People begin playing football relatively young. Children may begin learning the game in a youth league. Some who are motivated enough may eventually play in high school and even College/University. In fact, College Football rivals Professional Football in terms of popularity and game viewership.
Can I play football?
|
|||||
7350
|
dbpedia
|
2
| 42
|
https://www.harrodsport.com/advice-and-guides/the-difference-between-rugby-american-football
|
en
|
The Difference Between Rugby & American Football | Harrod Sport
|
[
"https://www.harrodsport.com/assets/img/logo.svg",
"https://www.harrodsport.com/assets/img/uk-manufacturer-logo.svg",
"https://www.harrodsport.com/assets/img/logo-white.svg",
"https://www.harrodsport.com/assets/img/logo.svg",
"https://www.harrodsport.com/uploads/default/finesse-logo-77x30.jpg",
"https://www.harrodsport.com/uploads/default/finesse-320x170.jpg",
"https://www.harrodsport.com/uploads/default/untitled-design-1-77x30.jpg",
"https://www.harrodsport.com/uploads/default/0001-rug-020rug-021-action-320x170.jpg",
"https://www.harrodsport.com/uploads/default/untitled-design-1-2-77x30.jpg",
"https://www.harrodsport.com/uploads/default/yale2892-320x170.JPG",
"https://www.harrodsport.com/uploads/default/untitled-design-1-3-77x30.jpg",
"https://www.harrodsport.com/uploads/default/netball-4-320x170.jpg",
"https://www.harrodsport.com/uploads/default/logo-77x30.jpg",
"https://www.harrodsport.com/uploads/default/tennis-2-320x170.jpg",
"https://www.harrodsport.com/uploads/default/logo-2-77x30.jpg",
"https://www.harrodsport.com/uploads/default/pitch-and-grounds-320x170.jpg",
"https://www.harrodsport.com/uploads/default/finesse-logo-2-77x30.jpg",
"https://www.harrodsport.com/uploads/default/home-garden-320x170.jpg",
"https://www.harrodsport.com/assets/img/finesse-white.svg",
"https://www.harrodsport.com/assets/img/finesse-black.svg",
"https://www.harrodsport.com/assets/img/sportset-white.png",
"https://www.harrodsport.com/assets/img/sportset-black.png",
"https://www.harrodsport.com/uploads/default/369874192-797834885680199-5118319196635689937-n-1-720x480.jpg",
"https://www.harrodsport.com/uploads/wysiwyg/img/1-4-1000x429.png",
"https://www.harrodsport.com/uploads/wysiwyg/img/2-2-1000x429.png",
"https://www.harrodsport.com/uploads/wysiwyg/img/3-1000x429.png",
"https://www.harrodsport.com/uploads/wysiwyg/img/4-1000x429.png",
"https://www.harrodsport.com/uploads/wysiwyg/img/5-1000x429.png",
"https://www.harrodsport.com/assets/img/logos/invest-in-people-gold.png",
"https://www.harrodsport.com/assets/img/logos/fsp.png",
"https://www.harrodsport.com/assets/img/logos/sportspe.png",
"https://www.harrodsport.com/assets/img/logos/youth-sport-trust.png",
"https://www.harrodsport.com/assets/img/logos/gma.png",
"https://www.harrodsport.com/assets/img/logos/sarca.png",
"https://www.harrodsport.com/assets/img/logos/cv-global-iso-9001.jpg"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[] |
2023-09-07T11:39:00
|
What Is the Difference Between Rugby and American Football? Learn how scoring, pitch markings and goalposts vary between the two sports.
|
en
| null |
Rugby and American Football: What's the Difference?
Origins
American football originated from early versions of the English sports rugby and football, which were both played on college campuses across the US in the 1860s. American Football became truly distinct in 1880 when Walter Camp proposed changes to U.S. College Football rules, replacing the scrum with a line of scrimmage, giving the team with the ball uncontested possession.
Camp's continued innovations created the game we are familiar with today – the downs system, points and traditional formations all originated from the man known as the "Father of American Football".
Depending on which side of the Atlantic Ocean you live, you are likely to have a strong preference for one sport or the other. But as the NFL's popularity grows across the world - thanks to the International Series bringing matches to the UK, Germany and Mexico - and the 2031 Rugby World Cup prepares to bring Rugby Union to America, there are going to be lots of fans getting to grips with a new sport that feels familiar and different at the same time. So, let's find out how the modern versions of these distant cousins compare.
Differences in play...
Number of players
With a larger pitch, it is perhaps no surprise to find that Rugby Union has many more players on the field – 15 per side and a limit of seven substitutions per game. In comparison, American Football has just 11 players per team.
However, American Football squads are much larger. Teams will have an entire lineup for both defensive and offensive scenarios, totalling 22 players. Teams will also have a Special Teams unit for specialist set plays, consisting of:
Kicker
Punter
Holder
Long Snapper
Kick returner
Punt returner
NFL rules say a matchday squad is limited to 46 players from an active roster of 53.
In addition, substitutions are not used in the same way as European rugby or football fans may be familiar with. Instead, players are rotated in and out of the game with no restrictions, other than the total number on the field not exceeding 11
Possession
Possession in Rugby Union has more in common with Association Football in that there is no limit to the length of time the attacking team can possess the ball if they do not commit a foul, score, or put the ball out of play.
In this aspect, American Football shares much more with Rugby League, where possession is limited to six tackles – meaning the attacking team must score within these phases of play or the opposition will be awarded possession. Teams will often kick the ball away after the fifth tackle so that the opposition start their possession as far back as possible.
In American Football the attacking team has four attempts (downs) to move the ball 10 yards. If they succeed, they are awarded a 'fresh set' of downs and will continue to retain possession. Reaching fourth down will often see a Punter (a specialist kicker) come on to kick the ball as far back into opposition territory as possible, often meaning they will start play within 20 yards of their own goal.
If the attacking team feel they are close enough, they may instead choose to attempt a field goal on fourth down. This is a placed kick, which will earn three points if kicked between the uprights of the goal post.
Timing
An American Football match lasts 60 minutes, with the clock stopped when the ball is dead (if it goes out of play or is dropped). Each team also has the option of using three timeouts per half to stop the clock. An additional mandatory stoppage occurs at the end of each half, this is called the two-minute warning.
Managing the clock is an important tactical consideration in American Football. If you are winning, your team will try to keep the ball in play to allow as much time to run off the clock as possible. If you are losing, your attacking players will deliberately step out of bounds after receiving the ball to keep as much time on the clock as possible.
Rugby matches last for 80 minutes with the clock stopping for injuries, substitutions and video reviews. This allows the ball to be in play for as much of the allotted game time as possible. When the clock reaches 80 minutes, the game will continue until the ball next goes out of play, allowing teams the opportunity to score on the final attack of the game.
Scoring
While the names differ, point scoring is similar in both sports in that a try or a touchdown is followed by the opportunity to kick a conversion (extra point).
Type of score
Rugby Union
American Football
Try/Touchdown
5 points
6 points
Conversion/ Extra Point
2 points
1 point
Penalty
3 points
N/A
Drop goal/ Field Goal
3 points
3 points
Safety
N/A
2 points
A noticeable difference is how a try or touchdown is scored. To score a try the ball must be grounded over the opponents' goal-line in the in-goal area, but in American Football, a touchdown does not actually require the ball to be touched down at all.
Touchdowns are scored when any part of the ball is on, above, or behind the plane of the opponents' goal line and controlled by an attacking player. If a defensive player is forced back into their own End Zone (in-goal area) the attacking team is awarded two points. This is known as a Safety.
Pitch and markings
Regulation Rugby Union pitches are limited to a maximum of 144m x 70m (157.48 yds x 76.55 yds).
American football pitches do not vary in size and all have the same precise measurements. From the back of one endzone to the other the pitch should be 120 yards x 53 1/3 yards (109.72m x 48.76m). This means that the playing area is always exactly 100 yards (91.44m) long.
Check out Harrod Sport's Guide to Rugby League Dimensions and Guide to Rugby Pitch Dimensions for more detailed information on how to accurately mark out rugby pitches.
Rugby Union markings
22-meter line: Marked 22-meters from the try line in each half. It is mainly used for 22-metre drop-outs.
Dashed lines: Marked the length of the pitch at 5m and 15m from the touchline, and across the pitch 10m either side of the halfway line. These markings are used as reference points for positioning during the match e.g., setting a scrum.
American Football markings
Hash marks: The length of the field will have each yard marked with hash lines. The officials will position the ball on the closest hash mark to restart the game after each play.
Yard lines: An unbroken line runs across the field of play, marking every five yards between the two sets of goals.
Yard numbering: With the halfway line numbered as 50, other yard line is numbered to denote 10-yard intervals. Each half will have 10-, 20-, 30- and 40-yard line number, with the halfway line marked as 50.
Goal posts
A significant difference between the sports are the goalposts. Not least because American Football goals are yellow and shaped like forks, while rugby posts are H-shaped and traditionally white.
Rugby posts are positioned at the centre of the goal lines at each end of the field, but American Football goals are located at the back of the end zone, 10 yards behind the goal line. This can be confusing for new spectators as the additional distance to goal means a 30-yard field goal is actually taken from the 20-yard line.
The ball
While the shape is similar, the ball is actually quite different in size. Rugby balls are more rounded, making them better suited to kicking as they will bounce more predictably. American footballs have a smaller circumference and are shaped with pointed ends, making them ideal to throw accurately with a single hand.
American footballs have a length of 11-11.25" (28-29 cm) and a width circumference of 21"-21.25" (53-54 cm)
World Rugby allows balls to have a length between 28-30 cm and a width circumference of (58-62 cm).
Length (cm)
Width circumference (cm)
American Football
28-29 cm
53-54 cm
Rugby
28-30 cm
58-62 cm
Protective equipment
The pads and helmets of American football players are an iconic element of the game and are worn by every player regardless of their position. This protective equipment includes:
Helmets
Shoulder pads
Elbow pads
Knee pads
Hip and thigh pads
Mouth guards
In comparison, rugby players have much less protective equipment, with only the mouth guard being mandatory;
Skull caps
Mouth guards
Body padding
Viewers may find it strange that similar sports have such a different approach to protective equipment, but this reflects the style of contact the players experience during a game.
Rugby only allows the player with the ball to be tackled, but a key feature of American Football is 'blocking' - hitting players who do not have the ball to either get close to the quarterback or to make space for teammates to run into.
Summary
FAQ
Is there rugby in America?
While it is not as high-profile as basketball, baseball or American football, rugby has been steadily gaining popularity in America.
The launch of the Major League Rugby (MLR) professional league in 2018, the growth of college rugby programs and interest from Rugby Sevens at the Olympics have all helped to raise the profile of the sport in recent years. This popularity is only expected to grow ahead of the Rugby World Cup, which will be held in America for the first time in 2031.
Is there a quarterback in rugby?
The quarterback is the key offensive player in American football as they have the final decision on which plays to run, either by throwing passes or handing the ball to running backs.
In rugby, flyhalves play a similar role, usually receiving the ball from the scrum-half and choosing how to advance the play. They also take a leading role in organising their team's attacks.
Which came first rugby or American football?
Rugby was the first to have codified rules, but only by two years. The rules of rugby were first codified in 1871, while American football rules were drawn up in 1873 by representatives of Yale, Columbia, Princeton and Rutgers Universities.
Can rugby players play in the NFL?
Multiple rugby players have moved to the NFL over the years, but few have been a huge success. This is likely due to the very specific requirements for different positions. In rugby, players need to be versatile, but in American football, players will train their specific roles from a young age.
A high-profile example is Christian Wade, who moved to the NFL in 2018 after leaving Wasps. Despite an impressive debut, he struggles to get a place in the squad and was released at the start of the 2021 season.
Other names include Gavin Hastings, Jarryd Hayne and David Tukatahi Dixon – who was an exception, playing 13 years in the NFL.
Related Posts
|
||||||
7350
|
dbpedia
|
3
| 18
|
https://isport360.com/benefit-of-team-sports/
|
en
|
The Power of Unity: The Benefits of Team Sports
|
[
"https://isport360.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Logo-White-80x80-1.png",
"https://isport360.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/logo-1.png",
"https://isport360.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Logo-White-80x80-1.png",
"https://isport360.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Screen-Shot-2024-08-13-at-3.04.16-PM-500x383.png",
"https://isport360.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/iStock-1414489346-500x383.jpg",
"https://isport360.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Screen-Shot-2024-08-05-at-12.35.09-PM-500x383.png",
"https://isport360.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/iStock-1652492537-modified-1f612bbe-1d51-47d9-a890-6d7351b78004-500x383.jpg",
"https://isport360.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Screen-Shot-2023-09-04-at-7.26.29-PM.png",
"https://isport360.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/logo-1.png",
"https://isport360.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/appstore.png",
"https://isport360.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/googleplay.png"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[
"Amy Masters"
] |
2023-07-28T22:43:37+00:00
|
Team sports share so many life lessons. Learn the benefits of team sports like mental well being, inclusivity and hard work.
|
en
|
iSport360
|
https://isport360.com/benefit-of-team-sports/
|
Engaging in team sports is more than just a recreational activity. It offers numerous physical, mental, and social benefits that contribute to personal growth and overall well-being. Whether it’s soccer, basketball, or volleyball, participating in team sports fosters a sense of camaraderie, builds character, and develops essential life skills. We dive into the benefits of team sports and why they are so appealing.
Check out our favorite video from Army Men’s Head Lacrosse Coach, Joe Alberici about being a tough guy in life. What specifically touched us were his comments on being inclusive. “That means including people.” Thanks, Coach, for reminding us what team sports are really about.
Collaboration and Teamwork
One of the primary benefits of team sports is the opportunity to learn collaboration and teamwork. Being part of a team requires individuals to work together towards a common goal, emphasizing the importance of communication, cooperation, and mutual support. Team sports teach players how to contribute their unique skills while also considering the strengths and weaknesses of their teammates. This collaborative environment not only enhances performance on the field but also translates into improved teamwork and synergy in other areas of life.
Improved Physical Fitness
Engaging in team sports is an excellent way to improve physical fitness. Sports like soccer, basketball, and hockey provide a full-body workout, promoting cardiovascular endurance, strength, flexibility, and coordination. Regular participation in team sports helps build muscle tone, increase bone density, and enhance overall stamina. Additionally, the dynamic nature of team sports keeps participants physically active, making it a fun and enjoyable way to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
Skill Development
Team sports offer a platform for developing a wide range of skills. Players learn the fundamental techniques of the sport, such as passing, shooting, and dribbling. They also develop advanced skills like strategic thinking, decision-making under pressure, and adaptability to different game situations. These skills not only contribute to success on the field but also have a significant impact on personal growth, leadership development, and problem-solving abilities.
Emotional Well-being and Mental Resilience
Participating in team sports has positive effects on emotional well-being. Regular physical activity releases endorphins, which improve mood and reduce stress. Being part of a team fosters a sense of belonging and social support, reducing feelings of loneliness and isolation. Team sports also teach players how to handle success and failure, develop resilience, and cope with adversity. These valuable life lessons help individuals build mental toughness, boost self-esteem, and develop a positive mindset that can be applied to other areas of life.
Social Interaction and Friendship
Team sports provide an excellent platform for social interaction and the formation of lifelong friendships. Being part of a team exposes players to a diverse group of individuals who share a common passion. Through shared experiences, players develop strong bonds, learn to trust and rely on one another, and build lasting relationships. The social aspect of team sports promotes a sense of belonging and fosters a supportive community that extends beyond the playing field.
Playing team sports offers a multitude of benefits that go beyond physical fitness. It teaches valuable life skills, such as collaboration, teamwork, and resilience, while also improving mental well-being and social interaction. Engaging in team sports provides a holistic experience that positively impacts personal growth, character development, and overall quality of life. So, whether you’re a child, teenager, or adult, consider joining a team sport and experience firsthand the power of unity, camaraderie, and personal growth that team sports offer.
iSport360 is the only app that does it all for youth sports. For more information on what we do, click here.
About the author:
Amy Masters is a sports mom, coach and club administrator. She has been coaching youth sports for more than 10 years. She started Jr Lions Field Hockey, the youth recreation program for the Hunterdon County community growing it from 40 players in year 1 to 150 players by year 3. A few years later, she saw the love and competitiveness grow then started Omega Field Hockey Club serving NJ and PA players. Prior to coaching, she was a collegiate field hockey player for Lock Haven University. In her spare time (lol), she is head of marketing for iSport360, where she brings her love of sports to a bigger audience.
|
|||||
7350
|
dbpedia
|
2
| 54
|
https://www.cbc.ca/sportslongform/entry/how-canada-invented-american-football-baseball-basketball-and-hockey
|
en
|
How Canada invented ‘American’ football, baseball, basketball and hockey
|
[
"https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ad?iu=5876/misc&sz=728x90&c=123456789",
"https://www.cbc.ca/sportslongform/content/hero/naismith-kansas.jpg",
"https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ad?iu=5876/misc&sz=300x250&c=123456789",
"https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ad?iu=5876/misc&sz=300x250&c=123456789",
"https://www.cbc.ca/sports/longform/content/ajax-loader.gif",
"https://www.cbc.ca/sports/longform/content/ajax-loader.gif",
"https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ad?iu=5876/misc&sz=300x250&c=123456789",
"https://www.cbc.ca/sports/longform/content/ajax-loader.gif",
"https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ad?iu=5876/misc&sz=300x250&c=123456789",
"https://www.cbc.ca/i/img/icon_faqComment_current.png"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[] | null |
North America's favourite sports all have Canadian roots - CBC Sports Longform
|
/favicon.ico
|
CBC Sports Longform
|
//www.cbc.ca/sportslongform/entry/how-canada-invented-american-football-baseball-basketball-and-hockey
|
Editor's note: This is part of CBC Sports' series of stories celebrating some of Canada's top sports heroes and moments as the country marks its 150th birthday this year. We've also revisited the lives of baseball hall of famer Ferguson Jenkins, speed skater Gaetan Boucher, skier Nancy Greene, figure skater Barbara Ann Scott, distance runner Tom Longboat, Kentucky Derby winner Northern Dancer, sprinter Harry Jerome, auto racing's Villeneuve family and track star/sports writer Bobbie Rosenfeld. We've also explored the Richard Riot and Babe Ruth's Canadian connections.
Find all of CBC Sports' Canada 150 stories here.
***
The combined revenues for the four major North American pro sports leagues are pretty close to $50 billion a year. That's in Canadian dollars.
And, yes, we should measure in Canadian dollars. That's because, despite the tub thumping from our southern neighbours, the NFL, NBA, NHL and Major League Baseball all have Canadian roots.
It’s true. Canada more or less cooked up all of North America's "Big Four" sports. We’re just too humble to brag about it. Except, as a proud immigrant here, I can bend the national code of conduct and dismiss the alternative facts.
America’s Pastime? Sorry, Abner Doubleday, Canada played it first. And a Canadian baseball hall of famer also takes credit for the earliest baseball glove. Plus, we patented the bases.
American football? Canadians introduced the U.S. to a new game that borrowed a lot from rugby. The Americans loved it, and so we helped them tweak the rules into that thing they now air between Super Bowl ads.
James Naismith? Everybody knows the Canadian invented basketball.
Hockey? Well, of course. But let’s have a quick review anyway, just in case you need to marshal your arguments for the next time you tipple with American friends.
Hockey: Let the scrum on ice begin
In 1875, Montreal’s Victoria Skating Rink was an unheated indoor ice pad, just below Rue Sainte-Catherine. The facility had previously caught the eye of engineer and rugby fan James Creighton, who wanted a place to play a game that he and his rugby buddies used to stay in shape during the winter. The rink, being covered, was perfect for their needs. Not because the roof kept the snow off, but because the walls shielded their play from disapproving eyes.
Creighton and his teammates liked to play on Sundays, but Montreal in the 1870s was not yet a town where mirth was permitted on the Sabbath. The rink closed on the Lord’s day, but our hockey pioneers slipped the caretaker a few quiet bucks each week to let them in. In so doing, Creighton established not just the birth of our scrum on ice, but also the fine art of weaseling good rink times for your team.
So, the rugby player on skates and his friends laid out the rules of hockey, and then, as a fundraiser in the days before chocolate-covered almonds, they held the first public game. It made the newspapers and everything, which is how we can be so sure of the dates.
On Wednesday, March 3, 1875, the Montreal Gazette announced what we now recognize as the first recorded game of hockey:
“A game of Hockey will be played at the Victoria Skating Rink this evening, between two nines chose from among the members. Good fun may be expected, as some of the players are reputed to be exceedingly expert at the game. Some fears have been expressed on the part of intending spectators that accidents were were likely to occur through the ball flying about in too lively a manner, to the imminent danger of lookers on, but we understand that the game will be played with a flat circular piece of wood, thus preventing all danger of its leaving the surface of the ice. Subscribers will be admitted on presentation of their tickets.”
A century and change before the invention of StubHub, and tickets were already precious. It is not clear if that "flat circular piece of wood" really did stay on the ice surface for the entire game, but there is no record of the puck injuring anyone watching.
We cannot say the same for our hockey players. In 2016, writer John Kalbfleish dug into early accounts of that historic first recorded game, and unearthed the juicy morsel that it ended in a hellacious brawl.
The cause of the donnybrook is a little unclear. One version says that some boys who got bored of watching decided to run out and play around on the ice, which resulted in an adult hitting one of the little rink rats on the head. “The man who did so was called to account, a regular fight taking place in which a bench was broken and other damage caused.”
Or it could have been a different beef altogether. The hockey game went long, annoying the Victoria Rink’s figure skating club, which had booked that ice time. It sounds a lot like the figure skaters, milling among the fans, started chirping the hockey players. Words got a little heated, and the scrap was on. A Kingston newspaper reported: “Shins and heads were battered, benches smashed and the lady spectators fled in confusion.”
A funny thing about the Canadian inventor of the sport that gave us Dennis Rodman, Bobby Knight, Latrell Sprewell and Bill Laimbeer: the goal of James Naismith’s game was to wring good behaviour from its players.
On Dec. 21, 1891, Ontario’s Naismith was working at the School for Christian Workers in Springfield, Mass. His boss asked him to invent an indoor game that would distract the otherwise rowdy students, who were horsing around far too much during the long winter term.
Naismith, who lived his first 30 years in Canada, would have been a handful in any sport he played. He was not a big bloke, but his strength was legendary. He was athlete of the year at McGill University in Montreal, and by all accounts a natural at everything physical. On top of that, he earned 11 degrees in his studies and became both a doctor and a priest — which probably gave his sickest patients a moment’s pause.
The story of Naismith’s invention, nailing up peach baskets to use as goals, is too well known to dwell on here. But it's interesting to note that, in the early days, play had to stop after each basket while someone propped up a ladder, climbed it and fished the ball out of the basket.
For such a learned gentleman, the fix for that vexing problem was surprisingly elusive. Naismith’s first workaround was to drill a little hole in the basket bottoms, so that players would only need to stop long enough to jab a long pole through and knock the ball back out.
What is amazing, to this day, is how quickly the game’s fame spread. Naismith’s 13 rules of basketball were published in a YMCA magazine and — presto — the game was everywhere. Within a year sportswriters were already covering the basketball beat.
Naismith remained modest and humble about the entire invention. People suggested his game be called Naismithball but he pooh-poohed that. He never sought money for it. And other than throwing up the ceremonial first jump ball in Berlin in 1936 to get the Olympic basketball tourney started, he never showed much interest in fame either.
Oddly enough, Naismith didn’t even think too highly of his own game. When he considered the original reason for its invention, Naismith always thought that gymnastics and rugby were better teachers of quality life lessons for the young and rowdy.
American football: Made in Montreal
This is the riskiest thing I will ever write. I can picture a smouldering haystack in a Bills jersey giving me a thumping for it. But here goes:
Canadians gave Americans their football game. We showed them that there was a whole new kind of ball to play with, kind of an egg-shaped thing, and that there was a game called rugby, and that with a little rule tinkering here and there they could use that new ball and new set of rules to develop a very lucrative sports property.
$30 billion a year later, and they still don’t want us to watch their Super Bowl ads. Such ingratitude.
The gory details are these: In the spring of 1874, McGill University (again McGill!) sent a letter to Harvard University, challenging them to a couple of friendly-ish games of "Foot-ball" in Cambridge, Mass. The idea was to play two different games — one using Harvard’s rules, the other with McGill's.
Harvard accepted the challenge, and on May 13 or 14, 1874 (the accounts vary) intercollegiate American football made its debut. Five hundred people showed up and paid 50 cents each to watch, which proves that college ball was destined to be a big deal from the get-go.
They played Harvard rules on the first day. From a distance, the game must have looked like soccer with a lot of cheating. Harvard’s so-called "Boston game" involved 11 men per side, kicking a soccer ball, but players also had the option of picking up the ball and running with it, as long as an opponent was chasing them. If the chaser stopped, the player had to kick or throw the ball away. It was a little bit of an oddity, this game, and history shows us that it fizzled from the popular record. Harvard won its version of football handily.
The next day, McGill and Harvard met again on the field, and McGill laid out the rules for its game. First of all, a wobbly, oblong, rugby-type of ball was used. The Canadian game allowed 13 players per side to kick, throw or carry the ball. There were downs, there were "tries" in the rugby sense (which quickly came to be known as touchdowns) and there was tackling.
On that day, football, as Americans came to know it, was played for the first time in America.
That first match finished tied at zeroes. The players put some of the $250 gate toward a big party that night, and the rest of it helped cover McGill’s travel costs.
Scorelessness aside, the Harvard team was smitten with this new sport. They had such a hoot playing McGill’s game that the Harvard team taught the rules to its rivals at Yale the next year. Princeton was the third American school to fall for football. After that, the game took off like a turkey through the corn. All the colleges were playing football shortly thereafter. Next thing you know, half the planet bears witness to a "wardrobe malfunction" in the same instant.
You’re welcome, America.
The truest version of events is that baseball wasn’t invented by anyone. It’s kind of like barbecue sauce. There are lots of versions, and they all have their delightful regional differences, but nobody can claim real authorship.
Baseball, as we know it, came together fitfully, over decades and decades. There are etchings of people playing something called "Bass-Ball" in Guildford in Southern England in the 1740s. And certainly, English immigrants to Canada and the U.S. brought games like cricket and rounders and stickball with them. So there was plenty of baseball-ish play going on in North America as far back as the mid-1800s.
In 1791, Pittsfield, Mass., passed a bylaw forbidding all manner of ball games in the field near the town meeting house. Glass was expensive, and the town had gotten fed up with replacing broken windows. "Baseball" was on the long list of Pittsfield’s verboten hijinx, so there is recorded proof that "baseball" — whatever that actually meant — was a known thing way back then. And obviously, it was slowly changing and growing in popularity. But while that was going on, it was happening beyond the notice of any newspapers or record keepers.
It turns out that the earliest, detailed, reputable account of baseball being played in North America came out of a game in Beachville, Ont., which is in the Woodstock-London neck of the woods. The date of record is June 4, 1838. Teams from the neighbouring townships of Oxford and Zorra squared off. An eyewitness to the game wrote about it (admittedly, a few decades after the fact) in the pages of Sporting Life magazine.
The game was played in the field behind the Beachville blacksmith’s shop, perhaps in honour of the 100-year anniversary of King George III’s birthday. (Though that date might be a coincidence. Was there ever a time when people said, “We must play baseball to honour a long dead king?” That would be like insisting we all polka on Remembrance Day.)
The Beachville game would be recognizable to fans of modern baseball, with a couple of quirks. They had five bases, rather than four, which were called "byes" back then. And if catches were made after a single bounce, the batter was out. The other thing that might have seemed odd to Americans at the time is that the Beachville pitching was overhand, as in the modern game. Underhand pitching was the most common style in the U.S. at the time.
Twenty-nine years ago, the CBC interviewed the citizens of Beachville as they were making merry on the 150th anniversary of this first game.
If there is any controversy about Beachville’s game, the people stoking the flames would likely be citizens of Hoboken, N.J., who would prefer very much if their game (played at Elysian Fields seven years later) was universally declared to be the first recorded ball game. I don’t know what to say about that, except that "second recorded baseball game" is a pretty good claim, and Hoboken is the undisputed birthplace of Frank Sinatra, which ought to be enough for anyone.
While we are taking a moment to look at the deep Canadian roots of baseball, we should pause to consider one of the all-time great characters of the game, Toronto’s own Foxy Irwin. He was Canada’s own cross between Field of Dreams and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.
Born in Muddy York on Valentine's Day 1858, Arthur Albert Irwin had an Irish dad and a Canadian mom. At 25 years old, playing shortstop for the Providence Grays, he broke two fingers. Rather than quit playing, the wily fielder proved he deserved his nickname when he got an oversized leather glove, added padding to it, stitched fingers three and four together and invented the fielder’s glove.
|
|||||
7350
|
dbpedia
|
1
| 56
|
https://simplifaster.com/articles/team-sport-athletes-sprint-form/
|
en
|
Should Team Sport Athletes Run Like Track Sprinters?
|
[
"https://simplifaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Logo-Reverse.svg",
"https://simplifaster.com/wp-content/themes/essence-pro/images/icon-cart.svg",
"https://simplifaster.com/wp-content/themes/essence-pro/images/icon-cart.svg",
"https://simplifaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Team-Sprinter-Valle-1024x536.jpg",
"https://simplifaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Carl-Valle-150x150.jpg",
"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cfc39a5bd3f0f88449a06fe49f825ea1?s=60&d=mm&r=g",
"https://simplifaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Logo-Reverse.svg"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[
"Carl Valle",
"www.facebook.com"
] |
2020-02-27T08:30:34+00:00
|
Carl Valle navigates the debate over sprinting technique in team sport to give his thoughts on the influence of linear speed on game speed.
|
en
|
SimpliFaster
|
https://simplifaster.com/articles/team-sport-athletes-sprint-form/
|
If you were to ask any question about sprinting technique in team sports, you would more than likely start a big debate. While most arguments lead to a conclusion, unfortunately, most discussions revolving around running mechanics in team sport simply muddy the water.
I have asked a lot of smart people how they view the value and practice of running mechanics, and the responses I’ve heard are mostly disappointing. I suspect an agenda, because if they aren’t confident about their situation or ability to improve technique, the value of running mechanics is seen as a threat. Conversely, a lot of track coaches are used as solutions to running mechanics in team sport, but they don’t have enough experience outside athletics to actually improve speed and efficiency in team sports. A few speed experts—the minority—have the knowledge and experience to impact the game, and I will share my thoughts on the matter in this blog post.
I know for a fact that athletes can improve running kinematics and performance later in their career, and I admit that sometimes it’s just fine to leave things alone. If you are curious about how linear speed can raise game speed, this article will be both controversial and helpful.
Common Arguments – The Fair, the Weak, and the Deceptive
Overall, coaches on both sides of the sprint technique and performance debate push a lot of personal agendas. A track coach will always defend their value; they are indeed correct, and team sport is a very demanding responsibility with limited time and resources. So, you will see a lot of bad arguments stagnate for years, mainly because each side focuses on single points rather than seeing the big picture.
Instead of writing a biased article, I have listed rationales for both sides. Here are some fair points from the “technique is limited and of poor value” crowd in team sports.
Athletes with no formal technique training sometimes have very good technique.
The best athletes in the world seem to be nearly as fast as sprinters.
At elite levels, the chance of changing technique is unlikely and may not actually improve the odds of winning.
Team sports have less training and preparation time than Olympic sports.
The demands of play may create styles of running that help improve game tactics.
Now for the other side of the debate: those who believe that technique matters for all sports and improving linear speed can help find a winning edge. Most of the speed coaches who have track and field backgrounds or use materials from sprint coaches will make a case for the following:
Linear sprinting mechanics are commonly expressed in many game situations and sports.
Faster athletes tend to help either create space offensively or close it defensively.
Athletes who work on form often get faster without a reliance on resistance training.
Chronically injured athletes who have the right coach seem to get better because of technique improvements.
A long-term investment in running mechanics is possible, even with few resources such as time and energy.
So, who is right? Well, it’s not exactly easy to address the points above, as they are often generalized and taken out of context. To be fair, the main debate is how much return on investment would occur in terms of winning if linear sprinting mechanics were trained seriously in team sports. Most of the detractors are coaches for soccer, American football, basketball, and other field sports. I will cover those perspectives and more with a few shorter passages, as it’s not as simple as how many minutes of wickets a week will help win a World Cup.
The main debate is how much return on investment would occur in terms of winning if linear sprinting mechanics were trained seriously in team sports, says @spikesonly. Share on X
Sprinting Technique – A Modern Pandora’s Box
Let’s start with the biggest piece of the argument: How much does technique matter for speed and injury rates? If you look at the science, the answer is very little to none. At first glance, it looks like I could stop here if we only make conclusions based on the current research, but the contrary evidence isn’t really available. The reason is that, by nature, elite speed athletes are a limited population, and how they became elite isn’t well-documented for science to understand.
Many of the Nordic hamstring researchers make great points that if the world’s best technicians—sprint coaches, to be specific—still have athletes with hamstring injuries, then what should we expect from strength coaches who may not have as much time or knowledge on the subject? The problem with that point is injury rates with a raised ceiling (increased velocity) is not a fair comparison. When an athlete learns to sprint faster, the risk of injury will likely slide along with them. Running with better technique may result in the same speed with less risk, but often the athlete improves speed and mitigates risk slightly. Running mechanics affect the statistical game everywhere in a very unpredictable manner.
Another point that we must consider is the location of the athlete along their genetic ceiling continuum. Athletes running 10.3 m/s are not hitting the extreme limits of elite sprinters who are pushing 12.2 m/s plus. Nearly all team sport athletes can get faster, so the submaximal velocities of team sports, even at maximal efforts, are not the same as peak velocities at all-out efforts in track. When a coach works with an athlete who is at their maximum limit, they are unfortunately forced to play with fire, and getting burned is part of the game. Mitigating risk as much as possible is important, but if you want to get faster, you must take necessary risk.
When a coach works with an athlete who is at their maximum limit, they are unfortunately forced to play with fire, and getting burned is part of the game, says @spikesonly. Share on X
With winning and losing sometimes being a game of inches, the enhanced speed of athletes is a necessary part of the game. While the amount of time to spend on both the skills and physical abilities is an unknown, ignoring raw athlete speed is foolish and unproven. As long as there is the potential to get faster without unreasonable requirements, it’s only logical that teams should investigate the probability of getting existing athletes and future athletes faster from modifying training. Note: I will cover the application to address injuries and performance later, but this section’s purpose is to inform those who are either skeptical or threatened by the topic.
I will simplify the debate further. If you are not comfortable with training and sprint theory, track and field is an inconvenient truth and it’s scary. Due to the clarity of what success looks like, chaotic sports have less control and sometimes less education for improving performance. Even today we see a lot of team performance staff uncomfortable with the basic principles of training that are found in foundational courses for Olympic sports. Instead of being organized, track and field is still in a silo with many sports, but the good news is this is changing.
Unfortunately, judging by what is posted on social media, we are still far away from real progress. It’s great that we see support for using sprinting to get athletes faster, and the fact that the strength and conditioning profession uses electronic timing now is a step forward. Still, let’s not celebrate the standard of a bar level that is at our shins when we have so much to do.
The Mother of Speed Sports – Athletics
Linear speed is a gross capacity characteristic of athletes. The ability to run fast in a straight line is valuable, and it’s strange how the raw ability to move at high speed is seen as uninteresting to many performance and medical staffs today. When you watch American football, you see athletes expressing athleticism with countless highlights, and if you dig deeper, most of those players have a great background in track and field. Sprinting and hurdling are great enablers, but when the team sport season comes up, track and field seems to get cast aside. I am very biased with track and field, not just because I am a fan, but because I have seen more growth due to participation in the sport in the offseason than from speed training in team sport practices.
I have seen more growth due to participation in track and field in the offseason than from speed training in team sport practices, says @spikesonly. Share on X
So why is track and field cast aside? I blame track and field. If we did a better job internally, we would be respected externally. For instance, look at the NFL’s “fastest man” challenge—we saw more hype there than with most 100-meter duels during the Diamond League. Money is power, so the other sports look to track and field as a disposable sport to help feed more excitement into their stadiums, and it’s working.
I have yet to see a star track athlete from another sport (read, made), but plenty of track athletes have made the leap to other sports to contribute to them. Look at the vast numbers of high school and college football players who leveraged their spring track season or even indoor season to become faster and more dynamic on the field. Football is getting smarter, and this is why the TFC with Tony Holler and Chris Korfist sells out.
The Antifragile Myths and Misconceptions
When I see the terms “robust” or “resilient,” I often observe just the opposite: light loads, low velocities, and mongrel exercises. In all honesty, robust and resilient are now the new functional training terms, and while the movements and theories are not as silly, running around doing weird and strange exercises won’t necessarily help an athlete stay on the field. Along with the ACWR (acute chronic work ratio) being a little suspect, we need models based on history, not economic theory or conveniently crude load models based on arbitrary statistical calculations.
The ACWR and antifragile concepts are not the real issue or problem—it’s the reliance on both concepts that leads us astray. The human body can adapt wonderfully to an enormous amount of stress, be it chemical, emotional, or mechanical. What is strange is that many proponents of antifragile theories believe that hamstrings and other anatomical areas don’t build up protection from running mechanics that are considered risky. If an athlete gets hurt during a period where they seem to be in the safe sweet spot, running mechanics may be the cause, showing that gross mechanical load metrics need more granularity and validity.
Load management is not going away. It seems now, instead of trying to understand the problem with injury mechanisms, teams would rather do nothing and hope that resting means an athlete will be less exposed to risk. This may work temporarily with some, but if rest is best, then why are so many athletes simply not able to stay healthy with any type of load management strategy? Playing your stars less in the NBA works when you are a great team and have the luxury, but if you are a football team, this doesn’t happen, and practices need adjusting.
If rest is best, then why are so many athletes simply not able to stay healthy with any type of load management strategy? asks @spikesonly. Share on X
What is amazing is that all of the antifragile discussions popular years ago seem to be strangely quiet when the rubber hits the road. The good news is more in regard to high-speed running and being resilient. How much, what sequence, and who are the best candidates for additional or modified training is up to the coach. My concern is that coaches simply like to add more “stuff,” looking to create an insurance policy instead of taking away or changing other variables. You can add without subtracting, but you need to think long and hard about how fatigue and mechanical stress will interact with team practice. It’s not easy, and it’s very tricky to do during a long season.
Running Mechanics for Performance and Injury Reduction
Several coaches have asked me what the relationship between injuries and running mechanics is, and I’ve pointed out that the faster the athlete, the smaller the margin of error. General thermodynamics doesn’t illustrate humans perfectly, but higher forces and contractions tend to cause more acute injuries. More chronic type injuries are cumulative, and this is cloudy, but we still don’t have enough good information to make strong conclusions.
Jurdan Mendiguchia has done some great work building a framework to properly evaluate athlete function and injuries, but most of what I see is that an athlete needs to have the recovery mechanics match their stance phase force expression. I am not saying it needs to be perfect, but overstriding and poor stiffness tend to recruit the muscles around the hip in a way that is hard to sustain without really good fatigue management. Plenty of athletes have been managed well with training loads for years. You can have a general load of the quality of work be well designed, but you may not be able to manage a local muscle without tight precision.
Here are the problems I tend to see with sports, and it is not always possible to fix them with drills or manual therapy. We all speculate, but we don’t know what causes the change: the exposure time or the coach.
Overall tightness or specific regional or muscle tightness.
Excessive backside mechanics with insufficient knee lift.
Poor stiffness and excessive vertical drop.
Poor knee lift recruitment patterns that overload synergists.
Foot motion that increases possible overload to the foot up the kinetic chain.
Common reaching or overstriding with corresponding arm carriage issues.
General poor upper body patterns that interfere with lower body balance.
Most of the time, the old adage from Dr. Norman Murphy of “when performance decreases, injury sometimes increases” is especially true with running mechanics. Obviously, gait analysis with kinetic data can improve the chances of properly seeing cause and effect, but overall, when you improve mechanics, the risk of injury will decrease provided that you factor in the effort and velocity. Maximal effort and higher speeds may cancel out the decline in risk, but plenty of athletes have reduced their rate of injury while improving speed.
The goal is to work on running mechanics to improve efficiency without chasing outcome effectiveness too much, says @spikesonly. Share on X
There is no guarantee, though. Many athletes will get hurt after working on speed in the offseason, so the goal is to work on running mechanics to improve efficiency without chasing outcome effectiveness too much. By all means, get faster, but don’t fix all the issues with strength and power. Fitness may get an athlete faster and teach them to be more balanced, but a tired athlete running fast still rolls the dice because of the nature of human limits.
What You Can Realistically Do With Running Mechanics
Now for the reality check—attempting to improve sprint technique with team sports. There is no mounting evidence that supports elite programs, but that is not due to failure, it’s due to lack of really trying. Let’s be honest: The more talented an athlete is, the less likely they will be tinkered with, since athletes with good genes are coddled. We may not be able to overhaul an athlete, but we can focus our attention on the academy level and do it right there.
I am not giving up on adult athletes, as I do think it’s possible to improve their running mechanics since I do it myself, but working one-on-one with an athlete in the offseason is hardly the same as trying to manage a group of players during the season. Most of the changes will come from addressing warm-ups and adjusting resting patterns. Because most teams don’t devote time specifically to general training, it will be very difficult to make changes. Still, fight for change where you can, as we see plenty of athletes taking their warm-ups seriously, even when they look a little odd.
You should base the realistic expectation on time and athlete engagement. If an athlete is motivated but you don’t have fresh legs and the clock on your side, not much will be done. If an athlete is with a guru or private coach, this could be a major gift or a curse, so it’s about education and evaluation with video. Yes, at the end of the day, video enables a coach to not only see kinematics (technique), but if you use all of the tools correctly, you can see how velocity changes with technique changes. Sometimes, perhaps most of the time, just working on technique with purpose will clean technique up. When an athlete concentrates and puts effort into upright running and acceleration, time rewards those involved.
A good, recent example comes from soccer. I will admit, my interest in soccer is not only due to it being the world’s most popular game. Clearly, it’s a business move for me to help the sport, but I actually played it and enjoy the beauty of it. I based my article on the problems with American soccer on a few athletes I worked with this past summer. We didn’t have much time to train, but we made the most of every repetition and made huge improvements in speed that showed up on the athlete tracking readings.
Even athletes who were not training with us got faster from utilizing practices and games as small windows of speed opportunity. No drills, no special exercises, just knowing that a few extended bursts with absolute rest add up over months. Also, an athlete experiencing change or corrections live and in person is a huge benefit, as they are able to take on their own technical responsibilities remotely if a coach can’t be there.
Finally, let’s talk about what exact velocity and technique changes are possible, and what may not be feasible. Many athletes will be stubborn to change, and during a big play an athlete will always go to their comfortable running technique, but this isn’t all the time. I have seen some athletes purposely go to a running strategy they learned in practice and have it work, as they were confident in the coaching. This could sometimes backfire, as high intensity with unstable mechanical qualities can cause some complications and injury, but the opposite is usually the case. Most of what I see is an athlete learning to relax at high speeds because they feel like they have a plan.
Maybe what we say is not valid, but if an athlete is confident, they are comfortable, and if they are comfortable, they are likely a natural runner. You can be loose and stiff—meaning you can have rapid stiffness during foot strike while relaxing quickly in and out of the stride. This pulsating pattern requires an athlete to be in control and know when not to force something. In past years it took seasons to teach this, now it takes sessions.
I completely realize that a team sport athlete doesn’t need to be perfect or moonlight as a competitive sprinter. What drives me nuts are the common beliefs that you can’t change athletes at all, and that linear sprinting has poor value in team sport. We don’t teach athletes relay exchanges or how to high jump, but track and field works now, and it has always worked in the past. There is a limit, and it comes with the territory of training, but giving up or blocking the knowledge of the sport from helping other team sports is dishonest.
Play the Cards You’re Dealt
It’s fine to be honest and accept that improving running mechanics is not a huge return on investment and is also a hard job. Still, we all know that sports training is a terrible but necessary commitment, as you put in a pound to get an ounce.
It’s worth spending a lot of time refining movement at all levels, as quality locomotion is the backbone to team sports, says @spikesonly. Share on X
Training will never be effective with advanced and/or older athletes, as they have already hit a genetic ceiling. Don’t give up, just know that it’s worth addressing, and never force a change that seems not to jive with an athlete. Athletes may not need or even respond well to technical changes, but it’s worth spending a lot of time refining movement at all levels, as quality locomotion is the backbone to team sports.
Since you’re here…
…we have a small favor to ask. More people are reading SimpliFaster than ever, and each week we bring you compelling content from coaches, sport scientists, and physiotherapists who are devoted to building better athletes. Please take a moment to share the articles on social media, engage the authors with questions and comments below, and link to articles when appropriate if you have a blog or participate on forums of related topics. — SF
|
|||||
7350
|
dbpedia
|
2
| 8
|
https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Football_(American)
|
en
|
New World Encyclopedia
|
[
"https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/images/nwe_header.jpg",
"https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/d/images/thumb/f/f8/Colt_McCoy_passing_against_UCF.jpg/300px-Colt_McCoy_passing_against_UCF.jpg",
"https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/d/images/thumb/a/ac/Unknown_Early_American_Football_Team.jpg/250px-Unknown_Early_American_Football_Team.jpg",
"https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/d/images/thumb/b/b9/1882RutgersFootballTeam.jpg/200px-1882RutgersFootballTeam.jpg",
"https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/d/images/thumb/4/4e/Tuftsfootball.jpg/300px-Tuftsfootball.jpg",
"https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/d/images/thumb/4/43/11-11-06-LA-Coliseum-USC-UO.jpg/250px-11-11-06-LA-Coliseum-USC-UO.jpg",
"https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/d/images/thumb/7/71/Canadian_football_positions.jpg/300px-Canadian_football_positions.jpg",
"https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/d/images/thumb/c/c5/AmFBfield.svg/250px-AmFBfield.svg.png",
"https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/d/images/thumb/6/65/Football_cross.jpg/300px-Football_cross.jpg",
"https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/d/images/thumb/9/91/2006_UT_fall_scrimmage_Snead.JPG/300px-2006_UT_fall_scrimmage_Snead.JPG",
"https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/d/images/thumb/d/d8/2006_Pro_Bowl_tackle.jpg/300px-2006_Pro_Bowl_tackle.jpg",
"https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/d/images/thumb/f/f0/Virginia_Tech_Hokies_block_punt_vs_Duke.jpg/300px-Virginia_Tech_Hokies_block_punt_vs_Duke.jpg",
"https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/d/images/thumb/9/90/American_Football_Kick.jpg/250px-American_Football_Kick.jpg",
"https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/d/images/thumb/e/ec/Penn_State_kickoff.jpg/300px-Penn_State_kickoff.jpg",
"https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/d/images/thumb/3/3c/American_football_positions.svg/300px-American_football_positions.svg.png",
"https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/d/images/thumb/4/44/2004_Emerald_Bowl_Navy-New_Mexico_QB_throw.jpg/250px-2004_Emerald_Bowl_Navy-New_Mexico_QB_throw.jpg",
"https://static.newworldencyclopedia.org/skins/common/images/Cc.logo.circle.png",
"https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/resources/assets/poweredby_mediawiki_88x31.png"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[] | null |
en
|
https://static.newworldencyclopedia.org/favicon.ico
|
https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Football_(American)
|
American football, known in the United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport known for its physical roughness despite being a highly strategic game. The object of the game is to score points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone, kicking a field goal, or scoring a safety by tackling an opposing team's ball-carrier in his own end zone. The ball can be advanced either by carrying it or by throwing it to a teammate. The winner is the team with the most points when the time expires and the last play ends.
American football descended from rugby football, played in the United Kingdom in the mid-nineteenth century. The first game of college football was played on November 6, 1869 between Rutgers University and Princeton University. The first modernized game was on June 4, 1875 between Harvard University and Tufts University.
Professional football developed in the mill towns of Pennsylvania and the American Midwest in the early twentieth century. The National Football League (NFL) was founded in 1920 in Canton, Ohio, and is now comprised of 32 teams. Today, football is the most popular American sport, with the day of the NFL championship—the Super Bowl—being one of the biggest occasions for social gatherings in the United States.
Outside the United States, the sport is referred to as American football to differentiate it from other football games. In Australia and New Zealand, the game is known as Gridiron, although in America the word "gridiron" refers only to the playing field. Variations of the game include Canadian football and Arena football.
History
American football dates from the early 1800s when teams in various colleges and secondary schools met. They usually played by kicking or batting at the ball, as in varieties of football played in the United Kingdom. In 1867, the convergence of various developments at Eastern colleges and schools led to the codification of American football. Rutgers University and Princeton University played the first recorded game of American college football on November 6, 1869 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, won by Rutgers 6-4. Today, Rutgers is popularly recognized as the "Birthplace of College Football." However, English Football Association rules were followed in this Princeton/Rutgers contest; participants were only allowed to kick the ball, not handle it; and each side had 25 men. Thus, some see the Princeton-Rutgers meeting of 1869 as the first intercollegiate game of "soccer" in America, but not American football (Smith 1988). In 1870, Rutgers invited Columbia for a game, and the popularity of intercollegiate competition in football would spread throughout the country.
Dartmouth College students played a football-like game now known as "Old Division Football," for which they published rules in 1871. In 1873, Columbia, Rutgers, Princeton, and Yale met to formulate the intercollegiate football rules for the games they played. This meeting is notable for two reasons. First, it is the first attempt at making a single set of rules for all schools to follow. Second, Harvard refused to join the meeting.
The first modern game
Harvard University and Tufts University played one of the "first" games that would be recognizable to modern fans as American football on June 4, 1875 at Jarvis Field in Cambridge, Mass., won by Tufts 1-0. A report of the outcome of this game appeared in the Boston Daily Globe on June 5, 1875. In the Tufts-Harvard game participants were allowed to pick up the ball and run with it, each side fielded 11 men, the ball carrier was stopped by knocking him down or "tackling" him, and the inflated ball was egg-shaped. A year prior to the Tufts-Harvard game, Harvard faced McGill University of Montreal, Canada on May 14, 1874 in a game under rules similar to the Tufts-Harvard game. To this day, Harvard, McGill, and Tufts continue to field football teams though they no longer play each other.
Encouraged by Yale University's Walter Camp, the schools began to adopt the rules that would differentiate American football from rugby in the 1880s. The scrimmage was introduced in 1880 and the system of downs in 1882.
However, by the turn of the twentieth century, football had become notoriously dangerous, and 18 college players died in 1905 alone. Colleges responded with a series of rule changes to open up the game, most importantly the forward pass, along with outlawing dangerous formations such as the "flying wedge," and introducing and requiring better equipment such as helmets. The game achieved its modern form by 1912, when the field was changed to its current size, the value of a touchdown increased to six points, and a fourth down added to each possession.
Originally dominated by the Ivy League, football soon captured the interest of colleges nationwide. By 1916, when the Rose Bowl game matching eastern and western teams became an annual event, football had developed a national following, second only to baseball among team sports.
Professional football developed in the mill towns of Pennsylvania and the American Midwest in the early years of the twentieth century. The future National Football League (NFL) was founded in 1920 in Canton, Ohio as the American Professional Football Association; it adopted its current name in 1922. Professional football remained a largely regional sport of secondary importance to college football until after World War II, when television broadcasts boosted NFL football's national appeal. The professional game had surpassed both college football and baseball in popularity by the early 1970s. The first Super Bowl—between the champions of the NFL and the rival American Football League—was played in 1967, and the leagues merged in 1970.
Befitting its status as a popular sport, football is played in leagues of different size, age, and quality, in all regions of the country. Organized football is played almost exclusively by men and boys, although a few amateur and semi-professional women's leagues have begun in recent years.
The 32-team National Football League (NFL) is currently the only major professional American football league. There are no developmental or minor leagues, but the similar sports Arena football and Canadian football are considered lower-level leagues.
College football is also popular throughout North America. Nearly every college and university has a football team, no matter its size, and plays in its own stadium. The largest, most popular collegiate teams routinely fill stadiums larger than 60,000. Several college stadiums seat more than 100,000 fans and usually fill them to capacity. The weekly autumn ritual of college football includes marching bands, cheerleaders, homecoming parties, and the tailgate party, and forms an important part of the culture in much of small town America. Football is generally the major source of revenue to the athletic programs of schools, public and private, in the United States.
Most American high schools also have football teams. In the Southern United States, many schools regularly fill stadiums holding over 10,000 fans and can afford artificial playing surfaces. Since high schools in the United States are tied to the town they are situated in, the football team is often a chief source of civic pride in small towns, and football heroes are very well-regarded in their communities.
Football is also played recreationally by amateur and youth teams (e.g., the Pop Warner little-league programs). There are also many "semi-pro" teams in leagues where the players are paid to play but at a small enough salary that they generally must also hold a full-time job.
Due to the violence and expense of the sport, many football games involve variations of the rules to minimize contact. These include touch football and flag football, both of which do not involve tackling and usually omit helmets and padding.
Football is an autumn sport. A season typically begins in mid-to-late August and runs through December, into January. The professional playoffs run through January.
It is a long-standing tradition in the United States, though not universally observed, that high school football games are played on Friday night, college games on Saturday, and professional games on Sunday. In the 1970s, the NFL began to schedule one game on Monday night on ABC. In recent years, nationally televised Thursday night college games have become a weekly fixture on ESPN.
Certain fall and winter holidays—most notably Thanksgiving and New Year's Day—have traditional football games associated with them.
Outside the United States
The professional Canadian Football League and collegiate Canadian Interuniversity Sport play under Canadian rules, which involve fewer downs, a wider field, more players, and thus emphasize the passing game more than the NFL. The NFL operated a developmental league, NFL Europa, with teams in five German cities and one in the Netherlands, but this league folded following the 2007 season. The sport is popular as an amateur activity in Mexico and American Samoa and to a lesser extent in Japan, Europe, Korea, The Bahamas, Chile, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Australia (Gridiron Australia), Israel, and the United Kingdom (BAFL).
The International Federation of American Football is the governing body for American football with 45 member associations from North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Oceania. The IFAF also oversees the American Football World Cup, which is held every four years. Japan won the first two World Cups, held in 1999 and 2003. Team USA, which had not participated in the previous World Cups, won the title in 2007. Despite this, the game has been slow to catch on in most countries.
Rules
The object of American football is to score more points than the opposing team within the time limit of the game.
American football is played on a field 120 yards long by 160 feet wide. The longer boundary lines are sidelines, while the shorter boundary lines are end lines. Near each end of the field are two goal lines located 100 yards apart. A scoring area called an end zone extends 10 yards beyond each goal line to each end line.
Yard lines cross the field every five yards, and are numbered from each goal line to the 50-yard line, or midfield. Two rows of lines, known as hash marks, are interspersed between the yard lines, one yard apart from each other. All plays start with the ball on or between the hash marks.
At the back of each end zone are two goal posts (also called uprights) 18.5 feet apart and connected by a crossbar 10 feet from the ground.
Each team has 11 players on the field at a time. However, teams may substitute for any or all of their players, if time allows, during the break between plays during time-outs. As a result, players have very specialized roles, and the large majority of the 46 active players on an NFL team will play in any given game. Thus, teams are divided into three separate units: the offense, the defense, and the special teams, which are involved in kicking plays.
Game duration
A standard professional or college football game consists of four 15-minute quarters—typically lasting 12 minutes in high-school football—with a half-time intermission after the second quarter. The clock stops after certain plays; therefore, a game lasts considerably longer than the official game time, often more than three hours in real time. If an NFL game is tied after four quarters, the teams play an additional period lasting up to 15 minutes. In an NFL overtime game, the first team that scores wins; this is referred to as sudden death. In a regular-season NFL game, if neither team scores in overtime, the game is a tie. In an NFL playoff game, additional overtime periods are played, as needed, to determine a winner. College overtime rules are more complicated.
Advancing the ball
The team that takes possession of the ball (the offense) has four attempts, called downs, to advance the ball ten yards toward their opponent's (the defense's) end zone. When the offense gains ten yards, it gets a first down, which means the team has another set of four downs to gain yet another ten yards or score with. If the offense fails to gain a first down (ten yards) after four downs, the other team gets possession of the ball.
Before each down, each team chooses a play, or coordinated set of actions, that the players should follow on a down. Sometimes, downs themselves are referred to as "plays." The plays are usually communicated in a "huddle" in which the players group together so that the play will not be known by the opposing team; however, plays are often called out by the captain on the line of scrimmage. These plays are called "audibles" and often involve codes to prevent the opposing team's understanding.
Except at the beginning of halves and after scores, the ball is always put into play by a snap. Offensive players line up facing the defensive players at the line of scrimmage—the position on the field where the play begins. One offensive player, the center, then passes (or "snaps") the ball between his legs to a teammate, usually the quarterback.
Players can then advance the ball in two ways:
By running with the ball, also known as rushing. One ball-carrier can hand the ball to another player or pass the ball through the air backwards to another player. These are known as a handoff and a lateral respectively.
By throwing the ball forward to a teammate, known as a forward pass or as passing the football. The offense can throw the ball forward only once on a play, and only before crossing the line of scrimmage.
A down ends, and the ball becomes dead, after any of the following:
The player with the ball is forced to the ground (tackled) or has his forward progress halted by members of the other team.
A forward pass touches the ground before it is caught or is caught out of bounds. This is known as an incomplete pass. The ball is returned to the most recent line of scrimmage for the next down.
The ball or the player with the ball goes beyond the dimensions of the field (out of bounds).
A team scores.
Officials blow a whistle to notify players that the down is over.
Change of possession
The offense maintains possession of the ball unless one of the following things occur:
The team fails to get a first down (i.e., in four downs they fail to move ten yards ahead of where they got their last first down). The defensive team takes over the ball at the spot where the fourth down play ends.
The offense scores a touchdown or field goal. The team that scored then kicks the ball to the other team in a special play called a kickoff.
The offense punts the ball to the defense. A punt is a kick in which a player drops the ball and kicks it before it hits the ground. Punts are nearly always made on a fourth down, when the offensive team does not want to risk giving up the ball to the other team at its current spot on the field and feels it is too far from the other team's goal posts to attempt a field goal.
A defensive player catches a forward pass. This is called an interception, and the player who makes the interception can run with the ball until he is tackled, forced out of bounds, or scores.
An offensive player loses the ball (a fumble) before being tackled and a defensive player picks it up. As with interceptions, a player "recovering" a fumble can run with the ball until tackled or forced out of bounds. Lateral passes that are not caught, or caught by a defensive player, are considered fumbles. Lost fumbles and interceptions are together known as turnovers. In college rules, a player who recovers the ball by falling on it, may not advance the ball even if he has not been tackled.
The offensive team misses a field goal attempt. In this case the defensive team gets the ball at the spot where the previous play began or—in the NFL—at the spot of the kick. If the unsuccessful kick was attempted from within 20 yards of the end zone, the other team gets the ball at its own 20-yard line (that is, 20 yards from the end zone).
The defense forces a "safety." If an offensive ball-carrier is tackled or forced out of bounds in his own end-zone—or loses the ball out of bounds there, or the offense commits certain penalties in the end-zone—the defense scores a "safety," worth two points. The offense must then kick the ball to the defense from its own 20 yard line.
An offensive ball-carrier fumbles the ball forward into the end zone and then the ball goes out of bounds. This rare occurrence leads to a touchback, with the ball going over to the opposing team at their 20 yard line. (However, touchbacks during non-offensive special teams plays, such as punts and kickoffs, are quite common.)
Scoring
A team scores points by the following plays:
A touchdown is worth six points. It is scored when a player runs the ball into or catches a pass in his opponent's end zone.
A conversion. After a touchdown, the ball is placed at the other team's three-yard line (the two-yard line in the NFL). The team can attempt to kick it over the crossbar and through the goal posts in the manner of a field goal for one point (an extra point or point after touchdown (PAT)), or it may run or pass the ball into the end zone in the manner of a touchdown for two points (a two-point conversion).
A field goal (FG) is worth three points. It is scored by kicking the ball over the crossbar and through the goal posts. Field goals may be placekicked (kicked when the ball is held vertically against the ground by a teammate) or drop-kicked (extremely uncommon in the modern game). A field goal is usually attempted on fourth down instead of a punt when the ball is close to the opponent's goal line, or when there is little or no time left to otherwise score.
A safety, worth two points, is scored by the defense when a ball-carrier is tackled in his own end zone, etc., as explained above.
Kickoffs and free kicks
Each half begins with a kickoff. Teams also kick off after scoring touchdowns and field goals. The ball is kicked using a kicking tee from the team's own 30-yard line in the NFL and college football (as of the 2007 season). The other team's kick returner tries to catch the ball and advance it as far as possible. Where he is stopped is the point where the offense will begin its drive, or series of offensive plays. If the kick returner catches the ball in his own end zone, he can either run with the ball, or elect for a touchback by kneeling in the end zone, in which case the receiving team then starts its offensive drive from its own 20-yard line. A touchback also occurs when the kick goes out-of-bounds in the end zone. A kickoff that goes out-of-bounds anywhere other than the end zone before being touched by the receiving team results in a penalty. Unlike with punts, once a kickoff goes 10 yards, it can be recovered by the kicking team. A team, especially one who is losing, can try to take advantage of this by attempting an Onside kick. Punts and turnovers in the end zone can also end in a touchback.
After safeties, the team that gave up the two points puts the ball into play with a punt or placekick from its own 20-yard line.
Penalties
Rule violations are punished with penalties against the offending team. Most penalties result in moving the football towards the offending team's end zone. If the penalty would move the ball more than half the distance to the defense's end zone, the penalty becomes half the distance to the goal instead of its normal value.
Most penalties result in replaying the down. Some defensive penalties give the offense an automatic first down. Conversely, some offensive penalties result in the automatic loss of a down. If a penalty gives the offensive team enough yardage to gain a first down, they get a first down, as usual.
If a penalty occurs during a play, an official throws a yellow flag near the spot of the foul. When the play ends, the team that did not commit the penalty has the option of accepting the penalty, or declining the penalty and accepting the result of the play.
A few of the most common penalties include:
False start: An offensive player illegally moves after lining up for the snap. The play is dead immediately.
Offside: A defensive player is on the wrong side of the ball at the start of a play. If play has started, the penalty is delayed pending the outcome of the play.
Holding: Illegally grasping or pulling an opponent other than the ball-carrier.
Pass interference: Illegally contacting an opponent to prevent him from catching a forward pass.
Delay of game: Failing to begin a new play after a certain time from the end of the last one.
Illegal block in the back: An offensive player pushing a defensive player in the back.
Face mask: Grasping or touching the face mask of another player while attempting to block or tackle him.
Clipping: A blocker hitting an opposing defender from below the waist from behind.
Variations
Variations on these basic rules exist, particularly in touch and flag football, which are designed as non-contact or limited-contact alternatives to the relative violence of regular American football. In touch and flag football, normal tackling is not permitted. Offensive players are "tackled" when a defender tags them or removes a flag from their body, respectively. Both of these varieties are played mainly in informal settings such as intramural or youth games. Professional, intercollegiate, and varsity-level high school football invariably use the standard tackling rules.
Another variation is with the number of players on the field. In sparsely populated areas, it is not uncommon to find high school football teams playing nine-man football, eight-man football or six-man football. Players often play on offense as well as defense. The Arena Football League is a league that plays eight-man football, and also plays indoors and on a much smaller playing surface.
Players
Most football players have highly specialized roles. At the college and NFL levels, most play only offense or only defense, but many will double as special teams players.
Offense
The offensive line (OL) consists of five players whose job is to protect the passer and clear the way for runners by blocking members of the defense. Except for the center, offensive linemen generally do not handle the ball.
The quarterback (QB) receives the snap from the center on most plays. He then hands or tosses it to a running back, throws it to a receiver or runs with it himself. The quarterback is the leader of the offense and calls the plays that are signaled to him from the sidelines.
Running backs (RB) line up behind or beside the QB and specialize in running with the ball. They also block, catch passes and, on rare occasions, pass the ball to others. If a team has two running backs in the game, usually one will be a halfback (HB) or tailback (TB), who is more likely to run with the ball, and the other will usually be a fullback (FB), who is more likely to block.
Wide receivers (WR) line up near the sidelines. They specialize in catching passes, though they also block for running plays or downfield after another receiver makes a catch.
Tight ends (TE) line up outside the offensive line. They can either play like wide receivers (catch passes) or like offensive linemen (protect the QB or create spaces for runners).
Defense
The defensive line consists of three to six players who line up immediately across from the offensive line. They try to tackle the running back if he has the ball before he can gain yardage or the quarterback before he can throw or pass the ball.
In most situations, at least three players act as defensive backs, which are either cornerbacks or safeties. They cover the receivers and try to stop pass completions, as well as tackling runners who enter their areas. They also occasionally rush the quarterback.
The other players on the defense are known as linebackers. They line up between the defensive line and defensive backs and may either rush the quarterback, tackle runners, or cover potential receivers.
Special teams
The units of players who handle kicking plays are known as "special teams." Two important special-teams players are the "punter," who handles punts, and the "placekicker" or "kicker," who kicks off and attempts field goals and extra points. Another key special teams player is the kick returner, who tries to run the ball back to place his offensive team in an advantageous position, or even score a touchtown himself.
Uniform numbers
In the NFL, ranges of uniform numbers are reserved for certain positions:
1-19: Quarterbacks, wide receivers, kickers, and punters
20-49: Running backs and defensive backs
50-59: Centers and linebackers
60-79: Offensive and defensive linemen
80-89: Wide receivers and tight ends
90-99: Defensive linemen and linebackers
NCAA rules specify only that offensive linemen must have numbers in the 50-79 range, but the association "strongly recommends" that quarterbacks and running backs have numbers below 50 and wide receivers numbers above 79. This helps officials as it means that numbers 50 to 79 are ineligible receivers, or players that normally may not touch the ball.
Physicality
To compensate for the dangers inherent in the game, players must wear special protective equipment, such as a padded plastic helmet, shoulder pads, hip pads and knee pads. These protective pads were introduced decades ago and have improved ever since to help minimize lasting injury to players. An unintended consequence of all the safety equipment has resulted in increasing levels of violence in the game. This has caused the various leagues, especially the NFL, to implement a complicated series of penalties for various types of contact.
Despite protective equipment and rule changes to emphasize safety, injuries remain common in football. It is increasingly rare, for example, for NFL quarterbacks or running backs to make it through an entire season without missing some time to injury. Additionally, 28 football players, mostly high-schoolers, died from injuries directly related to football from 2000-2005—although many of were related to dehydration or other examples of "non-physical" dangers. Concussions are common, with about 41,000 estimated every year among high school players.
Extra and optional equipment such as neck rolls, spider pads, rib protectors, and elbow pads help against injury as well, though they do not tend to be used by the majority of players because of their lack of requirement.
The danger of football and the equipment required make regulation style football impractical for casual play. Flag football and touch football are less violent variants of the game popular among recreational players.
References
ISBN links support NWE through referral fees
Fuehr, Donna Poole. Touchdown!: A Guide to Understanding and Enjoying Football. Franklin Press, 1992. ISBN 978-0963379702
Long, Howie, and John Czarnecki. Football for Dummies. For Dummies, 2007. ISBN 978-0470125366
McCorduck, Edward Scott. Understanding American Football. NTC/Comtemporary Publishing Company, 1998. ISBN 978-0844205724
Oriard, Michael. Reading Football: How the Popular Press Created an American Spectacle. The University of North Carolina Press, 1998. ISBN 978-0807847510
Smith, Ronald A. Sports and Freedom: The Rise of Big-Time College Athletics New York: Oxford University Press, 1988. ASIN B000OKFNIU
Watterson, John Sayle. College Football: History, Spectacle, Controversy. The John Hopkins University Press, 2002. ISBN 978-0801871146
All links retrieved April 1, 2024.
|
||||||
7350
|
dbpedia
|
1
| 57
|
https://thegillnetter.com/9386/opinion/why-soccer-is-better-than-football/
|
en
|
Why soccer is better than football
|
[
"https://thegillnetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_6706-1200x974.jpeg",
"https://thegillnetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/DSC04907-1200x800.jpg",
"https://thegillnetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_1367-1200x900.jpg",
"https://thegillnetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Arts-Fest-2023-1-Emily-Siegel-1200x900.jpeg",
"https://thegillnetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/DSC00480-1200x800.jpg",
"https://thegillnetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_6744-1200x900.jpg",
"https://thegillnetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Screenshot-2024-05-15-11.34.37-AM.png",
"https://thegillnetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_2566-1200x900.jpeg",
"https://thegillnetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_9567-1200x940.jpg",
"https://thegillnetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/IMG_9514-1200x900.jpg",
"https://thegillnetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_8267.jpeg",
"https://thegillnetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Untitled-design-1200x800.jpg",
"https://thegillnetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_6332.jpg",
"https://thegillnetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_7615-1200x800.jpg",
"https://thegillnetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Screenshot-2024-05-06-11.12.52-AM.png",
"https://thegillnetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Screenshot-2024-06-13-10.24.33-AM.png",
"https://thegillnetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/18A6E27A-FE82-42DC-ADAE-9B29920767F0.jpg",
"https://thegillnetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/5687767028_f83f2a12e6_c.jpg",
"https://thegillnetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Athens_2004_Olympics_Closing_ceremony.jpg",
"https://thegillnetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_0532-1200x900.jpg",
"https://thegillnetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_6654-1200x900.jpg",
"https://thegillnetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Untitled-design-1.png",
"https://thegillnetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Juneteenth-Flag-Raising-1-1-900x1200.png",
"https://thegillnetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_2244-1200x957.jpg",
"https://thegillnetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/AidanKull-SelfPortrait_001-Aidan-Kull-1200x800.jpg",
"https://thegillnetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/2C0FB6DA-EB32-449B-9660-9A29BF9F9960-Allie-Nicastro-910x1200.jpeg",
"https://thegillnetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/IMG_3835-900x675.jpg",
"https://thegillnetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/unnamed-1.jpg",
"https://thegillnetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Bliss-Ryan-Bergin-900x600.jpg",
"https://thegillnetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/soccer-football-game-competition-900x509.jpg",
"https://thegillnetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DSC_0363-475x317.jpg",
"https://thegillnetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Gillnetter-logo1.jpg"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[
"OWEN HARDY"
] | null |
In the United States, American football is widely considered the most popular sport to watch. Every Sunday from September to January, NFL games dominate multiple channels, often for more than 3 hours at a time. At this point, the Super Bowl is almost unavoidable. On the first Sunday of February, virtually everyone in the U.S....
|
en
|
/wp-content/themes/snoflex/images/favicon.png
|
The Gillnetter
|
https://thegillnetter.com/9386/opinion/why-soccer-is-better-than-football/
|
In the United States, American football is widely considered the most popular sport to watch. Every Sunday from September to January, NFL games dominate multiple channels, often for more than 3 hours at a time.
At this point, the Super Bowl is almost unavoidable. On the first Sunday of February, virtually everyone in the U.S. has some level of exposure to the big game.
But the Super Bowl is not the biggest TV sporting event in the world. The most viewed Super Bowl ever was in 2015, between the Patriots and the Seahawks. This game drew an audience of 114.4 million American viewers and between 30 and 50 million international viewers. Some of these viewers tuned in to watch the game, some to watch the ads, and even some just for the halftime show.
The 2014 World Cup Final, on the other hand, drew over 1 billion viewers. Among these, 695 million watched 20 or more consecutive minutes of play. This means over six times as many people tuned in to watch the World Cup Final, and the large majority of these people were watching to actually see soccer.
I am not writing this to trash on football or the Super Bowl, as I know that wouldn’t go over very well in this country. Instead, I am writing to explain why I, and more than a billion others, enjoy watching soccer.
Less advertisements:
Soccer broadcasts contain WAY less advertising than football broadcasts. During a football game, commercials are always in rotation, you never know exactly when they might happen, but rest assured, you’re going to see a lot of ads. If an injury happens, you will be the target of multiple ads.
In a soccer broadcast, there are only ads during halftime. 45 minutes of soccer, about 15 minutes of ads and game analysis, 45 more minutes of soccer. This makes it very easy to watch only soccer if that’s what you want. Furthermore, if any injury occurs, the broadcast continues, and the announcers take the time to explain the events of the game. Additionally, soccer games start on time, so you know exactly when to tune in.
The fluidity of the game:
Football is a very choppy sport. It runs off starting and stopping. Over and over and over again. On average, football broadcasts last 3 hours and 12 minutes. Of this time, the ball is only in play for about 11 minutes. During a soccer game, the play, and the clock just keep rolling. The ball goes out of bounds every couple of minutes, but then it is put right back in play.
Each score is worth more:
Football games are far more highscoring than soccer games. The average amount of combined points scored in an NFL game is 43. By comparison, the average amount of combined goals scored in a soccer match is 2.6. The most common scoreline for a soccer game is 1-0. This makes each goal more valuable, and therefore, more exciting. You know the classic commentary of “GOALLLLLL”? You just don’t get that kind of excitement in football.
More of an international game:
When you watch football, almost all of the players, all of the coaches, and all of the refs are American. Soccer matches yield far more diversity. My favorite soccer club, Liverpool Football Club, has players from 5 different countries just in its starting lineup. On the flip side, England’s national team has a starting side with players from 8 different clubs. Soccer coaches and refs also come from all over the world. Having more diversity makes the games more worthwhile; it makes each game and each relationship more intricate, and therefore, more interesting.
Less serious injuries:
No one likes injuries. Unfortunately, they are a reality of any sport. While soccer players do get injured, sometimes seriously, this does not happen nearly as much in soccer as it does in football. This tends to lead to longer, healthier careers for the athletes, which is comforting to see from a fan’s perspective.
More competitions:
In the NFL, there is one competition and one goal; to win the Super Bowl! In soccer, there are multiple different competitions, leagues, and cups being played throughout the year. There are basically two levels of soccer. The first is the club level. Clubs are situated in a specific city and they play their league games against clubs in the same country. They also may take part in continental or even global competitions. Then there’s international soccer; countries playing against each other. When clubs are on break, international teams are playing. This wide variety of competitions essentially ensures that there is always some soccer going on.
More inclusive:
Simply put, soccer is a more inclusive sport than football. Women all around the world play soccer. The United States women’s national team won the World Cup in July 2019. Do you know any women’s football teams?
Simple rules:
Soccer is very easy to understand. There are basically two rules, don’t use your hands, and the offside rule, which can be confusing at first but is nothing compared to the extensive, detailed rules of football. It often seems like NFL refs don’t even know their own rules. On the other hand, any normal person can sit down to watch a soccer match and follow the action with little question about what is occurring.
So if you are bored on Sundays now that football is over, consider watching a soccer game. Turn on the TV, sit down, and be part of something bigger.
|
||||
7350
|
dbpedia
|
1
| 3
|
https://www.ef.edu/blog/language/soccer-american-football-differences/
|
en
|
Soccer vs. American football: 10 major differences â¹ GO Blog
|
[
"https://www.ef.edu/assetscdn/go706j5dozw8p0p3r573/assets/images/logos/go-logo.svg",
"https://a.storyblok.com/f/112937/568x464/22e7c02116/soccer_american_football_hero.jpg/m/620x0/filters:quality(70)/"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[] | null |
Confused about the difference between soccer and American football? Hereâs our beginnerâs guide to the ten main differences between the two sports.
|
en
|
/assetscdn/go706j5dozw8p0p3r573/assets/images/icons/favicon-48.ico
|
GO Blog | EF United States
|
https://www.ef.edu/blog/language/soccer-american-football-differences/
|
Football? American football? Soccer? These sports may share a name in many countries, but thatâs as far as the similarities go. While most people around the world know it simply as âfootballâ, in the United States (and Ireland) the sport is referred to as âsoccerâ. However, the US also has its very own version of football: âAmerican footballâ.
Confused? Weâre here to give you some answers.
Hereâs our beginnerâs guide to the main differences between soccer and American football. Itâll arm you with enough info to improvise your way through conversations about either sport as you embrace new cultures abroad.
1. The foot
Okay, letâs start at the beginning.
âFootballâ (or as weâll call it from here on out: soccer) got its name because you have to use your feet. So far, so good.
American football, on the other hand, is not very foot-based at all, mostly involving throwing and carrying the ball upfield.
Why is it called American football and not âthrowballâ? Nobody knows for certain, but one answer is that the name isnât actually referring to oneâs foot, but rather to the American measurement system of feet and inches â since the ball is roughly one foot (around 30cm) long, they went with that. Makes sense⦠right?
2. The ball
Soccer balls are simple, round and ideal for kicking.
American footballs are more of a pointy egg shape (or âprolate spheroidâ if you prefer the more sophisticated term), with large stitches along one of the sides for a stronger grip when throwing. Theyâre also sometimes referred to as âpigskinsâ, apparently because thatâs what they were first made from (weâre glad that changed).
3. The field
American football fields are pretty much exactly as youâve seen them in all those American high school movies. They're marked in ten-yard (nine-meter) intervals, with an âend zoneâ line and two upright posts at each end.
A soccer field is even simpler, with two center semicircles and a âboxâ 18 yards in front of the goal. This marks where the goalkeeper â the only player allowed to use their hands â is permitted to handle the ball.
Both fields are around 100 meters long, though soccer fields are much wider than their American football counterparts.
4. The aim
Soccer typically keeps it simple. Kick the ball into the net and you score a goal. Get more goals than your opponent and you win the game.
American football is all about âtouchdownsâ â avoiding tackles and carrying the ball into your opponentâs end zone. These are worth an initial 6 points, plus an additional point for successfully kicking through the posts after scoring.
A big difference here is that soccer games often end in draws, sometimes without any goals scored at all. By contrast, American football games are usually high-scoring and very rarely tied at full-time. When there is a tie, the match goes to âovertimeâ â where whichever team scores first, wins.
5. The pace
American football may be higher scoring, but itâs also slower moving.
Whereas soccer is played across two free-flowing halves of 45 minutes, American football is split into four 15-minute quarters. These quarters can take a while to play out because the clock is often stopped at the end of a âplayâ, once the ball-carrier is tackled to the ground.
For this reason, American football is constantly stopping and restarting. Along with the complexity of the gameplay, this can be a barrier for first-time fans, but it's a barrier worth breaking!
6. The players
Both sports have 11 players per team on the field at any given time.
In soccer, the same 11 players play through an entire game, give or take a few substitutes. Meanwhile, American football teams are constantly changing their players around depending on whether the team is attacking or defending.
For example, the quarterback position in American football is a key part of the âoffenseâ. The quarterback will play when their team has possession, but sit out on the sideline while the opponent has the ball. This means up to around 45 players can take part per team over the course of just a single game.
7. The nicknames
Detroit Lions, Seattle Seahawks, Chicago Bears â American football teams all have fun official nicknames.
Soccer teams have nicknames too, but theyâre unofficial. Rather than predatory animals or fearsome foes, nicknames in soccer often refer simply and rather unoriginally to the shirt color worn by that particular team. Real Madrid are âLos Blancosâ (the whites), Chelsea âThe Bluesâ, Liverpool âThe Redsâ etc.
There are also some pretty random monikers in soccer that seem to come from nowhere but are usually related to the teamâs history. A few examples include names like âThe Toffeesâ, âThe Terriersâ and âThe Cherriesâ.
Facing off against âThe Terriersâ might not sound like the most intimidating prospect, but maybe thatâs part of the strategy.
8. The league(s)
The same 32 teams compete with each other in American footballâs NFL league year after year. Whether your team wins the coveted Super Bowl trophy or loses every game 50-0, youâll be playing the same teams for the same prize again next season.
There are many more teams in soccer, and leagues are split into divisions. Finish at the top of your division and you are promoted to the one above you, where better teams lie in wait. Find yourself at the bottom end and youâll go down the âtrapdoorâ to the league below.
You could even (theoretically) start your own team with friends and, eventually, be playing the likes of Barcelona or Bayern Munich â itâs worth a shot, right?
9. The moving house
American football teams are also referred to as âfranchisesâ. As such, they are entitled to relocate and move to another city from time to time.
The Las Vegas Raiders were once the Oakland Raiders, the Los Angeles Chargers were formerly the San Diego Chargers, and the LA Rams became the St Louis Rams, before changing their minds and heading back to LA.
This is totally unheard of in soccer, where teams stay in the same place, for better or worse.
10. The following
It goes without saying that both soccer and American football are extremely popular. However, considering soccer's significant global presence in comparison to American football's more national focus, it makes sense that viewing figures between the two vary substantially.
For example, the 2022 FIFA World Cup Final between Argentina and France was watched by a whopping 1.5 billion people â almost one-fifth of the worldâs population.
American football also boasts a vast fanbase but, with a peak of around 115 million viewers during the most recent Super Bowl, attracted almost 13 times fewer than soccerâs equivalent.
Despite their differences, both soccer and American football have their own lively culture and traditions that are well worth exploring. Hopefully this guide will help you with the basics as you embrace a new sport abroad.
|
||||
7350
|
dbpedia
|
3
| 19
|
https://www.tablegroup.com/the-decline-of-teamwork-in-sports/
|
en
|
The Decline of Teamwork in Sports
|
[
"https://files.tablegroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/15155429/section_about.jpg",
"https://files.tablegroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/15155436/section_pat.jpg",
"https://files.tablegroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/15155442/section_topics_resources.jpg",
"https://files.tablegroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/15155448/section_consulting.jpg",
"https://www.tablegroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Table-Group-Logo-IconOnly-Red.png",
"https://files.tablegroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/11064352/iStock-157603748_850.jpg",
"https://www.tablegroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Table-Group-Logo-IconOnly-Red.png"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[] | null |
organizational health, teams, teamwork, teambuilding, online assessment, team assessment, team effectiveness, team survey, team field guide, executive team, offsite facilitation, executive consulting, Lencioni keynote speaker, team video
|
en
|
https://www.tablegroup.com/the-decline-of-teamwork-in-sports/
|
Teamwork
Leaders in business have always looked to the world of sports for analogies and examples of teamwork. I’ve done the same in my consulting practice, and for that matter, as a parent. There is something simple and clean about sports examples. And while teamwork will always play a role in sports, I’ve recently come to the conclusion that a number of fundamental changes in sports and society are making it less and less important at all levels, from professional sports to youth athletics. All of this has made it harder to find pure examples of teamwork in sports.
It’s easy to see the decline of teamwork in professional sports, as the emphasis has shifted toward individual players and their “brands.” Because of free agency and trades and media, even fans seem more loyal to the names on the back of jerseys than to the team name on the front. Consider the NBA, whose season is winding down to the playoffs. It seems that there is more talk about where star players like Kyrie Irving, Kevin Durant and Anthony Davis are going to play next year (and there are plenty of others), rather than how they’re going to help their current teams win. Players have little loyalty to their teams and seem to spend less and less time on the same one, making it hard to develop the kind of chemistry that is at the heart of teamwork.
And my hometown Golden State Warriors used to be a testament to the power of teamwork. And then they went out and acquired two of the best players in the league, creating a line-up of five or six likely hall-of-famers. So much for the principle of making more out of less; they just decided to build an all-star team. Now everyone is trying to do the same, creating a bidding war for superstars who spend a year or two playing together before moving on.
And then there is baseball. The biggest news of the new season is not whether the Red Sox will repeat, but how Bryce Harper will live up to new expectations in Philadelphia, where he signed a contract with the Phillies for – get this – $330 million. A few weeks prior, he had been talking about his allegiance to his team, the Washington Nationals, but there is something about a third-of-a-billion-dollars that will taint even the strongest team affiliation.
That was big news until a week later when Mike Trout signed a deal worth $430 million with the Angels. It’s tough to even think about the principles of teamwork and sacrifice and accountability when one of your players is being paid more money than the GDP of the island nation of Tonga. Do you think that the coach of the Angels is going to feel comfortable sitting Trout on the bench for not running out a ground ball? It’s hard to imagine even the most unselfish player not being tainted by the informal influence that goes with so much financial clout.
If you think this is just a problem with professionals, consider what has happened in the last decade or so in youth sports. Gone are the days when kids played for their local schools and neighborhood little league teams year after year, working hard to develop the chemistry and sacrifice required to become a real team. Almost every sport has shifted toward a model built around club or travel teams. Whether it’s basketball, baseball, soccer, lacrosse, volleyball or water polo, kids from age 9 to 19 are playing year-round and being coached by adults whose primary source of income comes from parents who pay for them to mentor, train and organize endless practices, games and tournaments. But these kids aren’t playing for one team and learning how to work with them; they often jump from one team to another, sometimes at the same tournament, honing their skills and showing their individual talents to scouts from other clubs and colleges.
If you haven’t had kids in youth sports recently, you might be wondering why parents put up with all this. Well, as a dad of four lacrosse-playing sons from the ages of 13 to 20, I can tell you that there are largely no other options. And while it would certainly be interesting to debate the merits of this new sports culture on young people, families and society as a whole, for now let’s stay focused on the topic of teamwork, and the impact that club sports has on its importance. When kids and coaches are hopping from one team to another on a regular basis, there is much less focus on chemistry, camaraderie and group strategy, and much more on individual skills and achievement. Which means teamwork becomes less of a focus.
What do these changes in youth sports have to do with athletes at the college and professional level? Plenty. This was made clear to me last week as I watched the NCAA Basketball tournament, lamenting when my pick to win it all, Duke, lost to Michigan St. Duke has the top two players in the nation, based on how they are going to get chosen in the NBA draft. Yes, out of the hundreds and hundreds of college basketball players, the TOP TWO play for the same team! And at least one of the other players on the team is in the top 25. On top of that, they have, perhaps, the best coach of all time, Mike Krzyzewski. How could they lose?
I heard comments from an analyst that helped me answer that question. He noted that most of Duke’s players were freshmen. But he wasn’t making the claim that this set them back physically – one of those players, Zion Williamson is an 18-year-old man-child, at 6’7” and 285 pounds. The others are plenty big too. What the analyst explained was that these kids had been playing on AAU teams since they were children, focusing on managing their own individual skills and careers. They come to college with little understanding of how to work on a team, and then even the best coach has little time to shape them collectively. And so they are bound to struggle against teams with older players who have spent a few years learning to play together.
To make matters worse, consider that so many of the best college basketball players leave school after one year to go pro. How in the world is a coach who has spent his lifetime mastering the art of getting people to work together supposed to tap into his team building skills when he knows his best players are only on campus for nine months? Not to mention that they will be signing contracts worth millions of dollars a few months after the NCAA tournament ends.
And though the economics is different, this problem is not limited to men’s sports. I heard a simple but telling quote yesterday from the most successful coach in the history of women’s college basketball, Geno Auriemma. He said, “Most coaches are afraid of their players,” explaining that they feel uncomfortable pushing athletes because they have to placate them in order to lure them to their school and to keep them there. It’s hard to deny the impact that this kind of culture has on teamwork.
The point here is not that teamwork doesn’t matter. I am convinced that teams with very good players still beat non-teams with great players, which explains why Michigan St. beat Duke, and why Texas Tech and Virginia made the Final Four while North Carolina did not. It’s just that many athletes themselves, at all levels, are not learning the power of teamwork in sports.
Consider the irony that Zion Williamson may never experience the full impact of teamwork as he transitions to the NBA where he will be encouraged to focus on his game, his career, and his brand. Thirty years ago, Michael Jordan spent years playing on real teams before he became the superstar that he did. Today’s youth are largely missing out on this.
You might notice that I haven’t mentioned football in my examples so far. That’s because football has not experienced the same decrease in teamwork that other sports have, for a few reasons. First, because football is not generally played year-round, and because there is not really an AAU equivalent to football, the culture of teamwork remains more embedded in football than in other sports. And while the NFL has plenty of player movement through trades and free agency, coaches maintain a greater influence over the individual athletes partly due to the number of players on a team, and the shorter careers of those players.
The New England Patriots are a good example here. Year after year, they continue to win with less talent than their competitors. Yes, less talent. What they have is a coach who values a culture of teamwork more than individualism, and a quarterback and leader who does the same. They rise above more talented squads who can’t keep their players focused on the collective success of the team. Unfortunately, football is an exception, not the rule.
So what’s the big deal about this diminishment of teamwork in sports? Well, it’s not exactly a crisis, especially when compared to other problems in society. But it does contribute to a general trend toward self-centeredness, which is not a good thing. Consider that parents in ages past might have signed their kids up for youth sports in the hope that they would learn the fundamentals of teamwork for application later in life. And companies have hired people who played sports assuming that they are getting employees who understand how to work on a team. Here are a few thoughts on how to adjust for the new paradigm of teamwork.
Society might need to seek new models for teamwork outside of the world of sports, perhaps in the work of first responders, hospital emergency rooms, and healthy churches. Companies probably need to go a little deeper with job seekers, whether they played sports or not, discerning if they truly understand the unselfish nature of being a team player. And parents probably need to find additional avenues for lessons about teamwork, not eliminating sports, but understanding its new limitations. And for parents who work in healthy organizations, perhaps they can take their kids to work and let them witness examples of teamwork there. Who knows, maybe their kids will start to wear jerseys and buy trading cards with their parents’ names on them.
|
||||||
7350
|
dbpedia
|
2
| 14
|
https://www.theintelligencer.net/news/2023/03/nfl-understanding-the-social-significance-of-americas-favorite-sport/
|
en
|
NFL: Understanding the Social Significance of America’s Favorite Sport
|
[
"https://www.theintelligencer.net/wp-content/themes/coreV3_lazy/images/website_logo.png",
"https://www.theintelligencer.net/wp-content/themes/coreV3_lazy/images/search_icon_black.png",
"https://www.theintelligencer.net/wp-content/themes/coreV3_lazy/images/website_logo.png",
"https://www.theintelligencer.net/wp-content/themes/coreV3_lazy/images/website_logo.png",
"https://www.theintelligencer.net/wp-content/themes/coreV3_lazy/images/facebook_article_icon.png",
"https://www.theintelligencer.net/wp-content/themes/coreV3_lazy/images/twitter_article_icon.png",
"https://www.theintelligencer.net/wp-content/themes/coreV3_lazy/images/email_icon.png",
"https://www.theintelligencer.net/wp-content/themes/coreV3_lazy/images/print_icon.png",
"https://ogden_images.s3.amazonaws.com/www.theintelligencer.net/images/2023/03/10114009/pexels-dhia-eddine-7154759-300x300.jpg",
"https://www.theintelligencer.net/wp-content/themes/coreV3_lazy/images/website_logo.png",
"https://www.theintelligencer.net/wp-content/themes/coreV3_lazy/images/twitter_footer.png",
"https://www.theintelligencer.net/wp-content/themes/coreV3_lazy/images/facebook_footer.png"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[] |
2023-03-10T00:00:00
|
Football has become one of the most popular sports in America and it’s no wonder why. Not only is it incredibly entertaining to watch but it also carries a great deal of social significance. For many people, football is more than just a game – it’s a way to connect with others and express their […]
|
en
|
https://www.theintelligencer.net/wp-content/themes/coreV3_lazy/favicon.ico
|
theintelligencer.net
|
https://www.theintelligencer.net/news/2023/03/nfl-understanding-the-social-significance-of-americas-favorite-sport/
|
Football has become one of the most popular sports in America and it’s no wonder why. Not only is it incredibly entertaining to watch but it also carries a great deal of social significance. For many people, football is more than just a game – it’s a way to connect with others and express their love for their team or country. Needless to say, this has led to an increased interest in understanding the social aspects of football, from its history to its cultural implications.
Football was originally just a pastime during the late 19th century in North America. Since then, it has grown into one of the most beloved sports on the continent. It has inspired countless books and movies about teams, players and coaches that have left an indelible mark on American culture. It has also allowed fans to socialize through discussions about the games, NFL Vegas odds and the latest news regarding the sport.
How the NFL has changed American culture
It’s safe to say that American culture is heavily influenced by the National Football League. Not only is it one of the most popular sports leagues in the world – with millions of fans tuning in to watch games every week – but the NFL also has a strong influence on other aspects of American life. From fashion to food and even politics, we can easily see a strong presence of this popular sport.
As an example it’s enough to mention that the league’s popularity prompted a noticeable increase in sales of team apparel and merchandise. What’s more, it seriously boosted the attendance at stadiums across the country. Not only that but numerous restaurants have also adopted NFL-themed menus and promotions during the football season, which only helped attract even more fans.
Finally, the NFL has also had a major influence on sports culture as a whole. Its popularity has helped create new markets for sports betting, merchandise sales and fantasy football leagues, and spur the growth of youth and amateur football programs across the country.
Economic significance of the NFL
The NFL is one of the most profitable sports leagues in the world, generating billions of dollars in revenue each year. The NFL has a significant economic impact on cities and states across the United States. It provides jobs for thousands of people, from players and coaches all the way to stadium staff. It also generates tax revenue for local governments, which can be used to fund public services such as schools and infrastructure projects.
The NFL brings in tourists who spend money at hotels, restaurants, and other businesses near stadiums. This helps stimulate local economies and create more jobs. The NFL’s popularity has led to an increase in merchandise sales and television rights fees that benefit teams and their owners financially.
Cultural impact of professional football
Since we’ve already established that professional football changed American culture significantly, it’s quite understandable that its impact has spread even outside the borders of the US. With millions upon millions of fans tuning in to watch games, it’s safe to say that the impact this sport has is virtually tangible. What’s more, football has also influenced modern fashion quite a bit, with many people wearing jerseys and other apparel related to their favorite teams.
Additionally, the sport has also significantly contributed to social change encouraging players to use their platforms to speak out against injustice and inequality.
Finally, professional football greatly helped bring communities closer together by providing a common interest that can be shared by people from all walks of life. It has provided an avenue for athletes to make a living while pursuing their dreams of playing at the highest level.
In the end, it’s safe to say that – at this point – football has become so much more than just a game. It provides both an escape from reality and serves as a great representation of the American spirit.
|
||||
7350
|
dbpedia
|
3
| 58
|
https://www.sportingbounce.com/blog/ten-reasons-to-take-up-football
|
en
|
Ten Reasons to Take Up Football
|
[
"https://www.sportingbounce.com/images/SB-FEB-300-Logo.png",
"https://www.sportingbounce.com/uploads/news-pictures/2-new-york-blog-post-image-20230531195336.jpg",
"https://www.sportingbounce.com/images/twitterX.png"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
"Fitness",
"Teamwork",
"Social Interaction",
"Discipline",
"Cultural Exchange",
"Enjoyment",
"Self-confidence",
"Pele",
"Mia Hamm",
""
] | null |
[] | null |
Discover why playing football can lift your physical, mental and emotional wellbeing. From reducing stress levels to improving strength, learn the benefits of taking up football.
|
en
|
/images/volleyball-310328_1280.png
|
Sporting Bounce
|
https://www.sportingbounce.com/blog/ten-reasons-to-take-up-football
|
Football, also known as soccer, is widely regarded as the most popular sport in the world. It has a massive global following and enjoys widespread popularity across all continents. The popularity of football can be gauged by several factors, including the number of participants, viewership figures, fan base, and the magnitude of events such as the FIFA World Cup and UEFA Champions League.
Football boasts an enormous number of participants, with millions of people playing the sport at both amateur and professional levels. It is played and followed by people of all ages, genders, and backgrounds, making it truly universal.
There are many reasons to take up football, and here are ten of our favourites!
Ten Reasons to Take up Football
Physical Fitness: Football is a highly demanding sport that provides a full-body workout. Playing regularly helps improve cardiovascular fitness, stamina, strength, agility, and coordination.
Teamwork: Football is a team sport that fosters cooperation, communication, and collaboration. It teaches you how to work with others towards a common goal and develop essential interpersonal skills.
Social Interaction: Joining a football team allows you to meet new people, make friends, and be part of a community. It provides opportunities for social interaction, bonding, and developing lifelong friendships.
Mental Agility: Football requires quick thinking, decision-making, and strategic planning. It helps improve cognitive skills such as problem-solving, concentration, and spatial awareness.
Discipline and Commitment: Being part of a football team instills discipline, as you have to adhere to training schedules, follow rules, and be accountable to your teammates. It teaches you the value of commitment and dedication.
Self-Confidence: As you develop your skills and contribute to the team's success, your self-confidence grows. Scoring a goal or making a crucial pass can boost your self-esteem and belief in your abilities.
Stress Relief: Football provides an outlet to release stress and tension. Engaging in physical activity and focusing on the game can help reduce anxiety, improve mood, and promote overall mental well-being.
Cultural Exchange: Football brings together people from different cultures, backgrounds, and nationalities. Playing or watching the sport allows you to experience different perspectives, learn about diverse traditions, and promote global understanding.
Life Lessons: Football teaches valuable life lessons such as resilience, perseverance, sportsmanship, and the ability to cope with both success and failure. These lessons can be applied to various aspects of life beyond the sport.
Enjoyment and Fun: Ultimately, football is a fun and enjoyable sport. The thrill of scoring a goal, the joy of playing with friends, and the excitement of competition make it a fantastic activity that can bring happiness and fulfillment.
These reasons highlight some of the many benefits and joys that come with taking up football (soccer). Whether you're playing for recreation or aspiring to compete at a higher level, football offers a multitude of rewards for individuals of all ages and abilities.
Examples of the Positive Benefits of Football
Many famous individuals have spoken about the positive impact that football (soccer) has had on their lives. Here are a few examples:
Pelé: Widely regarded as one of the greatest football players of all time, Pelé has often spoken about the positive influence football had on his life. He has highlighted how the sport provided him with opportunities, helped him overcome challenges, and shaped his character. Pelé has emphasized the importance of teamwork, discipline, and determination that he learned through football.
Cristiano Ronaldo: Ronaldo, a Portuguese professional footballer and one of the most accomplished players in the sport, has discussed how football transformed his life. He has mentioned how it provided him with a sense of purpose, taught him valuable life lessons, and helped him overcome adversity. Ronaldo has spoken about the positive impact of hard work, discipline, and perseverance, which he attributes to his football journey.
Mia Hamm: Hamm, a former American professional footballer and an iconic figure in women's football, has shared her experiences about the positive effects of football on her life. She has spoken about the sense of empowerment, confidence, and leadership skills that she gained through playing the sport. Hamm has also advocated for the benefits of sports participation for girls and women.
Jurgen Klopp: Klopp, a highly successful football manager who has led clubs like Borussia Dortmund and Liverpool FC, has spoken about the positive impact of football beyond the field. He has highlighted how the sport can bring people together, foster a sense of community, and promote social inclusion. Klopp has also emphasized the values of teamwork, respect, and determination that football instills in individuals.
Didier Drogba: Drogba, an Ivorian former professional footballer, has spoken about the transformative power of football. He has highlighted how the sport can inspire and unite people, particularly in challenging circumstances. Drogba has used his platform to promote peace, education, and development in Africa through football initiatives.
These are just a few examples of famous individuals who have spoken about the positive benefits of football in their lives. Their stories demonstrate how the sport can shape character, provide opportunities, and contribute to personal growth and social impact.
|
||||
7350
|
dbpedia
|
1
| 41
|
https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/sport/performance-sport/focus-sports/performance-american-football.aspx
|
en
|
Performance American Football
|
[
"https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/SiteElements/Images/uon-logo/UoN-Nottingham-Blue-mobile.svg",
"https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/SiteElements/Images/uon-logo/UoN-Nottingham-Blue-mobile.svg",
"https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/SiteElements/Images/uon-logo/UoN-Nottingham-Blue.png",
"https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/Sport/Images/performance-american-football-at-university-of-nottingham-sport.x417fcabd.jpg?crop=3443,1710,0,585",
"https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/Sport/Images/Image-Carousel/university-of-nottingham-american-football-1.x4bc631f1.jpg",
"https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/Sport/Images/Image-Carousel/university-of-nottingham-american-football-1.x4bc631f1.jpg",
"https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/Sport/Images/Image-Carousel/university-of-nottingham-american-football-5.x1df1c6b6.jpg",
"https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/Sport/Images/Image-Carousel/university-of-nottingham-american-football-5.x1df1c6b6.jpg",
"https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/Sport/Images/Image-Carousel/university-of-nottingham-american-football-2.x099f44ef.jpg",
"https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/Sport/Images/Image-Carousel/university-of-nottingham-american-football-2.x099f44ef.jpg",
"https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/Sport/Images/Image-Carousel/university-of-nottingham-american-football-6.xaad507b0.jpg",
"https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/Sport/Images/Image-Carousel/university-of-nottingham-american-football-6.xaad507b0.jpg",
"https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/Sport/Images/Image-Carousel/university-of-nottingham-american-football-4.x7ddfe4a7.jpg",
"https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/Sport/Images/Image-Carousel/university-of-nottingham-american-football-4.x7ddfe4a7.jpg",
"https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/Sport/Images/Image-Carousel/university-of-nottingham-american-football-3.x333caaf0.jpg",
"https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/Sport/Images/Image-Carousel/university-of-nottingham-american-football-3.x333caaf0.jpg",
"https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/Sport/Images/Image-Carousel/university-of-nottingham-american-football-7.x9e8e6a09.jpg",
"https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/Sport/Images/Image-Carousel/university-of-nottingham-american-football-7.x9e8e6a09.jpg",
"https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/Sport/Images/Tile/sports-injury-clinic-nottingham-university.x5ec35ca8.jpg",
"https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/Sport/Images/Tile/uon-sport-performance-scholarship-hpz.x4577f012.png",
"https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/Sport/Images/Tile/bucs-big-wednesday-22-rugby.x8de1e776.jpg",
"https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/Sport/Images/jason-scott-university-of-nottingham-american-football-head-coach.x5d88aad1.jpg?crop=800,573,0,0"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[
"The University of Nottingham"
] | null |
en
| null |
Why Nottingham?
University of Nottingham American Football is considered one of the most comprehensive American football programmes in the UK. Boasting a large and experienced coaching staff, with some of the best facilities in the nation, the University of Nottingham is an ideal place to play American football while studying at one of the UK’s top universities – regardless of experience in the sport.
The Gold team were the 2022 BUCS Championship Runners-up and have made playoff appearances in each season since being promoted to the BUCS Premier League in 2017. As one of only two UK university American football programmes to support two competitive BUCS teams; the Gold team, in the Premier North Division; the Green team, in the Division 2 Midlands Conference, an integrated two-team structure allows individual students to go at a pace that suits them. Those newer to the sport are able to develop and compete along with players at their level, whilst more experienced athletes can test themselves at the highest level in the UK.
The programme is supported by the leading facilities, support staff and coaching team situated at the £40 million David Ross Sports Village, with students enjoying weekly strength and conditioning sessions, access to the state-of-the-art Sports Injury Clinic, as well as expert tuition through twice-weekly classroom sessions and practice three times a week on the field.
Jason Scott - Head Coach
University of Nottingham American Football is led by Head Coach Jason Scott, who joined the #GreenandGold in 2017. After a debut 2017 season at the helm that resulted in a Division 1 Championship and promotion to the BUCS Premier League, Scott has guided his teams to postseason play in each season since including an undefeated first season at the highest level of British university American football in 2018.
Scott boasts five years’ experience coaching collegiate American football in the United States; at the NCAA Division I level with Mississippi State University in the Southeastern Conference, as well as with Endicott College.
In 2020, Scott was named head coach for the Great Britain Lions men’s national team, and was admitted to the British American Football Coaches Hall of Fame in 2016.
Scott also previously served for six years as head coach of Loughborough University’s American football programme, winning four conference championships and appearing in two national championship games.
|
|||||||
7350
|
dbpedia
|
2
| 80
|
https://www.tutorialspoint.com/american_football/american_football_participating_countries.htm
|
en
|
American Football - Participating Countries
|
[
"https://www.tutorialspoint.com/american_football/images/american-football-mini-logo.jpg",
"https://www.tutorialspoint.com/static/images/logo-footer.svg",
"https://www.tutorialspoint.com/static/images/googleplay.svg",
"https://www.tutorialspoint.com/static/images/appstore.svg"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[] | null |
American Football - Participating Countries - Many other western sports like baseball, rugby, soccer and Formula 1 Racing are being successful in branching to other nations and have gained hype in the international markets. American football has struggled in this regard and was more of American than any other sport. Just recently the game is ga
|
en
|
https://www.tutorialspoint.com/images/favicon.ico
|
https://www.tutorialspoint.com/american_football/american_football_participating_countries.htm
|
Many other western sports like baseball, rugby, soccer and Formula 1 Racing are being successful in branching to other nations and have gained hype in the international markets. American football has struggled in this regard and was more of American than any other sport. Just recently the game is gaining action worldwide with different championship league matches, out of which the most popular being the National Football League (NFL). There are two important federations viz European Federation of American Football (EFAF) and International Federation of American Football (IFAF).
Countries Participating in American Football
Around 40 countries are currently participating in this sport listed below alphabetically −
United States of America (USA)
The teams included in the United States of America are as follows −
|
|||||
7350
|
dbpedia
|
3
| 23
|
https://www.spookynooksports.com/blog/manheim/6-ways-sports-can-help-develop-other-life-skills
|
en
|
6 Ways Sports Can Help Develop Other Life Skills
|
[
"https://www.spookynooksports.com/hubfs/warehouse-hotel-logo-white.png",
"https://www.spookynooksports.com/hubfs/warehouse-hotel-logo-1.png",
"https://www.spookynooksports.com/hubfs/Warehouse%20Hotel%20Horizontal%20Logo.png",
"https://www.spookynooksports.com/hubfs/ForkliftWhite.png",
"https://www.spookynooksports.com/hubfs/ForkliftFullColor.png",
"https://www.spookynooksports.com/hubfs/ForkliftFullColor.png",
"https://www.spookynooksports.com/hubfs/NookMNE2022-AllWhite.png",
"https://www.spookynooksports.com/hubfs/SN%20Manheim%20ME%20Logo_FullColor_White.png",
"https://www.spookynooksports.com/hubfs/MNE2022-Logo.png",
"https://www.spookynooksports.com/hubfs/Nook_Lancaster_Black.png",
"https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/2956241/8fc2838e-b89a-49ce-b20d-362b1ad3dae0.png",
"https://www.spookynooksports.com/hubfs/41874133_l.jpg",
"https://www.spookynooksports.com/hubfs/close-icon.svg",
"https://www.spookynooksports.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog%20Image%20Resizer-png-4.png?width=600&name=Blog%20Image%20Resizer-png-4.png",
"https://www.spookynooksports.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog%20Image%20Resizer%20(1)-png-3.png?width=600&name=Blog%20Image%20Resizer%20(1)-png-3.png",
"https://www.spookynooksports.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog%20Image%20Resizer%20(2)-png-2.png?width=600&name=Blog%20Image%20Resizer%20(2)-png-2.png",
"https://www.spookynooksports.com/hubfs/41874133_l.jpg",
"https://www.spookynooksports.com/hubfs/close-icon.svg",
"https://www.spookynooksports.com/hubfs/close-icon.svg",
"https://www.spookynooksports.com/hubfs/Nook_Lancaster_Black.png"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[] | null |
We've outlined six ways that participating in adult recreational sports can develop your other life skills.
|
en
|
https://www.spookynooksports.com/blog/manheim/6-ways-sports-can-help-develop-other-life-skills
|
Life skills can be learned in a number of ways such as working at a job, listening through classes, or practicing application. What many people don't know is that being a part of a sports team can develop and further your life skills, whether you're a child or an adult. We've outlined six ways that participating in adult recreational sports can develop your life skills.
1.Teamwork
Although this seems a bit obvious, there is a reason that the people you play with are called your team. Teamwork is the base of any sport and without it, you will not succeed. Your team is filled with people who are all driving toward the same goal. In sports, teamwork helps motivate people to play hard, train hard, and compete.
In your everyday life, teamwork from sports will transfer and give you a sense of how important collaboration and cooperation are. Growing your team skills will have a positive impact on coordinating group projects, engaging with others, and staying motivated to improve. Being part of a team also develops soft skills like communication and goal-setting.
Adults that are a part of multiple teams allow lessons and teamwork to shine in different environments which can encourage adaptability and change. They may have the leadership role on one team, but the follower role on another which will promote learning.
At The Nook, there are many activities offered that can help strengthen your bond with your teammates; whether it's a sports team or a work team.
2.Communication
Communication is key. That phrase is equally important in everyday life as it is in the sport world. Different ways of communicating are helpful in conveying different types of messages, but in sports, interpersonal communication is the most important. Interpersonal communication uses face-to-face communication and nonverbal cues to get the point across which plays an important role in sports and business. Without being able to convey play calls or quickly adapt to a situation, a team will have no hope of victory.
In the workplace, communication skills are helpful in discussing ideas, motivating others, and addressing a job well done. You will undoubtedly come across people who you don't mesh well with and have to work with them. This happens often in sports, when off the field, teammates bicker, but when on the field, they put those differences aside and work together.
Being able to put personal preferences aside and effectively communicate with everyone will lead your work team to success. After all, a team is made up of more than just you so sometimes you must recognize that the name on the front of the jersey is more important than the one on the back.
Whether your communication skills are strong or lacking, there is always room to improve. Joining an adult league or adult recreational sport can sharpen your communication skills and fine-tune the delivery of information.
3.Leadership
Perhaps one of the biggest skills that employers look for is leadership experience. Athletes understand the importance of a strong leader and know that success comes from strong direction and specific goals. In sports, the leader is meant to make tough decisions and inspire teammates, but leadership skills don't just come from those in charge. Any team member that proves their dedication through hard work and time displays leadership skills.
People have experienced both sides of the coin; they've led and they've been led. The more experience you have in both, the better off you'll be. More experience means knowing how to rally people together towards a common goal and how to solve problems as they arise.
4.Time Management
The first three skills are almost irrelevant if time management isn't adopted. If there is no organization, strategy, or prioritizing, then a team will fail. Sports give people the chance to create strategies for winning and sometimes this means honing in on specific skills and having others take back seat. It all depends on what your team is struggling the most with. This doesn't mean that the other skills are neglected, they just aren't the priority.
Along with strategy, athletes learn to juggle practice, team meetings, work, and life all at once. This directly translates into balancing a work-life balance. Knowing how to handle multiple things at a time while meeting deadlines is a huge asset in the workplace. You will always have several tasks that need completed and determining which need to be completed first is an important skill to have.
Adults who are a part of a recreational team often find that they feel less stressed and enjoy the break from "adulting". Sports help with time management while working and they help with getting some much needed time in a happy, stimulating environment.
5.Self-Discipline
Self-discipline is one of the hardest things to have. With nearly everything being so accessible and available at any time, it is difficult to have the patience or the discipline to focus. Sports gives people an implementation of self discipline. This can range from perfecting a batting stance to having more endurance. In order to improve, each skill requires a head-on attempt.
The same thing is true with work. Nobody is perfect which means that there is always something to enhance. In order to improve and be successful, you need self-discipline and focus. People who know how to concentrate are more likely to be diligent and engaged at work.
6.Exercise and Socializing
Joining a sports team gives you a unique set of friends. These are people you may only see when you play together or they could turn into life-long friends you see quite often. Being a part of a team is an easy way to get to know new people and because you're on the same team, you'll be spending a good amount of time together. Playing on a team builds meaningful relationships and this can improve your social and communication skills.
Being on an adult sports team will also keep you active. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reported that in order to stay healthy, most adults need about two and a half hours of activity a week. Playing sports is a great way to check off exercise for the day. This works well for people who hate the gym or don't know where to start.
|
||||||
7350
|
dbpedia
|
3
| 74
|
https://www.zexezsports.com/how-youth-sports-teach-children-the-value-of-teamwork
|
en
|
How Youth Sports Teach Children the Value of Teamwork
|
https://irp-cdn.multiscreensite.com/12f4bf59/site_favicon_16_1546324387465.ico
|
https://irp-cdn.multiscreensite.com/12f4bf59/site_favicon_16_1546324387465.ico
|
[
"https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=1725935797416617&ev=PageView&noscript=1",
"https://lirp.cdn-website.com/12f4bf59/dms3rep/multi/opt/zEXEZ%2BbLUE%2BwHITE%2BlOGO-1920w.png",
"https://lirp.cdn-website.com/12f4bf59/dms3rep/multi/opt/zexez_nba_uniform_11-08-19-1920w-1920w.jpg",
"https://lirp.cdn-website.com/12f4bf59/dms3rep/multi/opt/nba-logo-ranking-1920w.jpg",
"https://lirp.cdn-website.com/12f4bf59/dms3rep/multi/opt/istockphoto-671789906-612x612-1920w.jpg",
"https://lirp.cdn-website.com/12f4bf59/dms3rep/multi/opt/otto-2012-1920w.jpg",
"https://lirp.cdn-website.com/12f4bf59/dms3rep/multi/opt/football-injuries-1920w.jpg",
"https://lirp.cdn-website.com/12f4bf59/dms3rep/multi/opt/crazy-crab-a1a17a75-86dd10c1-1920w.jpg",
"https://irp-cdn.multiscreensite.com/12f4bf59/dms3rep/multi/logo_zexez_svg.svg",
"https://lirp.cdn-website.com/12f4bf59/dms3rep/multi/opt/payment_icons-1920w-1920w.png"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[
"Bryan Nichols"
] |
2019-03-15T18:16:45
|
How Youth Sports Teach Children the Value of Teamwork
|
en
|
https://www.zexezsports.com/how-youth-sports-teach-children-the-value-of-teamwork
|
Not every child who plays youth sports will go on to be a professional athlete; however, the majority of children who play sports will go on to achieve greater success than their non-sports peers. The reason is simple: sports teach children teamwork, an important life skill. Every career involves some form of teamwork, whether you’re part of a large corporation or working one-on-one with clients, and personal relationships also require a strong team mentality.
A 2009 University of Kansas study showed that Kansas students in grades 9-12 who participated in sports actually scored higher on academic tests and had a higher graduation rate than students who didn't participate. Additionally, 57 percent of business leaders attributed their youth sports experiences to career success. Participating in sports is such a rewarding and important experience for kids of all ages and it can positively impact their entire lives.
The Benefits of Teamwork in Youth Sports
The essence of teamwork is a group of people working together to achieve a common goal. While the premise seems simple, it requires a lot of dedication and perseverance. Successful teams must overcome many obstacles and be willing to learn and grow together. Because of the complexity of being part of a team and participating in youth sports, children can experience quite a lot of personal growth while receive several benefits and life skills.
Cooperation
Sports teams are an amazing way for kids to experience diversity and learn to cooperate with others. Every member of a sports team must work together to achieve success (even when it comes to picking out new uniform designs ), so individual differences have to be put aside. The diverse mix of personalities and challenges that young athletes face will help your child become patient, persistent, and adaptable.
Self-esteem
When children understand that their voices are valued, they gain confidence. Being heard provides a sense of worth and encourages further participation. Teams naturally help children feel important as teammates interact and support each other. Kids may also develop long-lasting friendships that foster a sense of community and give them a safe foundation when dealing with stress.
Leadership Skills
Along with organization, self-discipline, and conflict resolution, a strong leader understands how to communicate and work within a team. Youth sports can help children develop strong leadership skills by teaching them how to voice their needs, such as talking about issues with a coach, and to listen to the needs of their teammates.
How Team Working Skills Help a Child Later in Life
According to Fortune , 75 percent of executives said an applicant's background in sports positively influenced their hiring decisions. The reason for that is the strong team working skills that young athletes learn. When an applicant has participated in youth sports, hiring managers understand that he or she has dealt with pressure and competition and has solid experience working with a team for a particular outcome.
Children in sports learn the importance of following rules and procedures, how to take constructive feedback, how to offer support to others, and when to ask for help. They also learn what it means to balance their strengths and weaknesses against teammates. Sports are basically teamwork in action, a major plus for any career.
Besides job opportunities, personal relationships from friendships to romantic partners benefit from team working skills. Any successful relationship requires communication, compromise, support, and a willingness to work together for a common goal. By teaching kids these skills through sports at an early age, they will have what’s needed for successful interactions later in life.
Youth sports is far more than an after-school activity or a way to get your child out of the house for a few hours. It builds teamwork and provides children the skills they need to be successful adults. So let’s get out there and play!
Did you know that every member of your team can work together to sell fan gear and raise money for your organization? Our Fan Store is 100% free and a great way to sell apparel and other items with your team logo. Fans can visit your store, support your team, and then you’ll receive fundraising sales. No commitment and easy to set up!
|
||||
7350
|
dbpedia
|
3
| 1
|
https://blogs.usafootball.com/blog/8092/the-importance-of-being-a-team-player
|
en
|
The Importance of Being a Team Player
|
[
"https://assets.usafootball.com/images/usaf/usa-football.svg",
"https://assets.usafootball.com/cms/2020-09/Regionals_Charlotte_CoachingHuddle.jpg",
"https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=686166125170265&ev=PageView&noscript=1"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[
"Janis Meredith"
] | null |
https://blogs.usafootball.com/the-importance-of-being-a-team-player
|
Parents, coaches and kids have probably heard all the arguments for why being a team player is so important in youth sports. Athletes support each other and work together for a common goal. When each one fulfills their specific role, the end result is going to be much, much better. I would even venture to say that a team full of individuals has a bigger mountain to climb if they want to win. But working together makes the mountain not quite as steep.
There is yet another reason that being a team player is so important; It has nothing to do with today, and everything to do with tomorrow. Take a few minutes and look to the future with me as I explain.
In the future, your child will be an adult who, unless they are a solo entrepreneur, will inevitably be on a team in their place of employment. The importance of teamwork is essential in today’s work world. In a 21st century economy, most jobs involve interacting with others that are in different professions. Effective teamwork is critical for any business.
In your child’s future place of employment, teamwork will help them get along better, get ahead quicker, and get the job done more professionally.
My three kids all played sports through college and today they are all on teams.
My oldest daughter is the lead teacher of a team of seven kindergarten teachers. She not only sees the importance of teamwork as a teacher but as the leader, she knows teamwork brings unity as they help each other out, making the job easier for everyone.
My son works for a financial investment firm. He is on a team that is scattered due to COVID, but this makes teamwork even more vital. He sees that team-work means clear and consistent communication. He knows that as he supports and helps his teammates, they will all perform better.
My youngest daughter works for a painting and remodeling contractor. She works with a team of estimators and workers managing projects. She believes that if they are going to make customers happy, they must all be on the same page and work together, supporting each other in their respective roles.
No matter where your child ends up in their career, they will be most likely be working with a team of some sort. And there is no doubt that what they learned about being a team player in youth sports will help them adjust to being a team player at work.
So, parents and coaches, keep preaching the teamwork message. It is a lesson that will literally transform workplaces in the future if young athletes see it modeled and are expected to embody it in the game.
|
||||||||
7350
|
dbpedia
|
1
| 82
|
https://linguapress.com/intermediate/sports-american-style.htm
|
en
|
Intermediate English: Team sports, American style
|
[
"https://linguapress.com/lplogo5.png",
"https://linguapress.com/lplogo5.png",
"https://linguapress.com/intermediate/pix/american-football.jpg",
"https://linguapress.com/teachers/mauve.png",
"https://linguapress.com/ads/descriptive-grammar-250.jpg",
"https://linguapress.com/illustrations/copyright.jpg"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
"team sports",
"USA",
"Europe",
"baseball",
"basketball",
"soccer",
"Britain",
"rounders",
""
] | null |
[] | null |
Team sports, American style; a short text in intermediate English
|
en
|
https://linguapress.com/intermediate/sports-american-style.htm
|
Europeans play football, and Americans play football; but surprisingly they do not play the same game. American football is played by men (and occasionally women) wearing helmets and protective clothing; the ball is oval. European football is played with a round ball, by people wearing just socks, shorts, a shirt, and football boots.
We Americans have another popular outdoor game too; baseball - a classic American game, that is only played seriously in North America. In Britain, a few people play an "ancestor" of baseball, called "rounders" - but it is not a popular sport.
In today's "global village", lifestyles have become international. Often the American model has spread to other countries of the world. American sports, however, have not spread all over the world, as American films and American fashions have. On the contrary, European sports have been more successful internationally. Indeed European football is slowly developing in the USA (where we call it "soccer").
In motor racing too, though it is not really a team sport, the USA is different. In Europe, South America, Japan and other countries (including Canada), "motor racing" means "Formula 1"; in America we have IndyCar racing.
The Indianapolis 500 is like a Formula 1 race, but different. Several famous Formula 1 drivers - including Nigel Mansell and Jacques Villeneuve - have won the race. On the other hand, no American IndyCar drivers have ever been Formula 1 champions. Nevertheless, Americans are beginning to discover Formula 1 racing, since the first American Grand Prix.
Besides these big sports, America of course has basketball - perhaps the most successful "export". Invented at Springfield College, Massachusetts, in 1891, Basketball is quite certainly an "American game". Although it is not as big in Europe as in the USA, basketball has become much more popular in other countries than any other American team sport.
WHY IS AMERICA DIFFERENT?
The answer is simple. Until the 1960's, team sports were not played on a global scale. In Europe, people played European games, and in North America we played American games. The only real "global" sports were individual sports, such as golf and tennis.
A hundred years ago, individual rich Americans could travel to Europe on holiday, and play these two games. But whole teams of sportsmen did not often travel around the world, it was too difficult and slow!
The first worldwide sports competition was the Olympic Games; but originally the Olympics were only concerned with athletics; they did not include the wide variety of sports that they now cover.
So as far as team sports are concerned, America has grown up with its own tradition; we love our "football" and our baseball and our basketball. We don't mind if these sports are not popular in other countries. That way, we can organise the "World Series" baseball championship, knowing that a US team will almost always win. From time to time, a Canadian team wins.... but they're North Americans too, after all.
WORDS A-Z :
|
||||||
7350
|
dbpedia
|
3
| 62
|
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/53-admirable-football-quotes-on-teamwork-and-team-building-from-american-football-players-in-2023--130182245472370559/
|
en
|
[] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[] |
2023-09-04T20:14:40+00:00
|
Working well with people can make or break your success. The dream is made achievable by teamwork, and accomplishment is only possible with efficient teamwork. When the players are working together as a team, it is difficult to spot any flaws. The combined effort of the quality football teams over…
|
en
|
Pinterest
|
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/53-admirable-football-quotes-on-teamwork-and-team-building-from-american-football-players--130182245472370559/
| |||||||
7350
|
dbpedia
|
2
| 79
|
https://www.olympedia.org/sports/USF
|
en
|
Olympedia – American Football
|
[] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[] | null | null |
American football was a demonstration sport at the 1932 Olympics. It is not a recognized sport by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and it will not become a part of the Olympic Program at any time in the near future. One reason for that is that the IOC is committed to gender equity at the Olympics, and there are few women’s leagues or teams in American football, and almost none outside of the United States. Another factor against American football is how to fit in a tournament within the 2-week Olympic Program.
There have been some recent efforts to consider flag football, a variant of American tackle football, as an Olympic sport and at the 141st IOC Session in Mumbai, India in October 2023 flag football it was approved for the Olympic Programme for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
|
||||||||
7350
|
dbpedia
|
3
| 42
|
https://nflflag.com/flag-football-safety/benefits-of-football
|
en
|
5 Benefits of Kids Playing Football – NFL FLAG Football
|
[
"https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=886068815482893&ev=PageView&noscript=1",
"https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=1123366391675742&ev=PageView&noscript=1",
"https://nflflag.com/modules/nfl-theme/img/flag-logo.png",
"https://nflstatic.s3.amazonaws.com/attachments/ckgwn8iv911rh0jlguonl4oyr-rc-experiences-nfl-flag-2021.0.709.5000.2330.max.jpg",
"https://nflflag.com/modules/nfl-theme/img/teams/bal.svg",
"https://nflflag.com/modules/nfl-theme/img/teams/cin.svg",
"https://nflflag.com/modules/nfl-theme/img/teams/cle.svg",
"https://nflflag.com/modules/nfl-theme/img/teams/pit.svg",
"https://nflflag.com/modules/nfl-theme/img/teams/buf.svg",
"https://nflflag.com/modules/nfl-theme/img/teams/mia.svg",
"https://nflflag.com/modules/nfl-theme/img/teams/ne.svg",
"https://nflflag.com/modules/nfl-theme/img/teams/nyjets.png",
"https://nflflag.com/modules/nfl-theme/img/teams/hou.svg",
"https://nflflag.com/modules/nfl-theme/img/teams/ind.svg",
"https://nflflag.com/modules/nfl-theme/img/teams/jax.svg",
"https://nflflag.com/modules/nfl-theme/img/teams/ten.svg",
"https://nflflag.com/modules/nfl-theme/img/teams/den.svg",
"https://nflflag.com/modules/nfl-theme/img/teams/kc.svg",
"https://nflflag.com/modules/nfl-theme/img/teams/oak.svg",
"https://nflflag.com/modules/nfl-theme/img/teams/lac.svg",
"https://nflflag.com/modules/nfl-theme/img/teams/chi.svg",
"https://nflflag.com/modules/nfl-theme/img/teams/det.svg",
"https://nflflag.com/modules/nfl-theme/img/teams/gb.svg",
"https://nflflag.com/modules/nfl-theme/img/teams/min.svg",
"https://nflflag.com/modules/nfl-theme/img/teams/dal.svg",
"https://nflflag.com/modules/nfl-theme/img/teams/nyg.svg",
"https://nflflag.com/modules/nfl-theme/img/teams/phi.svg",
"https://nflflag.com/modules/nfl-theme/img/teams/wash.png",
"https://nflflag.com/modules/nfl-theme/img/teams/atl.svg",
"https://nflflag.com/modules/nfl-theme/img/teams/car.svg",
"https://nflflag.com/modules/nfl-theme/img/teams/no.svg",
"https://nflflag.com/modules/nfl-theme/img/teams/tb.svg",
"https://nflflag.com/modules/nfl-theme/img/teams/az.svg",
"https://nflflag.com/modules/nfl-theme/img/teams/lar_new.svg",
"https://nflflag.com/modules/nfl-theme/img/teams/sf.svg",
"https://nflflag.com/modules/nfl-theme/img/teams/sea.svg",
"https://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/activity/src=13319313;type=nflflag;cat=nfflaglp;dc_lat=;dc_rdid=;tag_for_child_directed_treatment=;tfua=;npa=;gdpr=${GDPR};gdpr_consent=${GDPR_CONSENT_755};ord=1",
"https://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/activity/src=13319313;type=nflflag;cat=fndlegbc;dc_lat=;dc_rdid=;tag_for_child_directed_treatment=;tfua=;npa=;gdpr=${GDPR};gdpr_consent=${GDPR_CONSENT_755};ord=1",
"https://nflflag.com/modules/nfl-theme/img/flag-logo-white.png",
"https://nflflag.com/modules/nfl-theme/img/nfl-logo.svg",
"https://nflflag.com/modules/nfl-theme/img/play-football-logo.svg"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[] | null |
See the greatest benefits of kids playing football, from health benefits to mental toughness.
|
en
|
/modules/nfl-theme/img/favicon.ico
| null |
BENEFITS OF PLAYING FOOTBALL
Flag football is one of the fastest growing youth sports, currently on its way to becoming a college sanctioned sport. Tackle football fields over 1 million high school student-athletes each year. No matter which way you look at it, our love for football runs deep.
While extensive research is being conducted to better understand football safety, it’s still a game that comes with many physical and emotional benefits. Need proof? Here are five great benefits for kids who play football:
1. Health benefits: Football is a fast moving game with a lot of variety. Players run, jump, quickly change direction, and stop and start, which improves cardiovascular health. Practice drills, complex running routes and defensive techniques all encourage speed, strength, and stamina. And these activities also engage motor skills, specifically hand and eye coordination. Plus, a recent study found that playing football has positive effects on bone strength.
2. Teamwork: Youth football teaches kids accountability, leadership, and the impact of positive sportsmanship. Every position has a purpose and to execute a play successfully, each individual needs to fulfill their responsibility, while working together—a skill that’s valuable both on and off the field.
3. Discipline: Learning routes, repetitive drills, and executing proper technique take a high level of discipline—and football players do it time and time again. Each practice is laying the foundation for a strong work ethic that kids will use throughout their lives. And this is one of the biggest benefits of football.
4. Mental toughness: Sports are a great platform to build mental toughness. Whether it’s making a mistake on the field or needing to comeback from a major upset, setbacks are bound to happen. And to move forward, players must learn how to persevere. Football provides a lot of opportunities to improve mental toughness, from remaining calm under pressure to focusing during chaotic situations.
5. Socialization: Football teaches kids how to effectively communicate and work well with others. After all, one player can’t do everything. They rely on each other—what a better way to make long-lasting friendships? Layer this with learning to respect and receive direction from authority (aka coaches) and you have a range of socialization skills.
BENEFITS OF PLAYING FLAG FOOTBALL
Flag football has a lot to offer, from co-ed leagues to competitive tournaments. Here are five important benefits for kids playing flag football:
1. No Contact: Flag football is a non-contact sport, meaning there’s no tackling, diving, blocking, screening or fumbles allowed. Therefore, players aren’t required to wear any heavy equipment, such as helmets and shoulder pads. This creates an approachable atmosphere where kids can learn how to play and develop their skills without the aspect of physical contact.
2. Accessibility: Flag football is an incredibly inclusive sport and opens the doors to many players, including female athletes. In fact, the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) plans to launch the first college sanctioned women’s flag football league in the spring of 2021.
3. Learn the fundamentals: There’s a common myth that flag football doesn’t prepare kids for tackle football—and that simply isn’t true. The basic fundamentals taught in flag football directly transfer to tackle, including catching, throwing, formations, routes, and defensive skills. For example, the way defensive players are required to square up their body and align their head and knees is the exact positioning needed to physically tackle an opponent.
4. Easy commitment: With most leagues only meeting once per week, many families happily squeeze flag football into their packed schedules. Typically, teams practice for about 45 minutes before their game, and then the game itself is usually an hour or less. Of course, some high-level competitive leagues offer more playing time, if that’s something you’re looking for.
5. It’s fun!: Plain and simple, flag football is loads of fun. With fewer players on the field, there’s more engagement and a faster speed of play. Games are quick, competitive and every drive counts, especially in tournaments. It’s the version of football you loved playing in your backyard—why ever stop?
|
|||||
7350
|
dbpedia
|
2
| 4
|
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_football
|
en
|
Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
|
[
"https://simple.wikipedia.org/static/images/icons/wikipedia.png",
"https://simple.wikipedia.org/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-wordmark-en.svg",
"https://simple.wikipedia.org/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-tagline-simple.svg",
"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Larry_Fitzgerald_catches_TD_at_2009_Pro_Bowl.jpg/300px-Larry_Fitzgerald_catches_TD_at_2009_Pro_Bowl.jpg",
"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/AmFBfield.svg/250px-AmFBfield.svg.png",
"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Jeremi_Johnson_and_Ray_Lewis.jpg/250px-Jeremi_Johnson_and_Ray_Lewis.jpg",
"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Wilson_American_football.jpg/220px-Wilson_American_football.jpg",
"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Sports_icon.png/50px-Sports_icon.png",
"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png",
"https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1",
"https://simple.wikipedia.org/static/images/footer/wikimedia-button.svg",
"https://simple.wikipedia.org/static/images/footer/poweredby_mediawiki.svg"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[
"Contributors to Wikimedia projects"
] |
2005-03-25T20:55:30+00:00
|
en
|
/static/apple-touch/wikipedia.png
|
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_football
|
American football, referred to as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron,[nb 1] is a team sport. It is played by two teams with 11 players on each side. American football is played with a ball with pointed ends. Points are scored in many ways, usually by one team getting the ball into the end zone of the other team. The game started in the late 19th century as college football, an American version of rugby football.
The main leagues that play American football are the professional National Football League (NFL), and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), which plays college football. In the National Football League, players can be paid millions of dollars. In the National Collegiate Athletic Association, players simply play for the pride of their school, scholarships, or for the chance to join a national team. Over a million boys (and a number of girls) play high school football. There is also a closely related sport called Canadian football (CFL).
An American football game is played with a ball called a football. The sport is played on a grass (or artificial turf) field. The field is exactly 360 feet (110 m) long and 160 feet (49 m) wide. The end zones, one at each end of the field, are 10 yards (9.1 m) long. The players wear protective equipment, including a helmet with face mask, shoulder pads, thigh pads, and often a mouth guard. A team has four chances, or "downs", to advance the ball 10 yards (9.1 m) while the opposing team tries to stop it. Certain players advance the ball by carrying or throwing it. Teams can score by advancing the ball to the other team's end zone or by kicking the ball through a goalpost placed at the back of the end zone. American football is carefully regulated by time and rules, which are enforced by officials, who also determine when a team scores.
A college or professional football game is 60 minutes long, and is divided into 15-minute quarters. In some high schools, the quarters are 12 minutes long, and games for younger children are often shorter still. After the first two quarters, the teams rest during halftime.
In NFL football, if the game is tied after the four quarters, the two teams compete in at least one more 15-minute period called overtime. During overtime, the first team to score points is usually the winner. However, under the current rules, first used for the 2011 postseason, if the team that has the ball first ends its possession by scoring a field goal, the other team has a chance to score. If that team does not score, or if it scores a touchdown, the game ends. If it scores a field goal, the game continues, and the next team to score wins. During the regular season, only one overtime period is played—if neither team scores, or if both teams score field goals when they first have the ball, the game ends in a tie. During the playoffs, the game will continue with as many overtime periods as needed to decide a winner. If the game is tied after each team has had the ball once in overtime, the first team to score wins.
In NCAA football overtime, which is based on the system used for high school football in most U.S. states, the teams take turns trying to score. The game ends when one team scores, and the other team fails to score as many points during its chance.
American football is played on a field 120 yards (110 m) long by 53.3 yards (48.7 m) wide. Most of the game is played on 100 yards (91 m) in the middle. It is divided by 20 lines drawn every 5 yards (4.6 m). The field has two other sets of markings, running between the two end zones along the length of the field, known as "hashmarks". All plays must start between the hashmarks—if the last play ended outside the hashmarks, the ball is moved to the nearest hashmark. At the ends of the field there are scoring areas, called the end zones.
There are also two yellow poles on the end of each field called uprights. Sometimes, if the team can not score a touchdown they might want to kick it through the uprights for three points. The uprights are also used for scoring one point after a team scored a touchdown.
There are many types of players on a football team. For the offensive part of the team, a quarterback throws the football to wide receivers while offensive linemen block to protect him from defensive players. The offensive linemen also block when a running back runs to advance the football. Players on the Defensive line, a linebacker, and defensive backs (cornerbacks and American football safeties) attempt to tackle the offensive player who carries the football. Some team members only play during certain times. These players belong to the Special Teams. The kicker can kick the ball to the other team or between the uprights, while the placeholder holds the ball steady. The kick returner runs the ball down the field in an attempt to score points after catching the ball.
A touchdown is achieved when a player has legal possession of the ball and the ball crosses an imaginary vertical plane above the opposing team's goal line. After a touchdown, the scoring team attempts a try for 1 or 2 points (see below). A successful touchdown is signaled by an official extending both arms vertically above the head.
A field goal is scored when the ball is place kicked between the goal posts behind the opponent's end zone. The most common type of kick used is the place kick. For a place kick, the ball must first be snapped to a placeholder, who holds the ball upright on the ground with his fingertip so that it may be kicked. Three points are scored if the ball crosses between the two upright posts and above the crossbar and remains over.
Immediately following a touchdown, the scoring team can attempt to kick the ball between the goal posts for 1 extra point. The team can also run or pass the ball into the end zone for 2 points. This is not done very often, although it does happen if the game situation calls for it.
College football has unique rules regarding extra point attempts in overtime. Teams that score touchdowns are required to attempt a two-point conversion during the second overtime. Starting with the third overtime, the two teams alternate two-point conversion attempts, with the game ending when one team scores and the other does not.
In the NFL, college football, and high school football in Texas (whose rules are based on the NCAA set), if the defense takes possession of the ball during an extra point (via fumble, interception, or blocked kick) and returns the ball into the opponent's end zone, the defensive team receives 2 points. (In high school football outside of Texas, if the defense takes possession during an extra point, the play is dead at that moment and the conversion is ruled "no good".)
A safety is scored if a player causes the ball to become dead in his own end zone. When this happens two points are awarded to the opposing (usually defending) team. This can happen if a player is either downed or goes out of bounds in the end zone while carrying the ball. It can also happen if he fumbles the ball, and it goes out of bounds in the end zone. A safety is also awarded to the defensive team if the offensive team commits a foul which is enforced in its own end zone.
Exhibition season (better known as Pre-Season) is in August. In the exhibition season, the teams get ready for the regular season by having training. Teams have practices to help the team get better and see who will make the team. All of the teams play 3 games before the regular season starts, and the games do not change what team gets to the post season. Because of it, teams do not use their best players much, and use the games as more practice.
The 32 NFL teams are divided into two conferences: the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC). Each of them is divided in four divisions: North, South, West and East. Each division includes four teams. The season lasts 18 weeks. Each team plays 17 games and has one week off. This week of rest is called a "bye week".
Part of a series of articles on
Sports Summer Sports Track and field athletics
Football (soccer)
Basketball
Bowls
Rugby
Gymnastics
Baseball
American football
Cycling·Auto racing
Cricket·Golf
Field hockey·Handball
Archery·Shooting
Fencing·Weightlifting
Pentathlon·Triathlon
Horseback riding
Water sports
Swimming· Diving
Water polo·Sailing
Canoeing·Rowing
Martial arts
Boxing·Wrestling
Karate·Taekwondo
Net sports
Tennis· Volleyball
Table tennis· Badminton
Winter sports
Ice hockey· Skating
Skiing·Curling
Bobsled·Luge
Snowboarding·Biathlon
Ice sledge hockey
At the end of the regular season, the winners of each division and the next three best teams in each conference play in a tournament. The NFC's champion and The AFC's champion play the NFL's final game, the Super Bowl. The event is often treated as a National holiday as many stores close for the event. The day of the event is commonly known nationwide as Super Bowl Sunday.
Association football
Notes
↑ The terms "gridiron football" and "gridiron" are sometimes used as synonyms for American football,[1] and are also sometimes used in a broader sense that includes Canadian football as well.[2]
|
||||||
7350
|
dbpedia
|
3
| 15
|
https://riverjournalonline.com/around-town/sports/the-psychology-of-american-football/81809/
|
en
|
The Psychology of American Football
|
[
"https://riverjournalonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/RJ-RJN-Online3-scaled.jpg",
"https://riverjournalonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Berkshire_Banner_New.jpg",
"https://riverjournalonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Berkshire_Banner_New.jpg",
"https://riverjournalonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Berkshire_Banner_New.jpg",
"https://riverjournalonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Berkshire_Banner_New.jpg",
"https://riverjournalonline.com/wp-content/themes/newsnow-pro/assets/img/icon-twitter-square.png",
"https://riverjournalonline.com/wp-content/themes/newsnow-pro/assets/img/icon-facebook-square.png",
"https://riverjournalonline.com/wp-content/themes/newsnow-pro/assets/img/icon-mail-square.png",
"https://riverjournalonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Field-Goal-Photo-unsplash-300x214.png",
"https://riverjournalonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Babe-Ruth-baseball-300x200.jpg",
"https://riverjournalonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Football-Photo-unsplash-300x200.jpg",
"https://riverjournalonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Running-Photo-Tembela-Bohle-on-Pexels-300x200.jpg",
"https://riverjournalonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/IMG_8175-300x200.jpeg",
"https://riverjournalonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/RJN_Summer-Program-Update_RJonline_080724-3.png",
"https://riverjournalonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/RJN_Summer-Program-Update_RJonline_080724-3.png",
"https://riverjournalonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Gullotta-House-Golf-Ads_RJ_BB_300x600_with_Logos.jpg",
"https://riverjournalonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Gullotta-House-Golf-Ads_RJ_BB_300x600_with_Logos.jpg",
"https://riverjournalonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/EOH-300x250-2.gif",
"https://www.edgeonhudson.com/?utm_source=ad&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=RiverJournalMetroNorth",
"https://riverjournalonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/PARAMOUNT-THEATER_300x250_riv_UN-e1691425973458.jpeg",
"https://riverjournalonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/PARAMOUNT-THEATER_300x250_riv_UN-e1691425973458.jpeg",
"https://riverjournalonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Franzoso_mt_300x250.gif",
"https://riverjournalonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Franzoso_mt_300x250.gif",
"https://riverjournalonline.com/wp-content/themes/newsnow-pro/assets/img/river-journal-currents-newsletter.jpg"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[
"Brian Novak"
] |
2024-08-01T00:00:00
|
Football is far more than just a game for its avid fans; it’s become an integral part of American culture, bringing people together, elevating our spirits in times of trial, […]
|
en
|
https://riverjournalonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/favicon.ico
|
https://riverjournalonline.com/around-town/sports/the-psychology-of-american-football/81809/
|
Football is far more than just a game for its avid fans; it’s become an integral part of American culture, bringing people together, elevating our spirits in times of trial, and giving us something to strive for as we watch our favorite teams battle on the field. But have you ever considered the psychological elements that make watching American football enjoyable? From relief theory to schematic processing theory, there are many sophisticated dives into how humans respond emotionally to this beloved sport.
This blog post will explore some key psychological components of why Americans find football so much fun. For those interested in betting on sports, particularly football, check out the Liga MX betting odds to get insights and potentially place bets on upcoming matches.
Mental Toughness in American Football
It is a crucial characteristic woven into the game’s fabric and is as critical to players’ success as their physical skills and abilities. Mental toughness refers to the ability to perform consistently towards one’s potential, regardless of adverse circumstances. This might include physical discomfort, adverse weather, or the pressure of a high-stakes game.
This mental resilience enables athletes to maintain focus, discipline, and emotional control, particularly in high-pressure situations. Sports psychologists often work with football players on techniques to foster mental toughness, such as visualization, cognitive restructuring, and mindfulness. It’s not just about physical strength in football; the mental game plays a significant role, too.
Role of Teamwork and Leadership in American Football
These elements go beyond the physical and mental toughness of individual players, shaping the cohesive identity of the team as a whole.
Football is a sport that demands the well-coordinated efforts of all team members. Each player has a specific role, and the team’s success depends on the flawless execution of these roles. This coordinated effort is where teamwork becomes critical. Players must trust each other’s abilities and work together to create strategic plays that outsmart the opposing team.
Leadership, in turn, guides this collective effort. A good leader – be it the team captain, a senior player, or the coach – inspires confidence, sets the vision, and instills discipline in the team. They ensure the team stays focused on their collective goals and maintains morale, especially during testing times. A leader’s ability to make crucial decisions under pressure could mean a triumphant victory and a disappointing defeat.
In essence, while individual mental toughness is vital, effective teamwork and strong leadership are equally crucial in shaping a high-performing football team.
Impact of Media on American Football
With extensive coverage of games, in-depth analysis, and behind-the-scenes stories, media outlets have brought the sport into the homes and hearts of millions. The media’s role transcends the mere broadcast of games; it substantially shapes public perception and influences the dynamics of the sport.
Television, in particular, has magnified football’s reach, making it the most-watched sport in America. The broadcasting of matches, player interviews, and expert analysis help create an emotional connection between the audience and the sport, influencing fan loyalty and engagement.
Moreover, media narratives often shape the perception of teams, players, and games. Positive media coverage can paint a team or player in a favorable light, influencing public opinion and even the players’ morale. Conversely, negative coverage can lead to adverse public sentiment.
The advent of social media has further amplified the influence of media. It offers a platform for real-time discussions, fan engagement, and instant updates, creating an immersive experience for fans. However, it also opens up new avenues for criticism and scrutiny, affecting players’ mental resilience and the perception of teams.
Public Perception of American Football
The sport’s drama, intensity, and unpredictability create a spectacle that resonates with the audience, fostering a deep emotional connection. The players’ mental toughness, teamwork, and inspiring leadership stories often align with societal values, further strengthening this bond.
However, we cannot underestimate the media’s role in spotlighting these aspects. It has brought the sport closer to the public, influencing perceptions and driving engagement. Yet, it also can sway public sentiment in both positive and negative directions. Public perception of American football is a complex interplay of the sport’s inherent qualities and external influences, continually shaped by societal trends and media narratives.
Conclusion
To summarize, American football is more than just a game; it’s a microcosm of life, reflecting the importance of mental resilience, teamwork, leadership, and media influence. Its appeal goes beyond physical contests on a field, resonating deeply with the American public’s values, emotions, and aspirations. As fans, we must consider the myriad factors shaping our perception of the sport, including media narratives, and remember to appreciate the complex psychological dynamics at play.
|
|||||
7350
|
dbpedia
|
2
| 59
|
https://www.draftcountdown.com/other/beyond-the-game-exploring-the-impact-of-american-football-on-society/
|
en
|
Beyond the Game: Exploring the Impact of American Football on Society
|
[
"https://i0.wp.com/www.draftcountdown.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/cropped-NewDCLogo-1.jpg?fit=625%2C398&ssl=1",
"https://draftcountdown.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/NewDCLogo.jpg",
"https://i0.wp.com/www.draftcountdown.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Screen-Shot-2024-02-20-at-12.10.35-PM.png?fit=960%2C750&ssl=1",
"https://i0.wp.com/www.draftcountdown.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/cropped-NewDCLogo-1.jpg?fit=625%2C398&ssl=1"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
"Data Protection",
"Copyright Data"
] | null |
[
"DCAdmin"
] |
2024-03-28T07:00:53+00:00
|
Mock Drafts - NFL Draft Rankings - NFL Draft Coverage
|
en
|
NFL Draft Countdown
|
https://www.draftcountdown.com/other/beyond-the-game-exploring-the-impact-of-american-football-on-society/
|
Millions of people love American football because it is not just any other game; it has tactics, big hits, and those intense winning seconds that make all the difference. Yet, its significance extends far beyond the stadium lights, permeating every facet of society.
Evolution of American Football
The development of American football over time to become the most popular sport in America is similar to how the country has progressed. The game that was only played by tough college students now takes the form of a very expensive sector consisting of well paying jobs, and a passionate following among all American age groups which is associated with numerous generations.
Social Impact of American Football
Football goes beyond touchdowns and tackles; it connects people together. From small town high school rivalries to the grandeur of NFL Sundays, football is a rallying cry that crosses social boundaries. It fosters a sense of belonging, pride, and shared identity within communities, transcending divisions and bringing people together in celebration.
In addition, the economic significance of football is immense. Football stadiums turn out to be economic powerhouses; they draw in people who end up spending money within the locality thereby creating employment to many. However it does not end at that point; there is a ripple effect which leads businesses to use football season for increased sales, tourism as well as investment on infrastructures.
Health and Well-being
Despite being attractive because of its physicality, football raises worries regarding the safety as well as the future health of the participants. Athletes are exposed to potential harm such as head knocks, bone fractures, and long-lasting severe pain due to the high contact nature of the game. Such hazards have resulted in a lot of arguments with people demanding for more precautions like better gears and tough regulations on players’ behavior.
The desire to keep players safe has driven developments in sports medicine, such as better concussion rules, modern injury prevention strategies, and increased education and support for athletes. Yet, the quest for a safer game remains ongoing, with stakeholders across the football community striving to balance the thrill of competition with the imperative of player welfare.
Media and Entertainment
In an age of digital connectivity and 24/7 news cycles, football occupies a central place in the media landscape. From primetime broadcasts to social media feeds, the sport captivates audiences with its drama, spectacle, and larger-than-life personalities. Television networks vie for broadcasting rights, sponsors clamor for coveted ad spots, and fans enjoy platforms based on the best software for sports betting, fueling a multi-billion-dollar industry that transcends borders and cultures.
Moreover, football’s influence extends beyond the realm of sports, shaping popular culture through movies, television shows, music, and fashion. Iconic moments, legendary players, and storied franchises become cultural touchstones, celebrated and immortalized in the collective memory of fans around the world.
Political and Social Issues
There are many points at which politics and football come together. These range from arguments concerning the conduct of players such as kneeling when the national anthem is being played, to debates over league policies on domestic violence and drug testing. However, through this game, social rights movements find their way and enhance messages for anti-racism, feminism, and total changes in the society.
International Influence
While rooted in American culture, football’s appeal transcends national borders, captivating audiences around the world. The NFL’s international series, global marketing initiatives, and grassroots development programs have fueled the sport’s growth on a global scale, introducing new audiences to the excitement and spectacle of American football.
However, the global growth of the game has faced some challenges. These include cultural disparities, logistical problems, as well as competition from well-known games that hinder penetration into emerging markets. However, the NFL is determined in its attempts to reach out across the world because it sees football like a common language that brings together individuals from all over the world, irrespective of their culture.
Future Outlook
As American football evolves in the 21st century, its impact on society will continue to evolve as well. Technological innovations, demographic shifts, and changing attitudes toward sports and entertainment will shape the future of football and its role in society. The sport must navigate these changes while upholding its core values of competition, camaraderie, and excellence.
Conclusion
Football is not a mere sport but a culture by itself which has great influence in the society in all levels, locally and internationally. It affects everything including community, finance, well-being, communication, government and culture. As we look to the future, let us celebrate the transformative power of football to bring people together, ignite passions, and create lasting memories that transcend the boundaries of time and space.
|
|||||
7350
|
dbpedia
|
3
| 54
|
https://westernmassraiders.com/community-work/the-importance-of-teamwork-in-football-and-how-our-team-fosters-it
|
en
|
The Importance of Teamwork in Football and How Our Team Fosters it
|
[
"https://speedy.uenicdn.com/9fe83e90-84fd-47aa-86bc-924d69c560c9/n200_54a/image/upload/v1684594412/business/1e533e118bd14c93a2491dcdd28a8401.png 200w, https://speedy.uenicdn.com/9fe83e90-84fd-47aa-86bc-924d69c560c9/n400_108a/image/upload/v1684594412/business/1e533e118bd14c93a2491dcdd28a8401.png 400w, https://speedy.uenicdn.com/9fe83e90-84fd-47aa-86bc-924d69c560c9/n600_162a/image/upload/v1684594412/business/1e533e118bd14c93a2491dcdd28a8401.png 600w",
"https://speedy.uenicdn.com/9fe83e90-84fd-47aa-86bc-924d69c560c9/c600_a/image/upload/v1689562173/business/420e68f0-e46a-4faa-804a-49dc089cefbf.jpg 600w, https://speedy.uenicdn.com/9fe83e90-84fd-47aa-86bc-924d69c560c9/c1200_a/image/upload/v1689562173/business/420e68f0-e46a-4faa-804a-49dc089cefbf.jpg 1200w, https://speedy.uenicdn.com/9fe83e90-84fd-47aa-86bc-924d69c560c9/c1800_a/image/upload/v1689562173/business/420e68f0-e46a-4faa-804a-49dc089cefbf.jpg 1800w, https://speedy.uenicdn.com/9fe83e90-84fd-47aa-86bc-924d69c560c9/c500_a/image/upload/v1689562173/business/420e68f0-e46a-4faa-804a-49dc089cefbf.jpg 500w, https://speedy.uenicdn.com/9fe83e90-84fd-47aa-86bc-924d69c560c9/c1000_a/image/upload/v1689562173/business/420e68f0-e46a-4faa-804a-49dc089cefbf.jpg 1000w, https://speedy.uenicdn.com/9fe83e90-84fd-47aa-86bc-924d69c560c9/c1500_a/image/upload/v1689562173/business/420e68f0-e46a-4faa-804a-49dc089cefbf.jpg 1500w, https://speedy.uenicdn.com/9fe83e90-84fd-47aa-86bc-924d69c560c9/c600_a/image/upload/v1689562173/business/420e68f0-e46a-4faa-804a-49dc089cefbf.jpg 600w, https://speedy.uenicdn.com/9fe83e90-84fd-47aa-86bc-924d69c560c9/c1200_a/image/upload/v1689562173/business/420e68f0-e46a-4faa-804a-49dc089cefbf.jpg 1200w, https://speedy.uenicdn.com/9fe83e90-84fd-47aa-86bc-924d69c560c9/c1800_a/image/upload/v1689562173/business/420e68f0-e46a-4faa-804a-49dc089cefbf.jpg 1800w, https://speedy.uenicdn.com/9fe83e90-84fd-47aa-86bc-924d69c560c9/c840_a/image/upload/v1689562173/business/420e68f0-e46a-4faa-804a-49dc089cefbf.jpg 840w, https://speedy.uenicdn.com/9fe83e90-84fd-47aa-86bc-924d69c560c9/c1680_a/image/upload/v1689562173/business/420e68f0-e46a-4faa-804a-49dc089cefbf.jpg 1680w, https://speedy.uenicdn.com/9fe83e90-84fd-47aa-86bc-924d69c560c9/c2520_a/image/upload/v1689562173/business/420e68f0-e46a-4faa-804a-49dc089cefbf.jpg 2520w"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[] |
2024-04-23T21:52:58.452229+00:00
|
Discover great football experiences in Western Massachusetts with the Western Mass Raiders. Elevate your skills, unite communities, empower athletes, and make friends in our dedicated pursuit of excellence.
|
Western Mass Raiders
|
https://westernmassraiders.com/community-work/the-importance-of-teamwork-in-football-and-how-our-team-fosters-it
|
Posted on May 19th, 2023
Football, often referred to as the ultimate team sport, thrives on the foundation of teamwork. The ability of players to work together seamlessly towards a common goal is what sets successful teams apart from the rest. In this blog post, we will explore the significance of teamwork in football and how our club, Western Mass Raiders, excels in fostering a strong team dynamic.
This sport demands coordination, cooperation, and collaboration among teammates. From offense to defense, every player on the field has a specific role to play, and it is through effective teamwork that these individual roles can come together to achieve collective success. In football, teamwork is not just about sharing the workload; it is about understanding and trusting each other's abilities, making split-second decisions, and executing strategies flawlessly.
At Western Mass Raiders, we understand the integral role of teamwork in football. We believe that a strong team dynamic is the key to achieving optimal performance and unlocking the full potential of each player. Our club is dedicated to creating an environment where teamwork is fostered and celebrated. Through a combination of specialized training programs, strategic gameplay, and a supportive team culture, we empower our players to work cohesively, communicate effectively, and build strong relationships on and off the field.
Uniting Individual Talents
Football is a game that demands a diverse set of skills from each player. From the speed and agility of the wide receiver to the strategic thinking of the quarterback, every position brings something unique to the team. However, it is through effective teamwork that these individual talents can truly shine.
At Western Mass Raiders, we recognize the value of each player's individual talents and strengths. We believe that by bringing together players with diverse skill sets, we can create a well-rounded team that is capable of excelling in all aspects of the game. Through rigorous training sessions and specialized coaching, we help our athletes identify and maximize their strengths, while also encouraging them to support and learn from their teammates.
By fostering an environment that values and embraces individual talents, Western Mass Raiders creates a team where players feel empowered to showcase their skills while also recognizing the importance of working together as a cohesive unit. We believe that when individual talents are united through teamwork, the possibilities on the football field become limitless.
Communication on and off the Field
Communication plays a pivotal role in the success of any team. In football, it is essential for players to effectively communicate with each other both on and off the field. Clear and concise communication ensures that everyone is on the same page, understands their roles, and can make split-second decisions that can determine the outcome of a game.
Effective communication in football goes beyond simple verbal exchanges. It involves a combination of verbal cues, hand signals, and non-verbal communication that allow players to convey messages quickly and efficiently in the midst of a fast-paced game. At Western Mass Raiders, we understand the importance of communication and prioritize its development among our players.
Our coaching staff works closely with the team to enhance their communication skills. We conduct regular drills and exercises that simulate game scenarios, where players are encouraged to communicate effectively with each other. By practicing and refining their communication skills, our players become more cohesive, making the team's movements and strategies more fluid and synchronized. Additionally, we foster an environment where open and honest communication is encouraged, ensuring that every player feels comfortable expressing their ideas, concerns, and insights.
Effective communication both on and off the field strengthens the bonds between teammates, builds trust, and enhances overall performance. By prioritizing communication within our club, Western Mass Raiders ensures that our players are well-equipped to make quick and informed decisions, adapt to changing game situations, and ultimately achieve success as a group.
Trust and Support
Trust and support are the cornerstones of successful teamwork. In football, players must trust their teammates to perform their assigned roles and support them when they face challenges on the field. This mutual trust and support create a sense of unity that allows the team to overcome obstacles and achieve extraordinary feats.
At Western Mass Raiders, we place great emphasis on building trust and fostering a supportive environment. We believe that when players trust and support each other, they are more likely to take risks, collaborate effectively, and perform at their best. Our coaching staff encourages open communication and emphasizes the importance of accountability and reliability.
Trust is not built overnight but is nurtured through consistent actions and interactions. Through team-building activities, collaborative training exercises, and a positive culture, we create an environment where trust can thrive. We encourage our players to support each other both on and off the field, creating a strong sense of camaraderie that extends beyond the game.
When players trust and support one another, they feel more comfortable taking risks and pushing their limits. They know that their teammates have their back, and this confidence translates into improved performance on the field. At Western Mass Raiders, we foster an atmosphere where players can rely on each other, fostering a cohesive team dynamic that paves the way for success.
Shared Goals and Strategies
A cohesive team in football is one that shares common goals and strategies. Every player understands the group's objectives and is committed to working towards them. When everyone is aligned, both in terms of the larger goals and the specific strategies employed on the field, the team can execute plays with precision and efficiency.
At Western Mass Raiders, we ensure that our players have a clear understanding of our team's goals and strategies. Our coaching staff meticulously designs game plans that capitalize on our strengths and exploit the weaknesses of our opponents. Through regular team meetings and strategic discussions, we empower our players to contribute their insights and ideas, fostering a sense of ownership and investment in the team's success.
Shared goals and strategies create a sense of unity and purpose among teammates. When everyone is working towards a common objective, it fosters a collaborative spirit and a strong sense of determination. This alignment allows the team to overcome challenges, adapt to different game situations, and ultimately achieve success together.
Overcoming Challenges Together
Football, like any sport, presents its fair share of challenges. Whether it's a tough opponent, injuries, or unfavorable weather conditions, a strong team can overcome these obstacles through teamwork. When players support and encourage each other during difficult times, they become resilient and find ways to persevere.
Western Mass Raiders prides itself on cultivating a culture of resilience and determination. We understand that setbacks and challenges are inevitable in football, but we believe that it is through these challenges that teams grow stronger. Our coaching staff instills in our players the belief that they can overcome any challenge as a side.
When faced with adversity, our players rally together, providing support and encouragement to their teammates. This unity allows us to weather the storms and come out stronger on the other side. We emphasize the importance of maintaining a positive mindset, learning from mistakes, and persevering through difficult times.
By fostering an environment of resilience and teamwork, Western Mass Raiders equips its players with the skills and mindset needed to overcome challenges both on and off the field. We believe that the ability to face adversity head-on and emerge stronger as a team is a testament to the power of teamwork.
Conclusion
Teamwork is the lifeblood of football, and at Western Mass Raiders, we recognize its utmost importance. Through the unification of individual talents, effective communication, trust and support, shared goals and strategies, and the ability to overcome challenges together, our club fosters a strong team dynamic that drives success.
If you are an aspiring football player or a passionate fan looking to be a part of a team that prioritizes teamwork, we invite you to reach out or get in touch with Western Mass Raiders. Together, let us embark on a football journey that celebrates the power of teamwork and unlocks the full potential of every player. Call us today at (860) 292-0146 and discover the remarkable experience that awaits you.
|
||||||
7350
|
dbpedia
|
1
| 36
|
https://www.edutopia.org/discussion/social-and-academic-benefits-team-sports
|
en
|
The Social and Academic Benefits of Team Sports
|
[
"https://www.edutopia.org/assets/facebook-share.svg",
"https://www.edutopia.org/assets/twitter-share.svg",
"https://www.edutopia.org/assets/email-share.svg",
"https://www.edutopia.org/assets/facebook-share.svg",
"https://www.edutopia.org/assets/twitter-share.svg",
"https://www.edutopia.org/assets/instagram-share.svg",
"https://www.edutopia.org/assets/youtube-share.svg",
"https://www.edutopia.org/assets/glef-logo-outline.png"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[
"Paige Maslen"
] |
2015-12-29T19:58:20+00:00
|
Team sports are about so much more than their physical benefits. This is especially so when group sports activities are incorporated into a young person’s life.
|
en
|
/assets/older-iPhone.png
|
Edutopia
|
https://www.edutopia.org/article/discussion-social-and-academic-benefits-team-sports/
|
Team sports are about so much more than their physical benefits. This is especially so when group sports activities are incorporated into a young person’s life. Studies have shown a direct correlation between physical activity and academic performance. A University of Kansas study looking at the performance of students in grades 9 to 12 showed that more than 97% of student athletes graduated high school, 10% higher than those students who had never participated in sports. Athletes were also shown to have better G.P.A. outcomes than non-athletes.
This might have to do with the increased cognitive ability that comes from playing sports. Physical activity naturally increases blood flow to the brain and activates endorphins, chemicals that are released when you exercise. Endorphins can impact your mood and work performance, meaning athletes may be more willing and capable of tackling that next big problem.
Team sports can also help with emotional development. Research published by the Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute states that exercise can lead to a unique state of short-term relaxation. That relaxation can promote increased concentration, better memory, enhanced creativity, more effective problem solving, and an improved mood — all benefits that will extend into the classroom.
Team athletes are constantly working with a slate of other people, many of whom can become positive role models along the way. Team sports foster mentorship between older players and younger players, coaches and athletes, and more. Coaches in particular can play an important role in a young athlete’s life. Players who have positive sports mentors when they’re young are also more likely to seek effective role models throughout their life.
Soft skills are personal attributes that allow people to build positive social relationships. Team sports are an excellent source of soft skills development, as they allow athletes to grow within a supportive environment. Here are just a few of the soft skills fostered through team sports:
Communication Skills
While it might not be as obvious as sitting down and discussing a group project, team sports take a lot of communication — both spoken and unspoken. Communication skills are key in maintaining a functioning sports team, whether it’s listening to locker room pep talk, picking up on nonverbal cues given by other players, or expressing a thought during a post-game debrief.
As Jill Prudden said in her book "Coaching Girl’s Basketball Successfully,” players are expected to express their concerns, hopes, and disappointments to their coaches and their teammates. She also encourages her players to seek feedback from coaches as well as their classroom teachers, as a result fostering communications skills that will help them succeed in their academic endeavors.
Decisive Action
Sports plays happen fast, and athletes develop the skills needed to make effective snap decisions. Whether it’s a basketball player deciding to shoot or a soccer player realizing his best move is to pass to a teammate for the assist, athletes learn critical decision-making skills that will benefit them both during and after game time.
Any athlete who has played in a championship game knows the meaning of pressure. Sports create an environment where athletes learn to conquer their natural “fight or flight” instinct to make consistent and difficult decisions under high pressure situations. This ability to function under pressure translates to person who is better at making deadlines and working in stressful situations in the future.
Teamwork
This is an obvious one. Teamwork is all about collaborating with others to reach a common goal. The diverse pairing of personalities and scenarios will help your athlete become adaptable, persistent, and patient. Team sports also teach a sense of group and individual responsibility.
Being on a team with a dozen or more of your peers is an excellent way to recognize the individual talents each person brings to the table. As the Janssen Sports Leadership Center says, working with teammates teaches athletes important life skills such as to respect one another, act in unselfish ways, make good decisions on behalf of the team, and not cut corners.
Time Management
The time commitment required by athletes can be comparable to that of a full-time job. Think of all the different commitments an athlete needs to juggle: competitions, strength and conditioning, team meetings, sports physiotherapy — and these are just the sports-related obligations!
Necessity demands that athletes learn valuable time management skills, otherwise they would never be able to keep up with academics and sport. Effective time management planning is part of why a recent article published by Fast Company argues employers should consider hiring a former student athlete.
Team athletes know that every second counts, and this value of time will translate to their everyday life. As Shannon Miller, a member of the 1992 and 1996 United States Olympic women’s gymnastics team told Forbes, she kept a schedule that was almost minute by minute when she was an athlete. This careful planning and precision helps athletes focus on reaching their goals sooner than non-athletes.
Build Self-Esteem and a Sense of Community
Team sports are said to bolster the five C’s: competence, confidence, connections, character, and caring. At the heart of this is self-esteem – an increased sense of self as a result of better social interactions, stronger relationships, and higher academic performance.
Team sports provide athletes with a natural community. A report from True Sport says that youth who play sports have higher levels of social support, and that the sense of community created with teammates, coaches, and family members incubates the perfect setting for critical self-esteem development.
|
||||
7350
|
dbpedia
|
0
| 6
|
https://www.ef.edu/blog/language/soccer-american-football-differences/
|
en
|
Soccer vs. American football: 10 major differences â¹ GO Blog
|
[
"https://www.ef.edu/assetscdn/go706j5dozw8p0p3r573/assets/images/logos/go-logo.svg",
"https://a.storyblok.com/f/112937/568x464/22e7c02116/soccer_american_football_hero.jpg/m/620x0/filters:quality(70)/"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[] | null |
Confused about the difference between soccer and American football? Hereâs our beginnerâs guide to the ten main differences between the two sports.
|
en
|
/assetscdn/go706j5dozw8p0p3r573/assets/images/icons/favicon-48.ico
|
GO Blog | EF United States
|
https://www.ef.edu/blog/language/soccer-american-football-differences/
|
Football? American football? Soccer? These sports may share a name in many countries, but thatâs as far as the similarities go. While most people around the world know it simply as âfootballâ, in the United States (and Ireland) the sport is referred to as âsoccerâ. However, the US also has its very own version of football: âAmerican footballâ.
Confused? Weâre here to give you some answers.
Hereâs our beginnerâs guide to the main differences between soccer and American football. Itâll arm you with enough info to improvise your way through conversations about either sport as you embrace new cultures abroad.
1. The foot
Okay, letâs start at the beginning.
âFootballâ (or as weâll call it from here on out: soccer) got its name because you have to use your feet. So far, so good.
American football, on the other hand, is not very foot-based at all, mostly involving throwing and carrying the ball upfield.
Why is it called American football and not âthrowballâ? Nobody knows for certain, but one answer is that the name isnât actually referring to oneâs foot, but rather to the American measurement system of feet and inches â since the ball is roughly one foot (around 30cm) long, they went with that. Makes sense⦠right?
2. The ball
Soccer balls are simple, round and ideal for kicking.
American footballs are more of a pointy egg shape (or âprolate spheroidâ if you prefer the more sophisticated term), with large stitches along one of the sides for a stronger grip when throwing. Theyâre also sometimes referred to as âpigskinsâ, apparently because thatâs what they were first made from (weâre glad that changed).
3. The field
American football fields are pretty much exactly as youâve seen them in all those American high school movies. They're marked in ten-yard (nine-meter) intervals, with an âend zoneâ line and two upright posts at each end.
A soccer field is even simpler, with two center semicircles and a âboxâ 18 yards in front of the goal. This marks where the goalkeeper â the only player allowed to use their hands â is permitted to handle the ball.
Both fields are around 100 meters long, though soccer fields are much wider than their American football counterparts.
4. The aim
Soccer typically keeps it simple. Kick the ball into the net and you score a goal. Get more goals than your opponent and you win the game.
American football is all about âtouchdownsâ â avoiding tackles and carrying the ball into your opponentâs end zone. These are worth an initial 6 points, plus an additional point for successfully kicking through the posts after scoring.
A big difference here is that soccer games often end in draws, sometimes without any goals scored at all. By contrast, American football games are usually high-scoring and very rarely tied at full-time. When there is a tie, the match goes to âovertimeâ â where whichever team scores first, wins.
5. The pace
American football may be higher scoring, but itâs also slower moving.
Whereas soccer is played across two free-flowing halves of 45 minutes, American football is split into four 15-minute quarters. These quarters can take a while to play out because the clock is often stopped at the end of a âplayâ, once the ball-carrier is tackled to the ground.
For this reason, American football is constantly stopping and restarting. Along with the complexity of the gameplay, this can be a barrier for first-time fans, but it's a barrier worth breaking!
6. The players
Both sports have 11 players per team on the field at any given time.
In soccer, the same 11 players play through an entire game, give or take a few substitutes. Meanwhile, American football teams are constantly changing their players around depending on whether the team is attacking or defending.
For example, the quarterback position in American football is a key part of the âoffenseâ. The quarterback will play when their team has possession, but sit out on the sideline while the opponent has the ball. This means up to around 45 players can take part per team over the course of just a single game.
7. The nicknames
Detroit Lions, Seattle Seahawks, Chicago Bears â American football teams all have fun official nicknames.
Soccer teams have nicknames too, but theyâre unofficial. Rather than predatory animals or fearsome foes, nicknames in soccer often refer simply and rather unoriginally to the shirt color worn by that particular team. Real Madrid are âLos Blancosâ (the whites), Chelsea âThe Bluesâ, Liverpool âThe Redsâ etc.
There are also some pretty random monikers in soccer that seem to come from nowhere but are usually related to the teamâs history. A few examples include names like âThe Toffeesâ, âThe Terriersâ and âThe Cherriesâ.
Facing off against âThe Terriersâ might not sound like the most intimidating prospect, but maybe thatâs part of the strategy.
8. The league(s)
The same 32 teams compete with each other in American footballâs NFL league year after year. Whether your team wins the coveted Super Bowl trophy or loses every game 50-0, youâll be playing the same teams for the same prize again next season.
There are many more teams in soccer, and leagues are split into divisions. Finish at the top of your division and you are promoted to the one above you, where better teams lie in wait. Find yourself at the bottom end and youâll go down the âtrapdoorâ to the league below.
You could even (theoretically) start your own team with friends and, eventually, be playing the likes of Barcelona or Bayern Munich â itâs worth a shot, right?
9. The moving house
American football teams are also referred to as âfranchisesâ. As such, they are entitled to relocate and move to another city from time to time.
The Las Vegas Raiders were once the Oakland Raiders, the Los Angeles Chargers were formerly the San Diego Chargers, and the LA Rams became the St Louis Rams, before changing their minds and heading back to LA.
This is totally unheard of in soccer, where teams stay in the same place, for better or worse.
10. The following
It goes without saying that both soccer and American football are extremely popular. However, considering soccer's significant global presence in comparison to American football's more national focus, it makes sense that viewing figures between the two vary substantially.
For example, the 2022 FIFA World Cup Final between Argentina and France was watched by a whopping 1.5 billion people â almost one-fifth of the worldâs population.
American football also boasts a vast fanbase but, with a peak of around 115 million viewers during the most recent Super Bowl, attracted almost 13 times fewer than soccerâs equivalent.
Despite their differences, both soccer and American football have their own lively culture and traditions that are well worth exploring. Hopefully this guide will help you with the basics as you embrace a new sport abroad.
|
||||
7350
|
dbpedia
|
2
| 63
|
https://fittoplay.org/sports/american-football/the-most-common-injuries/
|
en
|
The most common injuries
|
[
"https://fittoplay.org/Content/GlobalAssets/logo_skadefri_white.svg",
"https://fittoplay.org/globalassets/pictures/american-football/maxemanuelson_j9r0665-copy.jpg",
"https://fittoplay.org/globalassets/pictures/sport_icons/skadefri/american-football_double.1.png"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[] | null |
en
|
/favicon.ico
| null |
Eventhough the players wear the right protection equipment, the risk of injuries is still high.
Ankle sprains, muscle strains, knee injuries and overuse injuries in the shoulder area are among the most common moderat injuries in the sport. Unfortunately more severe injuries such as concussions and injuries to the nerve supply of the neck, shoulders and upper arm are also common in the world of American football.
There are several precautions you can take to prevent many of these injuries and to lessen the degree of severity. You can start by studying the rules of the game and play by these, and wear the right equipment. All of your protective gear should be in good condition and fit you well.
The more severe head- and neck injuries can be prevented by using correct technique in tackling, and it’s therefore important for coaches in the sport to focus on this during practices. In addition to these precautions, being in good physical shape and having a strong body will prevent injuries and have a positive effect on your development as an athlete in the sport.
Read more about the common injuries in American football.
|
||||||
7350
|
dbpedia
|
0
| 95
|
https://byjus.com/free-ias-prep/football-soccer-differences-similarities/
|
en
|
Football vs Soccer Comparisons and Similarities
|
[
"https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=506170199519639&ev=PageView&noscript=1",
"https://cdn1.byjus.com/byjusweb/BEP-logo-W.svg",
"https://cdn1.byjus.com/home/call.svg",
"https://cdn1.byjus.com/byjusweb/SearchIcon.svg",
"https://cdn1.byjus.com/byjusweb/BEP-logo-W.svg",
"https://cdn1.byjus.com/home/dropdown-yellow-icon.svg",
"https://cdn1.byjus.com/home/dropdown-yellow-icon.svg",
"https://cdn1.byjus.com/home/dropdown-yellow-icon.svg",
"https://cdn1.byjus.com/home/dropdown-yellow-icon.svg",
"https://cdn1.byjus.com/home/dropdown-yellow-icon.svg",
"https://cdn1.byjus.com/home/dropdown-yellow-icon.svg",
"https://cdn1.byjus.com/home/call.svg",
"https://cdn1.byjus.com/byjusweb/SearchIcon.svg",
"https://cdn1.byjus.com/byjusweb/img/home/svg/sec-nav-search.svg",
"https://cdn1.byjus.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Right-arrow.svg",
"https://cdn1.byjus.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Right-arrow.svg",
"https://cdn1.byjus.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Difference-Between-Football-and-Soccer-700x525.jpg",
"https://cdn1.byjus.com/byjusweb/img/right-tick-icon.svg",
"https://cdn1.byjus.com/byjusweb/img/facebook-white-icon.svg",
"https://cdn1.byjus.com/byjusweb/img/linkedin-white-icon.svg",
"https://cdn1.byjus.com/byjusweb/img/facebook-white-icon.svg",
"https://cdn1.byjus.com/byjusweb/img/linkedin-white-icon.svg",
"https://cdn1.byjus.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Vector-2219-2.png",
"https://cdn1.byjus.com/byjusweb/img/free-ias-registration-popup-close.png",
"https://cdn1.byjus.com/byjusweb/img/right-tick-icon.svg",
"https://cdn1.byjus.com/byjusweb/img/right-tick-icon.svg",
"https://cdn1.byjus.com/byjusweb/img/landing-pages/utils-icon/download_white_icon.svg",
"https://cdn1.byjus.com/byjusweb/img/right-tick-icon.svg"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[
"Admin"
] |
2020-07-15T18:34:25+05:30
|
Difference between Football and Soccer in tabular form is given here. Visit now to check the detailed comparisons of Football vs Soccer PDF, and similarities.
|
en
|
/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/favicon-32x32.png
|
BYJUS
|
https://byjus.com/free-ias-prep/football-soccer-differences-similarities/
|
Football (American Football) Soccer Football is a general term used to refer to many sports which uses the foot and hands to score goals. Association Football, American Football, Australian Football, Rugby, Gaelic Football, Gridiron Football. In most parts of the world, football means soccer and in America, football means American Football. Soccer is the term used in America, Canada, Australia to refer to the most popular global sport i.e. Football, which is also known as Association Football. The 1st American Football match was played between 2 college teams on November 6, 1869, between Rutgers and Princeton. The first Association Football/Soccer International match, recognised by FIFA was held between Scotland and England. It was held on 30 November, 1872. American Football is played predominantly in America, Canada. Soccer or Association Football is the most popular sport played in most of the Countries. In American Football, the football is shaped like a prolate spheroid. The football has a circumference of 56 cm at the centre and the length of the football is 28 cm. The weight of the football is 0.875 pounds. Soccer balls are Spherical in shape. The soccer ball circumference is between 68 cm and 70 cm. The pressure in the soccer ball is 8.5 and 15.6 pounds per square inch. The weight of the soccer ball is in the range of 410 g to 450 g. In American Football the field is about 110 m long and about 50 m wide. The length of the Soccer pitch is in the range of 100 to 110 m, and the width is in the range of 64 m to 75 m. In American football the match is divided into 4 quarters of 15 minutes each. There will be half time intermission after the 2nd quarter. The game can be stopped frequently. In Soccer the match is 90 minutes long and is divided into 1st half and 2nd half of 45 minutes each. After the 1st half of 45 minutes there will be a break in the match. Depending on the type of tournament and the stages of the tournament, if the matches are in stalemate at the end of 90 minutes, then there will be extra time and still if it is a stalemate then the match will be decided by Penalties. In American Football, the objective is score points. Points can be earned by kicking the football between the goal post called a field goal. Points can also be scored by carrying the ball beyond the opponents touch line. The ball is carried using hands. At each instance the ball is carried beyond the touch line, it is called touchdown. In Soccer, the objective is to score a goal. 1 goal is awarded when the ball crosses the goal line, it can be scored either through field goals, corner kicks, free kicks, or penalties. Hands are not used for scoring goals or passing the ball. Only foot, head or chest can be used to pass or score goals. There is a goalkeeper whose objective is to prevent the opposing team from scoring a goal, by preventing the ball from crossing the goal line. In American Football, lines marked along the ends and sides of the field are known as the end lines and sidelines. Goal lines are marked 10 yards (9.1 m) inward from each end line. Yard lines, which can run the width of the field, are marked every 5 yards (4.6 m). A one-yard-wide line is placed at each end of the field. Numerals that display the distance from the closest goal line in yards are placed on both sides of the field every ten yards. Goalposts are located at the center of the plane of the two end lines. The crossbar of these posts is 10 feet (3.0 m) above the ground, with vertical uprights at the end of the crossbar 18 feet 6 inches (5.64 m) apart The longer boundary lines are touchlines, while the shorter boundaries (on which the goals are placed) are goal lines. A rectangular goal is positioned at the middle of each goal line. The inner edges of the vertical goal posts must be 7.32 m (24 ft) apart, and the lower edge of the horizontal crossbar supported by the goal posts must be 2.44 m (8 ft) above the ground. Nets are usually placed behind the goal. In American Football there are 3 to 6 referees plus booth review. In Soccer 1 Referee is assisted by 2 Referees. There is also a video assistant referee. In American Football, one can make as many substitutions as required. The number of substitutions are unlimited. FIFA allows only 3 substitutions in Soccer. In American Football, the guards used by the players are mouthguard, upper leg padding, helmet, shoulder protector, chest pad. In Soccer the protective gears used by the players are boots and shin guards. The goalkeepers are allowed to wear hand gloves. The most popular league in American Football is the National Football League (NFL). It is one of the four major professional sports leagues in America, it is the wealthiest professional sport league by revenue. In Soccer/Association Football, the most popular leagues are Champions League (European Continental League, played amongst the top ranked teams of leagues in different countries),English Premier League, Spanish La Liga, Bundesliga (played in Germany), Serie A (in Italy)
|
||||
7350
|
dbpedia
|
3
| 97
|
https://www.soccercoachweekly.net/coaching-advice/teamwork-makes-the-dream-work
|
en
|
Teamwork makes the dream work
|
[
"https://d3rqy6w6tyyf68.cloudfront.net/AcuCustom/Sitename/Icon/Icons/22logoDesktop.svg",
"https://www.soccercoachweekly.net/AcuCustom/Sitename/Icon/Icons/22menuMobileIcon.svg",
"https://d3rqy6w6tyyf68.cloudfront.net/AcuCustom/Sitename/Icon/Icons/22logoMobile.svg",
"https://www.soccercoachweekly.net/AcuCustom/Sitename/Icon/Icons/22mobileSearchIcon.svg",
"https://www.soccercoachweekly.net/AcuCustom/Sitename/Icon/Icons/22mobileCloseIcon.svg",
"https://www.soccercoachweekly.net/AcuCustom/Sitename/Icon/Icons/22mobileAccountIcon.svg",
"https://www.soccercoachweekly.net/AcuCustom/Sitename/Icon/Icons/22mobileCloseIcon.svg",
"https://d3rqy6w6tyyf68.cloudfront.net/AcuCustom/Sitename/Icon/Icons/22searchDesktopIcon.svg",
"https://d3rqy6w6tyyf68.cloudfront.net/AcuCustom/Sitename/Icon/Icons/22accountIcon.svg",
"https://d3rqy6w6tyyf68.cloudfront.net/AcuCustom/Sitename/Icon/Icons/17ihFBIcon.svg",
"https://d3rqy6w6tyyf68.cloudfront.net/AcuCustom/Sitename/Icon/Icons/17ihTwittericon.svg",
"https://d3rqy6w6tyyf68.cloudfront.net/AcuCustom/Sitename/Icon/Icons/17ihLinkedInIcon.svg",
"https://d3rqy6w6tyyf68.cloudfront.net/AcuCustom/Sitename/Icon/Icons/22whatsappIcon.svg",
"https://d3rqy6w6tyyf68.cloudfront.net/AcuCustom/Sitename/DAM/055/teamwork-makes-dreamwork-1.jpg",
"https://d3rqy6w6tyyf68.cloudfront.net/AcuCustom/Sitename/Icon/Icons/17ihFBIcon.svg",
"https://d3rqy6w6tyyf68.cloudfront.net/AcuCustom/Sitename/Icon/Icons/17ihTwittericon.svg",
"https://d3rqy6w6tyyf68.cloudfront.net/AcuCustom/Sitename/Icon/Icons/17ihLinkedInIcon.svg",
"https://d3rqy6w6tyyf68.cloudfront.net/AcuCustom/Sitename/Icon/Icons/22whatsappIcon.svg",
"https://d3rqy6w6tyyf68.cloudfront.net/AcuCustom/Sitename/Users/AEC564EF-D538-53C8-1102D94A7E10749F/AEC564EF-D538-53C8-1102D94A7E10749Fp.jpg?cdn=dt06192023032814",
"https://d3rqy6w6tyyf68.cloudfront.net/AcuCustom/Sitename/DAM/146/Issue_167_Aug_16th1_pdfThumb_page_11_Thumb.png",
"https://d3rqy6w6tyyf68.cloudfront.net/AcuCustom/Sitename/DAM/129/gerald-kearney-testimonial.jpg",
"https://d3rqy6w6tyyf68.cloudfront.net/AcuCustom/Sitename/DAM/129/paul-butler-testimonial.jpg",
"https://d3rqy6w6tyyf68.cloudfront.net/AcuCustom/Sitename/DAM/129/rick-shields-testimonial.jpg",
"https://d3rqy6w6tyyf68.cloudfront.net/AcuCustom/Sitename/DAM/129/tony-green-testimonial.jpg",
"https://d3rqy6w6tyyf68.cloudfront.net/AcuCustom/Sitename/DAM/038/Rondos-SpecialTrainingGuide_pdfThumb_page_11.png",
"https://d3rqy6w6tyyf68.cloudfront.net/AcuCustom/Sitename/DAM/038/Rondos-SpecialTrainingGuide_pdfThumb_page_11.png",
"https://d3rqy6w6tyyf68.cloudfront.net/AcuCustom/Sitename/DAM/129/gerald-kearney-testimonial.jpg",
"https://d3rqy6w6tyyf68.cloudfront.net/AcuCustom/Sitename/DAM/129/paul-butler-testimonial.jpg",
"https://d3rqy6w6tyyf68.cloudfront.net/AcuCustom/Sitename/DAM/129/rick-shields-testimonial.jpg",
"https://d3rqy6w6tyyf68.cloudfront.net/AcuCustom/Sitename/DAM/129/tony-green-testimonial.jpg",
"https://d3rqy6w6tyyf68.cloudfront.net/AcuCustom/Sitename/DAM/146/Issue_167_Aug_16th1_pdfThumb_page_11_Thumb.png",
"https://d3rqy6w6tyyf68.cloudfront.net/AcuCustom/Sitename/Icon/Icons/22subsThumbnail.png",
"https://d3rqy6w6tyyf68.cloudfront.net/AcuCustom/Sitename/Icon/Icons/22twitterFooter.svg",
"https://d3rqy6w6tyyf68.cloudfront.net/AcuCustom/Sitename/Icon/Icons/22fbFooter.svg",
"https://d3rqy6w6tyyf68.cloudfront.net/AcuCustom/Sitename/Icon/Icons/22ytFooter.svg",
"https://d3rqy6w6tyyf68.cloudfront.net/AcuCustom/Sitename/Icon/Icons/22logoMobile.svg",
"https://d3rqy6w6tyyf68.cloudfront.net/AcuCustom/Sitename/Icon/Icons/22partOf.svg"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[] | null |
As Sir Alex Ferguson once said, hard work beats talent if talent does not work hard - and it is this concept of tight-knit units that underpins successful teams
|
en
|
https://d3rqy6w6tyyf68.cloudfront.net/AcuCustom/Sitename/Icon/Favorite/SCWFavicontest3.ico?cdn=239
|
Soccer Coach Weekly
|
https://www.soccercoachweekly.net/coaching-advice/teamwork-makes-the-dream-work
|
What does teamwork mean?
Success in team games means everyone involved in the task in hand needs to combine their efforts. If everyone does their job well, then it increases what the team can accomplish.
This teamwork has to be recognised by everyone. All must understand that great things can happen if individuals work together as one unit.
Everyone has their own unique role, of course, but each person’s individual role must be recognised and appreciated.
Vince Lombardi, the legendary American Football coach famed for his leadership, defined teamwork as “Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work".
The successful coaches in all team sports agree on one thing; teamwork is extremely important to attain the highest goals.
How you describe teamwork to young players is also important.
To them, at an early age, soccer is an expression of individuality - but once they grasp the concept of team play and the ethos of teamwork, they can both be achieved very readily.
"All must understand that great things can happen if individuals work together..."
In teams, young players can work together and accomplish much more than they could by themselves.
This joining together is how many teams achieve success – think of how sides like Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Barcelona and Manchester City win trophies by creating a strong web of individuals all supporting and working for each other.
The teams with the best players do not necessarily win championships. Often, it is those that work best together that accomplishes great things.
Mia Hamm was one of the most prolific forwards in international women’s soccer history - but she never forgot who helped create the 158 goals she scored for the US national team.
"I am a member of a team," she said. "I rely on the team, I defer to it and sacrifice for it - because the team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion."
Being part of a team also adds to the fun – they share in the glory and the pain.
It is not so bad when you are going round to your best friend’s house if they lost the game with you - and even better if you have won together.
INSPIRING TEAMWORK QUOTES TO USE WITH YOUNG PLAYERS
“TEAM - Together Everyone Achieves More...”
"There is no ’I’ in TEAM..."
“Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard...”
"It’s not the team with the best players that win, but the players who make the best team..."
“You don’t inspire your teammates by showing them how amazing you are. You inspire them be them by showing them how amazing THEY are..."
"The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team..."
“Don’t aspire to be the best on the team. Aspire to be the best for the team..."
"It is amazing how much people get done if they do not worry who gets the credit..."
|
||||
7350
|
dbpedia
|
3
| 78
|
https://www.nestacertified.com/team-dynamics-and-cohesion-in-athletic-competition-a-sports-psychology-perspective/
|
en
|
Team Dynamics and Cohesion in Athletic Competition: A Sports Psychology Perspective
|
[
"https://eadn-wc04-11125113.nxedge.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/nesta-logo-new.jpg 729w, https://eadn-wc04-11125113.nxedge.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/nesta-logo-new-300x96.jpg 300w",
"https://eadn-wc04-11125113.nxedge.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/nesta-logo-new.jpg",
"https://eadn-wc04-11125113.nxedge.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/shop-icon.png",
"https://eadn-wc04-11125113.nxedge.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/shop-icon.png",
"https://eadn-wc04-11125113.nxedge.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/email.png",
"https://eadn-wc04-11125113.nxedge.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/email.png",
"https://eadn-wc04-11125113.nxedge.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/nesta-logo-new.jpg 729w, https://eadn-wc04-11125113.nxedge.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/nesta-logo-new-300x96.jpg 300w",
"https://eadn-wc04-11125113.nxedge.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/nesta-logo-new.jpg",
"https://eadn-wc04-11125113.nxedge.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Team-Dynamics-Cohesion-Athletic-CompetitionSports-Psychology-Coaching-1024x555.jpg",
"https://eadn-wc04-11125113.nxedge.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Team-Dynamics-Cohesion-Athletic-CompetitionSports-Psychology-Coaching.jpg",
"https://eadn-wc04-11125113.nxedge.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/norm-is-a-level-of-performance-pattern-of-behavior-or-belief-sports-perofrmance-psychology.jpg 1118w, https://eadn-wc04-11125113.nxedge.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/norm-is-a-level-of-performance-pattern-of-behavior-or-belief-sports-perofrmance-psychology-300x169.jpg 300w, https://eadn-wc04-11125113.nxedge.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/norm-is-a-level-of-performance-pattern-of-behavior-or-belief-sports-perofrmance-psychology-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https://eadn-wc04-11125113.nxedge.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/norm-is-a-level-of-performance-pattern-of-behavior-or-belief-sports-perofrmance-psychology-768x433.jpg 768w",
"https://eadn-wc04-11125113.nxedge.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/norm-is-a-level-of-performance-pattern-of-behavior-or-belief-sports-perofrmance-psychology.jpg",
"https://eadn-wc04-11125113.nxedge.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/chart-showing-factors-affecting-group-cohesion-cooperation-in-sports-teams.jpg 924w, https://eadn-wc04-11125113.nxedge.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/chart-showing-factors-affecting-group-cohesion-cooperation-in-sports-teams-204x300.jpg 204w, https://eadn-wc04-11125113.nxedge.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/chart-showing-factors-affecting-group-cohesion-cooperation-in-sports-teams-696x1024.jpg 696w, https://eadn-wc04-11125113.nxedge.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/chart-showing-factors-affecting-group-cohesion-cooperation-in-sports-teams-768x1130.jpg 768w",
"https://eadn-wc04-11125113.nxedge.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/chart-showing-factors-affecting-group-cohesion-cooperation-in-sports-teams.jpg",
"https://eadn-wc04-11125113.nxedge.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/chart-showing-group-cohesion-in-sports-teams.jpg 634w, https://eadn-wc04-11125113.nxedge.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/chart-showing-group-cohesion-in-sports-teams-300x214.jpg 300w",
"https://eadn-wc04-11125113.nxedge.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/chart-showing-group-cohesion-in-sports-teams.jpg",
"https://eadn-wc04-11125113.nxedge.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Conceptual-Model-of-Cohesion-in-Team-Sports.jpg 610w, https://eadn-wc04-11125113.nxedge.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Conceptual-Model-of-Cohesion-in-Team-Sports-300x201.jpg 300w",
"https://eadn-wc04-11125113.nxedge.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Conceptual-Model-of-Cohesion-in-Team-Sports.jpg",
"https://eadn-wc04-11125113.nxedge.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/whats-your-ideal-career-path-576x1024.png 576w, https://eadn-wc04-11125113.nxedge.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/whats-your-ideal-career-path-169x300.png 169w, https://eadn-wc04-11125113.nxedge.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/whats-your-ideal-career-path-768x1365.png 768w, https://eadn-wc04-11125113.nxedge.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/whats-your-ideal-career-path-864x1536.png 864w, https://eadn-wc04-11125113.nxedge.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/whats-your-ideal-career-path.png 1080w",
"https://eadn-wc04-11125113.nxedge.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/whats-your-ideal-career-path-576x1024.png",
"https://eadn-wc04-11125113.nxedge.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Nesta-White-PNG.png 1020w, https://eadn-wc04-11125113.nxedge.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Nesta-White-PNG-300x123.png 300w, https://eadn-wc04-11125113.nxedge.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Nesta-White-PNG-768x314.png 768w",
"https://eadn-wc04-11125113.nxedge.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Nesta-White-PNG.png",
"https://eadn-wc04-11125113.nxedge.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/facebook.png",
"https://eadn-wc04-11125113.nxedge.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/facebook.png",
"https://eadn-wc04-11125113.nxedge.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/INstagram.png",
"https://eadn-wc04-11125113.nxedge.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/INstagram.png",
"https://eadn-wc04-11125113.nxedge.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Whatsapp.png",
"https://eadn-wc04-11125113.nxedge.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Whatsapp.png",
"https://eadn-wc04-11125113.nxedge.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/InsignificonSW128-Pinterest-copy.png",
"https://eadn-wc04-11125113.nxedge.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/InsignificonSW128-Pinterest-copy.png",
"https://eadn-wc04-11125113.nxedge.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Footer-Call-Icon.png",
"https://eadn-wc04-11125113.nxedge.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Footer-Call-Icon.png",
"https://eadn-wc04-11125113.nxedge.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Footer-Mail-Icon.png",
"https://eadn-wc04-11125113.nxedge.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Footer-Mail-Icon.png",
"https://eadn-wc04-11125113.nxedge.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Footer-Location-Icon.png",
"https://eadn-wc04-11125113.nxedge.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Footer-Location-Icon.png",
"https://eadn-wc04-11125113.nxedge.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/logo.png",
"https://eadn-wc04-11125113.nxedge.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/logo.png",
"https://eadn-wc04-11125113.nxedge.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Footer-Call-Icon.png",
"https://eadn-wc04-11125113.nxedge.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Footer-Call-Icon.png",
"https://eadn-wc04-11125113.nxedge.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Footer-Mail-Icon.png",
"https://eadn-wc04-11125113.nxedge.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Footer-Mail-Icon.png"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[
"Media"
] |
2022-12-18T20:21:33+00:00
|
Learn how to improve sports team dynamics and cohesion in athletic competitors. Information for sports psychology and fitness professionals.
|
en
|
Personal Trainer Certification, Nutrition Courses, Fitness Education
|
https://www.nestacertified.com/team-dynamics-and-cohesion-in-athletic-competition-a-sports-psychology-perspective/
|
After reading this lesson, you should be able to:
understand how groups are structured,
explain how to create an effective team climate,
describe how to maximize individual performance in team sports,
understand social loafing and the conditions under which it is more likely to occur,
define task and social cohesion,
describe the conceptual model of cohesion,
understand the cohesion–performance relationship, and
identify guidelines for building team cohesion.
It isn’t necessarily the talent on a team that makes it great, people have said, but how that talent is blended. Michael Jordan made just this point when he said, “Talent wins games, but teamwork wins championships”. We often see talented teams perform poorly, failing to use the resources of their individual members, whereas other teams with less talent and fewer resources succeed. Teamwork and group dynamics play an important role in the success of teams and groups. Team members in sport and exercise settings must interact, work toward shared goals, adapt to environmental demands, and balance individual needs with those of other team members. Certainly, part of teamwork and group dynamics is what is called group (team) cohesion. In team sports, forming a cohesive unit appears to contribute to success on the field.
The following information is related to the Spencer Institute Sports Psychology Coach Certification training course…
One example is the Chicago Cubs; by winning Major League Baseball’s 2016 World Series, the Cubs broke a drought of over 100 years without a championship. Many players discussed the “closeness” of the players and coaching staff as everyone sacrificed individual glory for team success. The notion of a cohesive unit is not reserved only for team sports. For example, Darren Clarke, from the victorious 2004 Ryder Cup European golf team noted, “We played as a team, we dined as a team, we talked as a team, and we won as a team.” Furthermore, group cohesion is important in exercise groups. Research shows that positive group feelings and interactions among exercisers are critical for individuals adhering to exercise programs (Spink & Carron, 1992). This lesson focuses on team dynamics, including such things as group development, group structure, group efficiency, and the cohesiveness of groups and how they interact (or don’t interact) effectively and efficiently.
Recognizing the Difference Between Groups and Teams
You may think it’s easy to define a group or a team, but the differentiation can be quite complex. For example, social psychologists define a group as two or more people who interact with, and exert mutual influence on, each other. This is also taught in detail in the Spencer Institute Life Strategies Coach training program. A sense of mutual interaction or interdependence for a common purpose distinguishes a group from a mere collection of individuals. Along these lines, a volleyball team that trains together every morning before school shares a common objective (training) and interacts with each other in formal ways (warming up for competition) and thus is considered a group. Conversely, several people might decide to get together on Thursday nights to go to volleyball games, which is not strictly a group because they do not interact with each other in a structured manner. In essence, a collection of individuals is not necessarily a group—and a group is not necessarily a team. So, how are groups and teams similar, and what distinguishes a group from a team?
For both groups and teams, members may like and be attracted to other members. Members of a group may have common goals (e.g., all people in a fitness class may want to lose weight and tone muscle). Members of groups and members of teams, then, have characteristics in common. But a sport team is really a special type of group. Apart from having the defining properties of mutual interaction and task interdependence, teams have four key characteristics:
Collective sense of identity: “we-ness” rather than “I-ness”
Distinctive roles: all members know their job
Structured modes of communication: lines of communication
Norms: social rules that guide members on what to do and not do
Although teamwork is important for success in sport, what exactly does teamwork mean? From a definitional point of view, teamwork can be viewed as a dynamic process involving a collaborative effort by team members to effectively carry out the independent and interdependent behaviors that are required to maximize a team’s likelihood of achieving its purposes (McEwan & Beauchamp, 2014). These authors present a model of teamwork in which its two main components are team maintenance and the regulation of team performance. Team maintenance refers to behaviors that function to keep the 176 team together, and the regulation of team performance comprises behaviors devoted to the achievement of team goals.
The management of team maintenance consists of two processes: psychological support and integrative conflict management. Psychological support refers to the voluntary assistance that team members provide to reinforce a sense of well-being for teammates and is like social support (discussed later in this lesson). It is essential to create a supportive team environment so that team members can feel comfortable asking for support and taking the initiative to support other teammates. Research also shows that teams should work together to provide communal support instead of simply one- on-one support.
Integrative conflict management refers to teams working through interpersonal problems to prevent prolonged conflict, which often leads to decreased team performance. It is not so much a matter of whether conflicts arise, but whether they are dealt with in an effective manner. Recommendations for resolving intrateam conflict include conducting team-building exercises, establishing clear player roles and expectations, holding structured team meetings, and addressing conflicts immediately.
Identifying Three Theories of Group Development
As noted, a group of individuals does not necessarily form a team. Although all teams are groups, not all groups can be considered teams. A team is any group of people who must interact with each other to accomplish shared objectives. Becoming a team, however, is really an evolutionary process. Teams are constantly developing and changing in their attempts to respond to both internal and external factors. Let’s take a closer look at how a group becomes a team. To study team development, people have put forth different theories. These theories fall into three categories: linear theory, which holds that groups develop in stages or in a linear fashion; cyclical theory, which holds that groups follow a cyclical pattern; and pendular theory, which holds that groups develop in a pendulum-like manner.
Linear Perspective
In the linear perspective, the assumption is that groups move progressively through different stages. Critical issues arise in each stage, and when the issues are successfully dealt with, the group moves on. Groups go through four stages as they develop and prepare to carry out the group’s tasks: forming, storming, norming, and performing. Although most groups go through all four stages, the duration of each stage and the sequence that the stages follow may vary from one group to another in the process of team development.
In this first stage of team development, forming, team members familiarize themselves with other team members. Members of a team engage in social comparisons, assessing one another’s strengths and weaknesses. For example, athletes might compare the amount of playing time they get with other athletes’ playing time. Individuals also try to determine whether they belong in the group and, if so, in what role.
The second stage of team formation, storming, is characterized by resistance to the leader, resistance to control by the group, and interpersonal conflict. Great emotional resistance emerges, and infighting can occur as individuals and the leader establish their roles and status in the group. In this stage, sport or exercise leaders need to communicate with participants objectively and openly.
During norming, the third stage, hostility is replaced by solidarity and cooperation. Conflicts are resolved, and a sense of unity forms. Instead of watching out for their individual well-being, the athletes work together to reach common goals. Instead of competing for status or recognition, players strive for economy of effort and task effectiveness.
In the final stage, performing, team members band together to channel their energies for team success. The team focuses on problem solving, using group processes and relationships to work on tasks and test new ideas. Structural issues are resolved, interpersonal relationships stabilize, and roles are well defined.
Cyclical (Life Cycle) Perspective
Life cycle models have in common the assumption that groups develop in a manner like the life cycle of individuals—experiencing birth, growth, and death. Life cycle models are distinguished from linear models in their emphasis on the terminal phase before group dissolution. The main element in the cyclical approach to group development is the assumption that as the group develops, it psychologically prepares for its own breakup. This model has relevance for groups in physical activity in that exercise groups, for example, last approximately 10 to 15 weeks. Similarly, recreational teams typically play for a season (e.g., fall, winter, spring, or summer) and then break up.
Pendular Perspective
Most of the earlier linear and life cycle models were based on the underlying assumption that groups possess an inherent static development that is unresponsive to the demands of the environment. The pendular models emphasize the shifts that occur in interpersonal relationships during the growth and development of groups. The assumption is that a group does not move progressively through stages in a linear fashion from the instant it forms. The pendular model has five stages:
Orientation: Cohesion and feelings of unity are high.
Differentiation and conflict: Teams subdivide into smaller groups and conflicts arise as players compete for positions.
Resolution and cohesion: Cohesion increases as group members share common concerns and feelings.
Differentiation and conflict: Team unity is weakened as some individuals are rewarded while others are punished.
Termination: With team success, feelings of cohesion are high. If the season was unsuccessful, then feelings of cohesion are low.
Understanding Group Structure
Every group develops its own structure, which begins to emerge even at the group’s first meeting. A group’s structure depends largely on the interactions of its members—how they perceive one another and what they expect of themselves and each other. For a group of individuals to become an effective team, certain structural characteristics must develop. Two of the most important are group roles and group norms.
The topic of group structure in sports and fitness is also discussed in detail in the Spencer Institute’s Youth Performance Coach Certification course.
Group Roles
A role consists of the set of behaviors required or expected of the person occupying a certain position in a group. Teachers, parents, athletic trainers, corporate executives, and health professionals, for example, all have specific roles in their professions and in society. Coaches, for instance, are expected to perform such behaviors as teaching, organizing practices, and interacting with other school officials and to be good role models. Similarly, head athletic trainers and personal fitness trainers are expected to perform such behaviors as assigning and evaluating student trainers and to provide clinical evaluations for serious injuries.
Formal Versus Informal Roles
Two types of roles exist in any group or team: formal roles and informal roles. Formal roles are dictated by the nature and structure of the organization. Athletic director, coach, team captain, exercise leader, and the like are examples of specific formal roles in a sport or an exercise organization. Point guard in basketball, setter in volleyball, goalie in hockey, and other formal positions all have specific performance roles in a team. Each of these roles carries specific associated expectations. When athletes approached or exceeded their social involvement expectations, they reported higher levels of social cohesion (interpersonal attraction). From an applied perspective, coaches should find a way to improve the quality of athletes’ roles, such as providing members with meaningful opportunities to contribute to or become socially involved with the team. For example, when appointing or electing a captain, a coach could specify the specific behaviors expected of this position.
Role Clarity
You can improve a team’s effectiveness by making sure players understand (role clarity) and accept (role acceptance) their roles. For example, role ambiguity has been found to have an effect on coach–athlete relationships. Athletes who perceived greater ambiguity in their offensive or defensive roles were more critical of their coach’s ability to lead the team during competition. In addition, research has indicated that understanding one’s role is critical to being effective in that role. Along these lines, one of the probable reasons for the success of the National Basketball Association’s Golden State Warriors is that players accept their roles. Although Steph Curry leads the team, other talented players such as Draymond Green (defense and rebounding) and Klay Thompson (shooting) fulfill their roles on the team. Furthermore, when superstar Kevin Durant was traded to the team, he fit in, and he functions collaboratively within the team concept.
People in a specific role usually have a different perspective on the role’s requirements than do other members of the group. Unclear roles hurt a team’s performance. If two players on the same basketball team both think their role is to direct the team’s offense, conflict will likely result over who brings the ball up court. Similarly, an athletic trainer and team doctor must agree on their roles so that athletes and coaches know whom to see for injury evaluation and whom to see for decisions on playing availability. Sometimes individuals’ performances can blur their roles on a team. A National Hockey League coach once observed that the worst thing that could happen to a team is to have its enforcer score a few goals in consecutive games. The enforcer would then begin to think of his role as a scorer, to the detriment of the team.
An effective goal-setting program can clarify roles. Helping players set goals in specific areas gives the players direction and focus. If a football coach wanted a defensive lineman to focus on stopping the run instead of on sacking the quarterback, setting a specific goal would clarify the lineman’s role. See “Role Clarity and Ambiguity in Teams” for more information.
Role Acceptance
Role acceptance is also important for enhancing a group’s structure. Although role acceptance is generally related to role performance, this is not always the case. For example, athletes may accept a role even though the assigned responsibilities may exceed their capabilities, leading to subpar performance. Therefore, coaches need to be able to determine whether athletes are failing to accept their role responsibilities or whether the athletes are being asked to perform role responsibilities that exceed their level of ability.
Players who don’t start or don’t get significant playing time can easily feel left out and confused about their contribution to the team. Coaches can help players accept their roles by minimizing the status differences among roles and emphasizing that the success of the team depends on everyone’s contribution. Role acceptance appears to depend on four conditions: opportunity to use specialized skills or competencies, feedback and role recognition, role significance, and autonomy (the opportunity to work independently).
For example, players are more willing to accept and carry out their roles when they perceive that their responsibilities contribute to team success. For many years, Dean Smith, former basketball coach at the University of North Carolina, fostered the acceptance of the role of his reserves by playing them as a second unit in actual games for a short period of time. The reserves knew they were going to play in the game (even if for a short period), and they developed pride in trying to keep or extend a lead or reduce a deficit while giving the starters a rest.
Role Conflict
Role conflict exists when the role occupant doesn’t have sufficient ability, motivation, time, or understanding to achieve that goal despite the presence of consensus on a 180 desired goal or outcome. There are many types of role conflict, but a typical one is the conflict of “wearing too many hats” and having different people expect different things (i.e., roles) from you. The following quote from a 36-year-old nontraditional college athlete and mother of two children illustrates this type of role conflict.
“The whole week my son was sick. I hardly trained at all . . .I would have to wait until my husband came home from work, but sometimes he would work a double shift so I would get no running in. So not only was my training hurt but I missed several classes because I had to stay home with my son.”
Group Norms
A norm is a level of performance, pattern of behavior, or belief. Norms can be either formally established or informally developed by a group. Individuals usually receive pressure to adhere to their group’s norms, whether the norm is seen as relevant or irrelevant. For example, rookies (especially with professional teams) are often expected to carry the bags for the veterans. For men who play sports such as football and hockey, there is a strong social norm to be tough, aggressive, and competitive, and negative consequences (e.g., cut from the team or ostracized) can occur if a player does not embrace these norms. Although this tough behavior may not appear functional, it is often the norm to indoctrinate new players onto the team. “Pressure of Social Norms” presents a famous research example.
On a sport team, the norm might involve practice behaviors, dress and hairstyle, the interactions between rookies and veterans, or who takes control in critical situations. Deviation from the expected behaviors might result in informal or formal sanctions. For example, in the movie Chariots of Fire, the British sprinter Harold Abrahams, who was training for the 1924 Olympics, was chided by his Cambridge colleagues for hiring a professional trainer because this meant he was too serious about his running and not really an amateur any longer. In essence, he did not adhere to the social norms of his day.
Norm for Productivity
The standard for effort and performance accepted by the team is called the norm for productivity. For example, in a corporate fitness program, members of a fitness club may all exercise at lunch for 30 minutes; this then becomes an expectation for new members. In a sport setting, the captain or top performer on a team is often a role model who sets the norm of productivity. For example, Hilary Knight is often considered the best player on the 2017 U.S. Women’s Hockey Team. Despite her skill and high profile, she is usually the first to practice and the last to leave. If your best player is putting in this effort, then the rest of the team often follows.
Positive Norms
Because norms can have powerful effects on behavior, it is imperative for a coach, teacher, or exercise leader to establish positive group norms or standards. One effective method for creating positive norms is to enlist the formal and informal leaders of a team to set positive examples. Top athletes such as LeBron James, Tom Brady, Novak Djokovic, and Simone Biles create high standards for their teammates and others in their sport through their incredible work ethic and practice regimens. But often the coach or teacher needs to encourage leaders to set high standards of achievement. Whenever possible, include all team members in decision making about norms adopted by the team. In addition, Van Bussel and Gregg (2014) note that norms must be clear if conformity to the norm is to be enhanced. For example, a team norm of arriving to practice 10 minutes early is clear. However, a norm of players giving their best effort during training is ambiguous because some players may interpret this as giving 100% effort, whereas others think 80% is best because they want to save themselves for the game the following day.
Gender Differences in Team Norms
Research has found that female teams had a better understanding of norms for competition, practice, and social settings than male teams. This is not surprising because females have demonstrated that they hold stronger perceptions for social values such as belongingness than males do. This might have something to do with males playing more often in contact and collision sports (e.g., football, hockey) where there may be fewer social norms than in individual sports and other noncontact team sports (e.g., volleyball, softball). From an applied perspective, coaches of male teams should consider strategies such as team goal setting and team building to help set appropriate team norms (Bloom & Stevens, 2002).
Creating an Effective Team Climate
Team climate develops from how players perceive the interrelationships among the group members. The players’ perceptions and evaluations set the team’s climate. Still, the coach has the final say on establishing team climate (although players do not necessarily have to buy into the coach’s approach). Some factors of team climate are more easily changed than others, but all can influence the effective functioning of a group (Zander, 1982).
Social Support
“I had so much help. So many people believed in me when I didn’t believe in myself. So many people . . . motivated me every single day to be who I am. I failed so many times and got back up. I’ve been through the toughest times with my family, but I’m still standing. . . .When you’ve got people behind you, you can do anything.”
The previous quote highlights the importance that social support can have on an athlete’s (or anyone’s) life. Social support refers to “an exchange of resources between at least two individuals perceived by the provider or the recipient to be intended to enhance the well- being of the recipient” (Shumaker & Brownell, 1984, p. 13). Research has revealed that social support can have a positive effect on a variety of behaviors and feelings such as recovery from injury, coping with stress, burnout, youth physical activity, and performance (Freeman, Rees, & Hardy, 2009; Rees, 2007). In addition, social support has been linked to increases in feelings of team cohesion and team climate. Along these lines, Mike Krzyzewski, men’s basketball coach at Duke University, says the first thing he does at the beginning of the season is make sure all his players fit into the team concept and support each other (2009). “Building an Effective Team Climate Through Social Support” lists the types of social support and ways to enhance each of them.
Social support is not always effective in helping the individual receiving the support. Along these lines, Rees (2016) suggests five ways to make social support most effective.
The effectiveness of social support may depend on the initial levels of perceived support. Specifically, athletes reporting low levels of perceived support will usually benefit the most from the subsequent provision of support.
Social support may depend on its match to the situation. Certain types of support may be better for certain situations. For example, it appears that when athletes are dealing with uncontrollable events, emotional support seems most effective. However, when dealing with controllable events, personal assistance support seems most effective.
Social support may depend on the context of the situation. F or example, in performance settings, emotional support or listening support seems most effective because it is less threatening than information that could create too much thinking about other things, which can interfere with a total focus on the task.
Timing of support appears important. Support is more effective when an athlete has appraised the situation and asked for support than when support is provided before it has been requested.
The level of knowledge and expertise of the provider is also important. Athletes are more receptive to receiving support (and the specific type of support) from individuals they perceive as knowledgeable in a specific area of support. For example, receiving support more informational in nature may be better received if coming from a coach than a parent.
Proximity
People are more likely to bond when they are near each other. Although physical proximity alone does not usually develop a team concept, close contact with teammates promotes interaction, which in turn can hasten the group’s development. Locker rooms, team training tables, and road trips ensure proximity. Some college coaches promote team unity by having athletes live together in a residence hall. In youth sports, car or bus trips and fund-raisers such as car washes often help build a positive team climate by providing opportunities for players to get to know one another better. These interactions, combined with a similarity of attitudes, can help establish team identity.
Distinctiveness
When a group feels distinct, its feelings of unity and oneness increase. In sport, distinctiveness is traditionally achieved through team uniforms and mottoes, special initiation rites, or special privileges. By making team members feel unique and distinct from other teams, a coach helps develop and mold a team concept. In exercise classes, Carron and Spink (1993) increased group
distinctiveness and built group cohesion in part by providing group T-shirts and creating special slogans for participants. Similarly, personal trainers might develop special logo shirts for people training at the same workout facility.
Fairness
An important component of team climate is trust, and at the core of trust is athletes’ perceptions that they are being treated fairly. Athletes should believe that their play, effort, and contributions to the team’s success are evaluated objectively and evenly.
Fairness, or lack of it, can bring a team close together or tear it apart. Coaches should deal with athletes honestly, openly, and fairly. Athletes need to believe they are treated fairly, even if they are not entirely happy with certain decisions. Some coaches do not pay much attention to their athletes’ feelings of fairness. This is unfortunate given the degree to which these feelings can transfer into negative actions, such as disruptive behavior or even quitting the team.
Similarity
Similarity among team members in commitments, attitudes, aspirations, and goals is important to developing a positive team climate. Team members usually differ in ethnicity, race, socioeconomic background, personality, and ability. But research has shown that factors such as socioeconomic background and playing experience are not necessarily important in building a team concept. However, it is up to the coach to get a diverse bunch of athletes working together for common and shared purposes. Specifically, the coach must develop similarity in attitudes, such as shared group performance goals, expectations for individual behavior, and clarity about various team roles.
Task Interdependence
A final way to improve team climate as well as increase performance is through outcome interdependence. In essence, outcome interdependence refers to the fact that all group members benefit (or suffer) from the group’s performance.
As coaches might say, the team wins together, and the team loses together. Interdependence has been shown to be a way to help manage a team’s conflict. Task conflict can turn out to be positive but “only when conflict is managed constructively and teams have high levels of openness, psychological safety, and within team trust. One way to promote task interdependence is to provide team-level appraisals to reinforce a common fate among team members. This promotes a feeling of interdependence because all teammates are responsible to each other, and everyone shares in the successes and failures.
Maximizing Individual Performance in Team Sports
Coaches are responsible for getting individual players to play together as a team, and they must understand how interactions among team members affect performance on the athletic field or court. Most coaches and sport psychologists agree that a group of the best individuals usually does not make the best team. Take the 1997 National Collegiate Athletic Association men’s basketball tournament, for example. The two finalists, Kentucky and Utah, had lost their top players, all-Americans Keith Van Horn and Ron Mercer (both of whom were selected very high in the first round of the NBA draft). Yet, with less talent, the teams were able to reach the pinnacle of college basketball because of the teamwork and individual sacrifice of the returning players.
Steiner’s Model of Actual Productivity
Ivan Steiner developed a model to show the relationship between individual abilities or resources on a team and how team members interact. Steiner’s model is shown by this equation:
Actual productivity = potential productivity − losses attributable to faulty group processes
Potential productivity refers to a team’s possible best performance, given each player’s ability, knowledge, and skill (both mental and physical) as well as the demands of the task. According to Steiner’s model, individual ability is probably the most important resource for sport teams—thus, the team made up of the best individuals will usually achieve the most success.
However, Steiner’s model implies that a team’s actual productivity does not usually match its potential productivity. Only when a team effectively uses its available resources to match the demands of the task will its actual productivity or performance approach its potential performance and the group themselves often coordinates these resources. However, a group’s actual performance usually falls short of its potential productivity because of faulty group processes.
Therefore, we might predict that one team will perform better than the other team under the following circumstances:
Team A possesses more ability (resources) than team B while experiencing equal process losses (losses caused by putting forth submaximal effort).
Team A possesses ability equal to that of team B but has fewer losses attributable to faulty group processes.
This prediction suggests that the role of any coach is to increase relevant resources (through training, instruction, and recruiting) while at the same time reducing process losses (by enhancing cohesion and emphasizing individuals’ contributions to the team concept).
Two kinds of losses are attributable to faulty group processes: motivation losses and coordination losses. Motivation losses occur when team members do not give 100% effort. Perhaps players believe that one or two stars can carry the load; thus, the other players slacken their efforts. Coordination losses occur when the timing between teammates is off or when ineffective strategies are used. For example, a coordination loss occurs in a doubles match in tennis when the ball is hit right down the middle of the court and neither player goes for it because each thinks the other will take it.
Sports that require complex interaction or cooperation (e.g., basketball, soccer, football, or volleyball) are more susceptible to coordination losses than are sports requiring fewer interactions and less coordination (e.g., swimming or track and field). Basketball, soccer, and volleyball coaches typically spend much time and effort on fine-tuning coordination, timing, and team movement patterns. Swimming coaches, in contrast, spend most of their time developing individual swimming technique.
Different terms have been developed to distinguish between tasks that require coordination among team members and those that do not. Knowledge required to perform a task is known as taskwork knowledge, and knowledge required where coordination is needed to perform a task is known as teamwork knowledge. For example, a quarterback in football must acquire taskwork knowledge to be able to throw a pass accurately to a receiver. However, the successful completion of the pass also relies on teamwork knowledge of both the quarterback and receiver: They both must read the defense the same way and anticipate what the other is going to do. When Peyton Manning signed as a free agent with Denver in 2012, nobody knew how quickly he would develop teamwork knowledge in Denver—he certainly had it in Indianapolis—because he was throwing to a whole new set of receivers. However, to no one’s surprise, he developed teamwork knowledge very quickly.
It appears that in sports in which more cooperation and interaction are necessary, the importance of individual ability decreases and the importance of group process increases. When teams of only two people play, they apparently work together best if they are close in ability because they are more likely to fully use their combined abilities (Gill, 2000). In tennis, when a superior player is paired with an inferior player, the better player will often try to do too much. Similarly, experienced teams quickly identify and target a weaker player and hit the majority of shots to that person. Usually, the top doubles teams are made up of two very good players (e.g., Bob and Mike Bryan of the United States) who complement each other rather than one star and another adequate player who have trouble combining their skills.
Ringelmann Effect
Clearly, individual abilities do not neatly sum up to group or team performance. This is consistent with Steiner’s model, which holds that faulty group processes can reduce potential productivity. But what causes these losses, and how much potential productivity is lost? The answers to these questions began to emerge from an obscure, unpublished study on individual and group performance (the Ringelmann effect) on a rope-pulling task conducted by Ringelmann nearly 100 years ago (cited by Ingham, Levinger, Graves, & Peckham, 1974). Ringelmann observed individuals and groups of two, three, and eight people pulling on a rope. The task is based on a person giving 100% effort and thus pulling 100 pounds. If no losses attributable to faulty group processes occurred, then one could assume that everyone pulled 100 pounds. Therefore, groups of two, three, and eight would be able to pull 200, 300, and 800 pounds, respectively. However, the relative performance of each individual progressively declined as the number of people in the group increased. That is, two- person groups pulled 93% of their individual potential, three-person groups 85%, and eight- person groups only 49%.
Because some of the early methodology and descriptions had been incomplete in Ringelmann’s study, Ingham and colleagues (1974) attempted to replicate Ringelmann’s findings while extending the work. Ingham and colleagues first had individuals and groups of two, three, four, five, and six persons perform the rope-pulling task. Results were like those in Ringelmann’s study: Groups of two performed at 91% of their potential and groups of three at 82% of their potential. However, contrary to what Ringelmann found, increases in group size did not lead to corresponding decreases in efficiency. Rather, a general leveling-off occurred: Groups of six pulled at an average of 78% of their potential.
In a second study, Ingham and colleagues (1974) wanted to determine whether the losses resulting from increased group size were attributable to poor coordination or reduced motivation. To separate these two factors, the investigators reduced coordination losses by testing only one participant at a time, blindfolding the participant, and having trained helpers pretend to pull on the rope (participants thought the other members of the group were pulling on the rope, although they were not). Any decrease in performance was then primarily attributed to a loss in motivation (a slight amount of coordination loss that could not be controlled for still occurred) rather than a loss in coordination because only the real participant was pulling the rope.
Two other experiments used shouting and clapping as group tasks and found that the average sound that each person produced decreased from the solo performance to 71% in two-person groups, 51% in four-person groups, and 40% in six-person groups. When the scientists controlled for coordination, they found that two- person groups performed at 82% of their potential and six-person groups at 74% of their potential.
Social Loafing and Ways to Reduce It
Social loafing is the term psychologists use for the phenomenon in which individuals in a group or team put forth less than 100% effort because of losses in motivation due in large part to a diffusion of responsibility (expecting others to pick up the slack). Social loafing is like bystander effect, which is generally focused on people acting (or not acting) in helping others; this theory states that the more people who are available to act, the less likely anyone will actually act. In both cases, action does not occur or is significantly restrained due to the diffusion of responsibility previously noted.
Social loafing and bystander effect research began after the repeated stabbing of Kitty Genovese in 1964. She was stabbed outside her apartment building and was attacked again in the stairwell. Reports at the time alleged that dozens of witnesses saw or heard the attacks, but nobody called the police or tried to help. More recent investigations call into question the original reporting; however, the incident prompted research into the bystander effect and the development of the 911 emergency call system. The prevalence of social media adds a new angle to the bystander effect. For example, in 2017, a 15-year-old girl was raped while approximately 40 people watched on Facebook. No action was taken to try to help the girl or contact the authorities. Social loafing often happens when students are assigned to a group project. Specifically, students sometimes complain that only a couple of students are doing the work, while others are “just going along for the ride” (social loafing). If faculty members don’t build individual contribution (e.g., each member of the group is given a specific assignment) into the requirements, then social loafing is more likely to occur.
In terms of sports and motor skills, researchers have found social loafing effects in swimming, track, and cheerleading as well as in a wide variety of laboratory motor tasks. Numerous conditions seem to enhance the probability of social loafing. In testing these causes of increased social loafing, research has shown that the losses in individual productivity attributable to social loafing are greatest when the contributions of individual group members are not identified, are dispensable, or are disproportionate to the contributions of other group members. For example, offensive linemen in football might not block so hard if the running play is going in the direction opposite to where they are blocking. However, if they know that coaches will review the film of the game on Monday morning and that their lack of effort could be identified, they may block harder on each play regardless of the play’s direction. Thus, if individual contributions to the group product are monitored directly, social loafing should be reduced. In addition, when individuals perceive that their contributions are essential to the group’s productivity, social loafing should be reduced.
Reviews of the literature have revealed that social loafing occurs across a wide variety of tasks, including those that are physical (e.g., rope pulling, swimming), cognitive (e.g., generating ideas), perceptual (e.g., maze performance), and evaluative (e.g., quality of output). In addition, social loafing generalizes across many populations and cultures and across genders.
Finally, social loafing is increased under the following conditions:
✔ The individual’s output cannot be independently evaluated.
✔ The task is perceived to be low on meaningfulness.
✔ The individual’s personal involvement in the task is low.
✔ A comparison against group standards is not possible.
✔ The individuals contributing to the collective effort are strangers.
✔ The individual’s teammates or coworkers are seen as high in ability.
✔ The individual perceives that his contribution to the outcome is redundant.
✔ The individual is competing against what she believes to be a weaker opponent.
✔ The group is larger rather than smaller.
If athletes believe that social loafing is occurring on their team, even if it is not actually occurring, might they socially loaf as well? This notion of believing that social loafing is occurring has been termed perceived social loafing. One study examined the idea that perceived social loafing causes social loafing. The researchers found that when soccer players perceived social loafing among their teammates (i.e., they thought their teammates’ poor performance was attributable to poor effort), they also exerted less effort. Enhancing social support among teammates can build trust, which may in turn help reduce perceived social loafing. Using these findings, let’s look at specific examples, along with supporting research, of what sport and exercise leaders can do to reduce social loafing.
Emphasize the Importance of Individual Pride and Unique Contributions
When a sports psychology coach stresses the team concept, some players may not recognize the importance of their own contributions to the team. Everyone’s unique contribution to the team’s success should be communicated and highlighted whenever possible. In addition, all athletes should take responsibility for their own efforts and not assume that a teammate will take care of things. For example, a basketball player may play great defense and set good screens that open shots for his teammates. If the coach emphasizes to the player how important his contribution is to the success of the team, the player will likely put forth consistent effort and be more personally involved because he sees the importance of his contribution even though he scores only a few points.
Increase the Identifiability of Individual Performances
The most consistent finding across research studies points to identifiability as the most acceptable explanation for the social loafing phenomenon. As a result, social loafing may be eliminated when team members believe that their individual performances are identifiable (i.e., known to others) because players no longer feel anonymous. Studies of swimmers showed that they swam faster in relays than in individual events only when individual times in relays were announced (i.e., identifiability was high). However, swimmers swam slower in relays than in individual events when individual times in relays were not announced (i.e., identifiability was low). By evaluating the effort of participants as individuals, coaches, teachers, and exercise leaders make the participants aware of their concern and assure them that they are not lost in the crowd. For example, a fitness leader might call out the names of individuals doing a specific exercise or movement particularly well.
Filming or using observational checklists at team sport practices or games can also provide increased identifiability. For example, at Ohio State University, the late Woody Hayes increased the identifiability of football linemen by filming and specifically grading each player on each play, providing “lineman of the week” honors, and awarding helmet decals to players who showed individual effort and performance. Include practices as well as games in the evaluation because many players don’t get a lot of actual game time.
Determine Specific Situations in Which Loafing May Occur
Through filming or other observations, Certifed Sports Psychology Coaches can determine what situations seem to elicit loafing. However, social loafing is sometimes appropriate. For example, a basketball center gets a rebound and throws an outlet pass to the guard but does not follow the ball down the floor. She is taking a rest on the offensive end, in effect, to make sure she is ready on the defensive end, which may be appropriate if she is tired. To better understand when social loafing might be appropriate, coaches should carefully analyze the dynamics and strategies involved in their sport. If changes need to be made, coaches should structure the practice sessions and competitions so that each player can economize efforts without interfering with team performance. For example, during a particularly tough part of the season, coaches might incorporate low-intensity practices into the schedule or complement high-intensity practices with fun activities. This will help keep players sharp and minimize their loafing.
Assign Players to Other Positions
Athletes should know not only their own role on the team but also the roles their teammates play. One of the best ways for players to gain an appreciation of their teammates and of how their own performance affects others on the team is to
learn about teammates’ positions. Talking about the unique challenges of other positions will help all players better understand the effect they have on other positions when they loaf. Coaches can help here by requiring athletes to spend a small period rotating to other positions to better understand their teammates’ contributions and to experience the potential effects of these contributions on other positions.
Divide the Team in to Smaller Units
Forming subgroups in a team allows for greater recognition of the responsibility to others and helps develop a cohesive unit. Coaches should carefully monitor these subgroups and constantly reinforce the overall notion of team pride. Forming subgroups (e.g., defensive backs, offensive linemen, and receivers in football) can enhance feelings of group cohesion, which in turn leads to increased effort and commitment. Be careful, however, because placing too great an emphasis on subgroups at the expense of the larger group can result in the formation of destructive social cliques.
Attribute Failure to Internal Unstable Factors
After failure—especially consistent failure— teams often tend to give up and socially loaf because they start to attribute their failure to lack of ability, which is stable and internal. If a team feels they are not as good as the other team, they can start to put forth less than optimal effort because they start to ask, “What is the point in trying if the other team is better and we’ll lose anyway. Teams attribute failure to internal, controllable, unstable factors such as effort and poor strategy because these can be changed. This will encourage teams to give full effort and not loaf because they attribute previous losses to things that are under their control.
Definition of Cohesion in Team Sports
In 1950, Festinger, Schacter, and Back defined cohesion as “the total field of forces which act on members to remain in the group”. These authors believed that two distinct types of forces act on members in a group. The first class of forces, attractiveness of the group, refers to the individual’s desire for interpersonal interactions with other group members and a desire to be involved in the group’s activities. The second class of forces, means control, refers to the benefits that a member can derive by being associated with the group. For example, playing for a highly ranked college football team might increase an athlete’s recognition and value in the draft.
Since 1950, several other definitions of group cohesion have been proposed, defining cohesion as “a dynamic process that is reflected in the tendency for a group to stick together and remain united in pursuit of its instrumental objectives and/or for the satisfaction of member affective needs”. This underscores the notion that cohesion is multidimensional (many factors are related to why a group sticks together), dynamic (cohesion in a group can change over time), instrumental (groups are created for a purpose), and affective (members’ social interactions produce feelings among group members). The definition of cohesion as multidimensional alludes to cohesion as a combination of task and social dimensions. Task cohesion reflects the degree to which members of a group work together to achieve common goals. In sport, a common goal would be winning a championship, which in part depends on the team’s coordinated effort or teamwork. Social cohesion, on the other hand, reflects the degree to which members of a team like each other and enjoy one another’s company. Social cohesion is often equated with interpersonal attraction. In an exercise class, for example, a common goal would be enhanced fitness, and it has been shown that adherence to the exercise program increases as the social cohesion of the group increases.
The distinction between task and social cohesion helps explain how teams can overcome conflict to succeed. Take, for example, the Los Angeles Lakers in the early 2000s—a team that certainly appeared to be low in social cohesion (star players Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal didn’t appear to get along off the court). However, the team clearly had a high degree of task cohesion— they wanted to win an NBA championship. It didn’t matter whether Kobe Bryant got along with Shaquille O’Neal, because they shared the goal of winning, and thus the Lakers worked together on the court (e.g., switching defenses, setting screens, passing accurately) despite personality differences.
Conceptual Model of Cohesion
A conceptual model serves as a system and framework for systematically studying cohesion in sport and exercise. Carron’s model outlines five major antecedents or factors affecting the development of cohesion in sport and exercise settings: environmental, personal, leadership, team factors, and outcomes.
Environmental Factors
Environmental factors, which are the most general and remote, refer to the normative forces holding a group together. Environmental factors are present when, for example, players are under contract to the management, athletes hold scholarships, family members have expectations of athletes, geographical restrictions exist (e.g., having to play for a certain high school because of where you live), regulations specify the minimum playing time in a youth sport program, and exercisers pay an extra fee for their class. These influences can hold a group together, although other factors can also play an important role. For example, having individuals near each other or having smaller groups where there are more opportunities for interaction and communication fosters group development.
Personal Factors
Personal factors refer to the individual characteristics of group members. For ease of investigation, researchers have classified these personal factors into three categories: demographic attributes (e.g., member similarity, sex), cognitions and motives (e.g., attributions for responsibility, anxiety), and behavior (e.g., adherence, social loafing). The most important personal factor associated with the development of both task and social cohesion on a sport team’s satisfaction being a predictor of both social and task cohesion in the sport of golf. Another factor often cited as a correlate of cohesiveness is similarity (a demographic attribute)— similarity in attitudes, aspirations, commitments, and expectations. The importance of similarity (noted earlier under “Effective Team Climate”) is highlighted in the following quote about Jackie Robinson breaking the color (racial) barrier in baseball and the way Pee Wee Reese helped this transition:
“Those early days were awfully tough on Jackie. I remembered times when on the train nobody would sit with him or talk to him. Pee Wee Reese always seemed to be the first to break the tension. He kidded Jackie before anyone else . . . . He started being friendly toward Jackie. In the beginning, Jackie was alone at the dining table. By the middle of the year, you couldn’t get a seat at the dining table.”
Leadership Factors
Leadership factors include the leadership style and behaviors that professionals exhibit and the relationships they establish with their groups. Research has indicated that the role of leaders is vital to team cohesion. Specifically, clear, consistent communication from coaches and captains regarding team goals, team tasks, and team members’ roles significantly influences cohesion. In addition, perceptions of compatibility between the leader and group members as evident in the coach–athlete relationship (commitment, closeness, complementarity) are important to enhancing feelings of cohesion.
Team Factors
Team factors refer to group task characteristics (individual vs. team sports), group productivity norms, desire for group success, group roles, group position, and team stability. It may be that teams that stay together a long time and have a strong desire for group success also exhibit high levels of group cohesion. In addition, shared experiences, such as a series of successes or failures, are important in developing and maintaining cohesion because they unify a team to counter the threat of opposing teams. Finally, some suggest that the relatively recent factor of collective efficacy is positively related to perceptions of team cohesion (Carron & Brawley, 2008). The following quote by Michael Jordan (1994) illustrates the relationship between collective efficacy and cohesion:
“Naturally there are going to be ups and downs, particularly if you have individuals trying to achieve at a high level. But when we stepped between the lines, we knew what we were capable of doing. When a pressure situation presented itself, we were plugged into one another as a cohesive unit. That’s why we were able to come back so often and win so many close games and beat more talented teams.”
Outcomes
Outcomes occur at both the team and individual levels. At the team level, outcomes are seen in terms of team stability (how well the team stays together, especially during adversity) as well as absolute and relative effectiveness. At the individual level, outcomes are seen in terms of behavioral consequences (e.g., how much effort is put forth to work together), satisfaction, and relative and absolute effectiveness.
Tools for Measuring Cohesion
To determine the relationship between cohesion and performance, we must be able to measure cohesion. Two types of measures have been developed: questionnaires and sociograms.
Questionnaires
Most early research on cohesion used the Sport Cohesiveness Questionnaire developed by Martens, Landers, and Loy (1972). This questionnaire has seven items that either measure interpersonal attraction or directly rate closeness or attraction to the group.
Unfortunately, no reliability or validity measures were established on the Sport Cohesiveness Questionnaire, and most items address only social cohesion. To account for the multidimensional nature of cohesion, Yukelson, Weinberg, and Jackson (1984) developed a 22- item tool called the Multidimensional Sport Cohesion Instrument. It includes four broad dimensions of team cohesion: attraction to the group, unity of purpose, quality of teamwork, and valued roles. Later, Widmeyer, Brawley, and Carron (1985) developed the Group Environment Questionnaire (GEQ), which distinguishes between the individual and the group and between task and social concerns. It is based on theory related to group processes and systematically developed to guarantee reliability and validity (Brawley, Carron, & Widmeyer, 1987; Carron et al., 1998).
The GEQ has been successfully used in numerous studies of group cohesion in sport as well as fitness settings (e.g., see Carron et al., 1998, for a review). For example, using the GEQ, researchers have shown level of cohesion to be related to team performance, increased adherence, group size, attributions for responsibility for performance outcomes, reduced absenteeism, member satisfaction, and intrateam communication.
The model on which the development of the GEQ was based has two major categories: a member’s perception of the group as a totality (group integration) and a member’s personal attraction to the group (individual attraction to the group). The members’ perceptions of the group as a unit and their perceptions of the group’s attraction for them can focus on task or social aspects.
Thus, there are four constructs in the model:
Group integration—task (e.g., our team is united in trying to reach its goals for performance)
Group integration—social (e.g., members of our team do not stick together outside of practices and games)
Individual attraction to group—task (e.g., I do not like the style of play on this team)
Individual attraction to group—social (e.g., some of my best friends are on the team)
Sociograms
Questionnaires have been the most popular way to measure group cohesion, but they do not show how particular individuals relate to each other, whether cliques are developing, or whether some group members are socially isolated. A sociogram is a tool for measuring social cohesion. It discloses affiliation and attraction among group members, including:
the presence or absence of cliques,
members’ perceptions of group closeness,
friendship choices in the group,
the degree to which athletes perceive interpersonal feelings similarly,
social isolation of individual group members
extent of group attraction.
To generate information for the sociogram, you ask individual group members specific questions such as “Name the three people in the group you would most like to invite to a party and the three people you would least like to invite,” “Name the three people you would most like to room with on road trips and the three you would least like to room with,” or “Name three people you would most like to practice with during the off-season and three you would least like to practice with.” Confidentiality must be ensured, and honesty in responses should be encouraged. Based on the responses to the questions, a sociogram is created, which should reveal the pattern of interpersonal relationships in a group. As the sociogram is created, the most frequently chosen individuals are placed toward the center and less frequently chosen individuals are placed outside. Jay and Bob form a closed unit and are not really involved with the rest of the team. Knowing about these relationships might help the coach deal with interpersonal problems before they become disruptive.
Relationship Between Cohesion and Performance
Fans, coaches, and sport psychologists seem to have an enduring fascination with how team cohesion relates to performance success. On an intuitive level, you might assume that the higher the level of a team’s cohesion, the greater its success. Why else spend so much time trying to develop team cohesion? A review of 66 empirical studies assessing the cohesion–performance relationship in a variety of settings showed positive relationships in 92% of the studies; the strongest relationships were found in sport teams (Mullen & Cooper, 1994). Using just sport teams (46 studies including almost 10,000 athletes and more than 1,000 teams), Carron, Colman, Wheeler, and Stevens (2002) found moderate to large cohesion–performance effects and, like Mullen and Cooper, found that the strongest effects were in sport teams.
A clue to the way in which cohesion enhances performance comes from a study showing that higher levels of cohesion may increase performance by producing higher levels of effort. However, several studies show a negative cohesion–performance relationship. In fact, several reviews of the research literature have noted the somewhat contradictory nature of the results regarding cohesion and performance success. The best way to understand the inconsistencies is to consider the measurement of cohesion, characteristics of the task, and direction of causality with reference to the latest review of the cohesion–performance literature.
Type of Measurement
There has been a great deal of controversy over the years regarding the effects of task and social cohesion on performance. In a review of the literature, Carron and colleagues (2002) found that increases in both task and social cohesion were associated with increases in performance. Previous reviews had indicated that task cohesion was more important (as a predictor of performance) than social cohesion, but evidently this is not the case. These results have important implications for applied sport psychology and interventions undertaken with athletes and teams to enhance team cohesiveness. Specifically, these results suggest that both task and social cohesion interventions can be effective in enhancing cohesiveness and improving performance. Socially oriented techniques include team campouts, ropes and challenge courses, social get-togethers outside of the sport context, and personal growth experiences. Task- oriented interventions include team goal setting, team communication, and understanding and conforming to team roles and norms.
Task Demands
A second explanation for the confusing cohesion– performance results involve the diversity of task demands that sport teams face. Specifically, the nature of interactions among team members runs along a continuum, from interactive to coactive. Interactive sports require team members to work together and coordinate their actions. Players on a soccer team, for example, must constantly pass the ball to each other, maintain certain positions, coordinate offensive attacks, and devise defensive strategies to stop opponents from scoring. Coactive sports require much less, if any, team interaction and coordination for the achievement of goals. For instance, members of a golf or bowling team have little to do with each other in terms of coordinated activity. Baseball is a good example of a sport that is both coactive and interactive: Batting or catching a fly ball is coactive, whereas making a double play or hitting the cutoff player (i.e., an outfielder throwing to an infielder who in turn throws the ball to home plate) is interactive.
Previous research argued that the cohesion– performance relationship was stronger in interactive sports than in coactive sports. However, a review by Carron and colleagues (2002) revealed that more cohesiveness is related to better performance in both coactive and interactive sports. However, the absolute level of cohesiveness is typically higher in interactive sports than in coactive sports, which makes sense considering the close on-court or on-field interactions required in sports such as basketball, football, and ice hockey. As a result, in interactive sports, coaches inevitably and explicitly introduce many of the team-building strategies associated with increased cohesiveness, such as ensuring role clarity and acceptance, establishing team performance goals, and improving athlete– athlete and coach–athlete communication. Conversely, the nature of coactive sports means there are fewer natural or inevitable opportunities for group cohesion to develop. Therefore, team-building interventions might have a greater effect on both team cohesion and team performance in that context.
Direction of Causality
The direction of causality refers to whether cohesion leads to performance success or performance success leads to cohesion. In essence, will a team that works together on and off the field be successful, or do players like each other more and work together well because they are successful? Researchers have investigated these questions from two perspectives:
Cohesion leads to performance; that is, cohesion measures precede performance.
Performance leads to cohesion; that is, performance measures precede cohesion.
Direction of causality or cause–effect relationships proved difficult to establish in past studies because there were too many uncontrolled factors, such as previous team success, coaching, or talent. For example, research (Grieve, Whelan, & Meyers, 2000) has supported the idea that the effect of performance on cohesion is stronger than the effect of cohesion on performance. Although cohesiveness may indeed lead the group to perform better, the tendency for the group to experience greater cohesiveness after successful performance may be even stronger”. A review using just sport teams, however, found no difference between the cohesion-to-performance and the performance-to-cohesion relationships. These findings appear to be consistent with research suggesting that the relationship between cohesion and performance is circular. Performance seems to affect later cohesion, and these changes in cohesion then affect subsequent performance.
In summary, then, the cohesion–performance relationship is complex. Considering the preponderance of evidence, we currently think that increased cohesion leads to greater performance and that better performances bring teams together and lead to increased cohesion. Hence, the relationship is circular. In this circular relationship, the effect of performance on cohesion appears to be stronger than that of cohesion on performance for teams in general (although not for sport teams).
Other Factors Associated with Cohesion
Although researchers have focused predominantly on the relationship between cohesion and performance, other potentially important factors are also associated with cohesion. This section reviews some of the more traditional.
Team Satisfaction
Satisfaction and cohesion are highly similar except that cohesion is about groups whereas satisfaction is an individual construct. Although researchers have found consistently strong relationships between cohesion and satisfaction, two models are used to explain the relationships among cohesion, satisfaction, and performance.
One model (A) hypothesizes a circular relationship in which team cohesion leads to performance success, which leads to feelings of satisfaction, which tend to strengthen and reinforce team cohesion. The other model (B) hypothesizes a circular relationship in which performance success leads to higher cohesion, which in turn leads to greater satisfaction. Thus, both the models suggest that relationships among satisfaction, cohesion, and performance do indeed exist. However, model A suggests that cohesion directly enhances performance, whereas model B argues that performance success leads to cohesion. In either case, leaders do well in building group cohesion because being in a cohesive group is satisfying and indirectly and directly enhances performance.
Conformity
Psychological research has shown that the more cohesive the group, the more influence the group has on its individual members. In a highly cohesive group, members might feel pressured about clothing style, hairstyle, practice habits, or game behavior. People joining health clubs might feel pressured to purchase designer exercise clothing, so they don’t look out of place.
Highly cohesive groups demonstrate a greater conformity to the group’s norm for productivity than do less cohesive groups. For example, the best performance occurs when the group norm for productivity is high and group cohesion is high, whereas the poorest performance occurs when the group norm is low and group cohesion is high. One of the reasons the New England Patriots were so successful in the 2000s is that Tom Brady set such a high group norm for productivity, which helped raise the level of their teammates’ contributions to the team’s success.
Adherence
Several research studies have addressed the relationship between cohesion and adherence in a variety of exercise groups. A summary of these findings (Burke, Carron, & Shapcott, 2008) concluded that individuals in exercise classes who feel more cohesive (a) are likely to attend more classes, (b) are more likely to arrive on time, (c) are less likely to drop out, (d) are more resistant to disruptions in the group, (e) are more likely to experience positive affect related to exercise, and (f) have stronger efficacy beliefs related to exercise.
Social Support
Research on social support suggests a positive relationship between the social support an individual receives and her evaluations of group cohesion (Rees & Hardy, 2000). For example, social support provided by coaches has been positively related to athletes’ perceptions of task cohesion in high school football teams (Westre & Weiss, 1991), cohesion and satisfaction in college basketball teams (Weiss & Friedrichs, 1986), and higher performance in collegiate football teams (Garland & Barry, 1990). Although to many people social support simply means some sort of emotional support, researchers have identified seven distinguishable forms of social support.
Stability
Stability refers to both the turnover rate for group membership and the length of time group members have been together. It seems logical that teams that remain relatively constant across a certain period of time will be more stable, cohesive, and ultimately successful. Team cohesion and stability are related in a circular fashion. That is, the longer the team has been together, the more likely it is that cohesion will develop, and the more cohesive the team becomes, the less likely it is that members will choose to leave. Let’s look at research on this issue.
Studies of soccer and baseball teams across a single season showed that teams with few lineup changes were more successful than those that changed constantly. Another study tried to determine whether there is an optimal amount of time to keep a group of players together to maximize cohesion and subsequent success. This study showed that in Major League Baseball, teams with a half-life (defined as the time it took for the starting roster to reduce to half its original size) of 5 years were the most successful.
Other studies examined the relationship between cohesion and a sport group’s resistance to disruption (e.g., personnel changes or internal conflict) among elite sport athletes, recreational sport athletes, and fitness classes. A reliable positive relationship existed between group cohesion and group resistance to disruption: The groups that were higher in cohesion exhibited a higher resistance to disruption than did teams that were lower in cohesion. Establishing positive group norms for productivity is one way to keep individuals working together as a unit over time.
Group Goals
Most people think that individuals set their own goals. But in group situations, such as with sport teams or exercise groups, goals are often set for the group. A group’s goals are not merely the sum of the personal goals of group members; they are shared perceptions that refer to a desirable state for the group as a unit. The question is, what relationship exists among group goals, cohesion, and performance?
Members who perceived that their team engaged in group goal setting for competition had higher levels of cohesion and the higher the level of satisfaction with team goals, the higher the level of team cohesion.
Although individual group members’ perceptions of cohesion changed across a season, cohesion was still related to team satisfaction and group goals throughout the season.
Other studies showed that a stated team goal— along with its acceptance—was the most important contributor to task cohesion and the second most important contributor to social cohesion. In addition, group cohesion increased as commitment to, clarity of, and importance of the goal increased for players. Having individuals participate in developing team or group goals also increased group cohesion.
On a practical note, athletes who perceive that a team goal encourages them to increase effort and who practice drills designed to achieve that goal (e.g., in volleyball, moving quickly from defensive to offensive sets) will likely feel satisfied with their team’s practice goals. You might expect this to happen because team members receive feedback that drills were correctly completed (i.e., the goal was reached) and that the team’s effort was high and its attention was focused. In this way, the group’s goals can enhance its feelings of unity and cohesion.
Try the following guidelines for instituting a team goal-setting program:
✔ Establish long-term goals first that are specific and challenging.
✔ Establish clear paths to the long-term goals through the use of short-term goals.
✔ Involve all team members in establishing goals.
✔ Carefully monitor progress toward team goals.
✔ Reward team progress toward team goals
✔ Foster collective efficacy concerning team goal attainment.
Gender
The review of the cohesion–performance relationship suggests that the importance of cohesion is more important for women than for men.
On women ’s teams, performance doesn’t always lead to cohesion; however, it is more likely to on men’s teams. “Just because we’re winning doesn’t mean everything is great with a female team. Whereas most men’s teams, when we’re winning everything else just falls into place.”
Men and women approach conflict and adversity differently.
Strategies for Enhancing Cohesion
Because sport psychologists better understand the nature of group cohesion, researchers have focused on specific interventions for enhancing cohesion in sport and exercise groups.
Exercise Settings
With dropout rates from formal exercise programs at about 50%, researchers have been investigating ways to reduce this discouraging statistic. One innovative approach has focused on cohesion to enhance attendance rates. It has been found that dropouts from exercise programs have less regard for the task and social cohesion of their exercise class than do participants who stay with the program (Carron & Spink, 1993; Spink & Carron, 1993). In addition, exercisers with higher feelings of cohesion attend class more regularly and are more punctual than exercisers with lower cohesion.
In another innovative study, sport psychologists attempted to build cohesion in exercise classes through a team approach (Spink & Carron, 1993). They learned that distinctiveness contributes to a sense of group identity, unity, and cohesion. Some instructors emphasized distinctiveness by having a group name, making up a group T-shirt, or handing out neon headbands. Their classes showed higher levels of cohesion and significantly fewer dropouts and late arrivals than did the classes not exposed to team building. This suggests that cohesion is an important ingredient in exercise settings as well as in traditional sport settings.
To further test the effects of team building on cohesion, devised an intervention for small and large exercise classes. The team-building program offset the negative effect that increased size can have on perceptions of cohesion. Specifically, no differences existed in perceptions of cohesion for participants from small (fewer than 20 participants) and large (more than 40) exercise groups that had been exposed to a team- building intervention. In essence, it is possible to maintain a sense of cohesion even in relatively large groups with the implementation of an appropriate team-building program.
Sport Settings
Other research has focused on team building in sport. In this case, the intervention began with elite male soccer coaches attending a workshop during the off-season in which specific strategies for implementing a team-building program were established. Specifically, based on the principles outlined in table 9.3, the coaches were asked to develop applied techniques and procedures that could be used for team building with their teams during the 6 weeks before the season. Although results did not show significant differences in cohesion between the team- building and control conditions, the authors believed that the coaches in the control conditions used many of the strategies from the cohesion intervention to enhance their own team’s cohesion.
Group norms. Have team members work in small groups to describe how an ideal teammate would react to a list of hypothetical but realistic situations. The team then discusses and agrees on unacceptable (e.g., yelling at teammates, coming late to practice) and acceptable behaviors. By having a meeting and coming to a joint decision on acceptable team norms, players will better understand what is expected of them on and off the field.
Individual roles. Each athlete anonymously writes “I want [player’s name] on my team because . . .” for everyone on the team. The coach then collects and distributes the responses to the appropriate athletes. This helps each athlete understand the importance of their role on the team.
Distinctiveness. Matching uniforms with team mottos is an easy way to bring the team together and create distinctiveness. Traveling to competitions together also increases interactions among athletes, bringing them closer together and making them more distinct from other groups.
Individual sacrifice. Have an offensive player play a more defensive role, or ask a team captain or veteran to make efforts to mentor a younger or new team member.
Communication and interaction. Set out a small obstacle course using cones. Separate athletes into small groups and blindfold all but one member in each group. The athlete not wearing a blindfold directs teammates through the course using verbal instructions only.
A unique approach to improving the performance environment of competitive teams was developed and implemented in English soccer, which broadened the definition of cohesion to include the entire environment in which teams function, including coach–athlete interaction, organizational issues, team climate, communication, goal setting, and team socialization. Especially important was getting the coach and players involved in a reflective way so that they considered the game performance, which led to valuable ideas regarding team functioning. This type of action research, conducted with athletes and coaches while carefully considering potential actual changes within the team, during a competitive season holds great promise for sport psychologists working with competitive teams. In one study, in-depth interviews and participant observations (one of the researchers was on the team) revealed factors associated with the development of cohesion at midseason and at the end of the season. At midseason, clear, and meaningful roles, team goals, communication, and selfishness or personal sacrifice were most strongly related to cohesion. At the end of the season, the same four factors were still operative, although to varying degrees. This demonstrated the unstable nature of cohesion and the fact that it can significantly change over the course of a season. Furthermore, a study found that a group-based intervention of team building could be successfully implemented by an online delivery method (Forrest & Bruner, 2017). This provides greater flexibility for both coaches and athletes, with a result like that of a face-to-face team-building intervention.
Shared Team Values: A Prerequisite for Team Building
Team building has become a common technique in sport, business, and the military. Team building usually involves identifying team goals and a team mission. But before team-building activities and goals are identified, team values need to be developed and understood because values clarify the path to achieving goals and are critical to building trust among players and coaches. Common team values might include morality, teamwork, honesty, cooperation, communication, winning, fairness, and accountability.
Knowing that other team members share common values will lead to a commitment to act in accordance with these values both on and off the field (Kramer & Lewicki, 2010).
Guidelines for Building Team Cohesion
Cohesion doesn’t always enhance group performance, but it can certainly create a positive environment that elicits positive interactions among group members. Along these lines, building team cohesion involves understanding the experience of individual athletes on the team and uncovering the ways in which they can become personally invested in the team, feel satisfied with the contributions that they are making, and feel responsibility for the team’s cohesiveness and success. Sport psychologists have created guidelines for developing group cohesion. Of special note is an issue of Journal of Applied Sport Psychology (Hardy & Crace, 1997) devoted to team building. These ideas are appropriate for competitive sport, teaching, and exercise settings.
What Coaches or Leaders Can Do
If communication is effective and open, coaches and leaders can foster group cohesion in several ways. We discuss here what leaders can do to help build cohesion and what participants themselves can do.
Communicate Effectively
An effective group or team leader needs to create an environment where everyone is comfortable expressing thoughts and feelings. Open lines of communication can alleviate many potential problems. Here, Terry Orlick (2000) describes the critical role of communication in group cohesion:
“Harmony grows when you really listen to others and they listen to you, when you are considerate of their feelings and they are considerate of yours, when you accept their differences and they accept yours, and when you help them, and they help you”
One technique to help individuals communicate and express their feelings positively and assertively is known as the DESC formula. This technique consists of describing (the situation), expressing (feelings), specifying (changes you want to take place), and noting the consequences (what to expect if agreement is not reached).
Leaders should ensure that everyone pulls together and is committed to the group’s goals, which include improved interpersonal relationships. This improvement is important because increased communication has a circular relationship with increased group cohesiveness. As communication about task and social issues increases, cohesiveness develops. As a result, group members are more open with each other, volunteer more, talk more, and listen better.
Explain Individual Roles in Team Success
Coaches should clearly outline individual roles to team members, stressing the importance of each player’s role to the team’s success. The more team members there are who perceive their roles as unimportant, the more apathetic the team will become. Coaches need to carefully explain to these athletes what their roles on the team are and give them opportunities to contribute. When players understand what is required of their teammates, they can begin to develop support and empathy. For example, during practice, the coach might assign a player to a position other than his usual one. For example, a spiker in volleyball who is upset at the setter’s poor passes could be asked to set during practice. This way he can see how hard it is to set the ball in just the right spot for the spiker.
Develop Pride Within Subunits
In sports in which subunits naturally exist (e.g., football, hockey, track and field), coaches should foster pride within these groups. Players need the support of their teammates, especially those playing the same position. The offensive linemen for the Washington Redskins in the 1980s called themselves “the hogs” because they did all the dirty work. The linemen took pride in this name and in what they contributed to the team’s overall success. And the running backs and quarterback really appreciated the linemen’s contributions— after all, their success depended on how well those hogs blocked.
Set Challenging Group Goals
Setting specific, challenging goals has a positive effect on individual and group performance. Goals set a high norm for productivity and keep the team focused on what it needs to accomplish. As players reach goals, they should be encouraged to take pride in their accomplishments and strive toward new goals. These goals need to be clearly defined for them in order to foster group cohesion in their pursuits. The goals should be performance based (relating to players’ abilities) rather than outcome based (relating to winning).
Encourage Group Identity
A coach or leader can encourage team identity by ordering team jackets and scheduling social functions, for example, but these jackets and events should not interfere with the development of subunit identity. The two should work hand in hand. Groups should be made to feel special and, in some sense, different from other groups.
Avoid Formation of Social Cliques
Compared with subunits, which are groups of athletes working at a similar position or task, social cliques usually benefit only a few athletes— at the expense of alienating most team members. Players often form cliques when the team is losing, when their needs are not being met, or when coaches treat athletes differently and set them apart from each other (e.g., starters vs. substitutes). Cliques tend to be disruptive to a team, and coaches should quickly determine why cliques are forming and take steps to break them up. Changing roommate assignments on trips and encouraging team functions are ways to battle the development of cliques.
Employ Transformational Behaviors
Leadership Leaders should employ transformational behaviors such as setting high performance expectations, fostering acceptance of group goals, serving as an appropriate role model, and displaying inspirational motivation to enhance cohesion. Especially important is to demonstrate the willingness to sacrifice personal gains for the general good of the team, as this will enhance group cohesion.
Avoid Excessive Turnover
Excessive turnover decreases cohesion and makes it difficult for members to establish close rapport. Of course, high school and college teams lose players to graduation each year. In this case, veteran players should be asked to help integrate new players into the team. Veterans can share team expectations in a warm, sincere, open manner, making the new players feel at ease with their new team and teammates. Similarly, exercise groups often have turnover as people drop out, and it’s important to make newcomers feel welcome and part of these groups.
Conduct Periodic Team Meetings
Throughout the season, coaches should conduct team meetings to allow team members to honestly, openly, and constructively express positive and negative feelings.
Teams can talk about learning from mistakes, redefining goals, and maintaining good sporting behavior.
If no problems or issues exist and the goal is simply to enhance feelings of cohesion, a technique known as group disclosures may be appropriate. Participants discuss individuals and teams that they admire the most along with the characteristics that contribute to the success of these individuals and groups. Then participants are asked to share things they admire about each other and what they have learned from each other.
Enhance Team Efficacy
Research indicates that focusing on developing team efficacy early in the season can have a positive influence on the development of a type of cohesion (individual attraction to the group— task) later in the season. In essence, the development of collective competence (especially in teams requiring integration and coordination, such as football, volleyball, and basketball) can increase players’ feelings about their personal involvement with their team’s productivity and objectives. For example, strategies designed to build or maintain athletes’ beliefs about their team efficacy should be encouraged. These could take the form of team drilling and instruction, emphasizing players’ contributions to the team’s efforts, or helping players help each other and cooperate in a task- involving climate, focusing on self-improvement rather than simply winning.
What Group Members Can Do
So far, our guidelines have targeted coaches and leaders. But team unity is not only the coach’s responsibility— group members can also promote team cohesion. Here are ways group members can improve communication and build a strong, cohesive unit, the better the chances for team success and harmony.
Resolve conflicts immediately. If a team member has a complaint or a conflict with the coach or a teammate, he should take the initiative to resolve the situation and clear the air. Players should not just complain and vent their feelings. Players and coaches should collaborate for optimal resolutions.
Get to know members of the group. The better team members know each other, the easier it is to accept individual differences. Individuals should take time to get to know their teammates, especially the new members in the group.
Help group members whenever possible. Being a team means that individuals are mutually interdependent. Helping each other out creates team spirit and brings teammates closer together. For example, if a teammate is having trouble with free-throw shooting in basketball, you might offer to help her, especially if you are proficient in this aspect of the game.
Give group members positive reinforcement. Supporting teammates instead of being negative and critical goes a long way toward building trust and support. Team members should be especially sensitive, positive, and constructive when a teammate is going through adversity.
The help and support given to this player also helps the team.
Be responsible. Group members should not habitually blame others for poor performances. Blaming serves no useful purpose. When things are not going well, players should try to make positive, constructive changes and get themselves back on track.
Communicate honestly and openly with the coach or leader. Team members should make sure the coach receives accurate information concerning what is happening within the team. The better everyone understands everyone else,
respond to the problem quickly so that negative feelings don’t build up and explode later.
Give 100% effort at all times. Working hard, especially in practice, helps bring the team together. Dedication and commitment are contagious. Setting a good example usually has a positive effect on a team’s unity.
SUMMARY
Understand how groups are structured.
A group’s structure depends largely on the interactions of its members. Two of the most important structural characteristics of groups are group roles and group norms. Roles consist of the set of behaviors required or expected of the person occupying a certain position in a group. Norms are levels of performance, patterns of behaviors, or beliefs characteristic of the group.
Explain how to create an effective team climate.
Team climate develops from how players perceive the interrelationships among the group members. Some of the critical factors affecting team climate are social support, proximity, distinctiveness, fairness, and similarity.
Describe how to maximize individual performance in team sports.
Individual skills are only moderately related to ultimate team success. Thus, getting greater contributions from each player is critical for high-level team performance. Through filming performances, helping players understand their roles, and increasing identifiability, you can maximize an individual’s sense of contributing to the team effort.
Understand social loafing and the conditions under which it is more likely to occur.
Social loafing is the phenomenon whereby individuals in a group put forth less than 100% effort because of losses in motivation, due in large part to a diffusion of responsibility (expecting others to pick up the slack). In essence, a diffusion of responsibility occurs, and individuals believe that others in the group will pick up the slack. Social loafing appears to occur more often when an individual’s output cannot be independently evaluated, the task is perceived to be low in meaningfulness, the individual’s personal involvement in the task is low, a comparison against group standards is not possible, other individuals contributing to the collective effort are strangers, the individual’s teammates are seen as high in ability, and individuals perceive that their contribution to the outcome is redundant.
Define task and social cohesion.
In measuring cohesion, researchers have found that it is multidimensional and comprises both task and social cohesion. Team cohesion is a dynamic process reflected in the group’s tendency to stick together while pursuing its goals and objectives. Task cohesion refers to working together as a team to achieve goals, whereas social cohesion refers to the interpersonal attraction among team members.
Describe the conceptual model of cohesion.
Carron’s model of cohesion indicates that four areas affect the development of cohesion: environmental (team size, scholarships), personal (motivation, social background), team (team norms, team stability), and leadership (leadership style, leader’s goals) factors. These factors do not exist in isolation but rather interact to affect both task and social cohesion.
Understand the cohesion–performance relationship.
Researchers have been examining the relationship between cohesion and performance in sport for more than 30 years. However, this relationship is complex, and studying it involves three factors: measurement of cohesion, type of task, and direction of causality. Both task and social cohesion and interactive and coactive tasks are associated with positive effects on performance. In addition, the cohesion– performance relationship appears to be circular: Team success enhances cohesion, which leads in turn to success.
Identify guidelines for building team cohesion. Researchers have recently developed and outlined interventions for enhancing task and social cohesion in both sport and exercise settings. However, group members, as well as coaches or leaders, must assume responsibility for developing group cohesion.
Review and Discussion:
Discuss why most definitions of a group agree that a collection of individuals is not necessarily a group.
Describe the Ringelmann effect. What implications do Ringelmann’s findings have for a coach, physical educator, or exercise leader?
Discuss three potential explanations for social loafing. How would you identify social loafing? Compare and contrast the linear, cyclical, and pendular models of group development.
Define cliques, including their antecedents and consequences. Provide three ways to reduce the formation of cliques that have negative outcomes.
Discuss the definitions of cohesion, including the difference between task and social cohesion.
Discuss how measuring cohesion has developed via questionnaires.
Findings in the research literature on the cohesion–performance relationship have been inconsistent.
Explain whether or how the types of instruments used to measure these two factors and the demands of the task have affected this relationship.
Although researchers have focused on the cohesion–performance relationship, cohesion appears to be related to several other potentially important variables. Discuss the relationship of cohesion to four factors other than performance.
|
|||||
7350
|
dbpedia
|
3
| 81
|
https://www.switchingthefield.com/single-post/why-soccer-is-best-sport
|
en
|
Why Soccer is the Best Sport... Objectively
|
[
"https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4aa67b_ef963412cc4546d494fa186c61530ae5~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_307,h_35,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/Logo%20Full%20Name%20-%20Blank.png",
"https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4aa67b_907ec726f4f84070b1ee2ae1ecb53246~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_112,h_75,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/4aa67b_907ec726f4f84070b1ee2ae1ecb53246~mv2.jpg",
"https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4aa67b_47084dee4e0e40578ade7d6e9aa8007f~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_69,h_69,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/4aa67b_47084dee4e0e40578ade7d6e9aa8007f~mv2.png",
"https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4aa67b_1d1b02067ba44bf39ed8872758a78670~mv2.png",
"https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4aa67b_1d1b02067ba44bf39ed8872758a78670~mv2.png",
"https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4aa67b_5b5f198e2265464396053f2ff7164efe~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_510,h_223,al_c,blur_30/4aa67b_5b5f198e2265464396053f2ff7164efe~mv2.png",
"https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4aa67b_5b5f198e2265464396053f2ff7164efe~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_485,h_212,al_c/4aa67b_5b5f198e2265464396053f2ff7164efe~mv2.png",
"https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4aa67b_9027c3e561614aa6b07c938bc460db90~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_49,h_28,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/4aa67b_9027c3e561614aa6b07c938bc460db90~mv2.png",
"https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4aa67b_87c8c076961d4584afd1d07d374d4b1c~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_125,h_69,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/4aa67b_87c8c076961d4584afd1d07d374d4b1c~mv2.png",
"https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4aa67b_6a7ac0ef46744655ae7501069d6edf87~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_167,h_250,al_c,blur_30/4aa67b_6a7ac0ef46744655ae7501069d6edf87~mv2.png",
"https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4aa67b_6a7ac0ef46744655ae7501069d6edf87~mv2.png",
"https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4aa67b_28edc4a04582401a8198df6ac41bcbb3~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_316,h_250,al_c,blur_30/4aa67b_28edc4a04582401a8198df6ac41bcbb3~mv2.png",
"https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4aa67b_28edc4a04582401a8198df6ac41bcbb3~mv2.png",
"https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4aa67b_286de79cc2c54ee6bf9ceab1d9780627~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_49,h_28,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/4aa67b_286de79cc2c54ee6bf9ceab1d9780627~mv2.png",
"https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4aa67b_283986188fd640cdae8f41ebbe8afeb3~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_447,h_250,al_c,blur_30/4aa67b_283986188fd640cdae8f41ebbe8afeb3~mv2.png",
"https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4aa67b_283986188fd640cdae8f41ebbe8afeb3~mv2.png",
"https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4aa67b_f959e83477364984a04eea5380e49808~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_419,h_250,al_c,q_30,blur_30/4aa67b_f959e83477364984a04eea5380e49808~mv2.jpg",
"https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4aa67b_f959e83477364984a04eea5380e49808~mv2.jpg",
"https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4aa67b_4fdc141220b24959a85dbeae06fb5cf8~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_88,h_67,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/4aa67b_4fdc141220b24959a85dbeae06fb5cf8~mv2.png",
"https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4aa67b_e6746b47feff46ea9000a5b41a4025c5~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_102,h_76,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/4aa67b_e6746b47feff46ea9000a5b41a4025c5~mv2.png",
"https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4aa67b_7aae829c0ce046a08d253b67804eaca3~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_49,h_28,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/4aa67b_7aae829c0ce046a08d253b67804eaca3~mv2.png"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[
"Zac Ludwig, CEO",
"Zac Ludwig"
] |
2015-11-17T18:16:00+00:00
|
There are many sports in the world. All of them have merit. All of them offer some sort of positive influence on the people who play them. But just as in Lord o
|
en
|
switchingthefield
|
https://www.switchingthefield.com/single-post/why-soccer-is-best-sport
|
This post was originally published in three separate parts. Upon revamping our website, we decided to combine them into one fluid post.
There are many sports in the world. All of them have merit. All of them offer some sort of positive influence on the people who play them. But just as in Lord of the Rings, there is one sport to rule them all: soccer (or football, as it was originally and appropriately named – but since I’m in the United States, I’ll call it “soccer”).
There is nothing wrong with liking another sport, or even preferring and/or dedicating one’s life to another sport. However, it is also okay to acknowledge that it is only fractionally as worthy as the sport of soccer.
“You are biased.” “You are just saying that because it’s your favorite sport.” I have heard all the rebuttals – even from fellow soccer die-hards! But I contest: I like to believe that I gravitated toward, then chose soccer as my sport BECAUSE it is better than the others. And not the other way around.
In fact, I have played many sports – both organized and informally – throughout my life. And there are several that I like to play and many that I admire. But at the same time, I have had a number of “a-ha!” moments when I realized they were not for me, such as my “What am I doing here?” epiphany playing baseball in 8th grade (I hadn’t touched the ball once or broken a sweat, yet I would still have to shower when I got home because I was covered in orange dirt).
In order to objectively (because there’s no way this is just my opinion, right?) explain why soccer is superior to the rest, I present the categories to be assessed:
1. Physical aspects of sport
2. Technical aspects/requirements of sport
3. Tactical/decision-making/thinking aspects of sport
4. Other/miscellaneous aspects (to be specified individually)
The sport that positively fulfills the most of the above categories - and to the greatest extent possible - is “the best.” Any idea which one wins?
PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF SPORT
Limited Long-Term Injury and Wear on the Body (as a result of playing the sport)Basically, is it a “life sport?” Can you play it for the majority of your life? This is important because if a sport is fun, why wouldn’t you want to play it forever? And moreover, any sport (which is a recreational activity) worth playing should not be something that causes serious or long-term problems to your body.Certainly, accidents happen, and someone can be permanently injured playing anything. But statistics show that certain sports, because of their nature, are much more likely – almost guaranteed – to cause long-term damage if played long enough. For instance, American football has a drastically higher rate of concussions. Why wouldn’t it? Huge men purposely crashing into each other at full speed. Which leads us to another sport – Rugby. At least Rugby players are man enough to do the same thing without any pads. Kudos to them for this, and I admire the hell out of them because of it, but it’s probably not the wisest choice if you are interested in a healthy brain and body.Beyond just serious injuries like concussions, any sport that requires repeated and inevitable blows to the body takes a toll. So, even if someone plays American football for 20 years without injury, there is virtually no way they can play at 60 years old. Simple aging won’t allow our bodies to take the pounding. By the way, this rules out sports like hockey, lacrosse, and wrestling.
Requires Exceptional Muscle Strength“Muscle strength” is the explosive use of muscles – anaerobic activities. This is what body builders are great at doing – exerting great strength in short bursts. Why does this matter? Because it is sport. Sports are a test of physical ability, and muscle strength is a sign of superior physical ability.This is where our aforementioned friends, American football and rugby, shine. Warren Sapp could push anyone to the ground. But could he survive one lap around the field? More on that later.However, other sports - like basketball and golf – hardly require any admirable level of muscular strength. Your average adult, with the right technique, can toss a ball the distance of a three point shot or smash a golf ball a couple hundred yards.Requires Exceptional Muscle EnduranceRemember Warren Sapp? This is what he doesn’t have. But that’s okay, because neither did any of the guys he played against. Muscle endurance is the ability to sustain an exercise for a prolonged period of time. Cardio vascular endurance is included in this (at least in my assessment). Football players, basketball players, volleyball players, and of course, the kings of not running – baseball players – all lack any sort of cardio vascular strength or serious muscle endurance. These sports require impressive levels of explosion, but the athletes will need some rest if asked to do anything for more than 10 seconds.
Requires a Wide-Range of Physical LiteracyAgain, sport is a test of physical ability. If all you can do is run in a straight line or row a boat, you have very limited physical literacy. Can you jump? What about backpedal? Shuffle or change direction quickly? A truly masterful athlete can do all of those things and more.SoccerWhere does soccer fit into the picture? It’s pretty straight-forward:Long-Term Injury/Wear on Body: There are not as many concussions or long-term injuries in soccer as other sports. Period. A person can also play soccer well into their 60’s. If we can run (or even walk), we can play.Muscle Strength: There are many anaerobic actions in soccer. Players need to jump, strike a ball, and “out-muscle” others. It requires a high level of upper body and lower body strength.Muscle Endurance: 90 minute match. Only three subs. Average distance a player runs is 7 miles. Did I mention having to handle a ball and deal with full-contact opponents? Anyone who can play a full 90 (and sometimes 120) minutes can easily play all 48 minutes of basketball or 60 minutes of football.Physical Literacy: Running, change of direction, jumping, change of speed, shuffling, moving backward… the list goes on. It also includes throwing. Soccer requires all of them.As you can see, simply from a physical aspect, soccer is showing itself to be much more of a sport than the others. It demands much, yet it can be enjoyed for the majority of our lives. If you don't believe me, look at the chart below.
TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF SPORT
Requires a High Level of Coordination and/or SkillIn addition to sport being a test of physical abilities, it is also a test of skills. Can a person use his body to execute something better than another person? The more difficult the skill, the more impressive the athlete.Some sports test people’s abilities to perform skills anyone can do. Like running. Anyone can run – maybe not as fast or as long, but they can do it. Similarly, anyone can throw stuff, catch stuff, or run into people like they do in American football or Rugby. Now, can everyone hit a ball traveling at 100mph with a stick? No way. Good job, baseball.Requires Long-Term MasteryNow, some skills may not be so easily executed by your average human, but that does not mean that they are difficult to master. For instance, someone who has never played volleyball before will not be good at it initially – it is difficult to slap a ball with your hand over a net. However, with minimal practice and decent athletic prowess, your average person can master the skills of volleyball pretty quickly.How many 14-year old Americans have never played (at least in an organized, “serious” fashion) sports like American football, volleyball, and basketball, and by the time they are seniors in high school, they are Varsity lettermen? Thousands. If it only takes four years to reach the highest level that the vast majority of people will ever reach in a sport, it is not especially difficult to master.Requires Unusual/Unnatural SkillsWhy do people pay money to see someone spit fire or swallow swords? Because those skills are unusual, unnatural, and they are impressive to simply do, let alone do them better or to a greater extent than someone else who can do them.The same goes for sport. As impressive as it is that Stephen Curry can hit three pointers more consistently than almost anyone else, it is not as impressive as the guy who can skate on ice while simultaneously manipulating a puck with a stick, as someone else tries to smash him into a wall (hockey). This is because humans can naturally throw a ball, but we cannot naturally skate on ice or manipulate objects with other objects.Think about it: What are the first motor skills we develop? As babies, the first things we do are with our hands. Babies can grab, touch, and throw. Don’t ever compare the best wide receiver or fastest runner to the best tennis player or golfer in terms of technical skill. Like I said, anyone can catch or run.
TACTICAL/DECISION-MAKING/THINKING ASPECTS OF SPORT
Requires Exceptional Decision-Making AbilityBecause the only thing more impressive than ice skating while manipulating a puck with a stick while someone else is trying to smash you into a wall, is doing all of that while having to decide – in a split second – what to do when something else unexpected happens. What good is physical ability and technical skill without making the right decision of when, where, or why to execute them? A true athlete can also out-wit his opponent.This automatically excludes racing sports like crew and cross country, but it also eliminates sports like American football and baseball. There are pretty much no American football players or baseball players who make their own decisions. Football coaches call the plays, and players already know all the possible options: if my opponent goes here, I go there, etc. Nothing truly unexpected happens. And in baseball, before a play ever happens (if it ever happens) the second baseman already knows where he is going to throw the ball if it comes to him based on the situation that he has had 6 minutes to figure out.Requires Problem Solving By the PlayersReal athletes don’t need other people to tell them what to do. They figure it out on their own.So when the other team gains momentum in a basketball game, if the coach has to call timeout to rally his players and/or tell them a play to run, they are not solving anything on their own. They are simply following orders. I think the lack of player decision-making in American football (with the exception of quarterback, maybe linebacker) and swimming is obvious enough, right?Requires Creativity in StrategizingIs it obvious what the best strategy is? Baseball: hit the ball over the wall or where someone won’t catch it. Swimming: get to the other side faster than the other guys. Golf: get it in the hole in less strokes than the other guys. Volleyball: Don’t let the ball hit the ground on our side.Real sports require a real strategy (that isn’t obvious). Basketball: should we work the ball around, penetrate the basket, or just chuck up three pointers? Tennis: how am I going to manipulate the other person’s position so that I can hit the ball where he can’t get it?
SoccerSo how does soccer fit in to the technical and tactical aspects of sport? Here it is:
High Level of Coordination/Skill: Have your average non-soccer player accurately pass a ball 20 yards at an appropriate speed. I’ll wait.Long-Term Mastery: A fully developed soccer player must practice for many years. Even those of us who have played for 20 years have not necessarily mastered every skill.Unusual/Unnatural Skills: Does it get any less natural than using your feet? Other than walking, humans do not do anything naturally with their feet. Not to mention our thighs, chest, shoulders, and head.Exceptional Decision-Making: There are 22 players all doing something different, constantly changing their position on the field – quickly. There are an infinite number of directions in which the ball and those people can move. What decisions do we make based on all these changing factors?Problem Solving by Players: During a 90 minute match, the coach cannot stop the game for a timeout. He must wait for halftime. Other than that, he or she must try to change things on the fly, which is hardly possible when you have 11 players who, individually, are constantly worrying about 21 others and a ball, and most of them are farther than shouting-distance away. Players must solve their own problems.Creativity in Strategizing: Give me two soccer coaches or players who agree 100% on every tactical decision or philosophy, and I’ll give you a pink giraffe that can fly. There are so many different ways to try and out-wit the opponent in soccer, and based on what the other team does or what transpires, you may have to change your plans.So, as expected, soccer is the best test of technical and tactical ability across the board. To simplify the comparison, below is the next phase of the chart:
The third and final part will cover three final aspects related to sports, helping separate soccer as the best once and for all.Requires TeamworkIt’s hard enough to execute physical and technical skill while making the right choices to out-wit opponents, but can you do all that in sync with other people? When you have a bunch of people on your own side who have their own abilities and thoughts – often conflicting with your own – the level of difficulty in trying to achieve a goal becomes more difficult. At the very least, it becomes more complex. Athletes who can manage this are to be respected.Scoring (or winning, if scoring is not involved) is Difficult or Not GuaranteedWhat is the point - or at the least, what is the big deal – of achieving an easy or promised objective, or one that will happen 100 times in a competition? Some sports have guaranteed “scoring,” like golf. Yeah, yeah – the achievement is in doing it in less attempts (and believe me, I know how difficult it is). But what if scoring was not guaranteed? What if there was a chance you would never get it into the hole in the first place? Now, actually getting a ball into a hole is an achievement. And if you are actually able to do it, AND you can do it better than someone else who can also do it, you are really special.Some people go their entire career in a sport without ever “scoring” (see my high school swimming record). Those who have scored, achieved something worthy of achieving. What about basketball? So a guy makes a basket. Big deal. We’ll see fifty more – from BOTH teams - before the game is over. It’s meaningless if it happens 100 times a game.
What's more special? 233 points, or one goal that no one expected to happen?
Easily Accessible and PlayableThis has less to do with the actual ability to play the sport as it does with the general ability to interact with it. If you love to play something, why should it be so difficult to get everything you need to play it? If you need to find a large pool, or you need an ice rink or a net, that’s a huge burden and something not every kid can do in his or her backyard.A great sport is something anyone can play and attempt, in some variation or another. If all you need is an object to throw, a stick to fight with, or hell, just someone else to pin, the more you can play and enjoy.
SoccerHow does soccer compare in all these categories?Requires Teamwork: Check.Scoring is Difficult or Not Guaranteed: We have all seen a 0-0 final score. And we also have seen overwhelmingly emotional reactions to goals. They are special, and far from guaranteed.Easily Accessible and Playable: One of the biggest reasons soccer is the most popular sport in the word is that anyone can play at any time. All you need is a “ball” (a wadded-up paper bag will do) and “goals” (hitting this tree trunk, or knocking it between "this rock" and "that bush" will do).There you have it. Soccer not only requires all the greatest in physical, technical, and tactical ability, but it presents challenging yet obtainable obstacles that can be enjoyed anywhere at any time by anyone. It fulfills all of the assessed factors, and in most cases, to a great extent. These factors make it the best sport in my book, and especially in my heart.
|
|||||
7350
|
dbpedia
|
3
| 39
|
https://hbr.org/2017/02/why-sports-are-a-terrible-metaphor-for-business
|
en
|
Why Sports Are a Terrible Metaphor for Business
|
[
"https://hbr.org/resources/css/images/HBR_logo_black.svg",
"https://hbr.org/resources/css/images/cart-icon.png",
"https://hbr.org/resources/css/images/HBR_logo_black.svg",
"https://hbr.org/resources/images/article_assets/2017/02/feb17-03-3238672.jpg",
"https://hbr.org/resources/css/images/hmm/HBR-learning-icon.png",
"https://hbr.org/resources/images/hmm/Course_Illustrations/Team_Management_Course/topic_landing_page_1400.png",
"https://hbr.org/resources/css/images/hmm/HBR-learning-icon.png",
"https://hbr.org/resources/images/hmm/Course_Illustrations/Team_Management_Course/topic_landing_page_1400.png",
"https://hbr.org/resources/css/images/hbr_logo.svg",
"https://hbr.org/resources/images/2018/new_logo_May11.png",
"http://b.scorecardresearch.com/p?c1=2&c2=14457509&cv=2.0&cj=1"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[
"Bill Taylor"
] |
2017-02-03T13:05:44+00:00
|
Especially football.
|
/resources/images/favicon.ico
|
Harvard Business Review
|
https://hbr.org/2017/02/why-sports-are-a-terrible-metaphor-for-business
|
Here in the United States, we’re just days away from Super Bowl Sunday. The buzz around the biggest game in America’s biggest sport is, as always, about more than football. It’s also about business and leadership. Does the Patriots’s consistent excellence over the last 15 years offer insights on teamwork that transcend football? Does Bill Belichick’s unrivaled record speak to his skills not just as a coach but also as a leader from whom others can learn? Even as high-minded a publication as The Economist gets caught up every so often in the connections between sports and business. A few years back, writing about a team that was dominating a different kind of football, the magazine claimed that FC Barcelona, the renowned soccer club, “has provided a distinctive solution to some of the most contentious problems in management theory.” Wow!
|
|||||
7350
|
dbpedia
|
0
| 83
|
https://www.diffen.com/difference/American_Football_vs_Rugby
|
en
|
American Football vs Rugby - Difference and Comparison
|
https://www.diffen.com/favicon.ico
|
https://www.diffen.com/favicon.ico
|
[
"https://static.diffen.com/css/img/diffen.svg",
"https://static.diffen.com/uploadz/2/27/American-Football-1.jpg",
"https://static.diffen.com/uploadz/9/93/Rugby-1.jpg",
"https://static.diffen.com/css/img/edit.png",
"https://static.diffen.com/tnimgs/hashtree/d/d8/d85150.jpg",
"https://static.diffen.com/uploadz/b/b6/thumb_afc-vs-nfc.jpg",
"https://static.diffen.com/tnimgs/hashtree/5/59/593c6b.jpg",
"https://static.diffen.com/tnimgs/hashtree/0/0c/0c1661.jpg",
"https://static.diffen.com/uploadz/6/69/thumb_billiards-vs-pool.jpg",
"https://static.diffen.com/uploadz/1/15/thumb_baseball-vs-cricket.jpg",
"https://static.diffen.com/tnimgs/hashtree/d/d8/d85150.jpg",
"https://static.diffen.com/uploadz/b/b6/thumb_afc-vs-nfc.jpg",
"https://static.diffen.com/tnimgs/hashtree/5/59/593c6b.jpg",
"https://static.diffen.com/tnimgs/hashtree/0/0c/0c1661.jpg",
"https://static.diffen.com/uploadz/6/69/thumb_billiards-vs-pool.jpg",
"https://static.diffen.com/uploadz/1/15/thumb_baseball-vs-cricket.jpg",
"https://static.diffen.com/css/img/diffen.svg"
] |
[
"https://www.youtube.com/embed/dTGeZVHBoJs?iv_load_policy=3&rel=0&start=26"
] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[] | null |
American Football vs Rugby comparison. American football is a game played between two teams and consists of 11 players in each of the two teams, with unlimited substitutions. American football is a game of intense physical play with complex strategy to score points by advancing the ball to the...
|
en
|
/favicon.ico
|
https://www.diffen.com/difference/American_Football_vs_Rugby
|
American football: Each team has 11 players on the field at one time, with unlimited substitutions. Each team gets three time-outs per half. Play begins with a kickoff. Two teams line up opposite each other; they are usually lining up a “play from scrimmage.” Receiving player may run with ball or may pass it. Each team has to move the ball at least 10 yards within 4 downs. If they fail to do so, other team gets the chance. If they succeed they get 4 new tries to move the ball 10 yards further. The main object is to score points by advancing the pointed oval-shaped ball into the opponent’s team end-zone.
Rugby: A Rugby team consists of 15 players, divided into forwards and backs. Forwards are often larger and stronger players of the team having their main job to win the possession of the ball. The backs are usually smaller, faster, and more agile and exploit the ball possessions. The match begins with a kickoff and the teams compete for possession. The player of the receiving team may run with the ball, or kick it, or pass it to any other player laterally or behind him. Opponent player may tackle the ball carrier at any time. Other than tackles, scrummages, rucks, mauls, and lineouts, no other contact is allowed. Even dangerous tackles are not permitted and are penalized severely. Once tackled, the player must release the ball immediately so play may continue. Once a team has crossed the opposing team’s goal line and touched the ball to the ground, a try is scored (five points). After each try, the scoring team has the opportunity to score two more points with a conversion.
American football is said to have developed from rugby. British colonists from Canada are said to have brought rugby to the Americans. At that time the two were not as differentiated as now.
The origin of rugby in England goes back long into the 19th century and even earlier. In 1800's formalities were introduced to football rules in the seven major public schools of England.Handling the ball was permitted in football in the early 1800's when players were allowed to take a mark and then a free kick. The Rugby Football Union had been formed in 1871 by representatives of 21 clubs - all of which were located in southern England and most were within London. By the early 1890's rugby was widespread and well over half the RFU's clubs were in northern England. The working classes of the north of England and South Wales were particularly taken with rugby over football (soccer).
Playing Field
American football is played on a rectangular field 120 yards (110 meters) long by 53 1/3 yards (49 meters) wide. Near each end of the field is a goal line; they are 100 yards apart. A rugby league field is very similar, it is 120 metres long and about half that in width, there is a line across the field every ten metres.
The most significant differences between American and Rugby football are that in Rugby all players are allowed to handle the ball and any sort of blocking, forward passing, and time-outs are not allowed. Unlike American football, in case of Rugby any kind of screening and obstruction to players who do not have the ball is not allowed. This is the main reason why Rugby is much safer than American football. Unlike American football, only lateral passes are legal, and running and kicking can advance the ball. In American Football, one forward pass per down is permitted, so long as it originates behind the line of scrimmage.
In Rugby, there is lack of hard protective equipments such as helmet and padding. That’s why in case of Rugby players are also taught to tackle with personal safety in mind. In football, hard tackles are allowed which is why there is padding.
Schedule and Cost
Rugby provides for a more flexible schedule and less costly athletic team than professional football, hockey, or other options.
Control
In case of Rugby, players are concerned more about retaining ball possession rather than gaining yardage as in case of American football.
Scoring
A touchdown is the American football equivalent of rugby league's try. Ironically, a try requires the ball to be 'touched down' to the ground, whereas a touchdown doesn't. In American football it is sufficient for the player carrying the ball to cause the ball to enter the end zone (in-goal area) while still in bounds, by carrying it in or holding the ball in or through the imaginary plane of the goal line. In rugby league the ball must be pressed to the ground in the in-goal area. An American football touchdown scores 6 points and a rugby league try is now worth 4 points. In rugby union a try is worth 5 points, the conversion is worth 2.
American football is a game of set moves and counter moves (similar to chess). On the other hand, Rugby is a more free-flowing spontaneous game.
Geographical differences
As the name suggests, American football is played in North America while rugby is played across the globe with prominence in South Africa, New Zealand, Australia and parts of Europe.
References
|
|||
7350
|
dbpedia
|
2
| 75
|
https://turftank.com/us/academy/history-of-football/
|
en
|
The History of one of the greatest sports
|
[
"https://turftank.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/logo-free.png",
"https://turftank.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/logo-free.png",
"https://turftank.com/wp-content/uploads/flags/us.png",
"https://turftank.com/wp-content/uploads/flags/us.png",
"https://turftank.com/wp-content/plugins/sitepress-multilingual-cms/res/flags/da.svg",
"https://turftank.com/wp-content/plugins/sitepress-multilingual-cms/res/flags/da.svg",
"https://turftank.com/wp-content/plugins/sitepress-multilingual-cms/res/flags/de.svg",
"https://turftank.com/wp-content/plugins/sitepress-multilingual-cms/res/flags/de.svg",
"https://turftank.com/wp-content/plugins/sitepress-multilingual-cms/res/flags/nl.svg",
"https://turftank.com/wp-content/plugins/sitepress-multilingual-cms/res/flags/nl.svg",
"https://turftank.com/wp-content/plugins/sitepress-multilingual-cms/res/flags/fr.svg",
"https://turftank.com/wp-content/plugins/sitepress-multilingual-cms/res/flags/fr.svg",
"https://turftank.com/wp-content/uploads/flags/se.jpg",
"https://turftank.com/wp-content/uploads/flags/se.jpg",
"https://turftank.com/wp-content/plugins/sitepress-multilingual-cms/res/flags/en.svg",
"https://turftank.com/wp-content/plugins/sitepress-multilingual-cms/res/flags/en.svg",
"https://turftank.com/wp-content/uploads/flags/canada-flag-turftank.png",
"https://turftank.com/wp-content/uploads/flags/canada-flag-turftank.png",
"https://turftank.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/120-layouts-50x50.png",
"https://turftank.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/120-layouts-50x50.png",
"https://turftank.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1000-clients-worldwide-50x50.png",
"https://turftank.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1000-clients-worldwide-50x50.png",
"https://turftank.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/100-employees-globally-50x50.png",
"https://turftank.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/100-employees-globally-50x50.png",
"https://turftank.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Football-white-100x100.png",
"https://turftank.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Football-white-100x100.png",
"https://turftank.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/football-ball-1024x576.jpg",
"https://turftank.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/superbowl-academy-turftank-1024x576.jpg",
"https://turftank.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/superbowl-academy-turftank-1024x576.jpg",
"https://turftank.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/logo-free.png",
"https://turftank.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/logo-free.png"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[] |
2022-11-07T15:31:47+00:00
|
Turftank.dk - Explore the history of one of the world's most beloved sports - Football. Learn about the origins of the game - and rules.
|
en
|
Turf Tank
|
https://turftank.com/us/academy/history-of-football/
|
When did football start?
That is a difficult question and the answer is highly debatable. American Football can trace its roots back to rugby and soccer, two games that have been around for centuries.
According to the legend, in 1823 during a school football match, a student named William Webb Ellis is said to have first picked up the ball and run with it, and thus he created a new style of play, where picking the ball and running with it was preferred over kicking it. From here on, colleges and universities in the United States would adopt their own variety of football.
However, the first official game of American Football was played in 1869 between Rutgers and Princeton, universities in the United States. The game was relatively simple at that time and the rules were also very different from the football we know today, resembling more a rugby game. It wasn’t until the late 1800s that the rules began to resemble the game we know today.
The teams were composed of 25 players on each side. There was no forward pass and players could not receive more than one kick per possession. Kicking the ball or batting it with one’s hands, knees, or heads was the only way to move the ball around the field. The maximum number of points possible for the game was ten. The game ended with a 6-4 for Rutgers and laid the foundation for what would become one of the most beloved sports in the world.
When was NFL founded?
The American Professional Football Association, now known as the National Football League (NFL), was founded in 1920, in Ohio, just a few years after the first official game of American football.
At that time, it was mostly made up of teams from small midwestern cities and was not yet the major league we know today. But the Association played an important part in professionalizing the sport, using schedules and proper payment systems. With all the changes and the new rules, APFA brought football closer to the version we are familiar with today.
In 1922 the American Professional Football Association changed its name to National Football League (NFL), and multiple other teams joined in the following years.
Today, NFL is the biggest football league in the United States, consisting of 32 teams, divided equally between the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC).
|
|||||
6282
|
dbpedia
|
3
| 41
|
https://www.elle.com/uk/life-and-culture/g32998706/best-thriller-movies/
|
en
|
45 Best Thriller Movies Of All Time To Watch Now
|
[
"https://www.elle.com/_assets/design-tokens/fre/static/icons/search.f1c199c.svg",
"https://www.elle.com/_assets/design-tokens/fre/static/icons/close.38e3324.svg",
"https://www.elle.com/_assets/design-tokens/elle/static/images/logos/logo.2856426.svg?primary=navLogoColor",
"https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/aubrey-plaza-emily-662781f307769.jpeg?crop=0.636xw:1.00xh;0.138xw,0&resize=640:*",
"https://www.elle.com/_assets/design-tokens/fre/static/icons/social/pinterest.e8cf655.svg?primary=%2523ffffff",
"https://www.elle.com/_assets/design-tokens/fre/static/icons/social/youtube.ce3e1ae.svg?primary=currentColor&id=link-out-embed",
"https://www.elle.com/_assets/design-tokens/fre/static/icons/social/youtube.ce3e1ae.svg?primary=currentColor&id=link-out-embed",
"https://www.elle.com/_assets/design-tokens/fre/static/icons/social/youtube.ce3e1ae.svg?primary=currentColor&id=link-out-embed",
"https://www.elle.com/_assets/design-tokens/fre/static/icons/social/youtube.ce3e1ae.svg?primary=currentColor&id=link-out-embed",
"https://www.elle.com/_assets/design-tokens/fre/static/icons/social/youtube.ce3e1ae.svg?primary=currentColor&id=link-out-embed",
"https://www.elle.com/_assets/design-tokens/fre/static/icons/social/youtube.ce3e1ae.svg?primary=currentColor&id=link-out-embed",
"https://www.elle.com/_assets/design-tokens/fre/static/icons/social/youtube.ce3e1ae.svg?primary=currentColor&id=link-out-embed",
"https://www.elle.com/_assets/design-tokens/fre/static/icons/social/youtube.ce3e1ae.svg?primary=currentColor&id=link-out-embed",
"https://www.elle.com/_assets/design-tokens/fre/static/icons/social/youtube.ce3e1ae.svg?primary=currentColor&id=link-out-embed",
"https://www.elle.com/_assets/design-tokens/fre/static/icons/social/youtube.ce3e1ae.svg?primary=currentColor&id=link-out-embed",
"https://www.elle.com/_assets/design-tokens/fre/static/icons/social/youtube.ce3e1ae.svg?primary=currentColor&id=link-out-embed",
"https://www.elle.com/_assets/design-tokens/fre/static/icons/social/youtube.ce3e1ae.svg?primary=currentColor&id=link-out-embed",
"https://www.elle.com/_assets/design-tokens/fre/static/icons/social/youtube.ce3e1ae.svg?primary=currentColor&id=link-out-embed",
"https://www.elle.com/_assets/design-tokens/fre/static/icons/social/youtube.ce3e1ae.svg?primary=currentColor&id=link-out-embed",
"https://www.elle.com/_assets/design-tokens/fre/static/icons/social/youtube.ce3e1ae.svg?primary=currentColor&id=link-out-embed",
"https://www.elle.com/_assets/design-tokens/fre/static/icons/social/youtube.ce3e1ae.svg?primary=currentColor&id=link-out-embed",
"https://www.elle.com/_assets/design-tokens/fre/static/icons/social/youtube.ce3e1ae.svg?primary=currentColor&id=link-out-embed",
"https://www.elle.com/_assets/design-tokens/fre/static/icons/social/youtube.ce3e1ae.svg?primary=currentColor&id=link-out-embed",
"https://www.elle.com/_assets/design-tokens/fre/static/icons/social/youtube.ce3e1ae.svg?primary=currentColor&id=link-out-embed",
"https://www.elle.com/_assets/design-tokens/fre/static/icons/social/youtube.ce3e1ae.svg?primary=currentColor&id=link-out-embed",
"https://hips.hearstapps.com/rover/profile_photos/573af0d3-3300-404a-99cb-6bb732fa222c_1723539142.file?fill=1:1&resize=120:*",
"https://www.elle.com/_assets/design-tokens/elle/static/images/logos/lettermark.8631e88.svg?primary=%2523000",
"https://www.elle.com/_assets/design-tokens/fre/static/icons/play.db7c035.svg?primary=%2523ffffff",
"https://hips.hearstapps.com/vidthumb/images/2023-elle-nepo-babies-thumb-1-649c435073378.jpg?crop=1xw:1xh;center,top&resize=640:* 640w, https://hips.hearstapps.com/vidthumb/images/2023-elle-nepo-babies-thumb-1-649c435073378.jpg?crop=1xw:1xh;center,top&resize=980:* 980w, https://hips.hearstapps.com/vidthumb/images/2023-elle-nepo-babies-thumb-1-649c435073378.jpg?crop=1xw:1xh;center,top&resize=1200:* 1120w",
"https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/melia-emily-in-paris-1671556760.jpg?crop=0.668xw:1.00xh;0.167xw,0&resize=360:*",
"https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/kylie-aire-66bdc50626646.jpg?crop=1.00xw:1.00xh;0,0&resize=360:*",
"https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/1-taylor-swift-travis-kelce-gettyimages-1968530700-66bbc35144c3f.jpg?crop=0.720xw:1.00xh;0.141xw,0&resize=360:*",
"https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/mcditen-sp004-66bd052bc34e4.jpg?crop=0.670xw:1.00xh;0.197xw,0&resize=360:*",
"https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/a-knight-of-the-seven-kingdoms-66b21fa642d05.jpg?crop=0.6666666666666666xw:1xh;center,top&resize=360:*",
"https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/pretty-woman-gettyimages-168581071-1589476845.jpg?crop=0.646xw:1.00xh;0.178xw,0&resize=360:*",
"https://hips.hearstapps.com/elleuk.cdnds.net/15/37/original/original-4c717ef0-29fd-11e6-b161-eb5043405a6b-assets-elleuk-com-thumbs-27275-bridget-jones-rex-thumb-jpg.jpg?crop=0.870xw:0.870xh;0.0561xw,0.0737xh&resize=360:*",
"https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/woman-sleeping-66bb17a436e21.jpg?crop=0.668xw:1.00xh;0.139xw,0&resize=360:*",
"https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/president-barack-obama-waves-to-the-assembled-press-as-he-news-photo-1723498456.jpg?crop=0.692xw:1.00xh;0.0353xw,0&resize=360:*",
"https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/sexual-trauma-and-infertility-sunset-66ba12a77a124.jpg?crop=0.668xw:1.00xh;0.167xw,0&resize=360:*",
"https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/blake-lively-and-justin-baldoni-filming-66b9e993250de.jpg?crop=0.700xw:1.00xh;0.151xw,0&resize=360:*",
"https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/gettyimages-2166375575-66b9e233373b3.jpg?crop=0.726xw:1.00xh;0.138xw,0&resize=360:*",
"https://www.elle.com/_assets/design-tokens/elle/static/images/logos/logo.2856426.svg?primary=%2523ffffff",
"https://www.elle.com/_assets/design-tokens/fre/static/icons/social/x.3361b6d.svg?primary=%2523ffffff&id=social-button-icon",
"https://www.elle.com/_assets/design-tokens/fre/static/icons/social/youtube.ce3e1ae.svg?primary=%2523ffffff&id=social-button-icon",
"https://www.elle.com/_assets/design-tokens/fre/static/icons/social/facebook.a5a3a69.svg?primary=%2523ffffff&id=social-button-icon",
"https://www.elle.com/_assets/design-tokens/fre/static/icons/social/instagram.f282b14.svg?primary=%2523ffffff&id=social-button-icon",
"https://www.elle.com/_assets/design-tokens/fre/static/icons/social/pinterest.e8cf655.svg?primary=%2523ffffff&id=social-button-icon",
"https://www.elle.com/_assets/design-tokens/en-gb/static/images/logos/network-logo.eae65ae.svg?primary=%2523ffffff",
"https://www.elle.com/_assets/design-tokens/fre/static/images/logos/ipso-regulated.9922b5a.svg?primary=%2523ffffff"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
"HreflangEvergreen"
] | null |
[
"Katie O'Malley",
"Naomi May"
] |
2020-06-30T17:21:56.957721+00:00
|
We've rounded up the best thriller movies to watch online. From Parasite to Black Swan, here are the creepiest thriller films on Amazon Prime and Netflix.
|
en
|
/_assets/design-tokens/elle/static/images/favicon.bf092aa.ico
|
ELLE
|
https://www.elle.com/uk/life-and-culture/g32998706/best-thriller-movies/
|
Thriller movies are reserved for the most fearless of movie fanatics.
Rather than the blood and gore of many horror films, thrillers are full of conflict, unexpected twists and tensions that have you on the edge of your seats. Better yet, the anxiety, terror and uncertainty inflicted on a viewer by thrillers can force them to question themselves, their close ones and even their own reality.
From the 2010 Oscar-winning film Black Swan to all new 2024 releases including Damsel, which sees Millie Bobby Brown star as a princess forced to defend herself against a fire-breathing dragon, and the biggest hits of 2023, like Saltburn, there's a range of plot lines to keep you hooked.
That’s why we’ve rounded up a list of the best thriller movies to watch that are sure to have you biting your nails throughout.
It's one of the most talked-about films of recent years, but if you still haven't seen Emerald Fennell's second film, Saltburn, which takes inspiration from Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited, then mark it as one to watch – if not for that naked Sophie Ellis-Bextor soundtracked dance scene.
The film tells the story of Oliver Quick (Barry Keoghan) who befriends the beautiful, wealthy and aristocratic Felix Catton while studying at Oxford. When Catton invites Quick to his family's estate, deftly named Saltburn, things quickly start to unravel for Quick and the circle of people he's elbowed his way to the heart of.
|
||||
6282
|
dbpedia
|
0
| 14
|
https://www.roku.com/whats-on/movies/secret-of-the-whistler%3Fid%3D8ce3813137c05d1cb2824b76a04d272a%26srsltid%3DAfmBOooVEN5ZUkCheTVqFxJt2qhW-I4ZlbafxC8V5_vFJQNPBP8Izy0D
|
en
|
Roku
|
[] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[] | null |
Roku provides the simplest way to stream entertainment to your TV. On your terms. With thousands of available channels to choose from.
|
de
|
Roku
|
https://www.roku.com/de-de/whats-on/movies/secret-of-the-whistler%3Fid%3D8ce3813137c05d1cb2824b76a04d272a%26srsltid%3DAfmBOooVEN5ZUkCheTVqFxJt2qhW-I4ZlbafxC8V5_vFJQNPBP8Izy0D
| ||||||
6282
|
dbpedia
|
3
| 16
|
https://www.ranker.com/list/best-mystery-movies/jason-bancroft
|
en
|
The Best Mystery Movies Of All Time
|
https://imgix.ranker.com/list_img_v2/14714/114714/original/114714-u3
|
https://imgix.ranker.com/list_img_v2/14714/114714/original/114714-u3
|
[
"https://sb.scorecardresearch.com/p?c1=2&c2=10600724&cv=3.6&cj=1",
"https://static.ranker.com/img/brand/ranker-logo.svg?v=1&auto=format&q=60&fit=crop&fm=png&dpr=2&w=104",
"https://static.ranker.com/img/brand/wordmark.svg?v=1&auto=format&q=60&fit=crop&fm=png&dpr=2&w=210",
"https://imgix.ranker.com/img/brand/20/header/logo.png?fit=fill&fm=png&q=60&dpr=2&w=75&h=56?v=16",
"https://imgix.ranker.com/img/icons/menuSearch.svg?v=2&auto=format&q=60&fit=crop&fm=png&dpr=4&h=30&w=30",
"https://imgix.ranker.com/img/icons/vote-on-pill.svg?auto=format&q=60&fit=crop&fm=png&dpr=4&h=24&w=105",
"https://imgix.ranker.com/list_img_v2/14714/114714/original/114714-u3?auto=format&q=50&fit=crop&fm=pjpg&dpr=2&crop=faces&h=418.848167539267&w=800",
"https://imgix.ranker.com/user_img/21724/108618137/original/108618137-u1?auto=format&q=60&fit=crop&fm=pjpg&dpr=2&crop=faces&h=40&w=40",
"https://imgix.ranker.com/img/icons/rankedByCaret.svg?v=5&auto=format&q=60&fit=crop&fm=png&dpr=4&h=8.852&w=6.898",
"https://imgix.ranker.com/img/icons/chevronExpand.svg?auto=format&q=60&fit=crop&fm=png&dpr=4&h=13&w=71",
"https://imgix.ranker.com/user_node_img/95/1881238/original/rear-window-photo-u24?auto=format&q=60&fit=crop&fm=pjpg&dpr=2&crop=faces&h=150&w=150",
"https://imgix.ranker.com/img/icons/voteUp.svg?auto=format&q=60&fit=crop&fm=png&dpr=4&h=44&w=44",
"https://imgix.ranker.com/img/icons/voteDown.svg?auto=format&q=60&fit=crop&fm=png&dpr=4&h=44&w=44",
"https://imgix.ranker.com/img/icons/list-icon.svg?v=2&auto=format&q=60&fit=crop&fm=png&dpr=4&h=11",
"https://imgix.ranker.com/img/icons/list-icon.svg?v=2&auto=format&q=60&fit=crop&fm=png&dpr=4&h=11",
"https://imgix.ranker.com/img/icons/list-icon.svg?v=2&auto=format&q=60&fit=crop&fm=png&dpr=4&h=11",
"https://imgix.ranker.com/img/icons/graph-icon.svg?v=1&auto=format&q=60&fit=crop&fm=png&dpr=4&h=12&w=15",
"https://imgix.ranker.com/user_node_img/82/1631029/original/murder-on-the-orient-express-photo-u5?auto=format&q=60&fit=crop&fm=pjpg&dpr=2&crop=faces&h=150&w=150",
"https://imgix.ranker.com/img/icons/voteUp.svg?auto=format&q=60&fit=crop&fm=png&dpr=4&h=44&w=44",
"https://imgix.ranker.com/img/icons/voteDown.svg?auto=format&q=60&fit=crop&fm=png&dpr=4&h=44&w=44",
"https://imgix.ranker.com/img/icons/list-icon.svg?v=2&auto=format&q=60&fit=crop&fm=png&dpr=4&h=11",
"https://imgix.ranker.com/img/icons/list-icon.svg?v=2&auto=format&q=60&fit=crop&fm=png&dpr=4&h=11",
"https://imgix.ranker.com/img/icons/list-icon.svg?v=2&auto=format&q=60&fit=crop&fm=png&dpr=4&h=11",
"https://imgix.ranker.com/img/icons/graph-icon.svg?v=1&auto=format&q=60&fit=crop&fm=png&dpr=4&h=12&w=15",
"https://imgix.ranker.com/img/pinnedNodes/smallBlackArrow.svg?v=2&auto=format&q=60&fit=crop&fm=png&dpr=2&h=100&w=100",
"https://imgix.ranker.com/img/pinnedNodes/greenCornerThumbnail.svg?v=2&auto=format&q=60&fit=crop&fm=png&dpr=2&h=11&w=11",
"https://imgix.ranker.com/user_node_img/4364/87272559/original/87272559-photo-u1593773109?auto=format&q=60&fit=crop&fm=pjpg&dpr=2&crop=faces&h=62.177&w=62.177",
"https://imgix.ranker.com/img/icons/voteUp.svg?auto=format&q=60&fit=crop&fm=png&dpr=4&h=44&w=44",
"https://imgix.ranker.com/img/icons/voteDown.svg?auto=format&q=60&fit=crop&fm=png&dpr=4&h=44&w=44",
"https://imgix.ranker.com/user_node_img/117/2332016/original/vertigo-photo-u16?auto=format&q=60&fit=crop&fm=pjpg&dpr=2&crop=faces&h=150&w=150",
"https://imgix.ranker.com/img/icons/voteUp.svg?auto=format&q=60&fit=crop&fm=png&dpr=4&h=44&w=44",
"https://imgix.ranker.com/img/icons/voteDown.svg?auto=format&q=60&fit=crop&fm=png&dpr=4&h=44&w=44",
"https://imgix.ranker.com/img/icons/list-icon.svg?v=2&auto=format&q=60&fit=crop&fm=png&dpr=4&h=11",
"https://imgix.ranker.com/img/icons/list-icon.svg?v=2&auto=format&q=60&fit=crop&fm=png&dpr=4&h=11",
"https://imgix.ranker.com/img/icons/list-icon.svg?v=2&auto=format&q=60&fit=crop&fm=png&dpr=4&h=11",
"https://imgix.ranker.com/img/icons/graph-icon.svg?v=1&auto=format&q=60&fit=crop&fm=png&dpr=4&h=12&w=15",
"https://imgix.ranker.com/user_node_img/43/852377/original/dial-m-for-murder-photo-u6?auto=format&q=60&fit=crop&fm=pjpg&dpr=2&crop=faces&h=150&w=150",
"https://imgix.ranker.com/img/icons/voteUp.svg?auto=format&q=60&fit=crop&fm=png&dpr=4&h=44&w=44",
"https://imgix.ranker.com/img/icons/voteDown.svg?auto=format&q=60&fit=crop&fm=png&dpr=4&h=44&w=44",
"https://imgix.ranker.com/img/icons/list-icon.svg?v=2&auto=format&q=60&fit=crop&fm=png&dpr=4&h=11",
"https://imgix.ranker.com/img/icons/list-icon.svg?v=2&auto=format&q=60&fit=crop&fm=png&dpr=4&h=11",
"https://imgix.ranker.com/img/icons/list-icon.svg?v=2&auto=format&q=60&fit=crop&fm=png&dpr=4&h=11",
"https://imgix.ranker.com/img/icons/graph-icon.svg?v=1&auto=format&q=60&fit=crop&fm=png&dpr=4&h=12&w=15",
"https://imgix.ranker.com/user_node_img/42/832133/original/death-on-the-nile-photo-u3?auto=format&q=60&fit=crop&fm=pjpg&dpr=2&crop=faces&h=150&w=150",
"https://imgix.ranker.com/img/icons/voteUp.svg?auto=format&q=60&fit=crop&fm=png&dpr=4&h=44&w=44",
"https://imgix.ranker.com/img/icons/voteDown.svg?auto=format&q=60&fit=crop&fm=png&dpr=4&h=44&w=44",
"https://imgix.ranker.com/img/icons/list-icon.svg?v=2&auto=format&q=60&fit=crop&fm=png&dpr=4&h=11",
"https://imgix.ranker.com/img/icons/list-icon.svg?v=2&auto=format&q=60&fit=crop&fm=png&dpr=4&h=11",
"https://imgix.ranker.com/img/icons/list-icon.svg?v=2&auto=format&q=60&fit=crop&fm=png&dpr=4&h=11",
"https://imgix.ranker.com/img/icons/graph-icon.svg?v=1&auto=format&q=60&fit=crop&fm=png&dpr=4&h=12&w=15",
"https://imgix.ranker.com/user_node_img/111/2205945/original/the-maltese-falcon-photo-u16?auto=format&q=60&fit=crop&fm=pjpg&dpr=2&crop=faces&h=150&w=150",
"https://imgix.ranker.com/img/icons/voteUp.svg?auto=format&q=60&fit=crop&fm=png&dpr=4&h=44&w=44",
"https://imgix.ranker.com/img/icons/voteDown.svg?auto=format&q=60&fit=crop&fm=png&dpr=4&h=44&w=44",
"https://imgix.ranker.com/img/icons/list-icon.svg?v=2&auto=format&q=60&fit=crop&fm=png&dpr=4&h=11",
"https://imgix.ranker.com/img/icons/list-icon.svg?v=2&auto=format&q=60&fit=crop&fm=png&dpr=4&h=11",
"https://imgix.ranker.com/img/icons/list-icon.svg?v=2&auto=format&q=60&fit=crop&fm=png&dpr=4&h=11",
"https://imgix.ranker.com/img/icons/graph-icon.svg?v=1&auto=format&q=60&fit=crop&fm=png&dpr=4&h=12&w=15",
"https://v3api.ranker.com/api/px?lid=114714"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[
"Jason Bancroft"
] |
2009-11-24T00:00:00
|
Over 1K filmgoers have voted on the 130+ films on Best Mystery Movies Of All Time. Current Top 3: Rear Window, Murder on the Orient Express, Vertigo
|
en
|
/img/icons/touch-icon-iphone.png
|
Ranker
|
https://www.ranker.com/list/best-mystery-movies/jason-bancroft
|
Mystery films, with their enticing plot twists and suspenseful climaxes, have always been a staple of cinema. This ranked list reveals the top mystery movies of all time, with the help of avid movie buffs and cinephiles. Celebrating the most astonishing whodunits, spy thrillers, detective dramas, crime noir, and more, these films keep viewers on their toes and have them playing detective right from their couches.
Alfred Hitchcock's classic mystery movies Rear Window, Vertigo, and Dial M for Murder are not only cinematic achievements, but considered near-perfect films, thanks to strong performances from Hollywood icons, like James Stewart, Grace Kelly, and Kim Novak. Recent classics that have became famous in the murder mystery genre include the Knives Out movies starring Daniel Craig as private detective Benoit Blanc and the modern adaptations of Agatha Christie's stories featuring Hercule Poirot (Murder on the Orient Express, Death on the Nile). Other popular mystery movies include Memento, L.A. Confidential, Chinatown, Clue, and The Usual Suspects.
In this sea of suspense-driven narratives, there's something for everyone. We've ensured that each movie on this list stands out for its unique storytelling style, mysterious characters, iconic performances, or overall impact on the genre. Now it's your turn - your votes can propel your favorites to the top or impact the current rankings. Which mystery film kept you riveted till the very end? Was there a plot twist that simply blew your mind? Cast your votes, and let us know which of these top rated mystery movies truly stand out as the greatest of all time.
|
||
6282
|
dbpedia
|
1
| 19
|
https://culturecrypt.com/movie-reviews/the-whistler-2018
|
en
|
Spanish) — CULTURE CRYPT
|
http://static1.squarespace.com/static/511eea22e4b06642027a9a99/511eef5ce4b06642027aabd3/5d6fe9c24000070001337dd1/1568738261802/The+Whistler.jpg?format=1500w
|
http://static1.squarespace.com/static/511eea22e4b06642027a9a99/511eef5ce4b06642027aabd3/5d6fe9c24000070001337dd1/1568738261802/The+Whistler.jpg?format=1500w
|
[
"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/511eea22e4b06642027a9a99/1567615483618-7Y10WKRBYXYTGZ0TNN6E/The+Whistler.jpg",
"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/511eea22e4b06642027a9a99/1567615541570-XOQYCRRAIY81PFVB629E/50.jpg",
"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/511eea22e4b06642027a9a99/1724857272911-PKZGYGRZZOCWSACPHF9Q/Longlegs.jpg",
"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/511eea22e4b06642027a9a99/1721404326534-JDJCY422MEKHBVIG5I01/First+Omen.jpg",
"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/511eea22e4b06642027a9a99/1719763333384-SA8L9XC33GH1ICNHFLV7/The+Watchers.jpg",
"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/511eea22e4b06642027a9a99/1715875633220-0Q630XASORH38F9MM4ER/Sting.jpg",
"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/511eea22e4b06642027a9a99/1711381285218-LX2GDMSNFNICJH06WCL8/You%27ll+Never+Find+Me.jpg",
"https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/3276633653/1a4a499218c531ec3b0beaad45a14a90_normal.jpeg"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[
"Ian Sedensky"
] |
2019-09-04T09:52:57-07:00
|
I’d probably get more out of “The Whistler” on a second viewing, but the first screening doesn’t stoke enough of a fire to compel me to press Play again.
|
en
|
https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/511eea22e4b06642027a9a99/1363388019973-8ANLRDMJ2KYSYUR9K74I/favicon.ico
|
CULTURE CRYPT
|
https://culturecrypt.com/movie-reviews/the-whistler-2018
|
In the past, Gisela dies after giving birth to a son she names Angel. Seeking revenge for his wife’s death, Gisela’s husband Baudilio murders the shaman who promised him a child. Baudilio’s evil curses his bloodline.
Baudilio raises Angel with his sister-in-law Adaisa in a household where he abuses the boy. Baudilio attempts to rape Adaisa, but she is rescued by a local man to whom she is engaged. The man beats Baudilio and takes Adaisa away, even though Adaisa worries about leaving Angel behind.
Baudilio begins keeping Angel in chains by his pen of wild dogs. Angel becomes mute and semi-feral as he grows into adulthood.
A local woman named Victoria takes a curious interest in Angel. Victoria nicknames Angel “The Whistler” since mimicking birds is the only sound he makes.
Baudilio rapes Victoria during one of her visits. Victoria screams for The Whistler to help her. Angel breaks free from his chains and savagely kills his father. However, Baudilio’s dogs get loose and maul Angel to death. Victoria buries Angel’s remains in a pit.
In the present, Mayra finds her daughter Ana holding a knife to Ana’s father Gabriel while entranced. Gabriel and Mayra also recover disturbing drawings created by Ana. Believing the drawings to be predictions of horrible deaths, including his own, Gabriel consults local priest Padre Giovani about his daughter being possessed. Giovani and Gabriel later find a man murdered exactly as depicted in one of Ana’s drawings.
Giovani shows Gabriel an antique manuscript detailing the legend of “The Whistler.” The story recounts how Angel returned as a disfigured supernatural entity to kill people who committed evil acts such as murdering their own children. Concerned about The Whistler, townspeople led by Sacerdote Pedro blessed Angel’s bones and reburied them with the manuscript beneath the church. When Giovani found the book, he noticed that one of its pages was torn out.
Gabriel follows his entranced daughter as Ana brings the missing manuscript page to local witch Teresa. Gabriel warns Teresa against using her occult magic on his family.
Mayra spies Gabriel molesting Ana. Mayra commits suicide by hanging herself in a well.
Teresa escorts Ana into the woods at night. Gabriel follows. Gabriel becomes a surrogate for Baudilio’s spirit when he confronts Teresa, who transforms into Angel. The Whistler impales Gabriel on a tree branch.
Review:
I don’t cover a lot of foreign language content because frankly, those movies generally don’t draw anywhere near as many interested eyes as their English-language peers. Nevertheless, I personally enjoy making time for any foreign fright film that can not only offer a unique tour of another country, but can broaden my awareness of a culture-specific legend that was previously unfamiliar. Such is the case with “The Whistler,” which goes by “El Silbon: Origenes” in its native Spanish.
According to 19th-century folklore, or the internet’s aggregate interpretation of it anyway, ‘The Silbon’ disemboweled his father as revenge for his abused wife’s murder. The young man’s grandfather punished The Whistler by leashing him to a post and sending starving dogs to maul him. The old man then condemned El Silbon to carry his father’s bones in a sack as he roamed the Los Llanos region of Columbia and Venezuela, punishing drunks, misogynists, and womanizers in the form of a terrifying otherworldly entity.
While other variations exist, there isn’t much more to the basic story than that. Then again, there isn’t much more to La Llorona’s story either, so The Whistler at least falls in line with other terse Latin American legends.
For a movie subtitled “Origins,” it’s a little weird that “The Whistler” doesn’t follow the folktale’s backstory faithfully, opting for its own slant on The Whistler’s beginnings instead. In the film, a man named Baudilio curses his bloodline by killing a shaman/priest who cryptically promised him a child, yet neglected to warn that Baudilio’s wife would die giving birth. Baudilio’s predilection for evil actions worsens as his son Angel grows older. After a woman whom I believe is the boy’s aunt (the film isn’t clear) is no longer around to offer protection, Baudilio starts chaining up Angel outside. Angel grows up in confinement with limited human interaction, taking to whistling as his sole means of communication.
Local girl Victoria takes a curious interest in Angel’s oddness. When Baudilio rapes Victoria, Angel breaks his chains and takes revenge by murdering his father. Unfortunately, Baudilio’s caged dogs break free from their own chains and kill Angel.
Angel’s story doesn’t end there. Bouncing back and forth between two timelines, “The Whistler” interweaves Angel’s past with the present day tale of Gabriel and Mayra, who believe their daughter Ana is possessed. Gabriel enlists the help of a priest when Ana creates disturbing drawings that predict horrible deaths, including her father’s. The mystery uncovered connects back to Angel when The Whistler supernaturally reappears to exact his brutal brand of revenge after a horrible family secret is exposed.
Usually when a film unfolds across interlocking arcs, concurrent plots parallel each other in a complementary fashion that enhances both narratives. Think of the storytelling payoffs found in “Sliding Doors,” “Pulp Fiction,” even the “Silence of the Lambs” scene where you’re led to believe Clarice Starling is raiding Buffalo Bill’s house with the FBI only to find out she is actually alone. Key moments hit high notes because of how two timelines frame an audience’s perspective.
Outside of obvious similarities such as awful fathers and savage murders, the two arcs in “The Whistler” don’t thematically mirror each other much at all. The gradual reveal of how Angel became The Whistler should breathe unique life into Gabriel’s story that couldn’t be obtained in another format and vice versa. Instead, it feels like “The Whistler” merely chopped up two separate movies only to alternate between them both at the detriment of cohesiveness.
Angel’s arc isn’t difficult to follow, but Gabriel and Ana get tripped up by some ambiguous additions involving a possible witch and implied molestation. I say “possible” and “implied” because “The Whistler” has a habit of being vague about everyone’s identities and motives. Even after assembling scenes chronologically while writing my detailed story summary, the present day portion of the narrative still didn’t become significantly clearer regarding who’s who and what’s what.
“The Whistler” carries a light load in the fright department too. It’s a slow burn from the get go, which is fine. But even when The Whistler finally assumes his fearsome form, he becomes burdened by the background bit about being a vengeance-oriented villain. Bad guys built on tormenting other bad guys are always a hard sell because the rest of us who are not child murderers or rapists have no reason to worry. The Whistler isn’t Freddy killing kids suffering for their parents’ sins or Jason slaughtering average campers. Not only does The Whistler punish people who deserve it, the film spends a great deal of time building sympathy for him as a beaten little boy, all of which severely hampers his capacity to be truly terrifying.
Addressing the full half of the glass, superlative cinematography surpasses shaky fiction. With part of the film set in an older era (once again exact details aren’t specified) against the backdrop of a Venezuelan countryside, “The Whistler” captures similar visual vibes as “Hagazussa” (review here), “The Head Hunter” (review here), arguably even “The Witch” (review here). Filmmaker Gisberg Bermudez exhibits competent, even impressive cinematic skills on the technical side. If “The Whistler” tightened its screenplay, or perhaps reconfigured its edit, it would undoubtedly be stronger as an experience in semi-dreamy dread.
Due to the modest complexity of its modern day portions, I’d probably get more out of “The Whistler” on a second viewing, but the first screening doesn’t stoke enough of a fire to compel me to press Play again. I’m still grateful I took the single spin as it introduced me to a new slice of South American spookiness. I only wish I came away more creeped out by the content than confounded by the chronology.
Review Score: 50
|
||
6282
|
dbpedia
|
3
| 57
|
https://www.britannica.com/art/film-noir
|
en
|
Film noir | Definition, Movies, & Facts
|
[
"https://cdn.britannica.com/mendel/eb-logo/MendelNewThistleLogo.png",
"https://cdn.britannica.com/mendel/eb-logo/MendelNewThistleLogo.png",
"https://cdn.britannica.com/42/72742-004-A40E46A2/Robert-Mitchum-Jacques-Tourneur-Virginia-Huston-Out.jpg",
"https://cdn.britannica.com/59/102859-004-594C854A/Humphrey-Bogart-Sam-Spade-Peter-Lorre-film-1941.jpg",
"https://cdn.britannica.com/46/176446-004-A344BFD8/Dana-Andrews-Laura-Gene-Tierney-Otto-Preminger.jpg",
"https://cdn.britannica.com/21/90521-004-78CE6A14/Alan-Ladd-Veronica-Lake-The-Blue-Dahlia.jpg",
"https://cdn.britannica.com/28/90528-004-84FDFBF5/Robert-Wiene-influence-The-Cabinet-of-Dr.jpg",
"https://cdn.britannica.com/57/80057-004-28E9156B/Scene-Metropolis-Fritz-Lang.jpg",
"https://cdn.britannica.com/55/182855-004-23424E61/Max-Schreck-Nosferatu-Murnau-FW.jpg",
"https://cdn.britannica.com/56/93456-004-0C54E3C0/Orson-Welles-Citizen-Kane.jpg",
"https://cdn.britannica.com/24/161624-004-BB49ED85/Barbara-Stanwyck-Fred-MacMurray-Double-Indemnity.jpg",
"https://cdn.britannica.com/18/134718-004-F1C36049/Gloria-Swanson-Sunset-Boulevard-Billy-Wilder.jpg",
"https://cdn.britannica.com/mendel-resources/3-124/images/shared/default3.png?v=3.124.31",
"https://cdn.britannica.com/53/188353-131-21F482D5/Judy-Garland-Dorothy-Gale-The-Wizard-of.jpg?w=200&h=200&c=crop",
"https://cdn.britannica.com/30/215530-131-711EC3C6/Movie-still-Harold-Lloyd-Safety-Last-1923.jpg?w=200&h=200&c=crop",
"https://cdn.britannica.com/58/156058-131-22083D0A/Adolf-Hitler.jpg?w=200&h=200&c=crop",
"https://cdn.britannica.com/47/190947-131-FCF3F960/Olympic-torch-illustration-sports-summer-games.jpg?w=200&h=200&c=crop",
"https://cdn.britannica.com/71/196471-131-8FEA8DDD/Daily-Police-Bulletin-Elizabeth-Short-Black-Dahlia-January-1947.jpg?w=200&h=200&c=crop",
"https://cdn.britannica.com/90/202690-131-1D29B008/colorful-winter-sunset.jpg?w=200&h=200&c=crop",
"https://cdn.britannica.com/52/177852-131-F262A16C/weta-Cook-Strait-harbour-Matiu-Somes-Island-Wellington-Dec-17-2009.jpg?w=200&h=200&c=crop",
"https://cdn.britannica.com/62/192062-131-96B933EF/mug-shot-Colombia-control-agency-Medellin.jpg?w=200&h=200&c=crop",
"https://cdn.britannica.com/31/142331-131-EE300AF6/basketball-Orange-background-lighting-Homepage-entertainment-history-2010.jpg?w=200&h=200&c=crop",
"https://cdn.britannica.com/42/72742-050-CAF324E8/Robert-Mitchum-Jacques-Tourneur-Virginia-Huston-Out.jpg?w=400&h=300&c=crop",
"https://cdn.britannica.com/59/102859-050-599C5142/Humphrey-Bogart-Sam-Spade-Peter-Lorre-film-1941.jpg?w=300",
"https://cdn.britannica.com/46/176446-004-A344BFD8/Dana-Andrews-Laura-Gene-Tierney-Otto-Preminger.jpg?w=300",
"https://cdn.britannica.com/21/90521-050-37528D95/Alan-Ladd-Veronica-Lake-The-Blue-Dahlia.jpg?w=300",
"https://cdn.britannica.com/53/188353-131-21F482D5/Judy-Garland-Dorothy-Gale-The-Wizard-of.jpg",
"https://cdn.britannica.com/28/90528-050-0C0B0DF1/Robert-Wiene-influence-The-Cabinet-of-Dr.jpg?w=300",
"https://cdn.britannica.com/57/80057-050-3D4EEC42/Scene-Metropolis-Fritz-Lang.jpg?w=300",
"https://cdn.britannica.com/55/182855-050-876A7F4E/Max-Schreck-Nosferatu-Murnau-FW.jpg?w=300",
"https://cdn.britannica.com/56/93456-050-FE3AAE51/Orson-Welles-Citizen-Kane.jpg?w=300",
"https://cdn.britannica.com/24/161624-050-2D7FECF9/Barbara-Stanwyck-Fred-MacMurray-Double-Indemnity.jpg?w=300",
"https://cdn.britannica.com/18/134718-050-CCD68ACC/Gloria-Swanson-Sunset-Boulevard-Billy-Wilder.jpg?w=300"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
"film noir",
"encyclopedia",
"encyclopeadia",
"britannica",
"article"
] | null |
[
"The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica"
] |
2005-03-10T00:00:00+00:00
|
Film noir, style of filmmaking characterized by such elements as cynical heroes, stark lighting effects, and frequent use of flashbacks.
|
en
|
/favicon.png
|
Encyclopedia Britannica
|
https://www.britannica.com/art/film-noir
|
film noir
film genre
film noir, style of filmmaking characterized by such elements as cynical heroes, stark lighting effects, frequent use of flashbacks, intricate plots, and an underlying existentialist philosophy. The genre was prevalent mostly in American crime dramas of the post-World War II era.
The golden age of film noir
The cinema of the disenchanted
Early examples of the noir style include dark, stylized detective films such as John Huston’s The Maltese Falcon (1941), Frank Tuttle’s This Gun for Hire (1942), Otto Preminger’s Laura (1944), and Edward Dmytryk’s Murder, My Sweet (1944). Banned in occupied countries during the war, these films became available throughout Europe beginning in 1946. French cineastes admired them for their cold, cynical characters and dark, brooding style, and they afforded the films effusive praise in French journals such as Cahiers du cinéma. French critics coined the term film noir in reference to the low-keyed lighting used to enhance these dramas stylistically—although the term would not become commonplace in international critical circles until the publication of the book Panorama du film noir americain (1955) by Raymond Borde and Étienne Chaumeton.
(Read Martin Scorsese’s Britannica essay on film preservation.)
The darkness of these films reflected the disenchantment of the times. Pessimism and disillusionment became increasingly present in the American psyche during the Great Depression of the 1930s and the world war that followed. After the war, factors such as an unstable peacetime economy, McCarthyism, and the looming threat of atomic warfare manifested themselves in a collective sense of uncertainty. The corrupt and claustrophobic world of film noir embodied these fears. Several examples of film noir, such as Dmytryk’s Cornered (1945), George Marshall’s The Blue Dahlia (1946), Robert Montgomery’s Ride the Pink Horse (1947), and John Cromwell’s Dead Reckoning (1947), share the common story line of a war veteran who returns home to find that the way of life for which he has been fighting no longer exists. In its place is the America of film noir: modernized, heartless, coldly efficient, and blasé about matters such as political corruption and organized crime.
Britannica Quiz
Classic Closing Lines
Many of the major directors of film noir—such as Huston, Dmytryk, Cromwell, Orson Welles, and others—were American. However, other Hollywood directors renowned for a film noir style hailed from Europe, including Billy Wilder, Alfred Hitchcock, Jacques Tourneur, and Fritz Lang. It is said that the themes of noir attracted European directors, who often felt like outsiders within the Hollywood studio system. Such directors had been trained to emphasize cinematic style as much as acting and narrative in order to convey thought and emotion.
Defining the genre
Controversy exists as to whether film noir can be classified as a genre or subgenre, or if the term merely refers to stylistic elements common to various genres. Film noir does not have a thematic coherence: the term is most often applied to crime dramas, but certain westerns and comedies have been cited as examples of film noir by some critics. Even such sentimental comedy-dramas as Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) have been cited as “noir-ish” by critics who find in its suicidal hero and bleak depiction of small-town life a tone suitably dismal for film noir. Such films are also sometimes designated as “semi-noir,” or film gris (“gray film”), to indicate their hybrid status.
Get a Britannica Premium subscription and gain access to exclusive content. Subscribe Now
Other critics argue that film noir is but an arbitrary designation for a multitude of dissimilar black-and-white dramas of the late 1940s and early ’50s. Film scholar Chris Fujiwara contends that the makers of such films “didn’t think of them as ‘films noir’; they thought they were making crime films, thrillers, mysteries, and romantic melodramas. The nonexistence of ‘noir’ as a production category during the supposed heyday of noir obviously problematizes the history of the genre.” Yet it cannot be questioned that film noir connotes specific visual images and an aura of postwar cynicism in the minds of most film buffs. Indeed, several common characteristics connect most films defined as “noir.”
Lighting
The isolation from society of the typical noir hero was underscored by the use of stark high-contrast lighting—the most notable visual feature of film noir. The shadowy noir style can be traced to the German Expressionist cinema of the silent era. Robert Wiene’s Das Kabinett des Doktor Caligari (1920; The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari) contains one of the best early examples of the lighting techniques used to inspire the genre. Wiene used visual elements to help define the title character’s madness, including tilted cameras to present skewed images and a dark atmosphere in which only the faces of the actors were visible. This Expressionistic style was later used by German directors such as Fritz Lang (Metropolis, 1927; M, 1931) and F.W. Murnau (Nosferatu, 1922; Sunrise, 1927).
These lighting effects were used in Hollywood by cinematographers such as Gregg Toland (Citizen Kane, 1941), John F. Seitz (Double Indemnity, 1944), Karl Freund (Key Largo, 1948), and Sid Hickox (The Big Sleep, 1948) to heighten the sombre tone of films in the genre. Classic images of noir included rain-soaked streets in the early morning hours; street lamps with shimmering halos; flashing neon signs on seedy taverns, diners, and apartment buildings; and endless streams of cigarette smoke wafting in and out of shadows. Such images would lose their indelibility with realistic lighting or colour cinematography.
The omniscient narrator and the flashback
The inherent subjectivity of Expressionism is also evident in film noir’s use of narration and flashback. An omniscient, metaphor-spouting narrator (often the central character, a world-weary private eye) frequently clarifies a characteristically labyrinthine noir plot or offers a subjective, jaded point of view. In other films—such as Welles’s Citizen Kane and Wilder’s Double Indemnity and Sunset Boulevard (1950)—the denouement (often the death or downfall of the central character) is revealed in the opening scenes; flashbacks then tell of the circumstances that led to the tragic conclusion. Tension and suspense are increased by the use of all-knowing narrators and flashbacks, in that the audience is always cognizant of impending doom.
|
||||
6282
|
dbpedia
|
1
| 35
|
https://westhillwhistler.com/
|
en
|
The Whistler
|
[
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/cropped-whistler-street-new.jpg",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/compost.jpeg?w=275&h=183&crop=1",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/gull-abouttown-logo.png?w=344&h=260&crop=1",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screenshot-2024-07-26-at-12.35.22.png?w=188&h=170&crop=1",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/beer-2-1.png?w=672&h=372&crop=1",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screenshot-2024-07-26-at-11.59.02.png?w=168&h=226&crop=1",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screenshot-2024-07-26-at-11.42.10.png?w=510&h=372&crop=1",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/screenshot-2024-06-11-at-08.53.43.png?w=914&h=576&crop=1",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/screenshot-2024-06-11-at-08.53.43-1.png?w=914",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/hugh-f-w.jpeg?w=859&h=576&crop=1",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/hugh-f-w.jpeg?w=859",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/screenshot-2024-05-28-at-16.21.53-1.png?w=1038&h=576&crop=1",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/screenshot-2024-05-28-at-16.21.53.png?w=1024",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/screenshot-2024-05-28-at-16.16.23-1.png?w=1038&h=576&crop=1",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/screenshot-2024-05-28-at-16.16.23.png?w=968",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/ball.jpeg?w=284&h=177&crop=1",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/ball.jpeg?w=284",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/music_for_cats.png?w=883&h=576&crop=1",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/music_for_cats.png?w=883",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/screenshot-2024-05-01-at-15.39.11.png?w=1038&h=576&crop=1",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/screenshot-2024-05-01-at-15.39.11.png?w=723",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/godf-1.jpeg?w=300&h=168&crop=1",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/mega-1.jpeg?w=283",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/screenshot-2024-03-07-at-19.08.41.png?w=422&h=414&crop=1",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/screenshot-2024-03-07-at-19.08.06.png?w=726",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/gba16-1.jpg?w=1038&h=576&crop=1",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/gails_tom_molnar_luchford_djp_02032020_0669.jpg?w=683",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/gba16.jpg?w=683",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/screenshot-2024-03-07-at-18.56.00.png?w=550&h=576&crop=1",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/screenshot-2024-03-07-at-18.55.40.png?w=1024",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/screenshot-2024-03-07-at-10.56.32.png?w=960&h=576&crop=1",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/jani1.png?w=1024",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/jani2.png?w=624",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/carolinelucas2.jpg?w=1038&h=576&crop=1",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/carolinelucas2.jpg?w=685",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/carolinelucas1.jpg?w=1024",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/carolinelucas3.jpeg?w=1024",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/cafe-1.jpeg?w=300&h=168&crop=1",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/cafe.jpeg?w=300",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1.jpeg?w=1038&h=576&crop=1",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1.jpeg?w=1024",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/2.png?w=1024",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/screenshot-2024-02-19-at-18.46.35.png?w=904&h=576&crop=1",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/screenshot-2024-02-19-at-18.46.35.png?w=888",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/screenshot-2024-02-19-at-18.38.32.png?w=1024",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/screenshot-2024-02-19-at-18.40.11.png?w=1024",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/screenshot-2024-02-19-at-18.41.21.png?w=1024",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/screenshot-2024-02-19-at-18.42.05.png?w=1024",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/elf-promo.jpg?w=1038&h=576&crop=1",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/5.jpg?w=1024",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/screen-shot-2022-07-02-at-10.06.26-1.png?w=331&h=182&crop=1",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/screen-shot-2022-07-02-at-10.06.26-1.png?w=331",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/screenshot-2023-12-06-at-11.25.47-1.png?w=1038&h=576&crop=1",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/screenshot-2023-12-06-at-11.25.47.png?w=1024",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/screenshot-2023-12-06-at-11.25.59.png?w=826",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/screenshot-2023-12-06-at-11.17.15-1.png?w=808&h=576&crop=1",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/screenshot-2023-12-06-at-11.17.15.png?w=808",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/screenshot-2023-12-06-at-11.17.26.png?w=792",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/screenshot-2023-12-06-at-11.12.24.png?w=710&h=394&crop=1",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/screenshot-2023-12-06-at-11.09.36.png?w=714",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/screenshot-2023-12-06-at-11.09.27.png?w=706",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/screenshot-2023-12-06-at-11.01.38.png?w=842&h=576&crop=1",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/screenshot-2023-12-06-at-10.55.16.png?w=822",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/screenshot-2023-12-06-at-10.48.28-1.png?w=746&h=408&crop=1",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/screenshot-2023-12-06-at-10.48.28.png?w=746",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/screenshot-2023-12-06-at-10.48.35.png?w=1024",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/screenshot-2023-12-06-at-10.48.46.png?w=1024",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/screenshot-2023-12-06-at-10.44.17.png?w=1038&h=576&crop=1",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/screenshot-2023-12-06-at-10.41.45.png?w=721",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/pickly-pickle2-1.jpg?w=1038&h=576&crop=1",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/pickly-pickle2.jpg?w=909",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/screenshot-2023-12-06-at-10.36.06-1.png?w=1038&h=576&crop=1",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/screenshot-2023-12-06-at-10.36.06.png?w=1024",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/screen-shot-2023-04-12-at-19.42.30.png?w=233&h=188&crop=1",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/screen-shot-2023-04-12-at-19.42.30.png?w=233",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/screenshot-2023-12-06-at-10.29.13-1.png?w=1038&h=576&crop=1",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/screenshot-2023-12-06-at-10.29.13.png?w=1024",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/red-red-wine.jpg?w=900&h=576&crop=1",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/red-red-wine.jpg?w=768",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/screenshot-2023-12-06-at-09.58.19-1.png?w=856&h=576&crop=1",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/screenshot-2023-12-06-at-09.58.07.png?w=866",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/screenshot-2023-12-06-at-09.58.19.png?w=856",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/screenshot-2023-12-06-at-09.57.49.png?w=1038&h=576&crop=1",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/screenshot-2023-12-06-at-09.57.49.png?w=1024",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/screen-shot-2022-07-02-at-10.06.26-1.png?w=331&h=182&crop=1",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/screen-shot-2022-07-02-at-10.07.13.png?w=113",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/screenshot-2023-12-05-at-14.27.26-1.png?w=1038&h=576&crop=1",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/screenshot-2023-12-05-at-14.27.26.png?w=1024",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/screenshot-2023-12-05-at-14.22.42-1.png?w=1038&h=576&crop=1",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/screenshot-2023-12-05-at-14.22.42.png?w=1024",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/screenshot-2023-12-05-at-14.10.29.png?w=676&h=576&crop=1",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/mark-byline-pic.jpg?w=351",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/screenshot-2023-12-05-at-14.01.22-1.png?w=870&h=576&crop=1",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/screenshot-2023-12-05-at-14.01.22.png?w=741",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/screenshot-2023-12-05-at-13.55.37-1.png?w=1038&h=576&crop=1",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/screenshot-2023-12-05-at-13.55.37.png?w=1024",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/screenshot-2023-12-05-at-13.50.30-1.png?w=1038&h=576&crop=1",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/screenshot-2023-12-05-at-13.50.30.png?w=1024",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/screen-shot-2023-04-12-at-19.42.30.png?w=233&h=188&crop=1",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/screen-shot-2023-04-12-at-19.42.30.png?w=233",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/pickle.png?w=828&h=576&crop=1",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/pickle.png?w=777",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/baby-comedy-4.jpg?w=1038&h=576&crop=1",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/baby-comedy-6.jpg?w=1024",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/baby-comedy-4.jpg?w=1024",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/promo-poster.jpg?w=750&h=576&crop=1",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/press-shoot-no-rainbow.jpg?w=1024",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/stairs-.jpg?w=1024",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/lead-press-shot-credit_-sandra-vijandi.jpg?w=1038&h=576&crop=1",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/dexysleadphoto_sandravijandi.jpg?w=1024",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/screenshot-2023-09-13-at-11.40.13.png?w=560&h=492&crop=1",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/screenshot-2023-09-13-at-11.40.01.png?w=904",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/cricket-1.jpg?w=232&h=217&crop=1",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/cricket.jpg?w=232",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/image_6483441-3-1.jpg?w=1038&h=576&crop=1",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/image_6483441-3.jpg?w=1024",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/screenshot-2023-07-22-at-15.07.00-1.png?w=414&h=389&crop=1",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/screenshot-2023-07-22-at-15.07.00.png?w=414",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/photo-06-07-2023-20-56-13-1.jpg?w=846&h=576&crop=1",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/photo-06-07-2023-20-56-13.jpg?w=846",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/img-6878.jpg?w=1038&h=576&crop=1",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/gardenert-st-2.png?w=1024",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/screenshot-2023-07-22-at-13.08.11-1.png?w=418&h=305&crop=1",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/screenshot-2023-07-22-at-13.08.11.png?w=418",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screenshot-2024-07-26-at-11.47.32.png?w=522&h=576&crop=1",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/tom1.jpg?w=683",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screenshot-2024-07-26-at-11.49.05-1.png?w=470&h=568&crop=1",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screenshot-2024-07-26-at-11.49.05.png?w=470",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screenshot-2024-07-09-at-14.55.12.png?w=1038&h=576&crop=1",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screenshot-2024-07-09-at-14.54.37.png?w=741",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screenshot-2024-07-09-at-13.08.57.png?w=908&h=576&crop=1",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screenshot-2024-07-09-at-13.08.57.png?w=908",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screenshot-2024-07-09-at-13.04.18.png?w=906&h=576&crop=1",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screenshot-2024-07-09-at-13.04.18.png?w=906",
"https://westhillwhistler.files.wordpress.com/2023/04/mark-byline-pic.jpg?w=351",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/cropped-screenshot-2024-06-11-at-09.52.52.png?w=50",
"https://westhillwhistler.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/cropped-screenshot-2024-06-11-at-09.52.52.png?w=50",
"https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?v=noscript"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[] |
2024-06-11T08:08:55+00:00
|
Everything you ever wanted to know about life in Brighton (OK, and Hove)
|
en
|
The Whistler
|
https://westhillwhistler.com/
|
The Whistler’s food editor is bringing her award-winning podcast Cooking The Books with Gilly Smith to Rockwater on Hove beach. We sent our podcast correspondent Ceri Barnes Thompson to find out more
“What podcasts are you listening to?” Have you noticed we seem to be saying this more and more. It’s the new box set conversation. I love the excellent journalism and shared stories I hear on my dog walks and right now the top of my ‘Spotify’s most listened to’ list is “Cooking the Books with Gilly Smith”. It’s been my companion every Thursday morning for the past two years and not only has it changed the way I shop, cook, eat and understand the world of food production, it’s ignited my connection to the taste memories that have been part of my life. No other podcast has had such a profound effect on me as this.
This summer “Cooking The Books” comes to Rockwater in Hove as Gilly will be hosting Yasmin Fahr, Rachel Roddy and Melissa Hemsley, three of the most exciting food writers around throughout July who’ll all talk about life, food and their latest books.
Gilly is a Sussex based writer and journalist, but her reputation in the food world is international. Immersed in a lifetime of food journalism she started podcasting at Delicious magazine before striking out on her own.
“Podcasting is the ultimate in democratising women, people of colour, gender, sexuality and age. We take our subjects and we prise them open to find so much more than the traditional media would ever commission. It’s powered by passion rather than sales meetings. We do what we love and it’s catching!” So powerful is her belief in the format that she has also written a book “How To Start And Grow A Successful Podcast” and has made online courses on the subject too.
“Cooking the Books” won The Guild of Food Writers Award for best pod last year and this year only missed out to the BBC production team at the Food Programme at The Fortum and Mason Awards. Not bad for someone who’s the consummate solo producer – every episode of “Cooking The Books” she researches, books, records and edits herself. There are no adverts, no sponsors.
Melissa Hemsley describes Gilly as “hugely respected by the old guard of the food world, but also massively loved by the up-and-coming due to her boundless energy for encouragement, mentoring and change-bringing”. Hemsley says that “Cooking the Books” is the podcast she’d choose first out of any list to appear on. She calls it “genius” because it honours the author by taking the listener on a deep dive into the stories, recipes and writing often reading segments back the authors they’d almost forgotten, the refreshing excitement of hearing your own words being read out loud for listeners to enjoy.
Along with Hemsley on the roster will be the Guardian food journalist and author Rachel Roddy and New York Times food writer Yasmin Fahr, who recently relocated from New York to Menorca, attracted by the slower pace of life.
Yasmin thinks it’s Gilly’s authenticity and insight that make the podcast is so enjoyable. “These conversations can give people a ‘head start’, bringing people into their confidence around food and cooking. Gilly uses stories of personal experience because she knows that the most effective way to get people to change is through stories.”
And that’s very much Gilly’s mission – to change the world. She’s concerned about climate change, the food industry’s broken industrial systems, child food poverty and our lack of connection to the soil and to each other. A good cook book will always be the antidote to ultra processed food. A good recipe will always have you handling the ingredients rather than popping a silver processed tray in the oven. And that’s what she wants us to do as a result of listening to the podcast. Shop locally, think about how the animals have been treated, share a meal and a story with family and friends as often as possible.
Away from “Cooking The Books” Gilly works with the Food Foundation to help bring awareness of food poverty especially of our children living in scarcity. Melissa Hemsley is one of the voices that Gilly’s encouraged to come on board and Melissa credits Gilly with encouraging her to flex her energy in the more important parts of the food world like being part of this kind of campaigning work.
I asked Yasmin what she is hoping for from the live shows. “Food people tend to be good-hearted people and I’m really looking forward to hearing what questions come up. If there’s a chance of one thing landing that gives someone the ability to try something new, it’s all worthwhile”.
“I hope there’ll be a real hobby club atmosphere” says Gilly, “people coming with all kinds of different takes on a subject, it always surprises and delights me”.
l Rockwater, Western Esplanade, BN3 4FA 01273 091166
Tuesday July 2 6.30-8pm Yasmin Fahr
Tuesday July 16 6.30-8pm: Rachel Roddy
Tuesday July 23 6.30-8pm: Melissa Hemsley
Tickets £15 from CookBookBake, Hove’s indie specialist cookbook shop and include £5 off the author’s book.
Tickets from https://www.gillysmith.com/event-list
By Ruby Ephstein
RECEIVED WISDOM, seldom the most reliable or durable of guides, has it that Paths of Glory kicked off Stanley Kubrick’s freakish streak of groundbreaking movies. Fortunately, we here at Cinerama know better.
That honour, we insist, belongs to The Killing, arguably the greatest of all heist movies and certainly the most intricate and imaginative. Spoilers R Not Us, as you know, so let’s just say the climax is as profoundly unexpected and shocking as the end of the first half of Full Metal Jacket.
Yet while Kubrick’s own “My way or the highway” story is as celebrated as any in Hollywood history, his determination to march to the beat of his own drum had nothing on the actor around whom The Killing revolves, Sterling Hayden, a name all-but erased from widespread awareness. Such was the price one had to pay in paranoid post-WW2 America for being outed as a pinko Commie traitor. Not that Hayden gave a damn. Never has Tinseltown harboured a more radical or reluctant star.
The Library of Congress testifies to Hayden’s talent. The US National Film Registry housed there lists no fewer than five of his films as “culturally, historically or aesthetically” significant: The Asphalt Jungle, Johnny Guitar, Dr Strangelove (Or How I Stopped Worrying And Learned To Love The Bomb), The Godfather and The Long Goodbye.
Yet Hayden was disdainful of his craft, which he pursued primarily to finance whichever new boat took his fancy. “Bastards,” was how he described most of his celluloid appearances, “conceived in contempt of life and spewn out onto screens across the world with noxious ballyhoo; saying nothing, contemptuous of the truth, sullen and lecherous.”
Born Sterling Relyea Walter and poor, Hayden was adopted by his stepfather, James Hayden, and, after a nomadic childhood, ran away to sea at 17, rising rapidly to renowned ship’s captain. Encouraged by friends, he approached producer Edward Griffith and came away clutching a Paramount contract. Needless to add, his looks didn’t hurt his reinvention.
Towering over co-stars at an intimidating 6ft 5in, unsmiling, granite-jawed and Nordic-featured, he was dubbed “The Most Beautiful Man in the Movies” and “The Beautiful Blond Viking God” (as well as the somewhat less macho “Shirley”). “Incredible, really, how I got away with it,” he would reflect, “parlaying nine years at sea into two decades of posturing.”
But beneath the beauty lay plenty of beastly. Francis Coppola knew what he was doing when he lured Hayden from the wilderness to play the corrupt cop in The Godfather. Nobody else could have punched Al Pacino’s clean-cut face with such convincingly vicious power and ferocity that he transformed Michael Corleone from a clean-cut war hero into a savage mobster. One who, the next time they met, would blow his brains out.
Imperishable as those scenes were, Hayden only had a cameo in The Godfather, but that stubborn minimalism was centre stage in the other four of his movies preserved by the Library of Congress. He was Dix Handley, a loyal henchman, in The Asphalt Jungle (1950), another hypnotic heist movie as well as one of the most gripping of noirs, In the title role of Johnny Guitar (1954) he’s a reformed gunslinger neck-deep in a love-hate tryst with Joan Crawford’s titanium-tough bar-owner Vienna.
In The Long Goodbye (1973), he steals the show as Roger Wade, a spouse-beating alcoholic author castrated by writer’s block. Most unforgettably of all, in Dr. Strangelove (1964) he’s General Jack D. Ripper, the blackly comic gung-ho part that bore closest resemblance to his public persona while subverting it: General Ripper blames his sexual impotence on “the Russkis” and issues irreversible orders to bomb Moscow.
Hayden’s journey from blond bombshell to Red renegade was as typical of a man allergic to standing still as the fact that he wed one of his four wives three times. If the title of Woody Allen’s memoir, Apropos of Nothing, represents one extreme of the aptness spectrum, Hayden’s choice, The Wanderer, marks the opposite.
Quitting Paramount before the Japanese blitzed Pearl Harbour (and just after the studio bought him the boat used in Captains Courageous), he shrewdly signed up for the Marines as “John Hamilton” to eliminate the prospect of being teased as a Hollywood pretty boy, and soon joined the Office of Strategy Services, the forerunner of the CIA. The OSS had been founded by his chum “Wild Bill” Donovan, the barely-disguised model for Robert De Niro’s character Bill Sullivan in his grossly underrated self-directed epic The Good Shepherd.
Hayden thus had a busier war than most. The only American selected to receive commando training in Scotland, he parachuted into Croatia and ran guns and supplies to Yugoslav partisans behind German lines. He also befriended Yugoslavia’s growing band of Communists; the partisans’ leader, the future President Tito, pinned a medal on his chest.
Hayden was not only a vocal anti-capitalist; he supported the Hollywood Ten, the writers and directors banished by the studios after refusing to testify to the House UnAmerican Activities Committee over their Communist links. In stark contrast to Elia Kazan, he was ashamed for “ratting” to HUAC, with whom he co-operated in naming names during Joe McCarthy’s communist witch-hunts. No regret haunted him more.
IF HAYDEN WAS a “posturer”, he fooled an awful lot of clever people, including the stellar directors of that quintessential quintet of movies: Robert Altman, Francis Coppola, John Huston, Stanley Kubrick and Nicholas Ray. In fact, Jack D. Ripper was Hayden’s second plum role for Kubrick; the first was Johnny Clay in The Killing.
Released six years after The Asphalt Jungle and another masterly exercise in sunless noir, The Killing, according to Kubrick, was his first “mature” feature. Like all his best screenplays, this one was adapted from a novel, in this instance Lionel White’s Clean Break. Clay is the stick-up man and conductor of a meticulously orchestrated racetrack robbery that we see unfold in episodic, overlapping and, most daringly for the era, non-linear fashion.
“Seeing it without his credit, would you guess it was by Kubrick?” wondered Roger Ebert rhetorically. As the esteemed critic asserted, every Kubrick movie stands alone, a gem of unique hue and gleam even when the subject is war, as it was on three occasions. Narrated by Art Gilmore, a well-known if uncredited radio announcer, The Killing is less about guns and hitmen than precise timings, chess and the domino effect.
Revelling in pulp novelist Jim Thompson’s quickfire contributions to the diamond-hard dialogue, Hayden moulds Clay into a canny cookie with a keen eye for the tiniest details. He enlists specialist “pros” while refusing to reveal the identities of their accomplices, let alone any broader elements of his audacious plan to plunder $2m – the killing in question – from the Lansdowne racetrack in San Francisco. The horses are shot thrillingly by Sam Peckinpah’s favourite cinematographer, Lucien Ballard, though the actual venue was Bay Meadows, then the most venerable track in California.
Art steals more blatantly from life in an early scene where Clay hires Maurice, a pro wrestler, to create a distraction by instigating a bar brawl. Not only do they meet at the same chess club Hayden frequented as a boy; Kubrick himself was a chess junkie who played zealously between scenes.
Not that the chess connection is solely worth pointing out as tasty trivia. Clay plots the heist as Kubrick plotted a chess game. Every rook, bishop and pawn has their job to do and place to be at a synchronised juncture. Everything depends on making the right move at the right time and in the right order. Even the slightest mis-step could cause the dominos to fall. Even in the dying moments, when he has every excuse to rip off that mask of stoical cool, Hayden, like any experienced chess player, remains poker-faced. It is impossible to imagine anyone else as Clay. Perhaps all that posturing was simply Sterling playing Sterling.
The Killing is about as romantic as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, but the heart still weeps and snaps, especially as we spy on Sherry and George, a cruelly ill-wed couple. Marie Windsor, who made Marlene Dietrich look innocent, is at her ruthless best as the faithless femme fatale, every contemptuous quip a dagger in the chest of the mousey husband she looks down on literally as well as figuratively. As the sexless cashier desperate to win back her unblind faith, Elisha Cook regales us with the most vividly pathetic of all the fall guys he’d portrayed in noir classics such as The Big Sleep and The Maltese Falcon. All Clay has to do to make Sherry behave is threaten to beat her duplicitous face into “hamburger meat”.
Cook is such a brilliant sap, in fact, that it’s hard to stifle a guilty giggle upon re-glimpsing that grim, hope-drained face. And yes, given the extensive pleasures we derive from the tragedies that fuel noir, we viewers, of course, are sadistically complicit.
The last line is right up there with “Nobody’s perfect” and “Shut up and deal”: urged to run from the law by his childhood sweetheart, Clay replies, “What’s the point?”. That could so easily have been the sign-off to every noir.
To reveal any more truly would be an unforgiveable crime.
By Ruby Ephstein
THERE ARE FEW THINGS in life truly worth loathing, but received wisdom is undeniably this column’s noirest bête noir. Take “The Best Concert Movies of All Time” (Rolling Stone and Rotten Tomatoes) or variations such as “20 Greatest Concert Films” (The Guardian).
For one thing, the words “Pop” and/or “Rock” so implicit in those titles are missing, never mind “Soul”, “Jazz” and “Reggae”, much less any other musical genre. To these eyes and sensibilities, the two most uplifting concert scenes on screen could hardly offer a starker sonic or visual contrast: Bruce Springsteen and The E St Band’s 20-minute re-bonding on Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out from their 2000 NYC reunion (a gift from HBO that never stops giving) and, in Maestro, Bradley Cooper’s imperious impersonation of Lenny Bernstein electrifying Ely Cathedral in 1973, wringing out every ounce of his vast if not always pious passions conducting Mahler’s 2nd.
It feels safe to presume, nonetheless, that a classical music gig will never be a) called a gig, or b) qualify for one of the aforementioned Guardian or Rotten Tomatoes charts. The sticking-point, box-office-wise, is that orchestras are essentially dress-alike covers acts whose idea of stagecraft is leaning forward. So why not clarify matters? Why not bill the ones that do dominate said charts as “Gig Movies”? If nothing else, Mahler fans won’t get miffed.
For another thing, even now, in what may turn out to be their heyday, gig movies are far from 10 a penny. As a genre, unlike musicals, westerns, horror and noir, they’ve barely reached middle-age. Commemorating the inaugural pop/rock festival, Monterey Pop (1968) was the first member of the litter, though aside from Jimi Hendrix setting his guitar alight and Pete Townshend bashing his to bits, its impact was but a pinprick next to Woodstock (1970), the three-hour, multiscreen epic on which Martin Scorsese cut his teeth.
And because gig movies were only ever intended to be a secondhand experience, at best, and thus lacked box-office appeal, it has taken this century’s documentary boom, and the recent advent of simultaneous live Odeon transmissions, to thicken the best-of-breed contenders to any significant degree.
The latest nauseating spot of consensus has it that the best gig movie is Stop Making Sense. David Byrne’s baggy suit, an irresistible electro-funk stew and Jonathan Demme’s imaginative staging are all tremendous fun, granted, but ambition was limited. As Geoffrey Cheshire’s stirring essay for The Criterion Collection put it, this column’s choice, Gimme Shelter (1970), gave the Rolling Stones “what no one had bargained for: a terrifying snapshot of the sudden collapse of the sixties”.
Having only just seen the latter on a big screen for the first time, as part of a European re-release (you can stream it on Amazon), I can only concur wholesouledly with the view that, when it comes to cinema verité, the Maysles brothers’ sickening documentary of the anti-Woodstock, held on the West Coast at Altamont, struck the motherlode.
Sure, the cameras miss Marty Balin, the Jefferson Airplane vocalist, being knocked out by Hell’s Angels, foolishly hired as security (in exchange for a barrel of beer) and brandishing pool cues in a way even Ronnie O’Sullivan might never have countenanced. As it is, we get more than enough of the prelude (Balin mouthing off at the abusive leatherjackets) and the aftermath (Balin’s battered face). And those peace and love vibes at Hyde Park just a few months earlier, where Mick Jagger bid farewell to Brian Jones by releasing a fleet of doves and reading a poem by Shelley? Gone for good.
No scene in the annals of gig movies, nevertheless, is more chilling than when those beer-pumped Angels seize the mile-high, gun-toting Meredith Hunter as he advances towards the stage, then knife and bludgeon him to death.
There had been good reason to fear such a grisly outcome. Not only had Jagger been subjected to death threats, hence the insistence that no audience member be allowed to invade the stage; as he stepped off the helicopter on arrival, he was punched by someone he might reasonably have assumed to be a fan.
Watching him watch Hunter’s murder unfold on a monitor backstage is like surfing an emotional pendulum. No matter how you feel about rock’s first and foremost frontman, it would take an act of astonishing anatomic control not to gulp or shudder at the way his face slides from preening pride – in a terrific band performance, in the way the filming was going – to grim, guilty stupefaction. And the song he happened to be singing as Hunter was savaged? Sympathy for the Devil, what else?
In The New Yorker, Pauline Kael, by no means a rock chick, derided it all as wish-fulfilment and a sham, alleging – wrongly, according to the Mayleses – that the show was designed and lit for the cameras. The ingredients, though, were all in place: a free festival headlined by their satanic majesties for 300,000 drugged-up if not loved-up fans at a San Francisco speedway track in the final month of the most radical yet delusional of decades.
“I think it affected all of us very profoundly,” guitarist Mick Taylor reflected on recordings released only last year. “The only thing we were very upset about was being accused and held responsible for what happened. You can’t really blame anybody in that kind of mass hysteria.”
Nonetheless, Don McLean’s dream that drums and wires could “save your mortal soul” was in tatters. On American Pie, there was nothing ambivalent about his allusions to Jagger (“Jack Flash”): “I saw Satan dancing with delight the day the music died.”
Well, it didn’t die, did it? And Jagger, who has done more than most to keep it alive and rocking, certainly didn’t deserve crucifixion. Understandably, forgivably, he still shies clear of the topic with religious fervour. Even so, one can only imagine how many times his nights have been ruptured by those visual scars.
On the infinitely brighter side, the Stones were in marvellous nick for the Maylses, majestic as well as satanic. MC Mick struts like a coked-up peacock, the consummate rabble-rouser; Bill Wyman cuddles his bass and plucks it with infinitely more dexterity than you ever remembered; from the opening chords of Jumpin’ Jack Flash, Richards and Taylor’s complementary twin guitars – so much more diverse and fascinating than the riff-heavy Keef-Ronnie combo – lock into a funky fusion of flying fingers. Needless to add, Charlie was bloody good that night too.
And, as you watch them, you can’t help but be reminded why the other act you’ve known for all these years has now been going more than half a century longer than Sgt Pepper’s squabbling slackers. Love ’em or merely tolerate them (how can you possibly loathe an octogenarian-led band that can still persuade tens of thousands of Brazilians to stump up a week’s wages to see them?), the Stones remain England’s hardiest Sixties tribute act.
Within five years of Altamont, they would be in freefall recording-wise, yet even now, the sellouts (literal, never spiritual) persist. Mick and Keef have pretty much always known that sticking to the same seat in the same carriage on the same track could pay considerable dividends. Happily, Gimme Shelter, which showcases the chemistry responsible, works as celebration as well as damnation.
Top 10 Gig Movies
Gimme Shelter (Rolling Stones)
Live In New York City (Bruce Springsteen & The E St Band)
The Last Waltz (The Band, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Muddy Waters et al)
Summer of Soul (Stevie Wonder, Sly & The Family Stone, Nina Simone, Staple Singers et al)
Stop Making Sense (Talking Heads)
Get Back (The Beatles)
Sign O’ The Times (Prince)
Monterey Pop (Jimi Hendrix, Mamas & Papas, Otis Redding, Ravi Shankar et al)
Live At Pompeii (Pink Floyd)
Woodstock (Janis Joplin, The Who, Santana, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Joan Baez et al)
The satanic majesty of Gimme Shelter
By Ruby Ephstein
THERE ARE FEW THINGS in life truly worth loathing, but received wisdom is undeniably this column’s noirest bête noir. Take “The Best Concert Movies of All Time” (Rolling Stone and Rotten Tomatoes) or variations such as “20 Greatest Concert Films” (The Guardian).
For one thing, the words “Pop” and/or “Rock” so implicit in those titles are missing, never mind “Soul”, “Jazz” and “Reggae”, much less any other musical genre. To these eyes and sensibilities, the two most uplifting concert scenes on screen could hardly offer a starker sonic or visual contrast: Bruce Springsteen and The E St Band’s 20-minute re-bonding on Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out from their 2000 NYC reunion (a gift from HBO that never stops giving) and, in Maestro, Bradley Cooper’s imperious impersonation of Lenny Bernstein electrifying Ely Cathedral in 1973, wringing out every ounce of his vast if not always pious passions conducting Mahler’s 2nd.
It feels safe to presume, nonetheless, that a classical music gig will never be a) called a gig, or b) qualify for one of the aforementioned Guardian or Rotten Tomatoes charts. The sticking-point, box-office-wise, is that orchestras are essentially dress-alike covers acts whose idea of stagecraft is leaning forward. So why not clarify matters? Why not bill the ones that do dominate said charts as “Gig Movies”? If nothing else, Mahler fans won’t get miffed.
For another thing, even now, in what may turn out to be their heyday, gig movies are far from 10 a penny. As a genre, unlike musicals, westerns, horror and noir, they’ve barely reached middle-age. Commemorating the inaugural pop/rock festival, Monterey Pop (1968) was the first member of the litter, though aside from Jimi Hendrix setting his guitar alight and Pete Townshend bashing his to bits, its impact was but a pinprick next to Woodstock (1970), the three-hour, multiscreen epic on which Martin Scorsese cut his teeth.
And because gig movies were only ever intended to be a secondhand experience, at best, and thus lacked box-office appeal, it has taken this century’s documentary boom, and the recent advent of simultaneous live Odeon transmissions, to thicken the best-of-breed contenders to any significant degree.
The latest nauseating spot of consensus has it that the best gig movie is Stop Making Sense. David Byrne’s baggy suit, an irresistible electro-funk stew and Jonathan Demme’s imaginative staging are all tremendous fun, granted, but ambition was limited. As Geoffrey Cheshire’s stirring essay for The Criterion Collection put it, this column’s choice, Gimme Shelter (1970), gave the Rolling Stones “what no one had bargained for: a terrifying snapshot of the sudden collapse of the sixties”.
Having only just seen the latter on a big screen for the first time, as part of a European re-release (you can stream it on Amazon), I can only concur wholesouledly with the view that, when it comes to cinema verité, the Maysles brothers’ sickening documentary of the anti-Woodstock, held on the West Coast at Altamont, struck the motherlode.
Sure, the cameras miss Marty Balin, the Jefferson Airplane vocalist, being knocked out by Hell’s Angels, foolishly hired as security (in exchange for a barrel of beer) and brandishing pool cues in a way even Ronnie O’Sullivan might never have countenanced. As it is, we get more than enough of the prelude (Balin mouthing off at the abusive leatherjackets) and the aftermath (Balin’s battered face). And those peace and love vibes at Hyde Park just a few months earlier, where Mick Jagger bid farewell to Brian Jones by releasing a fleet of doves and reading a poem by Shelley? Gone for good.
No scene in the annals of gig movies, nevertheless, is more chilling than when those beer-pumped Angels seize the mile-high, gun-toting Meredith Hunter as he advances towards the stage, then knife and bludgeon him to death.
There had been good reason to fear such a grisly outcome. Not only had Jagger been subjected to death threats, hence the insistence that no audience member be allowed to invade the stage; as he stepped off the helicopter on arrival, he was punched by someone he might reasonably have assumed to be a fan.
Watching him watch Hunter’s murder unfold on a monitor backstage is like surfing an emotional pendulum. No matter how you feel about rock’s first and foremost frontman, it would take an act of astonishing anatomic control not to gulp or shudder at the way his face slides from preening pride – in a terrific band performance, in the way the filming was going – to grim, guilty stupefaction. And the song he happened to be singing as Hunter was savaged? Sympathy for the Devil, what else?
In The New Yorker, Pauline Kael, by no means a rock chick, derided it all as wish-fulfilment and a sham, alleging – wrongly, according to the Mayleses – that the show was designed and lit for the cameras. The ingredients, though, were all in place: a free festival headlined by their satanic majesties for 300,000 drugged-up if not loved-up fans at a San Francisco speedway track in the final month of the most radical yet delusional of decades.
“I think it affected all of us very profoundly,” guitarist Mick Taylor reflected on recordings released only last year. “The only thing we were very upset about was being accused and held responsible for what happened. You can’t really blame anybody in that kind of mass hysteria.”
Nonetheless, Don McLean’s dream that drums and wires could “save your mortal soul” was in tatters. On American Pie, there was nothing ambivalent about his allusions to Jagger (“Jack Flash”): “I saw Satan dancing with delight the day the music died.”
Well, it didn’t die, did it? And Jagger, who has done more than most to keep it alive and rocking, certainly didn’t deserve crucifixion. Understandably, forgivably, he still shies clear of the topic with religious fervour. Even so, one can only imagine how many times his nights have been ruptured by those visual scars.
On the infinitely brighter side, the Stones were in marvellous nick for the Maylses, majestic as well as satanic. MC Mick struts like a coked-up peacock, the consummate rabble-rouser; Bill Wyman cuddles his bass and plucks it with infinitely more dexterity than you ever remembered; from the opening chords of Jumpin’ Jack Flash, Richards and Taylor’s complementary twin guitars – so much more diverse and fascinating than the riff-heavy Keef-Ronnie combo – lock into a funky fusion of flying fingers. Needless to add, Charlie was bloody good that night too.
And, as you watch them, you can’t help but be reminded why the other act you’ve known for all these years has now been going more than half a century longer than Sgt Pepper’s squabbling slackers. Love ’em or merely tolerate them (how can you possibly loathe an octogenarian-led band that can still persuade tens of thousands of Brazilians to stump up a week’s wages to see them?), the Stones remain England’s hardiest Sixties tribute act.
Within five years of Altamont, they would be in freefall recording-wise, yet even now, the sellouts (literal, never spiritual) persist. Mick and Keef have pretty much always known that sticking to the same seat in the same carriage on the same track could pay considerable dividends. Happily, Gimme Shelter, which showcases the chemistry responsible, works as celebration as well as damnation.
Top 10 Gig Movies
Gimme Shelter (Rolling Stones)
Live In New York City (Bruce Springsteen & The E St Band)
The Last Waltz (The Band, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Muddy Waters et al)
Summer of Soul (Stevie Wonder, Sly & The Family Stone, Nina Simone, Staple Singers et al)
Stop Making Sense (Talking Heads)
Get Back (The Beatles)
Sign O’ The Times (Prince)
Monterey Pop (Jimi Hendrix, Mamas & Papas, Otis Redding, Ravi Shankar et al)
Live At Pompeii (Pink Floyd)
Woodstock (Janis Joplin, The Who, Santana, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Joan Baez et al)
After a wildly successful 2022/23 season which saw the seagulls land a place in a European competition for the first time in the club’s history by finishing 6th in the league table, there was a huge expectation for the team to push on even further and thrive in this year’s premier league season. However, despite a great first half of the season, the south-coast outfit finished a respectable but disappointing 11th. Here is how the season panned out:
The pre-season summer transfer window was a promising one for Brighton, yet at the same time disappointing. One of the key players in last year’s success, Ecuadorian midfielder Moises Caicedo, had attracted huge interest from the top clubs as a result of his heroics the previous season. Therefore, unsurprisingly, Chealsea came swooping in and netted Brighton a £115million payout for the midfielder, with Chelsea also forking out another £25million to grab the seagulls’ goalkeeper, Robert Sanchez. Argentine midfielder Alexis Macallister also left the club, going to Liverpool for £35million. This influx of money allowed Roberto De Zerbi and the board to splash the cash on what effectively would need to be a rebuild of part of the core of the team. De Zerbi brough in exciting young forward Joao Pedro from Watford for £30million, brought in superstar youngster Ansu Fati on loan from Barcelona, and filled the goalkeeper void with Bart Verbruggen from Anderlecht for £16.3million. Among other comings and goings, the squad looked ready to play brilliant football ahead of the coming season.
The team hit the ground running at the start of the premier league season, winning five of the first six games, including 3-1 victories against Newcastle and Manchester United. After the first six games, Brighton sat in third place in the premier league, their best start ever to a premier league season, and ultimately stirred up excitement among the fans. Although the form didn’t continue quite as exceptionally after the first six games, Brighton certainly impressed as the first few months of the season flew by, with the attack firing on all cylinders courtesy of new signing Joao Pedro and promising Irish youngster Evan Ferguson, who impressed premier league fans everywhere by scoring a hat-trick against Newcastle at the beginning of the campaign. Despite the firepower in attack, the defence was leaky. It took until the 20th match week for the defence to keep a clean sheet, something that is not ideal even when your attack is delivering the goals. To show the contrast in form between the attack and defence, until Arsenal defeated the seagulls 2-0 at the Emirates in December, Brighton had conceded at least one and scored at least one in each of the first 16 games of the season.
The first half of the season also saw Brighton undertake their first ever European football campaign, as they were drawn in a Europa League group with Ajax (Netherlands), Marseille (France), and AEK Athens (Greece). The campaign started shakily, with the seagulls losing the first game 3-2 at home to Athens, before a 2-2 draw in Marseille. They had it all to do in the final four games of the group, and boy did they deliver. Brighton won all four of the remaining games with a flawless record, scoring six and conceding zero across the four fixtures, including a magnificent 2-0 win in Amsterdam against the Dutch giants Ajax.
At the halfway point of the season, Brighton were comfortably through to the knockout stages of the Europa League, sat in a respectable 8th place in the premier league, and were ready to begin their FA cup run, although the seagulls were knocked out of the league cup with a 1-0 defeat to Chelsea in the 3rd round in September. The season was looking promising and Roberto De Zerbis’s side were playing great football.
As we moved into the second half of the season, the January transfer window was a quiet one for Brighton. Five players were brought in, however it seems the board were looking to the future in this window, as not a single player over the age of 20 was brought in. The club brought in five youngsters, one of which being Argentinian wonderkid Valentin Barco from Boca Juniors for £7.8million. Although building for the future is a key part of long-term success, you can’t help but think De Zerbi would have wished for some first team ready players to be scooped up during the January window, especially as an injury crisis began to hit the club. Brighton failed to score in three successive matches in the premier league in January, mostly down to the team playing without any natural wingers during this time, with Kaoru Mitoma, Solly March, Ansu Fati, and Simon Adingra all out injured. The season seemed to be coming to a disastrous halt as not only was the attack running out of steam, but the defence was leaking goals badly during this period. It seems that due to the departure of defensive-midfielder Moises Caicedo in the summer, Brighton were seriously lacking a ball winning midfielder in the team to solidify the centre backs behind, and as a result Brighton conceded 4 goals to newly promoted Luton Town. The lack of first team recruitment in the January transfer window meant that the squad was to be bare for at least a few weeks, and the rest of the season relied on the important players making quick recoveries back to the first team.
Despite the less-than-ideal January in the premier league, Brighton smashed their way past Stoke City and Sheffield United in the Fa cup 3rd and 4th rounds respectively, to set themselves up with a 5th round tie at the end of February away to Wolves.
As the weeks carried on, Brighton slowly saw themselves dropping out of contention for another year in European football. The goals were not flying in like they did in the first half of the season, and the team was still conceding too many goals. They travelled away to Wolves for the FA cup 5th round tie and were beaten 1-0 by an early Mario Lemina goal after just two minutes. Then, in early march, Brighton were to face Roma (Italy) in the round of 16 for the Europa league, with the first leg being a daunting fixture away in Rome. It then proved to be daunting and more, as Roma put four past a struggling Brighton to win the first leg tie 4-0 and leave Brighton a mountain to climb back at the Amex for the second leg. Then, a week later, Brighton played well and won the return fixture 1-0, however with just the one goal scored, it was not enough to overcome the aggregate difference Roma had built for themselves and ultimately Brighton crashed out of the Europa league in the first knockout round. Despite the elimination, the seagulls should be proud of themselves by making it to the knockout rounds of their debut campaign in European football and can only use it to spur them on for future ventures into the rest of the continent.
The seagulls now found themselves in just one competition after being knocked out of the remaining cups, and could attempt to focus their energy on reviving this premier league campaign. However, it just was not meant to be as they experienced their worst second half to a season since the 2018/19 campaign and really struggled to reach the heights they had soared to at the end of last season. By the time the end of may arrived, Brighton found themselves in 11th position and some distance away from a European place next year. Disappointing yes, but by no means was this a terrible season for Brighton. The team were riddled with injuries for most of the year, with the seagulls having the fifth-most days lost to injury in the entire league, something that will inevitably hamper the ability to play the football that the manager intends to play. In addition to this, Brighton’s team is young compared to the rest of the league, with even more youngsters being brought in in January to carve a bright future for the South-coast club.
We are yet to see which players come and go from the club in the upcoming transfer window, a window I am sure will be used to both bring in future talent, and reinforce the current first team players to avoid a crisis from happening quite like the one we saw this year. With the announcement of the departure of manager Roberto De Zerbi this summer also, the club will have to look for a suitable replacement that can work with the team De Zerbi has built. Whether or not we will be seeing Brighton and Hover Albion playing a different brand of football is to be seen in August when we kick off the next season, one that Brighton will be eager to attack just as well as they did this year.
The very word Gail’s got the armchair grumpies and keyboard warriors out in force, but slow down. Put away your prejudices. Just because somewhere has more than one branch doesn’t meant they’re the bad guys. Gilly Smith reports
Once upon a time in Brighton, you could gauge the feel of a neighbourhood by whether or not it had a Tin Drum. The family-run chain of bars and eateries, latterly serving charcuterie boards from the owners’ home-raised pigs, first opened on Dyke Road, home now to The Cow, and became a badge of gentrification. These days, it’s a Wolfox. Or maybe a Gail’s.
The number of Gail’s opening across the south east has long exceeded a bakers’ dozen. Our new one in the Dials will be the 130th to opens its doors since the first bakery over 30 years ago in Hampstead High Street. The new Gail’s set up shop in Night Shift, formerly the collaboration between Flour Pot, Curing Rebels, Curio Wines, and local artist, She Paints, which has camped out there since the demise of Brighton-born Small Batch. And it’s already had a pasting. It was daubed with graffiti declaring it ‘boring’ before it had even opened, a spray-painted penis summing up the outpouring of anti-establishment feelings all over social media.
Which is odd really, as Gail herself was a bit of a radical.
Gail’s began with a mission to do things differently. Back in the early 1990s, it created a bit of a rise in the restaurant industry by taking the values of sour dough – slow, crafted, natural, like bread used to be, as bread should be.
At its helm was artisanal baker, Gail Mejia, whose ironically named Bread Factory had been a wholesale retailer in Hampstead. She and her tiny team of bakers quickly realised that what they were making for top notch restaurants just wasn’t available in most neighbourhoods. They decided to fix that, and Gail’s Bakery was born.
Thirty years later, Gail is a biodynamic farmer in Portugal, as Tom Molnar (pictured), Gail’s CEO tells me as we chat about the new opening in The Dials. “She spent 10 really hard years before I met her, putting together the bakers, working with some top chefs, and building the thing that I fell in love with.” A disruptor, a visionary, she was part of the Slow Food movement that has been so influential in making us rethink our relationship with food.
“She represents a whole bunch of hippies in food who changed so much,” says Tom. He means chefs like Rose Gray, Alistair Little and Sally Clarke who came back to London from America in the 80s and 90s with a dream of a simpler way of eating fresh, organic food, as championed by restaurateur and food legend, Alice Waters. Fermented sour dough was just part of the mix. ‘When everything was becoming mass (market), they just stuck to their guns and said, ‘Look, that doesn’t make sense’. It wasn’t the engineers and the business people that got it right” says Tom, a former management consultant who recognised the potential for Gail’s back in 2005, “it was the hippies and the food pioneers.”
Now 130 Gail’s bakeries are quietly changing the food industry, not least by working with Natoora, a distribution hub on a mission to fix the food system by building direct relationships with small-scale growers and independent producers. Gail’s distributes its surplus food through Neighbourly, a network of over 29,000 charities and community groups and an award-winning giving platform “that connects company funds, surplus and volunteer time with local causes to make a positive impact.” But does any of that matter to the customers?
Presumably it doesn’t to Juliet who wonders on Instagram how they justify £5 for a pain au chocolat in a cost-of-living crisis. Or Laura on Seven Dials Facebook group who’s boycotted Gail’s since they stopped taking cash. “Maybe not all of them”, concedes Tom. “Maybe there’s 10-20% that do care.” So who tells them about the spirit of Gail that’s still stirred into every loaf of bread so long after she left the building to sow her own seeds. “Yeah, it’s tricky”, admits Tom. There’s no messaging in the shops, and you’d have to read the website to get any real sense of what Gail’s is all about. Tom says he struggles with how loud the revolution should be. “You don’t want to be the person at the party who talks all the time, and you don’t want to be that person who doesn’t say anything. You’ve got to be somewhere in between to be heard. And I don’t know if we found the right balance yet.”
I think he’s missing a trick; give me some blackboards in a café telling the back stories of growers and carbon reducing mission statements, and I’m in. Tom doesn’t think it would have been Gail’s style. “She’s still one of my teachers’, he says. “I’m just trying to do my best to keep her view on food alive. I didn’t want to destroy what she had built. My job was to just let it flourish, I guess.”
Like a good loaf of bread, one might say.
l Gail’s in Seven Dials is opening soon
In the meantime, you can sample their wares at:
93 North Rd, BN1 1YE
Mon – Fri: 7.15am-5.30pm; Sat: 7.30am-6pm; Sun: 7.30am-5pm
In the first in a new series, Andrew says “Yes” to volunteering
at The Real Junk Food Cafe. But first, table tennis was calling
As a boy, I was obsessed with table-tennis. I dreamed of competing at high levels but a career stopped in its tracks at the Shropshire Under-13 tournaments, where I was dumped out 11-0, by the eventual champion. A once promising career never recovered, and like so many other once promising careers, I hadn’t really thought about it since. But then, out of the blue, The Whistler called.
“Do you want to come to a night of table-tennis at The Fitzherbert Cafe?”
“Yes.”
I was in a bit of a swamp after the failure of a dramatically difficult project, dithering about the right way out, so this was perfect timing.
The Fitz Café is in Bristol Road in the St George’s Rd bit of Kemptown, right beside The Brighton Table-Tennis Club. Inside, I was warmly greeted by Tim, the club’s inspirational Head Coach, who proudly introduced me to Harry, who’s apparently the UK’s top ranked player with Downs Syndrome. He was smacking down backhand drives to Bly, who he assured me, would soon be a World Paralympic Number One.
I just knew he’d ask me to play, and I knew I would – I can’t refuse to do anything!] – but for now I felt shy, and ducked into the café.
The Real Junk Food Project was set up in 2014 by Adam Buckingham, who would visit supermarkets, and allotments, picking up surplus, or almost-off food, which would be cooked to cater for a Pay As You Feel Café, where the richer diners – who want to eat delicious food, while doing some good – help to fund a community of people who might be rough sleepers, or just hungry.
Café Manager Kathy loves this element. “I used to help run a soup kitchen in Florida, and we’d turn hungry people away, since they couldn’t prove their credentials. The mix of people makes everyone feel good. You should come and volunteer!” I said I would, and came back the next day, when…
I started with Front of House, which basically means chatting to people. I sat with DJ and Rob discussing addiction. DJ’s been five weeks sober; Rob has gone 12 months without crack or smack.
“Wow,” I said, “I hear they’re quite more-ish!”
“That’s why I’m here!” he said. “It distracts me. Most days I volunteer somewhere, but here I just come for the chat!”
“It’s same for me,” said DJ, “I love that you meet rich people, poor people, sober people, street people, famous people, but also it’s incredibly good food.”
“Who’s famous?” I asked. “You’ll have to work that out, yourself!” he said.
In the kitchen, I met Jimmy, who was making Dauphinoise. “I worked in the music business, which can be all about ego and solo glory. I love that here, you turn up, you’re part of a team, and you feel you’ve done something. Plus the food’s amazing!”
I met Elodie, Head Chef, who’s worked in Michelin-starred restaurants. ‘But I prefer it here. You work with the ingredients that turn up, so it’s creative. Try!”
I sat down with Anna, who was beaming the room’s warmest smile. An Arabic woman, recently moved from Italy, she was with Voices In Exile – an organisation that helps refugees with food or toiletries or legal help. “I love to come so I can practice my English.” I smiled at her friends.
“You need to play table-tennis,” commanded Wadie, a Syrian refugee.
There was no putting it off, and, when you haven’t played ping-pong in 38 years, your game’s rusty. But four minutes in, he hit a ball high, and I thwacked back a backhand topspin. “Good shot!” said Tim, and I could see why his club’s so successful. It’s not just that the guy’s got skill: he takes an interest.
And suddenly there I was, playing doubles with Tim (former UK Number 8), against Wadie and Harry. I barely hit a good shot, but it was as Jimmy said: success is not about solo glory; it’s about being in a team; and sometimes you’ve just got to step up, and stay in the point. We won two games to one, and I left feeling connected and content and proud.
I went outside where I’d been invited to help plant a new tree, but it was on a slope, so the water was draining away. But this is the thing about volunteering: you find you can offer something.
“I know what to do here,” I said, and dug a moat around the tree. That’s how they taught me in Haiti.
“So what was your dramatically difficult project?” asked Deb, Head of Gardening. “I sailed the Atlantic, and I persuaded 1000 Caribbean kids, to plant 1000 trees.”
“So what was a failure about that?”
“Well,” I said, “I haven’t told anyone about it!”
“Well, you have now!,” said Tim.
God, I felt good about the whole day, and would urge anyone out there who’s vaguely thinking about it, to volunteer. Or just to get down to the Fitz Café, where if you pay for lunch, you’re paying it forward.
I’m now looking to volunteer for something else. So if you know of a community project, and wonder if I can join, you know what I’ll say.
Mrcloverthefamoussnail@gmail.com
l The Real Junk Food Project Brighton’s Community Cafe is now open at St John the Baptist parish hall, 2 Bristol Road BN2 1AP
Opening times:
Mon: 11.00-15.00 (lunch from noon)
Tues: Fri: 10.00-15.00 (lunch from noon)
Sat12.30-14.30
We wanted to revamp our kitchen. New surfaces, new worktops, new doors. We wanted something stylish, individual, sustainable and didn’t cost a fortune, something a little more “us” than going into a kitchen store and buying something off the shelf. How hard could that be?
Actually, we tried that, went to the usual places and saw the usual stuff. Things with names like Nordic Noir and made of granite or Corian. Nice enough, but a bit uninspiring. It started to become a little bit of an obsession. Eventually, we decided on a radical, if familiar, course of action. “Let’s go for a drink and something to eat”.
We went to Fumi, the new Japanese in Circus Street. The food’s great there and it’s been designed beautifully, a very stylish clean aesthetic. Sitting there, we couldn’t help notice the furniture. The tables looked like marble, but clearly weren’t.
“We had them made for us. They’re really interesting, they’re made from used coffee”.
What?
Two days later I was talking to Jani Lemut in, obviously, a coffee shop.
“It was just an obvious thing to do. I was working with an interior design company who were importing all their furniture from India, but wanted to be more local and sustainable and so on, so they contacted me. We started talking about new designs and what we can do and what different materials to use, local materials. I started thinking ‘What else can I use?’ And coffee was very obvious, because it was just on the table. It was just there”.
How many cups of coffee get thrown away?
“Probably a lot”, said Jani. “I heard a statistic, I don’t know whether it’s right or not, but the average person in UK spends £25 pounds a year on coffee. In Brighton, it’s £75”.
Apparently there are more coffee shops here per head than anywhere else in the UK. And in Seven Dials…
“Yes. Most probably. Yeah, and it’s still gaining popularity. It’s quite incredible”.
Jani is a “classically trained furniture maker” from Slovenia who came here after the war in Yugoslavia started in 1990. “I made wooden children’s toys and we had quite a nice steady business, but then after three or four months, the war started and that was it. Lost everything. The country came to a standstill and basically that’s what brought me here. “I came to see a friend of mine in Gloucestershire and I just loved it. Absolutely loved it. I love the freedom of expression here. When I got to London, I just loved it so much. I said to my friends, ‘Look you go back. I’m staying here’. And that was pretty much it.”
He moved to St Ives and “had a really good time, doing mainly designing and building furniture, cottages. I was doing lots of artwork as well, art exhibitions and so on. Everything was always based in recycled materials. I was always fascinated by what gets thrown away. What can one do with the challenge? I still feel excited by the idea we can turn objects into a different life. So that’s my main motivation”.
Had you seen coffee used before?
“People have tried using coffee in all sorts of products, but only as an additive. People have tried make composites are made of coffee and thermoplastics…” At this point Jani started talking about binding processes and chemistry. I ordered another coffee and waited for him to start speaking English again.
How long did it take you to work all this out?
“Two years”.
And you kept going with it? Because you were certain that it would work?
“Well, I wasn’t certain certain, but there was a promising sign. The problem with it was stabilising the coffee because it’s organic it moves, it does all the the things that any organic stuff does. So to bind it in organic way, it’s quite difficult, but this is exactly what we were trying to do, to make a plastic free component”.
And you have now?
“Yes, we have. Yes.”
The results are really lovely, but it doesn’t only look lovely, it looks real. Organic.
“Of course, because all the ingredients that we use are purely by-products of different materials. marble dust, copper, dust, metal. Then you’ve got spices, natural pigments and so on and so forth, all sorts of stuff like charcoal”.
You could make something beetroot colour?
“Yeah, we do that”.
Could you make something that blue?
“Yes. Turquoise oxidize copper dust, a very intense turquoise”.
There are other uses for the materials but “I’m a bit wary of mixing too much either plastic or any chemicals with our product, because then it’s difficult to recycle further. So wherever we create, we try to create in such a way that is easy to dispose of or reuse later on. This is the main point of doing this. At the moment, our product, if you leave it out in a field for a couple of years, it will just disintegrate and it will go back to where it came from. That’s pretty much it”.
Everything here is about sustainability. On their website (below) they say “We are carbon neutral. We plant a tree for every sale we make. Our materials are sourced locally and much of it from waste”. They are “a circular business. Everything gets recycled, everything gets re-used”.
We had the worktops done, the kitchen island and the dining table, and went for a copper sheen finish that looks great and always gets comments. It’s hard-wearing, waterproof, almost completely heatproof and can be made to any size or shape. It also cost about a third of what we were quoted in the high street.
“Why make something that will be extortionate? Why make something nobody can afford? If you can make something that’s beautiful and accessible and sustainable, then what’s not to like?”
https://tomasandjani.co.uk
07930 944906
info@tomasandjani.co.uk
“I’m not going very far away, I’m absolutely still going to be supporting the party. I’m still not sure what I want to be doing, but rather than being the front bench spokesperson on everything, which I am at the minute, I want to find ways to focus on climate and nature. So really being able to focus on the natural world: That’s what I want to do, but I haven’t decided exactly how yet.”
I’m sitting in the back room of a pub in Preston Park, and Caroline Lucas MP – we can still say that – is doing one of her constituency surgeries. “Usually we do surgeries in the office, but from time to time we do them out in the community so people can drop by and raise issues with us rather than having to come into the office.”
I’ve started volunteering at Raystede rescue centre, I tell her. You could do that. I could have a word.
“Oh, have you? That’s very good. We’ve got a rescue dog. We got him from RSPCA in Patcham. But we did go out to Raystede, it’s a lovely place.” And that was me, sold.
She’s got solid credentials coming out of her ears. She’s – still – our only Green MP and for the last 14 years has stood up and tried to hold the government to account, but more than that, she’s got a rescue dog from the RSPCA. Sold.
At the risk of sounding old and cynical and jaded – as if – it’s fair to say that public perception of our politicians has never been lower. In the last two by-elections, the turnout was 37% and 38%. And they were probably people out walking their dogs who’d gone into the polling station to take shelter from the rain before realising what was going on. This year there’s going to be a general election and up and down the land there’ll be a collective cheer as hope flows we’ll be able to make a positive change. We can let them know what we think. We can send them back to their expenses paid duck houses. Flags will be waved. Bunting… all that. Except maybe down here in Brighton Pavilion because down here, it’s a bit of a double-edged sword.
While almost certainly the nation will kick the Tories out as the party of government, the alternative is offering precious little to get excited or inspired by. But, much more to the point, we’ll also lose Caroline Lucas as our MP because, as you’ll know, she’s standing down.
“It has been an extraordinary privilege to represent this place. And, it’s been really lovely to have conversations with people who followed what I’ve been doing and feel proud to have a Green voice in Parliament. It has been quite emotional.”
Sian Berry is going to take her place as Green candidate, and Sian is lovely and very impressive in her own way, but she’s not Caroline Lucas. Not yet, anyway.
Caroline’s been our MP since 2010, during which time she’s increased her majority from just over 1,000 to almost 20,000.
You’ve had a kind of weird position. You were an MP, the Green MP, but the Green Party, bless, is never going to get power. Were you ever tempted to join Labour because while you had a platform and got invited on Question Time a lot, but you weren’t ever going to be in the position to make policy. I can’t think of anyone else in British politics, who had that kind of position, except maybe for…
“Who are you thinking of?”
I can barely say it. Farage.
“Well look at the impact that Farage has had on the political system without ever being elected. I mean, it might be terrible, but it is significant. And he didn’t need to be elected to do it. So I think that that reminds us that you don’t necessarily need to have loads of MPs in order to make a difference. Obviously, I would love to have loads of MPs. “I regularly asked myself, How do I make the biggest impact? What’s the best thing to do? And of course you wonder if it would be better to be working inside another political party. But then I remember that if I were, then I would be whipped by the leader of that party to follow that party line.
“I think one of the things we need more than ever right now are MPs who are independently minded, who will stand up and do what’s best, in this case, for Brighton. Another Labour MP isn’t going to be able to do that here. They’re going to be whipped by Keir Starmer.
“But we’ve got a fantastic candidate who’s standing in my place. She’s wonderful. And she might seem sweet, as you say, but she’s also fearless and formidable, in the sense that she will hold Sadiq Khan, or Rishi Sunak or Keir Starmer, whoever it is, to account. She is really good at doing that and she’s very determined and if you bring a problem – to her it’s like a dog with a bone, she will sort it out.”
And now you’re going to do something else. Presumably, you’re talking about something a bit more focused and high-powered and pressure groupy than volunteering at Raystede.
“I’m not sure yet. But I’m going to take a bit of a break, and then look around and work out how best I can use whatever
experience that I have, to work on more urgent action on the natural world.”
You must have had some nice offers. You’re high profile, popular, as near a celebrity as politicians get.
“There have been some nice offers, but I’m really anxious not to rush into something. I really do want to take a bit of time out just to think about it because right now, honestly, the job is 70 hours a week easily, if not more, and I just want to have the time to really sit with it and work things out.”
Was there a straw that broke the camel’s back?
“No, there wasn’t. There was a growing sense since the last general election, and it’s just exhausting covering everything. I think there comes a point when
you think, I’ve been doing this since
2010 and, of course, I did 10 years in the European Parliament before that. So it’s just about that sense that now’s a good time to take stock”.
Is it that sense that it’s too early for retirement, that there’s still energy for another big adventure, the idea that life is a series of chapters.
“I do feel that. Exactly that, and actually, one of the things that I’ve been doing in recent months is working with a wonderful organisation called Living
Well Dying Well, based in Lewes. They train you to be somebody who accompanies people at the end of life, an end of
life doula, and in a way, some of that work, I suppose it’s slightly fed into the decision as well. In the sense of thinking that life’s short and one wants to make the most of it.”
When you look back, what’s the thing you’re most proud of?
“One of the things I’m really proud of is introducing a new GCSE in natural history. That might sound a bit obscure but I am passionate about our young people having as much access to nature that they can. I’m very influenced by something that an American writer, Richard Louv, said ‘We won’t protect what we don’t love. And we won’t love what we don’t know. And we won’t know what we don’t have access to and smell and touch and feel’.
“So it’s about making sure our young people have access to nature and understand it and learn to love it. It happens in many primary schools that have fantastic eco clubs and their own allotments and more – then you get to secondary school, and suddenly there’s no time left for that, everything closes down.”
Do you retain optimism?
“There’s another American writer, Rebecca Solnit, who makes a wonderful distinction between hope and optimism.
She says unlike optimism, which can sometimes mean that you’re blindly optimistic and can mean you might feel like you’re just sitting there holding your lottery ticket – hope is different. Hope is like an axe that breaks down doors in an emergency. Hope is what gets you out of bed, knowing that you have to do something, even if you don’t know what the outcome is going to be. Hope gives you the vision and the commitment to go and break down those doors for a better future. So I have that.
I have that hope. I don’t have optimism in the sense that I think that if we just hang on tight, it’ll all come right. I mean, I think anyone who thinks that given the situation we’re in right now…” Her voice trails off, probably hoping we can talk about something else.
Outside of politics , what makes your heart sing?
“Walking the dog on the downs.”
Who’s your dog?
“He’s called Harry and he’s mostly Labrador, but he has something in him that makes him jump very high. And when you take him off the lead and the way he shoots, you can just feel his glee and joy – and that makes me feel full of joy as well”.
“Can I have a black Americano, a couple of slices of sourdough and the smoked salmon”.
“Of course,” said the mildly distracted student working the till. “And would that be interest only or repayment?”
Café culture. I love café culture. I grew up on tales of Parisian cafés and Satre, Soho and films like Expresso Bongo. I got married in a café. The rise in café culture is one of the biggest changes in our world in the last 30 years, so much so that one of the best loved jokes in our neighbourhood goes like this.
“Look, there’s an empty shop. What it’s going to be?”
“A café!”
It’s a cracking joke, never fails. But it’s easy to forget that life wasn’t always like this. Once upon a time, when I was a young buck about town, getting a decent cup of coffee was a bit of a mission. Back then, I lived in London, and there were maybe half a dozen places you could go to get a decent cup. There were the famous names like Bar Italia, the Portuguese on Goldhawk Rd, Café Delancey in Camden (where I got married) and precious few others. There was a place upstairs on Portobello and one opposite the Donmar in Seven Dials.
Now we’re in a different Seven Dials, and the reason I’m thinking about coffee and cafés is that there’s been a fair storm brewing in our ‘hood about a new coffee shop opening. I was thinking about trying to shoehorn something about ‘blowing a gale’, but… already the gag’s having to work too hard.
Gail’s Bakery is opening a new branch on the corner where there was recently Night Shift and before that Small Batch, and it’s all gone a bit net curtain twitcher. Some wag with a spray can has had his funny half-hour. A grafitti penis? Really. A grafitti penis and the word “Boring”. Move over Banksy, there’s a new kid in town.
The Community Facebook page went full of “We don’t need another café. What we need is a shoe shop” type posts, and in fairness, who doesn’t like shoe shops? But anyway, as I said, I kinda like cafés and if there’s another café, that’s OK. And if it’s good, that’s also OK.
Because we’re professionals, the esteemed Food Editor and I decided to try Gail’s and as the Dials branch isn’t open yet – it’s “opening soon” – we went to the North Road branch for breakfast. And very nice it was too. She had a latte and avocado with salsa verde on toast. I had a black Americano, and a couple of slices of toast – sourdough, obvs – and butter. I was going to have the smoked salmon, but there were tax implications. Toast is fine. £17.
Café culture is like this now. It’s gone kinda posh – we’re a long way from the world of Bongo Herbert (the Cliff Richard character from Expresso Bongo). This morning, like most mornings, I went to the Flour Pot. I love the Flour Pot, but it’s one of the main reasons why I haven’t taken early retirement. Two loaves, a dozen eggs and two croissants. £19.80.
Maybe it’s best to look at it like this. We bang on here quite a lot about climate and the environment and all that – hopefully you’ve noticed – and if it costs a bit more to have food that’s properly produced, made from animals that are properly kept, well that’s what happens. You can’t have your climate conscience and your environment conscience and treat animals well and still have a chicken that costs £2. Bogoff. Can’t happen. It costs a bit more, so you pay your – OK, considerable – money and you make your choice. If the price of a cheap bacon sarnie is a pig in a cage it can’t move in, then I don’t want that bacon sarnie. If your flat white is made with milk from a cow whose kid has been ripped from her and who’s never seen daylight, then I don’t want that flat white. It’s straightforward.
Actually, I’m not entirely sure the negative chat is because it’s a café. I’m not even sure it’s because of the prices. I kinda suspect it’s because there’s an idea that it’s corporate. “There’s a Gail’s in Hove! And in the North Laine!! It’s a chain! It’s a chain!!” It’s a bit knee-jerk, this idea that if it’s a chain it must be corporate and if it’s corporate it must be bad. Well, I’m not sure life’s that simple, and as our esteemed Food Editor finds out on page 8, Gail’s is actually on the side of the angels. To mis-quote Al Gore – and doesn’t he seem a long time ago now – it’s an inconvenient truth.
There’s a bit of a coffee theme in this issue. On page 6, there’s a feature on how a couple of fantastically clever people are using used coffee to create beautiful kitchen worktops and furniture. They’re lovely people, they make really beautiful stuff, it’s all recycled. It’s a really cool story. There’s not a lot not to like. And we’ve got an exclusive – well, it’s not really exclusive, but it’s what journalists say – interview with our outgoing MP, Caroline Lucas.
In other news, the new puppies – I know that’s what you’re really interested in – have settled in perfectly. Can’t imagine life without them.
As the line up for this year’s Festival is unveiled,
our Arts Correspondent picks her hot tickets
“The whole city is like a thought experiment” said Frank Cottrell-Boyce, this year’s Guest Director at the launch event for the Brighton Festival, as he explained why he loves Brighton. He spoke about rebellion, and that “people tend to run away to Brighton’, and gave a glimpse of the Festival to come when he claimed that “we need some hope” and that Brighton is one of the few places that “Looks to the future”.
The Festival launch began with a performance from the Carnival Collective – “30 years and still banging” as they say – who appeared onstage with drums and blue and pink sparkling outfits. As the familiar rhythmic sounds began, I was transported to a high energy vision of the event itself. The Collective director was pointing towards the crowd, with people laughing and cheering as the second song began and it was hard not to move along with him, swaying backwards and forwards in my seat in time with the beat.
After, there are a few speeches however the most notable was Brighton Councils leader, Bella Sankey who talked about visiting Brighton Festival as a child and words were being thrown around such as “Eclectic Celebration” and “Great Showcase”.
Cottrell-Boyce and Nadia Shireen, fellow children’s author and co-presenter of their hit podcast “The Island of Brilliance” took to the stage and introduced three of their favorite acts that will feature in the Festival: “The Perfect Show for Rachel”, “Carnesky’s Showwomxn Sideshow Spectacular” and “The Brighton Table Tennis Club”.
“The Perfect Show for Rachel” is a show controlled fully by Rachel who is a theatre loving, 33-year-old, disabled care home resident and sister to Flo who is the artistic director for Zoo Co & Improbable. The show was developed with Rachel to create a show on her own terms. As explained by Flo on stage, Rachel has her own custom built tech booth which she uses to control what happens on stage at certain times. This show, which received a five-star rating from The Guardian, is definitely a must-see.
“Carnesky’s Showwomxn Sideshow Spectacular” Is an outdoor circus, theatre event that comes from the imagination of award-winning performance maker Marisa Carnesky. The show is made-up of a queer, non-binary and female cast who will perform stunts, tell stories and wow us with their skills. The show’s inspiration comes from the heritage of British working-class female circus performers and is, they say, a perfect representation of colorful and weird and wonderful Brighton.
“The Brighton Table Tennis Club” – that is, the real Brighton Table Tennis Club based at the Fitz in Kemptown – explained how they plan to break the world record for the most consecutive different players in one game of table tennis. This free event seems to be jam packed with several activities including a mega table built up of several normal sized tables and an opportunity to watch paralympic gold medalist Will Bayley.
I am particularly looking forward to:
THE CHILDREN’S PARADE: For all ages, The Children’s Parade is a must see. Packed with colour and wonder, it will be hard to miss parading through the street on the 4th of May to officially kick the festival off in all its glory!
https://brightonfestival.org/whats-on/Kot-the-childrens-parade/
KAE TEMPEST: A modern day emotional spoken word artist, who beckons listeners with words of personal experience and depth all while being accompanied by “through the body” music that is bound to give you goose bumps.
https://brightonfestival.org/whats-on/XKX-kae-tempest/
Fri 10 May, Brighton Dome Concert Hall
FAYE WEBSTER: An indie artist sensation who brings love songs such as “Right Side of My Neck” and the TikTok sensation “Kingston”, will melt your heart live from the Brighton Dome Concert Hall. Part of “The Great Escape”
https://brightonfestival.org/whats-on/XOx-faye-webster/
Fri 17 – Sat 18 May, Brighton Dome Concert Hall
THE MAKING OF BERLIN: This film, theater and live music hybrid comes from Yves Degryse to display a portrait of the city of Berlin. The show made it to de Standard top ten productions of the year and was described as “Overwhelming from start to finish”.
https://brightonfestival.org/whats-on/XK3-the-making-of-berlin/
Fri 10 – Sat 11 May, Brighton Dome Corn Exchange
THE WONDER PANEL: The wonder panel is hosted by guest director Frank Cottrell-Boyce and features childhood hero’s Joseph Coelho, Cressida Cowell and my personal favorite, Author of the much love Ottoline series, Chris Riddle.
https://brightonfestival.org/whats-on/XXB-the-wonder-panel/
Sat 11 May, 11am, Brighton Dome Concert Hall
TEENAGE MEN: Brought to you by hit comedy duo, “Shelf” inspired by when the two were mistaken for teenage boys, features anecdotes, songs and the all-important, Instagram algorithm.
https://brightonfestival.org/whats-on/XKQ-shelf-teenage-men/
Sun 19 May, Brighton Dome Studio Theatre
THE NIGHT ALPHABET: Performed by the award-winning poet Joelle Taylor and directed by acclaimed theatre director Neil Bartlett, The Night Alphabet is an investigation into violence, resilience and women’s stories.
https://brightonfestival.org/whats-on/XKL-the-night-alphabet/
Fri 24 – Sat 25 May, Brighton Dome Studio Theatre
OOZE MACHINES: As far as the free events go, this is the one to see. The exhibition has been created by Physicist Dr Libby Heaney and focuses on the seductive and repulsive world of all things goopy.
https://brightonfestival.org/whats-on/XOd-ooze-machines/
Sat 4 May – Sun 30 June, Phoenix Art Space
100 MILES OF STRING: Created by artists Lucy Cran and Bill Leslie, 100 Miles of String is an interactive, outdoor exhibition where audiences can wound string around large objects, creating complex shapes and patterns.
https://brightonfestival.org/whats-on/KoC-100-miles-of-string/
Sat 4 – Sun 26 May 2024, Royal Pavilion Gardens (North Lawn)
GROUND: Production company “Trigger” have put together a three-course meal designed to explore the tangled histories of patenting plants. The experience is led by the voices of Indigenous and traditional knowledge holders and is locally sourced. https://brightonfestival.org/whats-on/Ko7-ground/
Sat 4 – Sun 26 May, Earthship Brighton From £25
For more about this year’s Brighton Festival, go to https://brightonfestival.org/
Style correspondent Ceri Barnes Thompson finds out how to dress to kill while having a “nothing new” pact
When Vanessa Wright was a little girl, she played shops when her peers played teachers and doctors. You’d be more likely to find her rummaging through a jumble sale than a rumbling round the playground, and for little Vanessa easily the best sweet shop was a haberdasher. A career in social work and a family followed alongside a move to Brighton, and as she walked the streets of her new home she would wonder every time a new shop came up for rent why someone didn’t open an old-school dress agency like the ones she grew up around. Until one day….
‘Preloved of Brighton’ opened its doors 10 years ago – with its stylish owner ever present to hear how you are, what gigs you’ve been to, what exhibitions have impressed you as well as what you are looking for clothes-wise. Never pushy, always happy for you just to check out any new additions (her stock updates daily with new contributions) Vanessa’s edge is curating her store like a boutique. The jeans are all in one place, the sizes separated up, the sparkly clothes for events and Christmas presented together. Shoes, bags, belts dotted around, there’s even a £10 rail – very worth a rummage for a bargain. And crucially she knows her customers and the fashion zeitgeist so well. There’s no point trying to get her to sell your skinny jeans if wide and cropped is what’s happening at the moment.. she knows what will sell and it’s what makes people happy. Her lovely shop has gone from strength to strength with so many following suit – the market for vintage having massively expanded, and apps like Depop and Vinted giving new life to old clothes. I see my younger son in someone’s old French-blue Ralph Lauren hoody he’s found on line and snagged for a steal and know that for him it delivers that spark – it’s new to him.
When Preloved started it was the only place of its kind here – chic and thoughtfully stocked with people’s preloved clothing – splitting the proceeds 50/50 with the people who bring her their treasures. And so often for Vanessa the real treasure is in the stories of the clothes, the connection to her customers and the lives that they have lived.
Initially her clientele was probably between 30 and 60 years old, but now Vanessa reckons it’s more like 15 to 80, and this is so much down to the atmosphere that she’s created. She believes clothes aren’t ‘just’ clothes; they are key to how you feel. Her warmth and interest in the people who come in and their stories wraps you up like a friendly hug. I can’t think of a time I’ve visited when there hasn’t been a lovely chat or a serendipitous exchange of information. I’ve even found a physiotherapist who knows about knees whilst in the shop with Vanessa literally getting on the floor and showing me the best joint exercises to do.
What gets her up in the morning is a real mission to change people’s minds about buying all their clothes new – it truly makes her day if even one person makes a decision to buy vintage and feels great in it.
And it’s because of pioneers like Vanessa that I’ve started asking those questions I’d never asked myself – what really do I wear that makes me feel properly myself? The answer is a very limited list, truly.
This year my husband and I have had a pact to buy no new clothes and it’s been HARD.
The biggest test of our ‘nothing new’ pact came in the form of a wedding and our oldest son’s graduation. Could I ever feel ‘dressed up’ wearing something ‘old’ to events like that?. Hovering over the ‘add to basket’ on the Cos website too many times, I headed up to Preloved. There was Vanessa, the shop lit up by the early summer sunshine and her smile, a lovely scent filling the air from an aromatic little steamer on her desk. Behind her, hanging up waiting to go on the rails, was a bright orange and pink summer dress, long length, short sleeves, two layers of cotton. ‘I’d never wear that it’s just not my thing’, I thought and dismissed it immediately. Vanessa held it up. “Why don’t you try it, Ceri? it’s a good length for you”. So I did. And when I opened the curtain Vanessa said “Look at that smile!”. I felt fantastic. Worried that my idea of pairing it with my dark blue clutch bag would ‘kill the dress’ (she has a very, very good fashion eye) Vanessa found a gold and orange one and that was that. For £40 I had an outfit that made me feel a million dollars.
People like Vanessa and their passion for design, designers, textiles and stories really do make the world go round. She’s recently launched a ‘what are you looking for?’ service and she also uses her Instagram presence to promote other local business generously. It’s from her that I really do understand that new doesn’t have to be ‘brand’-new. It can be new to ME. And that not only has to be good enough it’s just plain great.
Changing the Game: How Brighton’s companies are leading the way to a greener future. Gilly Smith reports
I’m waiting for Ella Byass from Marketing at the new Red Roaster restaurant in New Road on a warm afternoon in November. The nice young waiter asks me where I’d like to sit, and I choose the quieter terrace outside as I’m about to record Ella’s interview. He fiddles with a remote and pops off to get my coffee. He’s turned the heating on. Outside.
It’s not a great start to an interview about Red Roaster’s hard-won battle for B Corp, the global accreditation that aims to shift the behaviour, structure and very culture of capitalism by exacting excellence in every inch of a business. As Ella tells me that they’re one of just 7000 companies in the world to be given its stamp of approval after its rigorous three-year assessment process, I’m still trying to square the heater issue.
Red Roaster has been one of Brighton’s most sustainable companies for years; its coffee roastery in Kemp Town is the only organic coffee roastery in the South East, and its beachfront café, Lucky Beach which won the Food Made Good People’s Favourite Restaurant award in partnership with delicious. Magazine in 2017, has been collecting gongs ever since.
Membership of the Sustainable Restaurant Association keeps the company focussed on sourcing responsibly, which includes supporting farmers who employ good animal husbandry and contribute positively to carbon capture with regenerative farming techniques to keep the soil healthy. The SRA keeps its members up to date on how best to trade, use energy and keep its carbon footprint low, but also how to interact with the community and treat its teams.
In Brighton, they’ve switched all of their delivery vehicles to electric or bikes, and are the largest employer of learning-disabled adults in Brighton. Ella tells me that 75% of their produce for their Brighton cafes are sourced locally; its cider comes from Whistler favourite, Trenchmore Farm which operates its own micro circular economy. Its organic eggs are from Rookery Farm in West Sussex and most of its seasonal produce are from Shrub Provisions, one of the increasing numbers of sustainable food hubs working with regenerative or organic local farms for next day delivery to restaurants. And where it can’t buy local, it supports the farmers’ own communities; Red Roaster’s coffee beans come from Brazil, Honduras and most notably from Rwanda where they run most of their social projects, including building schools and medical centres.
Led by early sustainability adopters, Diana and Mike Palmer, Red Roaster’s B Corp badge is only the beginning. “With B Corp, you have to constantly show how you’re improving” Ella tells me. “They’ll come back in three years’ time and say, ‘Right, this is was great three years ago, but what have you done since?’ We can’t just be like, great, we’ve got the B Corp. They’ll want to know how we’ve reduced our carbon footprint even further. They don’t allow you to use it as a green washing technique.”
As businesses try to attract and retain late millennials and Gen Z into a post Lockdown workplace where all the rules have been thrown out of the pram, sustainability is one of the most popular keywords in the search for employment. According to the Institute for Advertising Ethics, 64% of millennials will no longer work for a company that fails to show a strong corporate social responsibility. The data also shows that Gen Z are so concerned about what their peers think of their employers, that their choices are increasingly those that can prove they’re doing the right thing.
It’s an amazing story, but how will anyone know while the only connection the customer has is with a waiter who turns an outdoor heater on without even asking? Ok, so it turns out that the heaters are solar powered, but the point is how would we know? A brunch with a mate a couple of days after our interview revealed the waitresses weren’t acquainted with the company line either, and the bacon was from Ireland.
“Our sustainability story is on the menu”, Ella tells me. Now, come on; who salivates over the food options, ponders over the cocktails and then scrolls through to the last page to read the diversity pledge? We’re Whistling big time for Red Roaster, but maybe by the time the B Corp team come back to check, their waiters will be wearing the t-shirt.
Of the tiny clutch of B Corp companies in the world, we’ve got quite a handful in Brighton. And if you’re thinking about booking your next holiday, you might like to know that one of them is a sustainable travel company which says that it’s not really very cool to fly at all. “There is no denying the fact that if you fly long haul, it will make up a very, very significant proportion of your year’s carbon footprint,” says Nick Pulley, founder of Selective Asia. You’re not even going to get a virtue signalling offset plan as part of the cost of your flight at Selective Asia. “With an increasing number of reports casting doubt on the benefits of carbon mitigation, we don’t have the necessary clarity and confidence on this approach that we would ideally like,” proclaims the website.
Instead, the travel agency works with Brighton-based carbon calculating company, C-Level which works directly with environmental scientists and communities on the front line of climate change to develop conservation projects that can provide locals with an income. This is not so much about mitigating the impact of travel, but actively supporting local economies to thrive. Call it distribution of wealth.
“Travelling with a tour operator like us means introducing clients properly to the cultures and steering them away from the heavy footfall area”, says Nick. Encouraging them to eat on the streets and in family-run restaurants rather than in the larger hotels means shaking the hands that feeds, while keeping the tourist spend local. Travelling in-country by train not only avoids the carbon heavy short hop flights, but gives the traveller a chance to see the landscape and feel the distance.
Eco-tourism is about understanding impact, and we’ve got to stop flying if we’re to save the planet. But if you’ve just got to make that trip of a lifetime, make sure it helps to secure the D’ering-Dibru Saikhowa Elephant Corridor in the northeast Indian states of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh or support Lone Buffalo, the Laos community project giving free English tuition, sport and creative skills tutoring to local kids.
The last time I cooked for Lee Marvin, we ate snake. I was sceptical. He was adamant. As ever he was right, the reptile was excellent. But then it would have to be, if it were to be cooked for one of the greatest men of the 20th century. Actor, lover, fighter. Man of action. Man of few words.
Every man alive, without exception, secretly wishes he were Lee Marvin.
The day I cooked for him, we were riding the sierra that ran through his ranch. He was an incomparable caballero. He could do anything on a horse. He taught me to ride and whilst I can handle myself, I will never come close to his horsemanship.
We had started at dawn, after a breakfast of beans and coffee and stopped every so often, dropping from our horses, fully clothed, into the cool, clear water that pooled in the bends of the creeks we passed. It helped wash away the sweat of the long riding and nights of heavy drinking under stars that were engaged in celestial shootouts.
The sun was getting low in the sky and I watched as he leaned down out of his saddle, fully extended his arm and picked up a stone the size of a wolf’s testicle. He hoisted himself back up and twisted round and threw the stone straight at me.
Luckily, he wasn’t actually aiming at me. He was aiming at a snake in a tree we were passing. A diamondback, he told me later.
Nasty snake, bad bite – was how he put it.
He hit the snake fully on the head and killed it outright.
He drew to a halt and dismounted, walked over and toed the inert, defunct mother of all sin. As soon as the boot made contact with the snake, it sprang back into action. Not to back life, just action. It was writhing and convulsing but he simply pinned the snake to the ground just behind its head with his boot. He slowly withdrew a knife from within his clothes, crouched down and cut the snake’s head off.
He lifted his boot but it still jumped and writhed. It reminded me of the way chickens run around when decapitated, seemingly trying to escape the end that they had already met. He picked it up, put it into a sack.
‘Sorry kid, you’re cooking,’ he said, handing me the sack.
An hour later, we made camp next to the creek and I began to get ready for the night – a night with Lee Marvin was never predictable and was often quite hard work. Particularly the next day.
I waded into the water and removed the snake from its sack. I was fairly appalled to see that it was still moving. Not so vigorously, but writhing nonetheless. I took out my knife and made a small cut in its skin, enough to be able to peel it back. I bit down on the fleshy, bony stump where the head used to be and pulled the skin off its body. Still the creature writhed, but slowly now, like a dancer using his arms to pretend to be a snake.
I washed the skin before turning it back, right side out. When I had finished I hung it to dry from the limb of a tree that was overhanging the river. I still have the snakeskin. I keep it on the dashboard of my car. I then washed the snake in the cold water. Finally it was inert, a good couple of hours after its death.
I walked back up to the fire wondering how I was going to grill it, when I saw him coming towards me with the branch of a tree, cutting away its limbs. What now? I thought and took a step back. But all he did was to take the snake from me and lay the two things alongside each other, near the fire.
‘Wait,’ he said, and disappeared into the woods.
So I waited. It started a couple of minutes after he reappeared carrying a bundle of leafy oak cuttings. “It” was the unaided union of the snake and stick. Right there on the ground by the fire, the snake began to move once again. It twisted its rattle around the end of the stick and curled and rolled until it was completely corkscrewed around the stick’s length.
‘Shit,’ I said.
‘Yep,’ he said, and threw the cuttings on to the fire.
He sat with his arm out straight, holding the weird snakestick in the smoke just above the heat, whilst he went into a monologue at full volume about a night’s drinking with Bob Mitchum and some French sex workers, only he didn’t call them that, in a town he claimed had been liberated by the two them at the end of the war.
He talked for half an hour without pausing, without even seeming to draw breath, all the while feeding the smoke and holding the snakestick in it. He finished up by saying ‘Okay, now you,’ and he handed it to me.
I poked about in the embers until I had them nice and white with a red glow beneath. I put two rocks about a foot apart in the fire and laid the snake across them, turning it every minute or so. Juices dripped on to the embers and hissed.
Its flesh, a pinkish white to begin with, had now turned a beautiful, golden brown. It smelled good.
I pulled the stick out of the long coil and cut it into two halves and we ate.
Snake is just one long spine and ribs so it can be tricky to eat if it’s thin. But this was a diamondback and about four foot long and weighing five pounds or so. We could pull off whole hunks with our teeth. It was young so its flesh was reasonably tender for a creature that is all muscle.
I sat chewing, thinking about its flavour. It tasted like mackerel. And we were about 400 miles from the sea.
Mr Marvin liked it. He didn’t say as much. In fact he didn’t say anything. I could just tell he was enjoying it. Every now and then he would shake a few drops of Tabasco onto his next mouthful and chew it slowly.
He wiped his mouth with his sleeve as the last mouthful went down. ‘Right, I’m ready.’
The sun had gone down.
And the drinking began.
You can find Matthew Marke’s killings every Tuesday at matthewmarke.substack.com
At 6am on a bright sunny morning in late May this year, I joined a gathering of excited Brightonians in the line to try out the water at the new Sea Lanes for the first time. I left an hour later slightly astonished. Looking around like Alice in Wonderland at the setting I had to pinch myself.
When we first moved ‘down from London’ seven years ago, I insisted that I had to be able to see the sea from the house. I thought that I would buy a wet suit and a dry robe and immediately morph into a near-fish-person at one with the ocean I’d made my neighbour. I would be one of Brighton’s swimmers. That didn’t happen. Instead as a freelancer trying to work, commute, settle our family in, sort out our damp and crumbling house, the years passed… I never did get that dry robe (Ed: quite right too)
Bubbling along since we arrived has been this talk of a beach pool down at Black Rock – a regeneration project around the old Peter Pan Park on Madeira Drive. It wasn’t an area of Brighton we often went to. For us, it was a case of turning right at the sea, walking to Hove Lawns or further along, with our dog and our kids and friends.
Planning issues seemed to dog the project. Every so often there’d be word that there were plans. There would be the odd mention in the paper. Then… nothing. Would it ever happen? Nay-sayers galore doubted it. And then in 2021 after vast negotiations with the council and local heritage and resident groups, the plan got its permission. It turns out that surely and steadily the main players with the vision for the pool were working away to make this dream come true.
Immense challenges to the building process itself were an ongoing battle none of us knew about.
While we all were grumbling because well you know, it’ll never happen, it’s pie in the sky, good things like this never come off – the project team dealt quietly with the delicate removal of huge concrete slabs, ever so gently so as not to de-stablise the terraces, issues with materials for the carbon-neutral structures (pandemic legacy too) and terrible weather conditions – all huge hurdles to the build. The changing rooms are made of materials that come from unrecyclable plastics like toys, make up, flip flops, bottle tops… and they have tried to ensure the place is future proofed too – when hydrogen power arrives, the Sea Lanes can switch, everything is in place. And it’s a triumph.
The National Open Water Centre – aka, The Sea Lanes – conceived as “a stepping stone into the sea” has for the past three months never failed to deliver pure joy. The water sparkles and welcomes you in from 6am to 9.30pm during the week, a little earlier closing time on weekends. . And when it’s stormy, the water whips up little choppy waves to remind you where you are and make you work a little harder.
When you stand in those changing rooms the stickers telling you about the fact that they’ve used stuff generally headed for land-fill to make the doors and benches is somehow incredibly reassuring. Big smiles are exchanged, little chats about the water temperature (it’s been matching the sea all summer and will be between 15 and 19 degrees in the winter) and where someone got their wet suit… “What will you wear in the Winter?” “Do you have a spare hat I can borrow?” “Have you seen my new heads-up-display goggles?” “The wind’s up today, it’s a real work out in there!” “The water’s crisp this morning!” “This place makes me happy”.
I think we recognise each other now by our tattoos or our hats – these became mandatory (hats not tattoos but I’m considering a fish one since you ask) in August and after a few furrowed brows I think really no-one cares. It’s kind of nice. I put on my swimming hat and I feel even more in character as the Brighton swimmer of my dreams.
-Hat-Guy said “Hello” this morning. “Not seen you for a while, I always know you by your tattoos! Everything OK?” “Yes”, I said, “just been in Cornwall for the weekend”. And off we swim.
There are lockers and showers beach side that are free for sea swimmers to use and there’s a smooth pathway to the sea to walk down without suffering Brighton’s pebble agony. You can always buy some water shoes at the lovely Paddle People shop and a coffee from Fika afterwards. Pop up to Photomatic for a picture to take home or investigate the myriad gym, yoga, sports massage, fitness outfits that have set up shop inside the 27 carbon neutral units. There’s even a little ice-cream parlour. It’s the home of swim-adventurers “Swim Trek” who offer an ‘endless pool’ approach to swim technique training, where you swim, resistance style, on the spot while an instructor shows you to adjust your technique and breathing til you able in the big pool.
I did those very same lessons when I realised that in order to be that swimmer I’d always hoped to be I HAD to learn to crawl because… The other thing about the pool is you quickly realise 50 meters is BIG. Now I can swim a daily kilometer freestyle easiy. It’s really ALL about the breathing. Isn’t everything?
What had been imagined as a bright and colourfully decorated complex initially has been realised – post public consultations – with a more muted colour-palette to better compliment its setting against the terraces of Madeira Drive. A good decision, I think, when you stand and look at it. And that’s often what I do. I stand on Madeira drive and marvel at this lively, vibrant, positive, hope-filled place. The colour is brought to the place by the busy-ness of the businesses, the happy people waiting for coffee, breakfast, lunches or a beer in the evening sunshine. Dogs, stand up paddleboards, runners, walkers, kids, kites, bikes and yes, brightly colour swimming robes. Possibly also dogs-in-swim-robes.
“Yellow Wave” started it with their lovely beach volleyball set up and fab café but Sea Lanes pool and it’s village are the cherry on the cake. It’s a world class undertaking, you feel like Brighton is really showing off. Loving its beach, loving its seaside setting, loving its people actually and delivering aspiration that’s achievable. Grumblers say it’s just another members club – it really isn’t though! You can swim as a non-member but it just makes sense to join – like I did at my local pool. It’s just a few pounds more and a million miles away in terms of spiritually delivering just what I need. They even run a monthly beach-clean with a free coffee at the end of it. People are starting to gather here and we all need this as a community of human beings, places to gather that make us feeling hopeful.
The water ALWAYS lifts my spirits – get into the blue to shake off the blues I always say to myself – it connects me to not only myself, my ability in the water, my sense of strength and presence but to the other smiling people I share the pool with. And that is more important now than ever it was.
There’s now a reason to turn left at the pier.
I think we recognise each other now by our tattoos or our hats – these became mandatory (hats not tattoos but I’m considering a fish one since you ask) in August and after a few furrowed brows I think really no-one cares. It’s kind of nice. I put on my swimming hat and I feel even more in character as the Brighton swimmer of my dreams.
Yellow-Hat-Guy said “Hello” this morning. “Not seen you for a while, I always know you by your tattoos! Everything OK?” “Yes”, I said, “just been in Cornwall for the weekend”. And off we swim.
There are lockers and showers beach side that are free for sea swimmers to use and there’s a smooth pathway to the sea to walk down without suffering Brighton’s pebble agony. You can always buy some water shoes at the lovely Paddle People shop and a coffee from Fika afterwards. Pop up to Photomatic for a picture to take home or investigate the myriad gym, yoga, sports massage, fitness outfits that have set up shop inside the 27 carbon neutral units. There’s even a little ice-cream parlour. It’s the home of swim-adventurers “Swim Trek” who offer an ‘endless pool’ approach to swim technique training, where you swim, resistance style, on the spot while an instructor shows you to adjust your technique and breathing til you able in the big pool.
I did those very same lessons when I realised that in order to be that swimmer I’d always hoped to be I HAD to learn to crawl because… The other thing about the pool is you quickly r
|
|||||
6282
|
dbpedia
|
0
| 96
|
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/08/31/moms-home
|
en
|
Why Is “Whistler’s Mother” So Iconic?
|
[
"https://www.newyorker.com/verso/static/the-new-yorker/assets/logo.svg",
"https://www.newyorker.com/verso/static/the-new-yorker/assets/logo-header.svg",
"https://media.newyorker.com/photos/59097b76c14b3c606c109456/1:1/w_270%2Cc_limit/undefined",
"https://media.newyorker.com/photos/59096fed1c7a8e33fb38ea17/master/w_2560%2Cc_limit/150831_r26901.jpg",
"https://media.newyorker.com/photos/59097b76c14b3c606c109456/1:1/w_270%2Cc_limit/undefined",
"https://media.newyorker.com/photos/590968cbebe912338a375eb2/4:3/w_480%2Cc_limit/110418_r20778_g2048.jpg",
"https://media.newyorker.com/photos/59095462019dfc3494e9e7c7/4:3/w_480%2Cc_limit/scream-465.jpg",
"https://media.newyorker.com/photos/66abb7c5a40c6f9312df886f/4:3/w_480%2Cc_limit/undefined",
"https://media.newyorker.com/photos/66abb7c5a40c6f9312df886f/4:3/w_480%2Cc_limit/undefined",
"https://media.newyorker.com/photos/66b0ddd1a1480305e119ed84/4:3/w_480%2Cc_limit/undefined",
"https://media.newyorker.com/photos/66b0ddd1a1480305e119ed84/4:3/w_480%2Cc_limit/undefined",
"https://www.newyorker.com/verso/static/the-new-yorker/assets/logo-reverse.svg"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
"art",
"culture",
"mothers",
"painters",
"paintings"
] | null |
[
"Peter Schjeldahl",
"Clare Malone",
"Alex Ross",
"Condé Nast"
] |
2015-08-31T00:00:00
|
Peter Schjeldahl writes about the painting, on loan to the Clark Art Institute from the Musée d’Orsay, and his own mom.
|
en
|
https://www.newyorker.com/verso/static/the-new-yorker/assets/favicon.ico
|
The New Yorker
|
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/08/31/moms-home
|
A couple of weeks ago, I visited two mothers in Massachusetts. One was my own, Charlene, who lives in a retirement home in Lenox. The other was the black-clad lady portrayed in “Whistler’s Mother”—the popular name of the masterpiece that James Abbott McNeill Whistler painted in 1871 and titled “Arrangement in Grey and Black, No. 1.” Anna Matilda McNeill Whistler, who lived with her son, in London, from 1864 to 1875, sits in profile with an air of infinite patience, gazing steadily at, apparently, nothing. The work is on loan to the Clark Art Institute, in Williamstown, from the Musée d’Orsay, in Paris. In 1891, it became the first American art work ever bought by the French state, and it remains the most important American work residing outside the United States.
The painting represents the peak of Whistler’s radical method of modulating tones of single colors. The paint looks soft, almost fuzzy—as if it were exhaled onto the surface. There is some bravura brushwork, where Anna’s lace-cuffed hands clutch a handkerchief, with unprimed canvas peeking through, and daubed hints of Japanese-style floral patterning on a curtain that commands the left side of the picture. A few of the daubs faintly echo the pink of Anna’s flesh. She wears a gold wedding ring: a spark of harmony with the muted gilding of the frame that Whistler designed for the picture. Practically subliminal whispers of reds and blues underlie areas of the silver-gray wall behind her, and a dark purple smolders in the curtain, where the artist’s signature emblem—a butterfly—hovers.
The chromatic subtleties contribute to an unsettled feeling. A more substantial jolt occurs when you register an over-all spatial distortion: the forms stretch horizontally, so that the length of Anna’s concealed legs, angled and descending to an upholstered footstool, suggests the anatomy of an N.B.A. draft pick. The more you notice of the composition’s economies—such as the cavalier indication of the bentwood chair legs, at the lower right, and, at the lower left, three perfunctory diagonal strokes that do for establishing the plane of the floor—the more happily manipulated you may feel, in ways that, like the camera tricks of a great movie director, excite a sense of the scene as truer to life than truth itself. It took me an hour of inspection to take in an inconspicuous, brownish strip across the bottom of the canvas. Anna’s dress falls smoothly past it and out of the picture. It is the edge of a stage or a platform. Whistler is looking up at his mom.
“Yes, one does like to make one’s mummy just as nice as possible,” Whistler allowed years later, answering friends who praised the speaking likeness of the portrayal. But he was exasperated by sentimental responses to the work. He regularly preached that subject matter should be regarded merely as a pretext for adventures in aestheticism. He said, “To me it is interesting as a picture of my mother; but what can or ought the public to care about the identity of the portrait?” Was he kidding? (He was sly.) Of course we care, if not to the extent of a civic group in Ashland, Pennsylvania, which in 1938 erected a monumental statue of the seated Anna, on a base inscribed with words from Coleridge: “A mother is the holiest thing alive.” At any rate, the answer to Whistler’s question touches on what many have noted is iconic about history’s short list of artistic icons. The “Mona Lisa,” “The Scream,” “American Gothic,” and the best of Andy Warhol’s “Marilyn”s all share with the Whistler the distillation of a meaning instantly recognized and forever inexhaustible. In this case, it’s the mysteries of motherhood. Everybody has a mother, and something close to half of everybody becomes one.
I’m the oldest of Charlene’s five kids with our late father, Gilmore, an inventor and entrepreneur. When I walked into her building, she was at the piano accompanying a sing-along that concluded with a briskly rendered “Yellow Rose of Texas.” Charlene is ninety-eight, but her memory is sharp, and I had hoped that it would yield associations with Whistler’s portrait. Her father was a postmaster in a North Dakota prairie town. Could she recall the 1934 stamp that reproduced the image with the words “In Memory and in Honor of the Mothers of America”? No, she said, “It was a fourth-class post office, the smallest. I don’t think we got the fancy commemoratives.” She was never much for art, she reminded me. But, having thought about the painting, she e-mailed me later that it put her in mind of her own mother, who “was born in 1875 and continued to wear rather long dresses and never cut her hair. Her opinions were a reflection of the Victorian age.” Charlene was amused to learn that, when the portrait was made, Anna Whistler was sixty-seven: “So young!”
Anna, born in Wilmington, North Carolina, was a daughter of the antebellum South; she was the niece of a slave owner, and, through him, the cousin of a reported nine mixed-race children. She married George Washington Whistler, a West Point graduate and a brilliant civil engineer, and they had five sons, only two of whom, James and William, survived to adulthood. She was described by a sister-in-law as “so unshakeable that sometimes I could shake her.” Beginning in 1842, the family spent six years in St. Petersburg, Russia, where George served Tsar Nicholas I as the chief engineer of a rail line to Moscow, and the artistically precocious James, at age eleven, enrolled in the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts. In 1849, George died, after a bout of cholera, and the family returned to America.
James followed his father’s example and his own military fantasies by entering West Point. But he proved a feckless cadet—the superintendent, Robert E. Lee, liked but despaired of him—and he flunked out in his third year. He evinced no better discipline in government jobs as a geographical draftsman. Then, in 1855, Whistler went to Paris and launched himself as an artist, a dandy, and a lover of women. He knew Courbet, Baudelaire, Manet, Monet, and Degas, and closely befriended Henri Fantin-Latour. Whistler’s first touchstone painting, “Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl” (1862), was a sensation in the epoch-making 1863 Salon des Refusés (though it was eclipsed by Manet’s “Le Déjeuner sur l’Herbe”). He was never less than esteemed in France, notably by poets and writers. (The young Proust kept as a talisman a pair of gray gloves that Whistler had worn.) It seems a pity that he took his act to London, by stages beginning in 1859, and refined his genius in the pokier precincts of British art, meanwhile lavishing rather too much of it on flamboyant combats of wit, artistic doctrine, and personal grudge with artists, critics, and patrons who, Oscar Wilde excepted, were little worth the candle. (At first a devoted fan, Wilde came to complain that Whistler spelled art “with a capital ‘I.’ ”)
Polarizing opinion in the London art world, Whistler pioneered the modern trope of the artist as scandalous celebrity. But he tempered his raffish ways with stratagems of genteel respectability, which his mother’s presence supported. When Anna moved in with him—her other son, William, was serving as a doctor in the Confederate Army—the artist moved his current mistress out to other quarters. He wrote to Fantin-Latour, “I had to empty my house and purify it from cellar to eaves.” The religiously pious Anna sighed at what she viewed as her son’s flaws, but she graciously hosted his friends and became positively fond of one of them, the decadent’s decadent, Algernon Swinburne.
Whistler’s painting of his mother overcame fierce resistance to appear in the annual exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, in 1872. It is unique among his portraits. Every other teases out a nuance of personality in the sitter—the works are often seductive, but never conventionally so in the way of portraits by his follower John Singer Sargent. In “Whistler’s Mother,” Anna’s blank forbearance speaks of capitulation. She will do anything for him. She is his. Such exclusive devotion is the primal dream of every mother’s son, isn’t it? ♦
|
||||
6282
|
dbpedia
|
0
| 5
|
http://www.radiospirits.info/2012/09/26/the-secret-of-the-whistler-1946-who-have-stepped-into-the-shadows/
|
en
|
The Secret of the Whistler (1946) – “…who have stepped into the shadows…”
|
http://www.radiospirits.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/secretlobby.jpg
|
[
"http://www.radiospirits.com/images10/rs_logo_header09.gif",
"http://radiospirits.com/images10/spacer.gif",
"http://www.radiospirits.com/images10/spacer.gif",
"http://www.radiospirits.com/images10/spacer.gif",
"http://www.radiospirits.com/images/spacer.gif",
"http://www.radiospirits.com/images/spacer.gif",
"http://www.radiospirits.com/images/spacer.gif",
"http://www.radiospirits.com/images/spacer.gif",
"http://www.radiospirits.com/images/spacer.gif",
"http://www.radiospirits.com/images/spacer.gif",
"http://www.radiospirits.com/images/spacer.gif",
"http://www.radiospirits.com/images10/spacer.gif",
"http://radiospirits.com/images10/spacer.gif",
"http://radiospirits.com/images10/spacer.gif",
"http://radiospirits.com/images10/spacer.gif",
"http://radiospirits.com/images/spacer.gif",
"http://radiospirits.com/images/spacer.gif",
"http://radiospirits.com/images10/spacer.gif",
"http://radiospirits.com/images10/spec_off_codes.gif",
"http://radiospirits.com/images10/spacer.gif",
"http://radiospirits.com/images/spacer.gif",
"http://radiospirits.com/images/spacer.gif",
"http://radiospirits.com/images/spacer.gif",
"http://radiospirits.com/images10/browse_category.gif",
"http://radiospirits.com/images10/spacer.gif",
"http://radiospirits.com/images10/spacer.gif",
"http://radiospirits.com/images/spacer.gif",
"http://radiospirits.com/images10/shopping_services.gif",
"http://radiospirits.com/images/spacer.gif",
"http://radiospirits.com/images/spacer.gif",
"http://www.radiospirits.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/secretlobby.jpg",
"http://www.radiospirits.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/secret2-300x226.jpg",
"http://www.radiospirits.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/secret3-300x226.jpg",
"http://www.radiospirits.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/secret4-300x228.jpg",
"http://www.radiospirits.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/secretposter.jpg",
"http://www.radiospirits.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/secret5-300x227.jpg",
"http://www.radiospirits.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/secret6-271x300.jpg",
"http://radiospirits.com/images10/footerbg.gif",
"http://radiospirits.com/images/spacer.gif",
"http://radiospirits.com/images/spacer.gif",
"http://radiospirits.com/images10/RadioSpirits_blue.gif"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[] |
2012-09-26T00:00:00
|
en
|
http://www.radiospirits.info/2012/09/26/the-secret-of-the-whistler-1946-who-have-stepped-into-the-shadows/
|
In the sixth entry of Columbia’s popular Whistler film franchise—based on the CBS West Coast mystery program sponsored by Signal Oil—series star Richard Dix essays the role of Ralph Harrison, a talentless artist disdained by most of his friends. He is invariably the life of the party, however, on account of the lavish get-togethers he often throws (as one of his guests remarks: “Somebody’s got to drink his liquor and eat his food”). Harrison has the wherewithal to host such shindigs due to the largess from his wealthy wife Edith (Mary Currier), an invalid who suffers from a heart condition. Ralph is summoned to her beside during one particularly raucous affair, which sort of scotches the progress he was making with a young model named Kay Morrell (Leslie Brooks).
Edith Marie’s physician, Dr. Winthrop (Charles Trowbridge), tells Ralph that his wife’s prognosis is not good…he only gives her a few months to live. So Ralph decides to hook up with Kay—nothing serious, he just wants companionship, someone who’ll join him for dinner every once a while, and be a sounding board when he’s lonely. Kay is warned away from Ralph by another artist, Jim Calhoun (Michael Duane), but she ignores him because she sees in Ralph a ride on a gravy train. What starts off as a platonic relationship between the two turns serious as Ralph falls in love…though Kay holds him at arms length, knowing that he’s married.
A cardiologist (Arthur Space) called in by Winthrop to treat Mrs. Harrison is just the tonic she needs; she starts to regain her strength and will to live, and one day decides to surprise her husband in his studio apartment. Hiding in another room, Edith hears Ralph and Kay enter the studio…and is positively gobsmacked to hear Ralph not only declare his love for Kay, but that he plans to tie the knot with her as soon as Edith has passed on. That night at home, Edith confronts Ralph with what she’s learned and informs him that any further communication with her should be directed through her attorney (Jack Davis)—she’s planning on divorcing Ralph, and he’ll be cut off without a penny.
So put yourself in Ralph’s place…if you knew that the money that had been flowing freely would suddenly stop, wouldn’t your thoughts entertain…murder?
Richard Dix gives one of his finest performances in The Secret of the Whistler (1946), playing a protagonist who is sympathetic…even after committing the foul deed of killing his wife. Dix’s Harrison, like most noir characters, makes the mistake of falling head over heels for a beautiful-but-mercenary dame who’s “just a bit cold around the heart,” to quote another famous noir. Kay is a real trophy; when the light hits her just right she’s strikingly beautiful, and she strings Ralph along so she can reap the benefits of his attention and the occasional bauble he throws her way. Without giving away the trademark ironic ending of the Whistler films, suffice it to say that she’ll be asked to pay the fiddler when his tune is finished.
A taut, suspenseful screenplay propels Secret beyond its B-picture origins thanks to screenwriters Richard H. Landau and Raymond L. Schrock. The cast is tops, with wonderful contributions from Dix, Brooks, Currier, and first-rate character actors like Ray Walker, Mona Barrie, Byron Foulger (in the early sequences as a mortuary director who sells Currier a tombstone that later comes back to haunt Dix), John Hamilton (from TV’s The Adventures of Superman) and as always, Otto Forest as the omnipresent narrator. Special mention should be made of Claire Du Brey’s sinister performance as Currier’s devoted housekeeper Laura…the chilling “justice is done” satisfaction on her face just before the closing credits will stay with the viewer long after the film is finished.
Journeyman George Sherman held the reins on this Whistler entry. Sherman was a Hollywood veteran whose forte was B-westerns, but occasionally broke out of his comfort zone with underrated pictures like The Sleeping City (1950) and Count Three and Pray (1955). His long friendship with John Wayne, which began when he directed the Duke in the Three Mesquiteers oaters at Republic, put him in good stead to be the producer of the actor’s 1961 The Comancheros and director of Wayne’s Big Jake (1971). George also dabbled quite a bit in television, serving as producer on such series as Daniel Boone and Gentle Ben.
|
||||||
6282
|
dbpedia
|
3
| 82
|
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/worlds-richest-film-directors-made-155800138.html
|
en
|
The world's richest film directors and how they made their fortunes
|
https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/j_i4eoTAEoB0W9PdBaMK.Q--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyMDA7aD03NzQ-/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/e087fc6b068a95e1c2ade764b9005e41
|
https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/j_i4eoTAEoB0W9PdBaMK.Q--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyMDA7aD03NzQ-/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/e087fc6b068a95e1c2ade764b9005e41
|
[
"https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/_td_api/beacon/info?beaconType=noJSenabled&bucket=finance-GB-en-GB-def&code=pageRender&device=desktop&lang=en-GB&pageName=deeplink®ion=GB&rid=0335fr5jbuktr&site=finance&t=1723814843895",
"https://s.yimg.com/rz/p/yahoo_finance_en-US_h_p_financev2.png",
"https://s.yimg.com/rz/p/yahoo_finance_en-US_h_w_financev2.png",
"https://s.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/I7peGxtY0CwJ_Q7LCJDSdw--~B/Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTEzNjtweW9mZj0wO3c9MjU4O2FwcGlkPXl0YWNoeW9u/https://s.yimg.com/os/creatr-uploaded-images/2024-08/ed6369c0-5a7a-11ef-9fc5-73faeaa4586e",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/EN7Va.n43gNp4uGmv87VMQ--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTE0NDtoPTQ4/https://s.yimg.com/os/creatr-uploaded-images/2024-01/30ff7e70-bee6-11ee-a97d-12fd170e1b86",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/BKNm54qLT1o1rbExprrOyQ--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/e087fc6b068a95e1c2ade764b9005e41",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/BKNm54qLT1o1rbExprrOyQ--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/e087fc6b068a95e1c2ade764b9005e41",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/czMm7_5fejHHtGEb7_9wGw--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/53a83f27485e35bbf707ba543ede41af",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/czMm7_5fejHHtGEb7_9wGw--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/53a83f27485e35bbf707ba543ede41af",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/BjL9wwoZCfDhAw_c6BZHqA--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/563c015cdd31a568ad27a5d6a58db74f",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/BjL9wwoZCfDhAw_c6BZHqA--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/563c015cdd31a568ad27a5d6a58db74f",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/OLWal8tRcQks9HFPsaFTPw--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/dfdb8f0a46f2bcd3720a4fc64fc24f72",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/OLWal8tRcQks9HFPsaFTPw--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/dfdb8f0a46f2bcd3720a4fc64fc24f72",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/zICtmDXjKIlEvGLBth_.tA--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/5a299ce08227acd846e02d9d3ee87226",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/zICtmDXjKIlEvGLBth_.tA--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/5a299ce08227acd846e02d9d3ee87226",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/LGqpcEFx4jkGHFJ1NLu82w--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/3912e739e9f480e92f838dc9a39d6db9",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/LGqpcEFx4jkGHFJ1NLu82w--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/3912e739e9f480e92f838dc9a39d6db9",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/6fYZbQUCONU3.2Djp5MU_Q--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/e32de2926d2df4ce2ccece6c6a097ba0",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/6fYZbQUCONU3.2Djp5MU_Q--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/e32de2926d2df4ce2ccece6c6a097ba0",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/IqX6ugBP2wwI.M5UqvD4DQ--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/90e7bda5434b7245f4939d8704f37434",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/IqX6ugBP2wwI.M5UqvD4DQ--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/90e7bda5434b7245f4939d8704f37434",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/4HGcnQ78G3O1pC9_cRjdLw--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/e466b15c4378cc9cf0b6a77adb725a86",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/4HGcnQ78G3O1pC9_cRjdLw--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/e466b15c4378cc9cf0b6a77adb725a86",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/CKGHjODZffyLjG4WlJ_G7Q--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/5dc24fffa7fd3fe327b75561a407e41e",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/CKGHjODZffyLjG4WlJ_G7Q--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/5dc24fffa7fd3fe327b75561a407e41e",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/6QAXAPLSQtbeaZxRgb3NoQ--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/cc7f77c2d9aa5823b7fefb903ca45a06",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/6QAXAPLSQtbeaZxRgb3NoQ--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/cc7f77c2d9aa5823b7fefb903ca45a06",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/n0kWZupHpAF8GasoQMgMow--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/1c7d2b031bdf04ef0c5f0f088adc74e6",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/n0kWZupHpAF8GasoQMgMow--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/1c7d2b031bdf04ef0c5f0f088adc74e6",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/rot55mk6JiHaHvBWolVeJQ--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/7c8ea4725e1e6357b33b02028f12625d",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/rot55mk6JiHaHvBWolVeJQ--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/7c8ea4725e1e6357b33b02028f12625d",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/sN25lV.hJAtaLI.c3r0t0Q--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/dcabd10f65c14e888890c72cc577d72a",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/sN25lV.hJAtaLI.c3r0t0Q--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/dcabd10f65c14e888890c72cc577d72a",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/lbH4pwwtMP57K8_RK1CVIw--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/8f47710e215d69bc0267626666d68b3a",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/lbH4pwwtMP57K8_RK1CVIw--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/8f47710e215d69bc0267626666d68b3a",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/EkzmvhNQiUXfntTOo4bl.Q--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/a761d848a160e119ed2577013c6af7f0",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/EkzmvhNQiUXfntTOo4bl.Q--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/a761d848a160e119ed2577013c6af7f0",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/cf76vtoux3S7WvehJ76gSw--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/6ea54bdf026ef57bf520ae2797027189",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/cf76vtoux3S7WvehJ76gSw--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/6ea54bdf026ef57bf520ae2797027189",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/0YeP.ZASUca5rvRPx6WY9w--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/c850c8d775fac7d791b6bd1433cb7873",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/0YeP.ZASUca5rvRPx6WY9w--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/c850c8d775fac7d791b6bd1433cb7873",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/I3FAL2c73J6TvWLlH4madQ--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/3cd98507f24b1cd5fe11c3f042dd612f",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/I3FAL2c73J6TvWLlH4madQ--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/3cd98507f24b1cd5fe11c3f042dd612f",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/_IVW_gQdDCBrH6EuzFF5MA--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/3121b9d4bdd5d9e21536082355aaf677",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/_IVW_gQdDCBrH6EuzFF5MA--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/3121b9d4bdd5d9e21536082355aaf677",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/hujT7DAibvxlYMJ2.fpcaA--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/5fcb592ade2df3366d1f2474bc082b4f",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/hujT7DAibvxlYMJ2.fpcaA--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/5fcb592ade2df3366d1f2474bc082b4f",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/b0QHrxsEnhR97eJzBUWSZQ--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/18e41f073867e4c0398b1e6d11a3dae2",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/b0QHrxsEnhR97eJzBUWSZQ--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/18e41f073867e4c0398b1e6d11a3dae2",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/uSzQg.V7NMoqVs1vZEf6qA--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/d10c698140acd62b07a8fdaa645bebc3",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/uSzQg.V7NMoqVs1vZEf6qA--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/d10c698140acd62b07a8fdaa645bebc3",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/CGk430wRpMMFwmQ81WKv6g--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/08a62569977507898448ca16bafb15a5",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/CGk430wRpMMFwmQ81WKv6g--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/08a62569977507898448ca16bafb15a5",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/SwKR3sT1xRTncMJ8GDQ8XA--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/d095de2f2b646e71ef6ec5a28bc8978c",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/SwKR3sT1xRTncMJ8GDQ8XA--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/d095de2f2b646e71ef6ec5a28bc8978c",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/aqdPhD2BglIY.WpvmrT6Xg--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/8ce0c80f8ae4fbe40e1de46728f6a9e7",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/aqdPhD2BglIY.WpvmrT6Xg--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/8ce0c80f8ae4fbe40e1de46728f6a9e7",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/V.TTuQZFa4TDXCEhV3lYrQ--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/0e26332cfd3888a552f9169c41aad7c0",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/V.TTuQZFa4TDXCEhV3lYrQ--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/0e26332cfd3888a552f9169c41aad7c0",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/3093xcRiPp7FMCuydhk4Lw--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/46f680b801b0fa64e3230721f9b39dd1",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/3093xcRiPp7FMCuydhk4Lw--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/46f680b801b0fa64e3230721f9b39dd1",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/lE1okfxf37qiWJWZ.ts01w--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/4f68106fdc683f69644877daefba755e",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/lE1okfxf37qiWJWZ.ts01w--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/4f68106fdc683f69644877daefba755e",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/XaEkw6DCRo0j5TcmcMgrmQ--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/e252c8862df384f678a4c20e5fe71cd9",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/XaEkw6DCRo0j5TcmcMgrmQ--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/e252c8862df384f678a4c20e5fe71cd9",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/ER9XCg3kIrcNgWGRtySoiw--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/5576db43ea3172271237760b84aabaf7",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/ER9XCg3kIrcNgWGRtySoiw--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/5576db43ea3172271237760b84aabaf7",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/YWwKhYOCIiI7aJOCSYXUdw--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/107b646a57f79ca8e04ef3d98896c857",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/YWwKhYOCIiI7aJOCSYXUdw--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/107b646a57f79ca8e04ef3d98896c857",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/rZlSUuxt5LWM_gvxQT1tzQ--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/9b49723286eebf34b97b52fa8ec4c72d",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/rZlSUuxt5LWM_gvxQT1tzQ--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/9b49723286eebf34b97b52fa8ec4c72d",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/Am_faKhV.1aVlCGRwDhb4g--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/cc32b5b4aa4a53920136576cb21b5b28",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/Am_faKhV.1aVlCGRwDhb4g--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/cc32b5b4aa4a53920136576cb21b5b28",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/35MWiqvb97a9qW7wEUj4JQ--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/02183f3e464aafff13734c2ae7744ef5",
"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/35MWiqvb97a9qW7wEUj4JQ--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYxOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/lovemoney_uk_264/02183f3e464aafff13734c2ae7744ef5",
"https://s.yimg.com/cv/apiv2/default/20190501/placeholder.gif",
"https://s.yimg.com/cv/apiv2/default/20190501/placeholder.gif",
"https://s.yimg.com/cv/apiv2/default/20190501/placeholder.gif",
"https://s.yimg.com/cv/apiv2/default/20190501/placeholder.gif",
"https://s.yimg.com/cv/apiv2/default/20190501/placeholder.gif",
"https://s.yimg.com/cv/apiv2/default/20190501/placeholder.gif",
"https://s.yimg.com/cv/apiv2/default/20190501/placeholder.gif",
"https://s.yimg.com/cv/apiv2/default/20190501/placeholder.gif",
"https://s.yimg.com/cv/apiv2/default/20190501/placeholder.gif",
"https://s.yimg.com/cv/apiv2/default/20190501/placeholder.gif",
"https://s.yimg.com/cv/apiv2/default/20190501/placeholder.gif",
"https://s.yimg.com/cv/apiv2/default/20190501/placeholder.gif",
"https://s.yimg.com/cv/apiv2/default/20190501/placeholder.gif",
"https://s.yimg.com/cv/apiv2/default/20190501/placeholder.gif",
"https://s.yimg.com/cv/apiv2/default/20190501/placeholder.gif",
"https://s.yimg.com/cv/apiv2/default/20190501/placeholder.gif",
"https://s.yimg.com/cv/apiv2/default/20190501/placeholder.gif",
"https://s.yimg.com/cv/apiv2/default/20190501/placeholder.gif",
"https://sb.scorecardresearch.com/p?c1=2&c2=7241469&c5=1186050001&c7=https%3A%2F%2Fuk.finance.yahoo.com%2Fnews%2Fworlds-richest-film-directors-made-155800138.html&c14=-1"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[
"Danielle McAdam"
] |
2024-04-18T15:58:00+00:00
|
From George Lucas and Steven Spielberg to Michael Bay and Ridley Scott, find out who Hollywood's richest movie directors are, and how they've made their money.
|
en
|
https://s.yimg.com/rz/l/favicon.ico
|
Yahoo Finance
|
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/worlds-richest-film-directors-made-155800138.html
|
17 super-rich directors
Everyone knows the names and faces of the world's richest actors, but what about the brains behind the camera?
We're shining the spotlight on the 17 richest directors in Hollywood today, giving some special attention to the creative minds behind iconic movies such as Avatar, Star Wars, and The Dark Knight.
Read on to find out who they are and discover the blockbusters that helped build their empires. Popcorn at the ready, people...
All dollar amounts in US dollars.
Todd Phillips: $200 million (£157m)
American director Todd Phillips first gained recognition with Hated: GG Allin and the Murder Junkies, a 1993 documentary about the controversial punk rock singer GG Allin.
New York native Phillips then transitioned into comedy, helming rambunctious flicks like 2000's Road Trip and 2003's Old School. However, his most famous comedy offering is undoubtedly the critically acclaimed The Hangover film trilogy, which was released between 2009 and 2013.
Taking his creative pursuits in a new direction, Phillips directed the 2019 psychological thriller Joker, which earned him a Best Director nomination at the Academy Awards. He recently also directed its sequel, Joker: Folie à Deux, which is set to release later this year.
Todd Phillips: $200 million (£157m)
Phillips owes most of his vast fortune to The Hangover trilogy. He savvily traded an upfront salary for back-end points, meaning he took home a share of the box office profits – a decision that's had him laughing all the way to the bank. The Hangover (pictured) became a surprise blockbuster and spawned two sequels, with Phillips earning $150 million (£118m) from the comedy franchise as a result.
The director cut a similar back-end profit deal for Joker. The hit film grossed over $1 billion (£790 million) at the box office, reportedly banking Phillips a juicy $50 million (£39 million).
His estimated net worth currently stands at $200 million (£157m). However, this figure is likely to soar, with reports suggesting he'll earn yet another bumper payday for the upcoming Joker sequel.
Ron Howard: $200 million (£157m)
Ron Howard started out as an actor, rising to fame for playing Richie Cunningham in the American sitcom Happy Days between 1974 and 1984.
However, Howard realised his passion for working behind the camera and made his directorial debut in 1977 with the comedy flick Grand Theft Auto, which he also wrote and starred in. Despite its low budget, the film was a huge hit, marking the start of a successful directing career for Howard.
Today, he's a critically acclaimed director known for his diverse filmography. Highlights include the 1995 space drama Apollo 13, the 2000 holiday classic How the Grinch Stole Christmas, the 2001 biopic A Beautiful Mind (which won him the Academy Award for Best Director), and the 2006 blockbuster The Da Vinci Code, based on the best-selling novel by Dan Brown.
Ron Howard: $200 million (£157m)
Unsurprisingly, the Oscar-winner commands hefty paychecks for helming projects. For example, he reportedly earned $10 million (£8m) apiece for directing the 2001 biopic A Beautiful Mind (pictured) and the 2011 comedy flick The Dilemma.
The business-savvy Howard has invested his earnings into entertainment ventures, further growing his fortune. He's the co-founder of the film and television production company Imagine Entertainment, which is behind hit films like 8 Mile and Friday Night Lights, as well as popular TV series such as 24 and Arrested Development.
His decade-spanning career has earned him an estimated net worth of $200 million (£157m).
Roland Emmerich: $200 million (£157m)
German filmmaker Roland Emmerich is famed for his pulse-racing action and sci-fi films. He started out directing low-budget movies in Germany, though quickly shot to global stardom thanks to his 1996 alien blockbuster Independence Day.
His impressive filmography includes a slew of big-budget bonanzas, such as the 1998 "creature feature" Godzilla, the 2004 disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow, and most recently, the 2022 sci-fi epic Moonfall.
While his movies have been criticised for focusing on special effects over substance, they've still been nominated for accolades including BAFTAs and MTV Movie Awards.
Roland Emmerich: $200 million (£157m)
Emmerich's estimated net worth stands at a stunning $200 million (£157m).
The biggest payday of his career came in 2009 for his work on the sci-fi disaster blockbuster 2012 (pictured). Emmerich negotiated a savvy back-end profit deal to take home a slice of the movie's earnings. When the action extravaganza banked $770 million (£605m) globally, he walked away with $70 million (£55m).
Emmerich, who described himself as "openly gay" at the 2015 Toronto Film Festival, has donated millions to supporting LGBTQ+ youth, with his philanthropy including donations to the Elton John AIDS Foundation.
Outside of his charitable efforts, he also actively campaigns to have the Academy Awards recognise stunt performers for their work in films.
Rob Reiner: $200 million (£157m)
Another director who started out as an actor is Rob Reiner, who found fame playing Michael "Meathead" Stivic on All in the Family, which was the most-watched TV show in America between 1971 and 1976. His performance earned him two Emmy nominations.
In 1984, Reiner made his directing debut with the cult classic mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap, which he co-wrote and starred in.
Despite his comedic roots, Reiner hasn't shied away from tackling a diverse range of genres throughout his directing career. His filmography highlights include the 1987 fantasy adventure The Princess Bride, the 1989 rom-com When Harry Met Sally..., the 1990 psychological thriller Misery, and the 1992 legal drama A Few Good Men.
Rob Reiner: $200 million (£157m)
Reiner regularly commands millions of dollars to direct films. For instance, he took home a cool $4 million (£3m) for his Oscar-nominated work on the legal thriller A Few Good Men, which starred Tom Cruise (pictured).
Beyond his directing endeavours, Reiner co-founded the production company, Castle Rock Entertainment. Castle Rock, a powerhouse in the entertainment industry, is behind hit movies like Miss Congeniality and The Shawshank Redemption, as well as the beloved comedy series Seinfeld.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, given his impressive portfolio, Reiner's estimated total fortune stands at $200 million (£157m).
Martin Scorsese: $200 million (£157m)
Martin Scorsese stands as one of the most renowned filmmakers in history. He shot to prominence in the 1970s thanks to the success of crime flicks such as Mean Streets and Taxi Driver, which put him firmly on the map.
Through the decades, Scorsese has solidified his status as an all-time great by helming cinematic classics such as the 1980 sports drama Raging Bull and the 1990 crime thriller Goodfellas. More recent offerings include the 2019 crime biopic The Irishman and the 2023 Western drama Killers of the Flower Moon.
Scorsese's undeniable talent has earned him 10 Academy Award nominations for Best Director, making him the most nominated living director in history. He's won the coveted Oscar just once, receiving the accolade for his work on the 2006 gritty crime drama The Departed.
Martin Scorsese: $200 million (£157m)
Naturally, Scorsese can command millions of dollars per movie. For his work on the 2010 thriller Shutter Island, for example, he reportedly earned a cool $3.5 million (£3m) upfront salary.
The following year, Scorsese, most renowned for his movies in the crime genre, took a departure from his usual style to direct the fantasy adventure Hugo (pictured). The film was a critical darling, receiving 11 Oscar nominations and winning five. Meanwhile, Scorsese earned $10 million (£8m) for his directing efforts.
With a slew of cinematic masterpieces under his belt, it's no wonder that this powerhouse director's estimated net worth is $200 million (£157m).
Lana and Lilly Wachowski: $250 million (£196m)
Lana and Lilly Wachowski are a formidable duo in the world of filmmaking.
The movie-directing sisters catapulted to fame with the mind-bending The Matrix trilogy between 1999 and 2003. A fourth entry in the franchise was released in 2021, though Lana (pictured) was its sole director.
Outside of that, they've crafted various other big-budget sci-fi projects. This includes 2008's Speed Racer, based on the Japanese anime series, the genre-defying epic Cloud Atlas in 2012, and the ambitious Netflix series Sense8, which aired from 2015 to 2018.
Lana and Lilly Wachowski: $250 million (£196m)
Combined, the Wachowski sisters are worth an impressive $250 million (£196m).
Most of their fortune stems from their work on the Matrix franchise (pictured). In total, the four films in the series have earned almost $1.8 billion (£1.4bn) globally, with the sisters taking home a healthy slice of the box office proceeds.
In addition to their success with The Matrix, Lana and Lilly have further profited from a spin-off video game franchise based on the sci-fi series.
Christopher Nolan: $250 million (£196m)
British director Christopher Nolan began his directing career in 1998 with the low-budget thriller Following. However, it was his next project, the 2000 psychological thriller Memento, that truly put him on the map.
His career soared to new heights when he directed The Dark Knight trilogy between 2005 and 2012. These films are now regarded as some of the best superhero movies ever made, with Nolan's dark and gritty take on the Batman story receiving widespread acclaim.
Known for his penchant for mind-bending narratives, more of Nolan's notable works include 2010's Inception and 2014's Interstellar. However, he doesn't confine himself to one genre. For example, he directed the WWII epic Dunkirk in 2017, which earned him his first Best Director nomination at the Oscars.
More recently, he delved into biopics with 2023's Oppenheimer, which secured him his first-ever Best Director Oscar win.
Christopher Nolan: $250 million (£196m)
Not only did Nolan score his first Best Director Oscar for Oppenheimer (pictured), but the movie also earned him the biggest payday of his career to date.
Celebrity Net Worth reports that Nolan negotiated a savvy deal that saw him earn a $20 million (£16m) upfront salary for the biopic. He also inked an agreement with Universal to receive 15% of the first dollar gross; first dollar gross refers to the gross revenue earned by a movie after movie theatres take a 50% cut, but precedes any deductions for studio costs like marketing or budget recouping. His wife Emma also received a 5% share of the first dollar gross for her work as a producer on the film.
Oppenheimer swiftly became a blockbuster hit, grossing $1 billion (£790m) at the box office. Combined, Christopher and Emma are expected to earn a staggering $125 million (£99m), meaning that Oppenheimer is responsible for half of Nolan's estimated $250 million (£196m) net worth.
J. J. Abrams: $300 million (£237m)
J. J. Abrams began his career in the 1990s as a screenwriter before transitioning to directing. He made his debut with the action-packed blockbuster Mission: Impossible III in 2006, which marked the beginning of his prolific career behind the camera.
Abrams became a household name in 2009 when he successfully rebooted the Star Trek franchise, helming both Star Trek and its 2013 sequel, Star Trek Into Darkness.
In 2015, Abrams helmed another beloved sci-fi franchise when he was chosen to direct Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens. The film was a critical and commercial hit, cementing Abrams' status as one of the greatest sci-fi directors of all time.
J. J. Abrams: $300 million (£237m)
Given that he's relaunched two successful sci-fi franchises, it's no surprise that Abrams has an estimated total fortune of $300 million (£237m).
In addition to directing, Abrams co-founded the production company Bad Robot in 2001. The company is behind numerous hit TV shows, most notably the cultural sensation Lost, which aired between 2004 and 2010.
In 2019, J.J. Abrams signed an exclusive five-year deal with WarnerMedia that was reportedly worth $250 million (£196m). Under the deal, Abrams and the Bad Robot team have also created content for WarnerMedia, including the HBO Max series Lovecraft Country, which Abrams co-produced.
Ridley Scott: $400 million (£318m)
British filmmaker Ridley Scott made his directorial debut with the 1977 historical drama The Duellists, which he followed up with the sci-fi horror Alien two years later. The latter firmly established him as an exciting new talent in the industry.
Since those early days of his career, Scott has gone on to produce cinematic gems across a diverse range of genres. Standouts include the 1982 neo-noir sci-fi classic Blade Runner, the 1991 crime comedy Thelma & Louise, and the 2000 historical epic Gladiator. The latter film won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and remains one of Scott's most influential works to date.
Most recently, Scott directed a sequel to Gladiator, which is set to hit screens later this year. The star-studded movie features Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, and Denzel Washington.
Ridley Scott: $400 million (£318m)
Scott's estimated total fortune stands at $400 million (£318m).
A significant chunk of his wealth comes from his production company, Ridley Scott Associates (RSA), which generates over $100 million (£79m) annually.
RSA and its various divisions make everything from movies and TV shows to music videos and adverts. In terms of the latter, the company has crafted commercials for a slew of high-profile brands, including fashion houses Louis Vuitton and Alexander McQueen, tech giant Samsung, and soft drink brand Fanta.
Francis Ford Coppola: $400 million (£318m)
American director Francis Ford Coppola first found fame as a screenwriter, winning a Best Orginal Screenplay Academy Award for the 1970 war drama Patton.
Coppola is undoubtedly best known for helming the iconic The Godfather trilogy, based on Mario Puzo's crime novel of the same name. The first film, released in 1972, won three Oscars, including Best Picture. Its sequel scored six Academy Awards, including Best Director and Best Picture; the third instalment, released in 1990, received seven Oscar nominations, although failed to win any.
Coppola also co-wrote and directed the 1979 Vietnam War epic Apocalypse Now, which is widely regarded as one of the best films of all time. The movie won two Oscars and the prestigious Palme d'Or Award.
Francis Ford Coppola: $400 million (£318m)
Coppola's estimated net worth stands at an incredible $400 million (£318m).
In addition to directing, the business-savvy movie maker has expanded his fortune through winemaking. Using the proceeds from the original Godfather movie (pictured), he purchased a vineyard in Napa Valley, California, in 1975, later going on to acquire a number of wineries in the region.
However, Coppola recently sold a significant chunk of his wine empire to fund a passion project movie titled Megalopolis. He penned the film's script back in the 1980s, although struggled to find financial backing. Reports claim he has invested an eye-watering $120 million (£95m) of his own money into the project.
Details about Megalopolis are scarce, although we know it stars Adam Driver, Shia LaBeouf, and Aubrey Plaza, and is expected to be released in late 2024.
Mel Gibson: $425 million (£338m)
Mel Gibson is renowned for his work on both sides of the camera. He began his career on-screen, gaining fame for his leading roles in movies like Mad Max and Lethal Weapon.
He soon branched out, both directing and starring in the historical epic Braveheart in 1995. The movie earned two Academy Awards, Best Director and Best Picture, which cemented Gibson's status as a multi-talented star.
He also received critical acclaim for his work behind the camera on 2004's The Passion of the Christ, which became the highest-grossing R-rated film of all time. Just over a decade later, his 2016 war film Hacksaw Ridge earned six Oscar nominations.
Mel Gibson: $425 million (£338m)
Gibson's estimated net worth is a phenomenal $425 million (£338m). Despite his successful on-screen career, most of his fortune is derived from his directing efforts, notably for his work on The Passion of the Christ (pictured).
Gibson is said to have invested $45 million (£36m) of his personal fortune into the project, giving him ownership of 50% of the film's gross, while the other 50% went to distributor Newmarket Films. Gibson's gamble seriously paid off when the film grossed $611.5 million (£486m) globally, with Mel taking home around $300 million (£237m).
What's more, he earned between $50 million (£40m) to $100 million (£79m) from merchandise sales, as well as a further $75 million (£60m) from DVD sales associated with the project.
Michael Bay: $450 million (£357m)
American filmmaker Michael Bay is renowned for masterminding pulse-racing movies. While he's been criticised for his films' emphasis on style over substance and heavy reliance on CGI, Bay is one of Hollywood's most commercially successful directors, with a string of blockbuster hits under his belt.
He made his directing debut in 1995 with the crime comedy Bad Boys. He then went on to direct numerous action-packed extravaganzas, including the 1998 sci-fi flick Armageddon and the 2001 war epic Pearl Harbor.
However, he's undoubtedly best known for his work on the Transformers franchise. Bay directed the first film in the series back in 2007 and has gone on to oversee its numerous sequels, including Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009), Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011), Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014), and Transformers: The Last Knight (2017).
Michael Bay: $450 million (£357m)
Back in the 90s, Bay earned a mere $100,000 (£79k) for Bad Boys, which is a pittance compared to what he commands today.
When Bay directed Pearl Harbor (pictured) in 2001, he earned a juicy $25 million (£20m) salary (as reported by Celebrity Net Worth), having negotiated a deal to take home a slice of the movie's box office gross.
Today, he continues to command multi-million-dollar paychecks for his work, with his total estimated fortune standing at a mammoth $450 million (£357m).
James Cameron: $800 million (£634m)
Pioneering filmmaker James Cameron stands as one of Hollywood's most successful directors, renowned for his innovative approach to special effects. He rose to fame in the 1980s with projects like The Terminator and Aliens, both of which he not only directed but also wrote.
In 1997, Cameron's career soared to new heights with the release of his historical epic Titanic. The film captivated audiences around the world, becoming one of the highest-grossing films in history and clinching an incredible 11 Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director.
In more recent years, Cameron has primarily focused on his groundbreaking Avatar franchise. The first instalment, released in 2009, was acclaimed for its cutting-edge special effects, earning Cameron yet another Best Director nomination. With the sequel Avatar: The Way of Water making waves in 2022, Cameron has ambitious plans for at least two more entries in the series.
James Cameron: $800 million (£634m)
Cameron is the fifth richest filmmaker in Hollywood, boasting an estimated net worth of $800 million (£634m).
For the blockbuster hit Titanic in 1997, he raked in a stunning $115 million (£91m). This impressive sum includes an $8 million (£6m) upfront directing fee (which he gave back when the movie sailed past its budget) and a generous share of the film's box office gross. However, compared to his earnings from the Avatar franchise (pictured), this is just a drop in the ocean.
To date, Cameron has pocketed around $350 million (£277m) from the first Avatar film. With more movies still in the works, it's possible that he'll reach billionaire status soon.
And speaking of billionaires, let's delve into the directors who have already joined the exclusive 10-figure club...
Tyler Perry: $1.4 billion (£1bn)
Actor and director Tyler Perry is best known for his wacky Madea comedy franchise.
The saga began with the release of Diary of a Mad Black Woman in 2005, with Perry taking on multiple roles as producer, writer, and star. The film was a huge success and has spawned numerous sequels.
To date, there have been 13 films in the franchise. Perry has been involved in every aspect of these movies, handling everything from acting and directing to writing and producing. As a result, he owns 100% of the content. Per Forbes, the Madea franchise has grossed more than $660 million (£523m).
Tyler Perry: $1.4 billion (£1bn)
Perry's net worth stands at an impressive $1.4 billion (£1bn), according to Forbes.
In addition to his thriving career in acting and directing, the savvy businessman owns his own eponymous film studio in Atlanta. The state-of-the-art facility features 12 sound stages and custom sets, including a life-size replica of the White House.
His latest lucrative deal was inking a content creation agreement with Viacom in 2019 in exchange for a 25% stake in the streaming service BET+.
Peter Jackson: $1.5 billion (£1.2bn)
New Zealand filmmaker Peter Jackson is currently ranked as the world's third-richest filmmaker. He started his career with low-budget horror comedies in the 1980s and 1990s, including Bad Taste and Braindead.
However, Jackson is best known for his groundbreaking work on the hit fantasy series The Lord of the Rings, as well as its spin-off, The Hobbit. Per Forbes, these franchises have grossed over $6 billion (£5bn) combined. Jackson's work on 2003's The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King was particularly acclaimed, with the movie earning 11 Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director.
Away from Middle Earth, 2005 saw Jackson direct the blockbuster King Kong, an epic big-budget remake of the 1933 classic.
Peter Jackson: $1.5 billion (£1.2bn)
Jackson is worth an astonishing $1.5 billion (£1.2bn), according to Forbes.
He made $10 million (£8m) up front for each The Lord of the Rings film between 2001 and 2003, as well as a 10% slice of the box office gross. And his salary for helming The Hobbit trilogy increased to an incredible $20 million (£16m) per movie, with a 20% backend.
Jackson reached billionaire status in 2021 after he sold a portion of his digital effects company, Weta, to Unity Software for $1.6 billion (£1.3bn) in cash and stock. Weta famously used motion picture capture of actor Andy Serkis to create the on-screen visualisation of the character Gollum in both The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit.
Steven Spielberg: $4.8 billion (£4bn)
The winner of three Academy Awards – including two for Best Director – Steven Spielberg is one of the most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema, with his films grossing over $10 billion (£8bn) worldwide.
He began his career in the 1970s and first gained major recognition for the chilling Jaws, which was released in 1975. Since then, he's helmed many iconic blockbusters, including the 1982 sci-fi hit E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, the 1993 blockbuster Jurassic Park, and the 1998 war epic Saving Private Ryan.
A diverse director who's seemingly unafraid to tackle any genre, his more recent offerings include a 2021 remake of the iconic musical West Side Story and the 2022 semi-autobiographical drama The Fabelmans.
Steven Spielberg: $4.8 billion (£4bn
Today, Spielberg is worth $4.8 billion (£4bn), making him the second-richest director in the world.
In addition to his directing career, Spielberg earns a slice of revenue from every ticket sold at Universal theme parks, thanks to a lucrative "theme park consulting deal" (as reported by the New York Post). He also serves as chairman of DreamWorks, the film studio that he co-founded in 1994.
Surprisingly, Spielberg has also made millions from the 1977 space opera Star Wars: A New Hope, despite never being involved in the project.
How? Back in the late 1970s, George Lucas was reportedly nervous about his upcoming movie Star Wars flopping. At the time, Spielberg was in the midst of making his own sci-fi movie, Close Encounters of the Third Kind. In a friendly wager, the two directors agreed to swap 2.5% of the profits from their respective films. When Star Wars became a blockbuster success, Spielberg walked away with a $40 million (£32m) cut.
George Lucas: $5.6 billion (£4.4bn).
Claiming the top spot as the richest director in the world is George Lucas.
Lucas shot to stardom with the release of his space opera Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope in 1977. The film was a massive success and has gone on to spawn numerous spin-offs and sequels on both the silver screen and the small screen. In fact, it's widely regarded as one of the most influential franchises in cinematic history.
And as if creating one epic film franchise wasn't enough, Lucas later teamed up with his directing buddy Spielberg for the hugely popular and successful Indiana Jones franchise, which currently comprises five movies in total.
George Lucas: $5.6 billion (£4.4bn).
Per Forbes, Lucas is worth an eye-watering $5.6 billion (£4.4bn).
Most of his wealth stems from his production company, Lucasfilm, which he founded in 1971. He built his massive fortune through movie franchises produced by the company, including Star Wars (pictured) and Indiana Jones, as well as their associated merchandise.
Today, Lucas has largely retired from filmmaking. In 2012, he sold Lucasfilm to Disney in a juggernaut deal that was worth $4.1 billion (£3bn) in stock and cash.
|
||
6282
|
dbpedia
|
0
| 80
|
https://ericbrightwell.com/2012/05/16/happy-birthday-the-whistler-rated-by-independent-research-the-most-popular-west-coast-program-in-radio-history/
|
en
|
Happy Birthday, The Whistler! – rated by independent research the most popular West Coast Program in radio history
|
http://www.amoeba.com/admin/uploads/blog/Eric_B/AdventuresoftheLoneRanger-1.jpg
|
http://www.amoeba.com/admin/uploads/blog/Eric_B/AdventuresoftheLoneRanger-1.jpg
|
[
"https://ericbrightwell.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/eric-brightwell-image.png",
"https://ericbrightwell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-pendersleighsonscartographysmapoflosangelescounty.jpg",
"https://i0.wp.com/www.amoeba.com/admin/uploads/blog/Eric_B/AdventuresoftheLoneRanger-1.jpg",
"https://i0.wp.com/www.amoeba.com/admin/uploads/blog/Eric_B/SignalGasoline.jpg",
"https://i0.wp.com/www.amoeba.com/admin/uploads/blog/Eric_B/The-Whistler-movie-poster-28194429-picture-MOV_764861b3_b.jpg",
"https://i0.wp.com/www.amoeba.com/admin/uploads/blog/Eric_B/TheWhistler-SignalAd.jpg",
"https://i0.wp.com/www.amoeba.com/admin/uploads/blog/Eric_B/BillJohnstone.jpg",
"https://i0.wp.com/www.amoeba.com/admin/uploads/blog/Eric_B/Cathy-Lewis-2.png",
"https://i0.wp.com/www.amoeba.com/admin/uploads/blog/Eric_B/Elliot-Lewis.png",
"https://i0.wp.com/www.amoeba.com/admin/uploads/blog/Eric_B/gerald_mohr_psa.gif",
"https://i0.wp.com/www.amoeba.com/admin/uploads/blog/Eric_B/hans_conried.jpg",
"https://i0.wp.com/www.amoeba.com/admin/uploads/blog/Eric_B/Jack+Webb+2.jpg",
"https://i0.wp.com/www.amoeba.com/admin/uploads/blog/Eric_B/LureneTuttle.jpg",
"https://i0.wp.com/www.amoeba.com/admin/uploads/blog/Eric_B/1955_TV.jpg",
"https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/2041cff705e53a7539ebb5d1c4c26d5294d5dd8546248d0fee344e32da713f0f?s=60&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://s2.wp.com/i/logo/wpcom-gray-white.png",
"https://s2.wp.com/i/logo/wpcom-gray-white.png",
"https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?v=noscript"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[
"Eric Brightwell",
"~ Eric Brightwell"
] |
2012-05-16T00:00:00
|
My introduction to old time radio was listening to a 1957 Decca 12” The Adventures of the Lone Ranger that my dad presumably procured as a child. As a kid growing up in the 1980s, I don’t think I ever made the connection that the album’s tracks were old radio episodes… I don’t think I even knew about radio dramas until…
|
en
|
https://s1.wp.com/i/favicon.ico
|
Eric Brightwell
|
https://ericbrightwell.com/2012/05/16/happy-birthday-the-whistler-rated-by-independent-research-the-most-popular-west-coast-program-in-radio-history/
|
My introduction to old time radio was listening to a 1957 Decca 12” The Adventures of the Lone Ranger that my dad presumably procured as a child. As a kid growing up in the 1980s, I don’t think I ever made the connection that the album’s tracks were old radio episodes… I don’t think I even knew about radio dramas until I think I became vaguely aware of – but not interested in — The Shadow sometime later.
It must’ve been around 2000 when I was hanging out with my friend Josh Beckman one night and he excitedly turned his radio on and dialed in to AM 1260 KNX to catch The Whistler. I’d never heard ofThe Whistler before but Josh was obviously a fan and whistled the Whistler’s theme as the program began. I listened and was entertained and surprised at how much more mature the story was – having previously assumed that all old time radio consisted of nothing but adolescent serials.
|
||
6282
|
dbpedia
|
0
| 18
|
https://ww4.yts.nz/movies/the-secret-of-the-whistler-1946
|
en
|
The Secret of the Whistler (1946) YIFY
|
[
"https://ww4.yts.nz/assets/images/website/logo-YTS.svg",
"https://ww4.yts.nz/assets/images/website/ajax-spinner.gif",
"https://ww4.yts.nz/assets/images/movies/the_secret_of_the_whistler_1946/medium-cover.jpg",
"https://ww4.yts.nz/assets/images/website/logo-imdb.svg",
"https://ww4.yts.nz/assets/images/movies/Superman_IV_The_Quest_for_Peace_1987/medium-cover.jpg",
"https://ww4.yts.nz/assets/images/movies/teenage_mutant_ninja_turtles_iii_1993/medium-cover.jpg",
"https://ww4.yts.nz/assets/images/movies/anzio_1968/medium-cover.jpg",
"https://ww4.yts.nz/assets/images/movies/goal_ii_living_the_dream_2007/medium-cover.jpg",
"https://ww4.yts.nz/assets/images/website/preloader_video.svg",
"https://ww4.yts.nz/assets/images/movies/the_secret_of_the_whistler_1946/medium-screenshot1.jpg",
"https://ww4.yts.nz/assets/images/movies/the_secret_of_the_whistler_1946/medium-screenshot2.jpg",
"https://ww4.yts.nz/assets/images/movies/the_secret_of_the_whistler_1946/medium-screenshot3.jpg",
"https://ww4.yts.nz/assets/images/website/ajax-spinner.gif",
"https://ww4.yts.nz/assets/images/actors/thumb/default_avatar.jpg",
"https://ww4.yts.nz/assets/images/actors/thumb/default_avatar.jpg",
"https://ww4.yts.nz/assets/flags/4x3/us.svg",
"https://sstatic1.histats.com/0.gif?4825632&101"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
"yts",
"yify",
"yts yify",
"yify movies",
"yts movies",
"yts torrents",
"yify torrents",
"yts.mx",
"yts.ag",
"yts.am",
"yts.lt",
"The Secret of the Whistler (1946)"
] | null |
[] | null |
Artist Richard Harrison is married to a wealthy-but-invalid wife, Edith Marie, and he falls in love with his model, Kay Morell, whose only interest in
|
en
|
/assets/images/website/favicon.ico
|
https://ww4.yts.nz/https%3A%2F%2Fyts.mx%2Fmovies%2Fthe-secret-of-the-whistler-1946
|
**SPOILERS** Edith Harrison, Mary Currie, has been told by her doctors, getting a second third and even forth opinion, that she doesn't have long to live. Suffering from a weak heart Edith is preparing for the enviable by buying herself an expensive marble monument as her gravestone. Edith has everything engraved on the headstone but her date of death.
While Edith is on the way to the graveyard her partying and carousing husband Ralph, Rchard Dix, the artist is getting very friendly with his latest model blond bombshell Kay Morrell, Leslie Brooks, whom he met at one of his many parties that he's always throwing. Kay herself is anything but interested in the middle-aged, he's 53 and she's 24, Romeo but the fact that he's loaded, with cash as well as booze, makes her overlook that fact.
Told by Ralph that the old lady, Edith, hasn't long to go Key sees the end of the rainbow, with the pot of gold, within her reach and agrees to marry Ralph as soon, after a proper period of mourning, as his wife checks out for good. It's turns out that Edith, in a way, double-crossed Ralph by miraculously getting better where she gets as healthy as she was when she married Ralph some ten years ago.
Out of bed and up on her feet Edith decides to pay Ralph a surprise visit at his studio not realizing that he just about gave her up for dead and is having an affair with his model Kay. Hiding in a room at the studio Edith's expects to surprise Ralph when he shows up but is shocked to see him, as she's hiding behind a screen, show up with Kay telling her that she's,not Edith, his one and only love. Mad as hell Edith decides to cut the cheating Ralph out of her will and puts that in writing in her diary. Later after Edith confronted Ralph, who was shocked to see her back in the pink of health, with the evidence of his infidelity he decides to do the job that her heart failed to do; kill her by spiking her heart medication with poison.
Edith in fact dies, more from a broken heart then anything else, a few days later but Ralph feels that it was the tampered with, on Ralph's part, heart medication that did her in. ****SPOILERS**** Unknowing to Ralph Edith pretended to be fast asleep and saw that heel of a husband of hers Ralph sneak into her bedroom planting the poison and was to later use that evidence, the heart medication, in having him indited in attempting to murder her.
With Edith now gone Ralph and Kay soon tie the knot but things don't go as smoothly as Ralph expected them to go. Ralph is guilt-ridden over Edith's death and feels, reading about a similar murder case in the newspaper, that soon the truth will come out about it in that he poisoned or murdered her. It's when Kay has a long talk with Ralph and the late Edith's maid Laura, Clair De Brey, that she realizes that Edith's death was anything but natural which in fact it was! Finding hidden in the attic both Edith's diary and medication, that Ralph spiked with poison, Kay now feels that he's a wife murderer and if he murdered once he'll surly murder again and she's the wife that he'll murder!
Even though Ralph wasn't a murder he sure as hell acted like one and later his screwed up mind would in fact lead him to commit a murder in order to cover a murder that he didn't commit! The movie shows that even thinking about trying to murder someone and going through the motions will only lead that person to eventually commit murder. Ralph found out only too late that he was in fact home free, to marry Kay and collect his deceased wife's millions, but his guilty conscience took over and in the end drove him mad. Mad to the point of having him do the unthinkable that would in the end lead him straight to the electric chair.
I was eager to see the "Whistler" movies because of William Castle's involvement in some. He was a fine director ion the forties. (He was OK later, too. But in the forties his films were very elegant and subtle. His later horror outings were anything but subtle.) This one is not directed by Castle but it works really well. It was near the end of Richard Dix's run in the series. He was not a great actor, at least not at this point. But he had a very solid presence. And he is plausible as good guys and not so hot ones as well.
Here he plays a less than admirable character. He is a painter. Amazingly, the painting of his that we first see is pretty decent. So often, even in the toniest of A-pictures, paintings by supposedly great artists looked like the work of quick-sketch artists or Sunday painters.
The film opens with a stylishly noirish woman buying her own tombstone. Everything bout this film has the marvelous dark look of a film noir. Or of an Edward Hopper paintings. The scenes look especially like book jackets from the time.
And the female lead looks right off the cover of some true-crime book. Wow, she looks both right and beautiful! And she -- Leslie Brooks -- is a fine actress too. (Intriguingly, she looks like the same studio's biggest star ten years hence: Kim Novak.)
The whole series is entertaining, even the final film, which does not have Dix in it.
One problem I encountered and others may as well: Clearly the movies were based on a radio program of their time. I have never heard that program, though. I get the idea that the Whistler is an omniscient criminologist who either has no bodily image or, like Lamont Cranston of "The Shadow," can make himself invisible.
Guess I will try to track some tapes of the series down. In the meantime, do yourself a favor and search out these films. They're all good. A couple, like this one, are very good.
I always thought Richard Dix was at his best in this series of films. The sense of mystery, menace, or goodness he could generate by turns makes his Whistler films (this was number 6 out of 7) well worth watching, although he could sometimes give the impression of a chunky silent actor getting to grips with talkies.
In this outing he plays a man married to a woman purely for her money and who falls in love with a younger woman who is after him purely for his (her) money. How the situation is nefariously resolved is the plot, simply and carefully plotted. The way the actors spoke their words beginning with capital letters in this - and other entries in the series - makes me think this must have been adapted and expanded from one of the scripts of the 231 radio plays already aired by then. Whether playing a goodie, baddie or bothie Dix exuded a simple yet intense sincerity, he's basically a baddie with all the usual human failings in here and yet you can still find yourself rooting for the poor mutt. Leslie Brooks as the not-too-bad gold-digger artists model was never more alluring, I was definitely rooting for her! There's a poignant twist at the end, so attention is recommended.
Sadly neglected, about time they were all available on DVD, a nice entry in a nice series for those of us who like the genre.
|
|||||
6282
|
dbpedia
|
1
| 54
|
https://ew.com/wesley-snipes-blade-return-deadpool-and-wolverine-ryan-reynolds-reunion-comic-con-2024-exclusive-8684479
|
en
|
Wesley Snipes talks Blade return in 'Deadpool & Wolverine' (exclusive)
|
[
"https://ew.com/thmb/EgcUbGPHXUaeXRyjAaJ7AwzFOlQ=/40x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/nick-romano-image-e257b019c52d41e2a2acdfa2828dcbd0.png 40w, https://ew.com/thmb/SuyP22Adq7Jg3zxiRRiz-ml71ro=/58x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/nick-romano-image-e257b019c52d41e2a2acdfa2828dcbd0.png 58w, https://ew.com/thmb/x_TvAwD4UktdVZejh8oINrcxDx8=/76x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/nick-romano-image-e257b019c52d41e2a2acdfa2828dcbd0.png 76w, https://ew.com/thmb/qj9E4q_Jn88UNyeYCxv3EGc9ng8=/94x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/nick-romano-image-e257b019c52d41e2a2acdfa2828dcbd0.png 94w, https://ew.com/thmb/ZzZuOBRO0mmUi3mu-9dSoFK9Z_M=/112x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/nick-romano-image-e257b019c52d41e2a2acdfa2828dcbd0.png 112w",
"https://ew.com/thmb/mVlhJ7ENo-tw6l6P-5wdGJ4Vqwg=/75x75/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/nick-romano-image-e257b019c52d41e2a2acdfa2828dcbd0.png",
"https://ew.com/thmb/P7IIdTHL-u9lxIokeK29ThJG5TI=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/wesley-snipes-ryan-reynolds-comic-con-072624-1-463ee26111234c92b54655dcf6eac5c1.jpg",
"https://ew.com/thmb/P7IIdTHL-u9lxIokeK29ThJG5TI=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/wesley-snipes-ryan-reynolds-comic-con-072624-1-463ee26111234c92b54655dcf6eac5c1.jpg",
"https://ew.com/thmb/M3f3NCE73aNIDFV1Pt7VN4ZO1PM=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/cn_146_07_max-2000-c86324a5e9254f26928cfc796ec6860e.jpg",
"https://ew.com/thmb/M3f3NCE73aNIDFV1Pt7VN4ZO1PM=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/cn_146_07_max-2000-c86324a5e9254f26928cfc796ec6860e.jpg",
"https://ew.com/thmb/rqCeFQHtpX9L5lEq9_k9YyOxqGU=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/wesley-snipes-ryan-reynolds-blade-072624-1a-aac39c1207b34948bc80b1c5cd483129.jpg",
"https://ew.com/thmb/rqCeFQHtpX9L5lEq9_k9YyOxqGU=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/wesley-snipes-ryan-reynolds-blade-072624-1a-aac39c1207b34948bc80b1c5cd483129.jpg",
"https://ew.com/thmb/26C7GzE8d0TH6iRPppZmbiD_jp4=/282x188/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/captain-america-1-070924-67a4e8f3dfc9414a9a5f7b1bdf1a42b7.jpg",
"https://ew.com/thmb/26C7GzE8d0TH6iRPppZmbiD_jp4=/282x188/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/captain-america-1-070924-67a4e8f3dfc9414a9a5f7b1bdf1a42b7.jpg",
"https://ew.com/thmb/Y1-EK7Mpib6aNVS17KOK5esK8OM=/282x188/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/avengersendgame5ce30b0b72b43-2000-9c257d090ca64c55976ecd90375d4c21.jpg",
"https://ew.com/thmb/Y1-EK7Mpib6aNVS17KOK5esK8OM=/282x188/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/avengersendgame5ce30b0b72b43-2000-9c257d090ca64c55976ecd90375d4c21.jpg",
"https://ew.com/thmb/m2Bg9XSqumCR2Sa0rVxA2JOm_Y4=/282x188/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/chris-evans-072524-5c6866bcbad349d9b607926b8fd046a2.jpg",
"https://ew.com/thmb/m2Bg9XSqumCR2Sa0rVxA2JOm_Y4=/282x188/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/chris-evans-072524-5c6866bcbad349d9b607926b8fd046a2.jpg",
"https://ew.com/thmb/GA-2f6uP6CHh11YYhZpFE2Hoxxo=/282x188/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/tim-blake-nelson-072924-232aa260547640909ddcba335fd74986.jpg",
"https://ew.com/thmb/GA-2f6uP6CHh11YYhZpFE2Hoxxo=/282x188/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/tim-blake-nelson-072924-232aa260547640909ddcba335fd74986.jpg",
"https://ew.com/thmb/sVQv1ZAWpyb6EL3nAXz0SQ1YB08=/282x188/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/blade-1-061724-d674b9bc81954de989662b8a0f6a30d4.jpg",
"https://ew.com/thmb/sVQv1ZAWpyb6EL3nAXz0SQ1YB08=/282x188/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/blade-1-061724-d674b9bc81954de989662b8a0f6a30d4.jpg",
"https://ew.com/thmb/k3w4iFtb7ZVdKkVLLTXqq-QtnKQ=/282x188/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Robert-Downey-Jr-marvel-072724-516e09127a0a47508d0d446c82e471e4.jpg",
"https://ew.com/thmb/k3w4iFtb7ZVdKkVLLTXqq-QtnKQ=/282x188/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Robert-Downey-Jr-marvel-072724-516e09127a0a47508d0d446c82e471e4.jpg",
"https://ew.com/thmb/xDi3hCC31SEr0hVSh_15dXLaoyM=/282x188/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/giancarlo-esposito-072924-725d7e12b6ac43bb888611c2265ca756.jpg",
"https://ew.com/thmb/xDi3hCC31SEr0hVSh_15dXLaoyM=/282x188/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/giancarlo-esposito-072924-725d7e12b6ac43bb888611c2265ca756.jpg",
"https://ew.com/thmb/knMY6nqxRwHuC5KrdGg7EBs_h-w=/282x188/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/ironheart-081424-58e7747799bd44bdaad579e41d3c6427.jpg",
"https://ew.com/thmb/knMY6nqxRwHuC5KrdGg7EBs_h-w=/282x188/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/ironheart-081424-58e7747799bd44bdaad579e41d3c6427.jpg",
"https://ew.com/thmb/4axE-yYzN_o-dzEvA2c43qqe67o=/282x188/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/taylor-deadpool-073024-78d503767aa243c7a73117e3b3db06d6.jpg",
"https://ew.com/thmb/4axE-yYzN_o-dzEvA2c43qqe67o=/282x188/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/taylor-deadpool-073024-78d503767aa243c7a73117e3b3db06d6.jpg",
"https://ew.com/thmb/nvwsai9X0b_MbN9vnzb2F2oqasI=/282x188/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/agatha-all-along-080924-1-afba74621c9d41a79e613e5ff7588c68.jpg",
"https://ew.com/thmb/nvwsai9X0b_MbN9vnzb2F2oqasI=/282x188/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/agatha-all-along-080924-1-afba74621c9d41a79e613e5ff7588c68.jpg",
"https://ew.com/thmb/CKSO1sG1Ux-OTSHGgpEcxcDsIcE=/282x188/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/giancarlo-esposito-captain-america-072724-3bcade169f854891a9337bdfaa99cd90.jpg",
"https://ew.com/thmb/CKSO1sG1Ux-OTSHGgpEcxcDsIcE=/282x188/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/giancarlo-esposito-captain-america-072724-3bcade169f854891a9337bdfaa99cd90.jpg",
"https://ew.com/thmb/BhNE9_0GTAXWVzKIO1mDvGasUSY=/282x188/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Harrison_Ford-2d27e0d53f8f4813b88aa91cc83b05b1.jpg",
"https://ew.com/thmb/BhNE9_0GTAXWVzKIO1mDvGasUSY=/282x188/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Harrison_Ford-2d27e0d53f8f4813b88aa91cc83b05b1.jpg",
"https://ew.com/thmb/jh7qJQj6XaDax8GyIXyH4Z122jU=/282x188/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/jamie-chung-072724-45d7fd5701964a589fbe8d5f612b4e7b.jpg",
"https://ew.com/thmb/jh7qJQj6XaDax8GyIXyH4Z122jU=/282x188/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/jamie-chung-072724-45d7fd5701964a589fbe8d5f612b4e7b.jpg",
"https://ew.com/thmb/UGUxSPF4LU-Z3081eAihPAy4s18=/282x188/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/chris-evans-comic-con-072624-tout-366494bcf59941ae9a028e26bc98d7fa.jpg",
"https://ew.com/thmb/UGUxSPF4LU-Z3081eAihPAy4s18=/282x188/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/chris-evans-comic-con-072624-tout-366494bcf59941ae9a028e26bc98d7fa.jpg",
"https://ew.com/thmb/sF4uy2dMZo5J_iV5oWoHIcKCs3g=/282x188/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/CCSIP-Ariana-Greenblatt-DI-V2_1-8636c6927d81473fbb975fdd614297fb.png",
"https://ew.com/thmb/sF4uy2dMZo5J_iV5oWoHIcKCs3g=/282x188/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/CCSIP-Ariana-Greenblatt-DI-V2_1-8636c6927d81473fbb975fdd614297fb.png",
"https://ew.com/thmb/PMU2WTyFjDFbOmbHkNd-lNOMBgg=/282x188/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Deadpool-and-Wolverine-040524-da0abb2309e343ccb3c6b0bf8a135d96.jpg",
"https://ew.com/thmb/PMU2WTyFjDFbOmbHkNd-lNOMBgg=/282x188/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Deadpool-and-Wolverine-040524-da0abb2309e343ccb3c6b0bf8a135d96.jpg",
"https://privacy-policy.truste.com/privacy-seal/seal?rid=66410a94-db48-4a68-8eae-de35e6397332"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[
"Nick Romano",
"www.facebook.com"
] |
2024-07-26T14:00:00-04:00
|
Wesley Snipes tells EW he didn't think a Blade return was possible until his old buddy Ryan Reynolds from 'Blade: Trinity' gave him a call: 'If you're in, we're in.'
|
en
|
/favicon.ico
|
EW.com
|
https://ew.com/wesley-snipes-blade-return-deadpool-and-wolverine-ryan-reynolds-reunion-comic-con-2024-exclusive-8684479
|
Warning: This article contains spoilers from Deadpool & Wolverine.
On Thursday night, during a massive Hall H panel at Comic-Con 2024 in San Diego, Marvel threw months of secrecy plans out the window and leaned fully into revealing all the A-list surprise cameos set to appear in Deadpool & Wolverine (playing now in theaters). Out of all the actors in attendance, including Jennifer Garner, Channing Tatum, and Chris Evans, the roaring crowd gave one of the biggest reactions to Wesley Snipes.
Snipes, 61, makes a shocking return as Blade, the fan-favorite Daywalker and vampire hunter inspired by Marvel Comics that headlined 1998's flagship film, followed by 2002's Blade II and 2004's Blade: Trinity. Speaking exclusively with Entertainment Weekly after the splashy Hall H bow, the actor explains how he never thought this return was possible.
"Over the years, we've had very interesting conversations, some of them very substantive and some of them not," he says during an interview out of EW's Comic-Con suite. "So I kind of resided that I was moving on from them, which is okay. I did three of them, and I thought they turned out pretty good. Not so bad... So we move on to other things, and bigger and better things, as well."
Then he received a text message from Ryan Reynolds, the star, producer, and co-writer of Deadpool & Wolverine, who appeared in Blade: Trinity with Snipes 20 years ago. It read, "I want to talk to you."
"I did not think it was possible," Snipes recalls. "I didn't think we would be able to pull it off. I didn't think that Marvel was into it, Disney was into it — also because they had Mahershala cast for the next upcoming version of it." Oscar winner Mahershala Ali has been attached to star in a Blade reboot set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe for years, though the movie is still being developed. "I thought it didn't make sense to me, but [when] you get a call from Ryan Reynolds out of the blue after 20 years, you go, 'Okay, I got to take this call. Let's see what this is about,'" Snipes continues. "He told me the idea... They said 'yes' and 'it's a go.' 'If you're in, we're in.' Here we are."
Deadpool & Wolverine gives Reynolds' Wade Wilson a multiversal odyssey across different alternate realities with Hugh Jackman's Logan. The film kicks off six years after the events of 2018's Deadpool 2. Agents of the Time Variance Authority, the organization introduced in Disney+ series Loki, bring Wade to their boss, Mr. Paradox (Matthew Macfadyen). He learns that his reality is dying, so he sets out to find an alternate reality variant of the one person he thinks can save it, Wolverine. The two jaunt across different dimensions, leading them to meet the likes of Garner's Elektra (from 2003's Daredevil and 2005's Elektra), Tatum's Gambit (the role he was supposed to play in the now-scrapped Gambit movie), Dafne Keen's X-23 (from 2017's Logan), and Snipes' Blade.
Snipes says it was "very challenging" keeping his role a secret until now, even hiding it from his family. But he attests the true challenge was getting back in Blade shape so he could wear the suit again.
"I wasn't Blade ready, man. I don't walk around as Blade every day, you know what I mean? With a trench coat and shades and fangs in my mouth. We had to work out," he says. "We definitely had to get the body, and my biggest concern was being in condition enough to deal with whatever the action was. They didn't really tell me what the action was going to be, so I prepared for whatever that was going to come. Thankfully, I didn't have to do as much as I thought I would because the action movies are tough. They're not easy at all by any means. About a month into it, I got the body right... and then, with the help of a little customized foam well placed in certain areas, it was all good to go, baby. Let's ride!"
His big action scene comes during a team-up with Elektra, Gambit, X-23, Deadpool, and Wolverine all fighting Cassandra Nova (Emma Corrin), a powerful telekinetic and telepath who rules over a horde of other mutants (nearly all smaller characters from past X-Men movies). "Man, it was so cold out there," Snipes comments. "My nuts shriveled up to about that, brother. It was so very cold when we shot this. We started shooting before the strike, and that was in the summer. Then we had to come back, and it was winter. That was winter where we shot in Europe there, very, very tough. Doing action scenes in subzero weather is not easy and not good for your health, that's for sure."
Snipes remembers working with Reynolds all the way back on Blade: Trinity, in which the Deadpool actor played Hannibal King, a fellow vampire hunter working alongside Jessica Biel's Abigail Whistler. Even back then, Reynolds was forming his now-signature sense of humor that has come to define Marvel's Merc with a Mouth. "Some of the things he did back in those days, that's not really my humor," Snipes remarks. "I'm not tuned in that way. So I thought, 'Well, it's a little over the top for me.' But seeing him do it in this context [in Deadpool & Wolverine] made a lot of sense. And seeing him do it and do it well, Ryan does something that most people can't do. He's unique in that way, and he's found a fantastic niche for himself doing what he does. Deadpool is Ryan Reynolds all day long. So it was enjoyable. It was enjoyable to work with him. It was enjoyable to revisit."
When asked if he had a chance to connect with Ali since the Blade reboot was announced, Snipes says, "Not since all the stories about the reboots and all of that have dropped. We haven't spoke." He does point to a statement he released in 2019 after Ali's casting was made official. In it, he told "all the DAYWALKERS losing their minds right now " to "chillaaxx." He congratulated Ali for landing the job, calling him "a beautiful and talented artist whose expressions I look forward to experiencing for many years to come."
"I shouted him out, told him he's got all my blessings and support," Snipes says now. "I even referenced the fact that some of the challenges they're facing now with the project, it shouldn't be accredited to him." Multiple writers and directors boarded the new Blade over the years only to later part ways. Amid so many delays, Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige commented to BlackTree TV while promoting Deadpool & Wolverine, "For the last few years, we’ve been trying to crack that movie. The most important thing for us is not rushing it and making the right Blade movie."
|
||||
6282
|
dbpedia
|
1
| 42
|
https://www.shortform.com/best-books/genre/best-british-mystery-books-of-all-time
|
en
|
100 Best British Mystery Books of All Time (Updated for 2021)
|
[
"https://www.shortform.com/best-books/assets/img/logo-text.svg",
"https://www.shortform.com/best-books/assets/img/logo-text.svg",
"https://www.shortform.com/best-books/assets/img/default-avatar.7266f6c2.jpg",
"https://media.shortform.com/avatars/michael-dirda-6159.jpg",
"https://media.shortform.com/avatars/barack-obama-7425.jpg",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B000FC1RCI&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B000FC1RCI&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://media.shortform.com/avatars/rian-johnson-45723.jpg",
"https://media.shortform.com/avatars/rian-johnson-45723.jpg",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B0027G6XDS&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B0027G6XDS&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B00AA20E5Y&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B00AA20E5Y&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B00IJJUIOM&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B00IJJUIOM&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B000FC12YQ&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B000FC12YQ&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://media.shortform.com/avatars/simon-kernick-47508.jpg",
"https://media.shortform.com/avatars/simon-kernick-47508.jpg",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B004J4XA6E&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B004J4XA6E&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B000FC12Z0&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B000FC12Z0&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=null&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=null&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B0030DHPH0&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B0030DHPH0&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B000Y8BN0E&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B000Y8BN0E&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B01D3FWLBO&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B01D3FWLBO&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B003UV90G6&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B003UV90G6&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B008ZPG8XK&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B008ZPG8XK&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B000W93CUO&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B000W93CUO&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B003VPWYKK&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B003VPWYKK&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B07R97FRX9&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B07R97FRX9&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://media.shortform.com/avatars/mathew-prichard-48027.jpg",
"https://media.shortform.com/avatars/mathew-prichard-48027.jpg",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B005HFI8YS&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B005HFI8YS&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B0106E2CO6&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B0106E2CO6&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B003VPWYMS&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B003VPWYMS&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B000FC12XW&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B000FC12XW&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B074J5P1PY&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B074J5P1PY&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://media.shortform.com/avatars/michael-dirda-6159.jpg",
"https://media.shortform.com/avatars/peter-james-47979.jpg",
"https://media.shortform.com/avatars/michael-dirda-6159.jpg",
"https://media.shortform.com/avatars/peter-james-47979.jpg",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B003F2QOEQ&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B003F2QOEQ&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B00413QAAQ&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B00413QAAQ&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B003VPWY82&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B003VPWY82&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B0089LOOB8&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B0089LOOB8&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B007OV600W&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B007OV600W&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B01M1G8JQE&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B01M1G8JQE&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B07F9N27MH&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B07F9N27MH&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B00L9B7IKE&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B00L9B7IKE&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://media.shortform.com/avatars/barack-obama-7425.jpg",
"https://media.shortform.com/avatars/barack-obama-7425.jpg",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B000FCKRD8&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B000FCKRD8&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B005LVQZSO&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B005LVQZSO&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=1539961966&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=1539961966&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B0010SEM28&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B0010SEM28&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B003OUXE6U&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B003OUXE6U&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B004X6PSCW&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B004X6PSCW&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B001AX9QT2&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B001AX9QT2&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B007OVD834&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B007OVD834&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B003VPWXGU&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B003VPWXGU&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B004HYHAVM&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B004HYHAVM&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B000W969IG&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B000W969IG&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B000OI0E3Q&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B000OI0E3Q&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B0769Z85G1&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B0769Z85G1&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://media.shortform.com/avatars/michael-dirda-6159.jpg",
"https://media.shortform.com/avatars/michael-dirda-6159.jpg",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B004JHYS1M&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B004JHYS1M&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B000FC12YG&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B000FC12YG&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://media.shortform.com/avatars/mathew-prichard-48027.jpg",
"https://media.shortform.com/avatars/mathew-prichard-48027.jpg",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B003VPWXYM&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B003VPWXYM&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B003JH866G&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B003JH866G&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B00E78ICZ6&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B00E78ICZ6&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B000FCKHZQ&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B000FCKHZQ&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B000OI0E7M&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B000OI0E7M&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B004C43FTS&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B004C43FTS&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B000OI0E4U&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B000OI0E4U&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B005OH9MIA&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B005OH9MIA&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B001Y35GEC&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B001Y35GEC&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B000FA64UU&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B000FA64UU&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B005LVR6EG&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B005LVR6EG&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B004GXB3AS&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B004GXB3AS&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B0010SGREE&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B0010SGREE&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B008LQ19L4&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B008LQ19L4&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B007YUBIV4&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B007YUBIV4&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=null&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=null&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B001A6ZWLU&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B001A6ZWLU&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B00E2RYTJU&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B00E2RYTJU&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B073TKJ5S8&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B073TKJ5S8&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B0018SJO8C&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B0018SJO8C&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=null&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=null&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=null&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=null&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B002Q1YCZ0&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B002Q1YCZ0&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B00L9B7CGE&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B00L9B7CGE&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B000FCK9D6&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B000FCK9D6&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B01ER14CRY&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B01ER14CRY&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B008EXJZHE&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B008EXJZHE&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=null&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=null&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B000FC10WU&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B000FC10WU&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B0018QUCLW&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B0018QUCLW&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B07LG6FP9D&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B07LG6FP9D&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=null&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=null&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=null&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=null&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B0176O17PO&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B0176O17PO&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=null&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=null&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B001Y35GG0&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B001Y35GG0&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B07M5VB1Y6&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B07M5VB1Y6&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B004JHYSE4&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B004JHYSE4&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B001BJ6ROW&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B001BJ6ROW&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B00DB3A4B8&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B00DB3A4B8&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B0071VURHW&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B0071VURHW&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B074MDD3H6&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B074MDD3H6&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B07TV2XJLB&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B07TV2XJLB&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B000FC1HM8&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B000FC1HM8&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B004DEPI24&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B004DEPI24&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B005MHHRPW&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B005MHHRPW&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B07ZY4S4GD&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B07ZY4S4GD&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B00FOBA2PS&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B00FOBA2PS&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B00FCQW6HW&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B00FCQW6HW&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B00C5R7H8O&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B00C5R7H8O&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=null&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=null&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B00LZ7GSTY&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B00LZ7GSTY&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B00BHHDMPK&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B00BHHDMPK&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B003H3IOV4&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B003H3IOV4&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B000FCK68Y&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B000FCK68Y&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B07FDDPFPN&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B07FDDPFPN&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL320_&tag=allencheng-20",
"https://www.shortform.com/best-books/assets/img/mobile-app-store-badge.77ca8b6d.png",
"https://www.shortform.com/best-books/assets/img/mobile-google-play-badge.769f8080.png"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[] | null |
The worldâs best british mystery books of all time. Recommended by leading experts like Stephen King, Michael Dirda, and Barack Obama.
|
en
|
/best-books/assets/img/icons/favicon-32x32.png
|
https://www.shortform.com/best-books/genre/best-british-mystery-books-of-all-time
|
The World's Bestselling Mystery
"Ten . . ."
Ten strangers are lured to an isolated island mansion off the Devon coast by a mysterious "U.N. Owen."
"Nine . . ."
At dinner a recorded message accuses each of them in turn of having a guilty secret, and by the end of the night one of the guests is dead.
"Eight . . ."
Stranded by a violent storm, and haunted by a nursery rhyme counting down one by one . . . one by one they begin to die.
"Seven . . ."
Who among them is the killer and will any of them survive?
The World's Bestselling Mystery
"Ten . . ."
Ten strangers are lured to an isolated island mansion off the Devon coast by a mysterious "U.N. Owen."
"Nine . . ."
At dinner a recorded message accuses each of them in turn of having a guilty secret, and by the end of the night one of the guests is dead.
"Eight . . ."
Stranded by a violent storm, and haunted by a nursery rhyme counting down one by one . . . one by one they begin to die.
"Seven . . ."
Who among them is the killer and will any of them survive?
We owe The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902) to Arthur Conan Doyle's good friend Fletcher "Bobbles" Robinson, who took him to visit some scary English moors and prehistoric ruins, and told him marvelous local legends about escaped prisoners and a 17th-century aristocrat who fell afoul of the family dog. Doyle transmogrified the legend: generations ago, a hound of hell tore out the throat of devilish Hugo Baskerville on the moonlit moor. Poor, accursed Baskerville Hall now has another mysterious death: that of Sir Charles Baskerville. Could the culprit somehow be mixed up with secretive servant Barrymore, history-obsessed Dr. Frankland, butterfly-chasing Stapleton, or Selden, the Notting Hill murderer at large? Someone's been signaling with candles from the mansion's windows. Nor can supernatural forces be ruled out. Can Dr. Watson--left alone by Sherlock Holmes to sleuth in fear for much of the novel--save the next Baskerville, Sir Henry, from the hound's fangs?
Many Holmes fans prefer Doyle's complete short stories, but their clockwork logic doesn't match the author's boast about this novel: it's "a real Creeper!" What distinguishes this particular Hound is its fulfillment of Doyle's great debt to Edgar Allan Poe--it's full of ancient woe, low moans, a Grimpen Mire that sucks ponies to Dostoyevskian deaths, and locals digging up Neolithic skulls without next-of-kins' consent. "The longer one stays here the more does the spirit of the moor sink into one's soul," Watson realizes. "Rank reeds and lush, slimy water-plants sent an odour of decay ... while a false step plunged us more than once thigh-deep into the dark, quivering mire, which shook for yards in soft undulations around our feet ... it was as if some malignant hand was tugging us down into those obscene depths." Read on--but, reader, watch your step! --Tim Appelo
Erika Rosenthal has always been secretive with her friend and neighbor, Detective Inspector Gemma James, about her past, except for one telling detail: She and her long-dead husband, David, came to London as refugees from Nazi Germany. But now the elderly woman needs Gemma's help. A unique piece of jewelry stolen from her years ago has mysteriously turned up at a prestigious London auction house. Erika believes the theft may be tied to her husband's death, which had always been assumed a suicide.
Gemma has a tough challenge. She must navigate the shadowy and secretive world of...
Erika Rosenthal has always been secretive with her friend and neighbor, Detective Inspector Gemma James, about her past, except for one telling detail: She and her long-dead husband, David, came to London as refugees from Nazi Germany. But now the elderly woman needs Gemma's help. A unique piece of jewelry stolen from her years ago has mysteriously turned up at a prestigious London auction house. Erika believes the theft may be tied to her husband's death, which had always been assumed a suicide.
Gemma has a tough challenge. She must navigate the shadowy and secretive world of London's monied society to discover the jewelry's connection to David's murderer. However, the cold case needs to be put back on the books and possibly into the hands of her partner, Duncan Kincaid. When a second, present-day murder kicks the investigation into high gear, Gemma becomes more determined to exact justice for Erika in a case that will have lasting repercussions.
The Barnes & Noble Review
Deborah Crombie is building a reputation for creating powerful and dramatic mysteries. Her protagonists, Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James, have more in common than the home and love they share, they're also both Scotland Yard detectives.
In a Dark House puts Gemma and Duncan's multilayered relationship to the test, as these two gifted investigators find themselves working a brutal and complex case from differing perspectives. It starts simply Superintendent Kincaid is called in to "help" when a member of Parliament's venture into real estate goes up in smoke. At first Duncan expects that his role will be limited to keeping the politician's involvement out of the limelight. But the discovery of the body of a nude young woman at the fire scene guarantees he'll soon be doing more than damage control.
Gemma comes to the case through unofficial channels, when her offer to help a friend whose lodger has vanished reveals unmistakable signs of a double life. When the M.P.'s wayward daughter disappears, Gemma and Duncan discover disturbing evidence linking that to another missing-persons case -- one where an angry father, desperate to remove his daughter from his ex-wife's care, entrusted his little girl to a virtual stranger, only to have both the woman and child disappear without a trace. Carefully, patiently, Duncan and Gemma tease out the connections between the brutalized corpse, the missing women, the kidnapped girl and a series of suspicious fires that suggest a pattern of accelerating danger. Sue Stone
Detective Superintendent Duncan Kincaid and his partner, Sergeant Gemma James, take their sons to picturesque Cheshire for their first family Christmas with Duncan's parents - a holiday both dreaded and anticipated. But not even the charming town of Nantwich and the dreaming canals can mask the tensions in Duncan's family, which are tragically heightened by the discovery of an infant's body hidden in the wall of an old dairy.
As Duncan and Gemma help the police investigate the infant's death, another murder strikes closer to home, revealing that far from being idyllic, Duncan's childhood paradise holds dark and deadly secrets . . . secrets that threaten everything and everyone Duncan and Gemma hold most dear.
The Barnes & Noble Review
A number of traditions come seamlessly together in P. D. James's Death in Holy Orders, another of her acclaimed mysteries featuring Scotland Yard's Commander Adam Dalgliesh. Included among those traditions are the Golden Age detective story, the police procedural, the literary gothic, and the Victorian novel, with its stately prose, leisurely pacing, and abundant supply of social, familial, and psychological detail. The result of this eclectic combination is a multilayered narrative that works both as a murder mystery and as a complex meditation on faith, love, loyalty, vengeance, and personal responsibility.
The bulk of the novel takes place at St. Anselm's, an embattled, isolated theological college on England's windswept East Anglian coast. When the body of seminarian Ronald Treeves is literally unearthed from a suffocating pile of sand, a coroner's jury turns in a verdict of accidental death. Arms manufacturer Sir Alred Treeves, Ronald's adoptive father, questions the verdict and arranges to have Dalgliesh reinvestigate the boy's death.
Dalgliesh arrives at St. Anselm's at a particularly troubled moment. A longtime employee of the college has just died of an apparent heart attack, and a number of outside visitors have arrived to spend a restful rural weekend. Among the guests are a pair of visiting academics, a policeman on the verge of a breakdown, and Archdeacon Matthew Crampton, an ambitious cleric with a guilty secret and a vested interest in closing down the college. Crampton has had a history of hostile encounters, both with fellow guests and with various members of the seminary staff. On the morning after his arrival, his body is found, savagely beaten, in the sanctified precincts of St. Anselm's Church.
As Dalgliesh soon learns, a great many of the weekend visitors had motives for murdering the archdeacon. Surrounding himself with a picked crew of Scotland Yard regulars, Dalgliesh spearheads a wide-ranging investigation that illuminates the events behind Crampton's death by first exposing the buried secrets of several interconnected lives. In the end,
Dalgliesh -- poet, sleuth, and solitary widower -- successfully identifies a resourceful killer and opens himself up to the possibility of romantic and spiritual renewal.
Death in Holy Orders is an engaging, old-fashioned, morally attractive novel by an 80-year-old master of the craft who continues to write with grace, clarity, and psychological acuity. At an age when most writers have long since passed their creative peaks, James has given us a fresh, quietly enthralling novel that raises large, important questions and solidifies its
author's position as one of the dominant figures of late-20th-century crime fiction. (Bill Sheehan)
Bill Sheehan reviews horror, suspense, and science fiction for Cemetery Dance, The New York Review of Science Fiction, and other publications. His book-length critical study of the fiction of Peter Straub, At the Foot of the Story Tree, has been published by Subterranean Press (www.subterraneanpress.com).
|
|||||
6282
|
dbpedia
|
0
| 75
|
https://crimereads.com/10-classic-radio-mysteries-every-crime-fiction-lover-should-know/
|
en
|
10 Classic Radio Mysteries Every Crime Fiction Lover Should Know
|
[
"https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/themes/lithub-crimereads/images/crime-reads-logo.png",
"https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/themes/lithub-crimereads/images/crime-reads-logo.png",
"https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/radio-mystery-slider-960x430.jpg",
"https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/09/fortune-favors-195x300.jpg",
"https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/spotswood-150x150.jpeg",
"https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2023/09/CR-tote-AdobeStock_163341385-300x200.jpg",
"https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/06/Quiz-2-726x400.jpg",
"https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/06/Quiz-150x150.jpg",
"https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/plugins/lb-content-widgets/img/lithub-logo.png",
"https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/plugins/lb-content-widgets/img/lazy-rec.png",
"https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/plugins/lb-content-widgets/img/lazy-sq.png",
"https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/plugins/lb-content-widgets/img/lazy-sq.png",
"https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/plugins/lb-content-widgets/img/lazy-sq.png",
"https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/plugins/lb-content-widgets/img/lazy-sq.png",
"https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/plugins/lb-content-widgets/img/bookmarks-logo.png",
"https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/plugins/lb-content-widgets/img/lazy-rec.png",
"https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/plugins/lb-content-widgets/img/lazy-sq.png",
"https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/plugins/lb-content-widgets/img/lazy-sq.png",
"https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/plugins/lb-content-widgets/img/lazy-sq.png",
"https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/plugins/lb-content-widgets/img/lazy-sq.png",
"https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/07/cr-holder-01-300x300.jpg",
"https://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-sPcTBQa5YQLu3.gif",
"https://s26162.pcdn.co/wp-content/themes/lithub-crimereads/images/CR-tote-small.png"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[
"Stephen Spotswood"
] |
2020-10-27T09:10:46+00:00
|
Sunday night was a church night. So were Wednesday nights and Sunday mornings, but Sunday nights were my favorite. Because Sunday night was murder night. After service, while my parents mingled wit…
|
en
|
CrimeReads
|
https://crimereads.com/10-classic-radio-mysteries-every-crime-fiction-lover-should-know/
|
Sunday night was a church night. So were Wednesday nights and Sunday mornings, but Sunday nights were my favorite. Because Sunday night was murder night.
Article continues after advertisement
After service, while my parents mingled with the rest of the congregation in the parking lot, I grabbed the car keys from my father, shut myself in our aging Buick, and turned the dial to an AM station out of Philadelphia. These days that station is a toxic stew of right-wing talk radio. But back then, for two hours each Sunday evening, that station would air old radio shows from the 30s, 40s, and 50s. Sometimes comedy, occasionally drama, but most often murder.
So while my parents chatted and my deacon father waited for everyone to leave so he could lock up, I let voices from half a century before weave tales of suspense, crime, and the heroes and villains who rubbed shoulders in the shadows.
While I’m sure my parents would have preferred a child who was more interested in the content of the Sunday evening sermon rather than its brevity, they certainly didn’t dissuade me. They even found a mail-order company that sold cassette tapes of those old radio dramas. I was no longer beholden to the whim of the AM station’s producers. I could pick and choose. More often than not I chose the sound of ominous footsteps in the hall, doors creaking open, screams echoing in the night.
In recent years audio-driven entertainment has once again carved out a corner of my internal landscape. My phone is filled with podcasts, episodic audio dramas like Welcome to Nightvale, and I just finished the Audible adaptation of The Sandman. And as theatre artists around the world wait for their industry to reopen, many are exploring the world of audio drama as a way to make work that’s inexpensive, easy to distribute, and whose limits are defined only by the listener’s imagination.
Article continues after advertisement
I couldn’t be more excited to see what they create.
In the meantime, here are a few of the discoveries I made as a child, sitting in a darkened car, waiting and listening.
The Shadow (1937-1954)
“Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows!”
Wealthy man about town Lamont Cranston fights a one-man war against crime as the caped vigilante, the Shadow. If the set-up sounds familiar that’s because The Shadow, along with Zorro, provided the foundation for Batman. But while Batman’s powers are driven solely by rigorous training and his colossal wealth, Cranston has developed a set of strange mental abilities, including telepathy, hypnosis, and the ability to “cloud men’s minds” so they cannot see him. With the title character voiced by Orson Welles, The Shadow was must-listen entertainment during the 1940s and, likely thanks to the many vigilante heroes he inspired, has lingered in the public consciousness long after his pulp companions have faded.
Article continues after advertisement
The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939-1950)
There is something about the heady mix of adventure and mystery with just a dash of horror that made Sherlock Holmes ripe for radio. Each week a representative of the show’s sponsor joined Dr. Watson in his study and was told a new, thrilling tale of the doctor’s adventures with the famous detective. Some were based on Arthur Conan Doyle’s original stories, while many were written specifically for radio. For most of its run it starred Basil Rathbone as Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Watson, who went on to star in several Holmes movies together, and whose chemistry kept listeners coming back for more than a decade.
Inner Sanctum (1941-1952)
An organ plays, a door creaks open, and a man with a baritone voice says, “Oh, hello there. I’m so glad you came tonight” in a way that makes you wonder if it would have been safer to stay home. With one foot in mystery and the other placed firmly in horror, Inner Sanctum was an anthology series of strange and chilling tales that guest starred film greats like Bela Lugosi, Orson Welles, and Claude Rains.
The Whistler (1942-1955)
A crime anthology, The Whistler got its name from its sinister-voiced narrator, with each episode opening to the sound of footsteps and whistling. Each week, he would lead the audience through a tale of a person who, for reasons selfish or righteous, sets out to commit a flawless crime. Irony was a chief ingredient in The Whistler, so each week the criminal is brought low by fate. Apparently it was a flavor audiences enjoyed, because the show became one of the longest-running series and saw out the golden age of radio.
Perry Mason (1943-1955)
Thanks to the HBO series, a whole new generation is discovering Earle Stanley Gardener’s hero of the unfairly accused. But before he made his way to television, the unconventional defense attorney was the star of a crime serial with stories unfolding daily in ten-minute increments. This version of the character has more in common with the HBO version—more than willing to get his hands dirty—than the stately courtroom figure of Gardener’s novels and Raymond Burr’s TV persona.
Candy Matson (1949-1951)
There weren’t many leading ladies during the golden age of radio, at least not with P.I. tacked onto their name. But Candy Matson proved that women could handle the hardboiled lingo just as well as their male counterparts. A former model turned detective in San Francisco, Candy was smart and witty, with a willingness to use people’s assumptions to her advantage. Unfortunately, Candy remained a West Coast program and never got the national exposure she deserved.
Dragnet (1949-1957)
“The story you are about to hear is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent.” Before Law and Order had the chance to rip anything from the headlines, Dragnet was using real-life crimes to inspire the adventures of Sgt. Joe Friday, a member of the Los Angeles police department. Dragnet was proof-of-concept that there was an audience for modern police procedurals that leaned away from melodrama and toward the nuts and bolts of crime-solving.
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (1949-1962)
Billed as “the man with the action-packed expense account,” Johnny Dollar was a special investigator for an insurance company who was sent to nose into suspicious deaths, possible frauds, missing persons, and any claim his bosses didn’t want to pay out. Each episode was structured around Johnny tallying items in his expense report. Standing firmly on the wisecracking side of the hardboiled divide, Johnny Dollar was for listeners who liked their detectives with tongue firmly in cheek.
The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe (1950-1951)
Rex Stout’s creation appeared in a number of programs during radio’s heyday, but it was The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe starring Sydney Greenstreet that made the caustic, finicky detective a radio star. The show, like Stout’s novels, placed voice and character over plot. And with quick-talking legman Archie Goodwin acting as the foil for Wolfe, there was plenty of character to go around.
CBS Radio Mystery Theatre (1974-1982)
Created by Inner Sanctum originator Himan Brown, Radio Mystery Theatre was designed to appeal to people old enough to be nostalgic for radio’s golden age, but ended up drawing in a much wider audience. Another anthology series, CBSRMT ran regularly on CBS’s affiliates and went well beyond the “Mystery” in its title to encompass a host of other genres. While it never quite managed to transcend its mid-century roots, the show’s positives include clear recordings that are easily available online and episodes featuring actors that modern audiences can still see on screen today.
***
While many recordings have been lost to time, episodes from all of these title are available online, either on old time radio sites, through streaming apps, or simply on YouTube.
Happy listening.
|
|||||
6282
|
dbpedia
|
3
| 20
|
https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/g37579559/best-murder-mystery-movies/
|
en
|
The 35 Best Murder Mystery Movies to Watch Right Now
|
[
"https://www.townandcountrymag.com/_assets/design-tokens/fre/static/icons/search.f1c199c.svg",
"https://www.townandcountrymag.com/_assets/design-tokens/fre/static/icons/close.38e3324.svg",
"https://www.townandcountrymag.com/_assets/design-tokens/townandcountrymag/static/images/logos/logo.43a5649.svg?primary=%25239a0500",
"https://www.townandcountrymag.com/_assets/design-tokens/fre/static/icons/saved.ad81f1a.svg?primary=%2523ffffff",
"https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/murder-mystery-movies-1631583244.jpg?crop=0.502xw:1.00xh;0.250xw,0&resize=640:*",
"https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/clue-64949ce9d6c65.jpg?crop=1xw:1xh;center,top&resize=480:* 640w, https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/clue-64949ce9d6c65.jpg?crop=1xw:1xh;center,top&resize=980:* 980w",
"https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/knives-out-64949d5e077d9.jpg?crop=0.9876543209876543xw:1xh;center,top&resize=480:* 640w, https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/knives-out-64949d5e077d9.jpg?crop=0.9876543209876543xw:1xh;center,top&resize=980:* 980w",
"https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/get-out-64949d98c8630.jpg?crop=0.9873333333333334xw:1xh;center,top&resize=480:* 640w, https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/get-out-64949d98c8630.jpg?crop=0.9873333333333334xw:1xh;center,top&resize=980:* 980w",
"https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/actors-albert-finney-lauren-bacall-martin-balsam-ingrid-news-photo-1687461561.jpg?crop=0.99659xw:1xh;center,top&resize=480:* 640w, https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/actors-albert-finney-lauren-bacall-martin-balsam-ingrid-news-photo-1687461561.jpg?crop=0.99659xw:1xh;center,top&resize=980:* 980w",
"https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/mv5byzm4yzlhzgmtyti2yi00oty4lwe0mzctndflytq3ymflotbjxkeyxkfqcgdeqxvymtmxodk2otuat-v1-1670966328.jpg?crop=1xw:1xh;center,top&resize=480:* 640w, https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/mv5byzm4yzlhzgmtyti2yi00oty4lwe0mzctndflytq3ymflotbjxkeyxkfqcgdeqxvymtmxodk2otuat-v1-1670966328.jpg?crop=1xw:1xh;center,top&resize=980:* 980w",
"https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/the-lovebirds-6494a5bb40d1b.jpg?crop=0.9853333333333333xw:1xh;center,top&resize=480:* 640w, https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/the-lovebirds-6494a5bb40d1b.jpg?crop=0.9853333333333333xw:1xh;center,top&resize=980:* 980w",
"https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/director-alfred-hitchcock-appears-on-a-poster-for-his-movie-news-photo-1687461330.jpg?crop=1.00xw:0.970xh;0,0.0198xh&resize=480:* 640w, https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/director-alfred-hitchcock-appears-on-a-poster-for-his-movie-news-photo-1687461330.jpg?crop=1.00xw:0.970xh;0,0.0198xh&resize=980:* 980w",
"https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/poster-for-stanley-donens-1963-comedy-charade-starring-cary-news-photo-1687461365.jpg?crop=1.00xw:0.976xh;0,0.0110xh&resize=480:* 640w, https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/poster-for-stanley-donens-1963-comedy-charade-starring-cary-news-photo-1687461365.jpg?crop=1.00xw:0.976xh;0,0.0110xh&resize=980:* 980w",
"https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/en-us-goko-main-pool-vertical-27x40-srgb-pre-theatrical-6494a317a9c3f.jpg?crop=0.9875555555555555xw:1xh;center,top&resize=480:* 640w, https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/en-us-goko-main-pool-vertical-27x40-srgb-pre-theatrical-6494a317a9c3f.jpg?crop=0.9875555555555555xw:1xh;center,top&resize=980:* 980w",
"https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/gone-girl-64949e7bb49c8.jpg?crop=1xw:1xh;center,top&resize=480:* 640w, https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/gone-girl-64949e7bb49c8.jpg?crop=1xw:1xh;center,top&resize=980:* 980w",
"https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/bad-times-at-the-el-royale-64949f52ae0a0.jpg?crop=0.9879401833092136xw:1xh;center,top&resize=480:* 640w, https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/bad-times-at-the-el-royale-64949f52ae0a0.jpg?crop=0.9879401833092136xw:1xh;center,top&resize=980:* 980w",
"https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/pink-panther-6494a94de07a5.jpg?crop=0.9908333333333332xw:1xh;center,top&resize=480:* 640w, https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/pink-panther-6494a94de07a5.jpg?crop=0.9908333333333332xw:1xh;center,top&resize=980:* 980w",
"https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo-64949f0fe08f9.jpg?crop=1xw:1xh;center,top&resize=480:* 640w, https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo-64949f0fe08f9.jpg?crop=1xw:1xh;center,top&resize=980:* 980w",
"https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/la-confidential-64949f9740646.jpg?crop=0.9772549019607842xw:1xh;center,top&resize=480:* 640w, https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/la-confidential-64949f9740646.jpg?crop=0.9772549019607842xw:1xh;center,top&resize=980:* 980w",
"https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/the-last-of-sheila-64949fe6d0073.jpeg?crop=1xw:1xh;center,top&resize=480:* 640w, https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/the-last-of-sheila-64949fe6d0073.jpeg?crop=1xw:1xh;center,top&resize=980:* 980w",
"https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/poster-for-carol-reeds-1949-mystery-film-the-third-man-news-photo-1687462063.jpg?crop=1xw:1xh;center,top&resize=480:* 640w, https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/poster-for-carol-reeds-1949-mystery-film-the-third-man-news-photo-1687462063.jpg?crop=1xw:1xh;center,top&resize=980:* 980w",
"https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/murder-by-death-poster-us-poster-art-1976-news-photo-1687462181.jpg?crop=1.00xw:0.992xh;0,0.00787xh&resize=480:* 640w, https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/murder-by-death-poster-us-poster-art-1976-news-photo-1687462181.jpg?crop=1.00xw:0.992xh;0,0.00787xh&resize=980:* 980w",
"https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/a-simple-favor-6494a154cacda.jpeg?crop=1xw:0.9997163925127623xh;center,top&resize=480:* 640w, https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/a-simple-favor-6494a154cacda.jpeg?crop=1xw:0.9997163925127623xh;center,top&resize=980:* 980w",
"https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/mv5bmmq1odm2zmqtzmqwny00owzklwfhmwetzgzknjuyndvlogi2xkeyxkfqcgdeqxvymjuzoty1ntcat-v1-1670966088.jpg?crop=1xw:1xh;center,top&resize=480:* 640w, https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/mv5bmmq1odm2zmqtzmqwny00owzklwfhmwetzgzknjuyndvlogi2xkeyxkfqcgdeqxvymjuzoty1ntcat-v1-1670966088.jpg?crop=1xw:1xh;center,top&resize=980:* 980w",
"https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/poster-for-the-columbia-pictures-movie-in-a-lonely-place-news-photo-1687462297.jpg?crop=1xw:1xh;center,top&resize=480:* 640w, https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/poster-for-the-columbia-pictures-movie-in-a-lonely-place-news-photo-1687462297.jpg?crop=1xw:1xh;center,top&resize=980:* 980w",
"https://hips.hearstapps.com/rover/profile_photos/79e15295-fafa-4b88-bcc7-ed8df2e6277d_1582218247.jpg?fill=1:1&resize=120:*",
"https://hips.hearstapps.com/rover/profile_photos/121b4598-31f9-4716-af00-a68368fb7913_1643729378.file?fill=1:1&resize=120:*",
"https://www.townandcountrymag.com/_assets/design-tokens/fre/static/icons/play.db7c035.svg?primary=%2523ffffff",
"https://hips.hearstapps.com/vidthumb/b504ad18-1021-4e6c-a6df-dbe679975f1f/thumb_1920x1080_00002_1610370363_51518.jpg?crop=1xw:1xh;center,top&resize=640:* 640w, https://hips.hearstapps.com/vidthumb/b504ad18-1021-4e6c-a6df-dbe679975f1f/thumb_1920x1080_00002_1610370363_51518.jpg?crop=1xw:1xh;center,top&resize=980:* 980w, https://hips.hearstapps.com/vidthumb/b504ad18-1021-4e6c-a6df-dbe679975f1f/thumb_1920x1080_00002_1610370363_51518.jpg?crop=1xw:1xh;center,top&resize=1200:* 1120w",
"https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/best-gifts-for-movie-lover-64fa19fc0a794.jpg?crop=0.413xw:0.827xh;0.282xw,0.0833xh&resize=360:*",
"https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/rev-1-hrzn-31604r-high-res-jpeg-667c5b108ceaa.jpg?crop=1.00xw:0.668xh;0,0&resize=360:*",
"https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/actresses-meryl-streep-and-amanda-seyfried-attend-the-news-photo-1592793153.jpg?crop=0.587xw:0.810xh;0.372xw,0.190xh&resize=360:*",
"https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/margaret-hamilton-as-the-wicked-witch-and-judy-garland-as-news-photo-1650902182.jpg?crop=1.00xw:0.803xh;0,0&resize=360:*",
"https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/kevin-costner-horzion-66155fb27010d.png?crop=0.508xw:1.00xh;0.112xw,0&resize=360:*",
"https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/angelina-jolie-in-maria-1-photo-credit-pablo-larrai-n-652450722abf6.jpg?crop=0.6801944106925881xw:1xh;center,top&resize=360:*",
"https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/catq-01-hero-montyandqueen-66a8e6998618f.jpg?crop=1.00xw:0.874xh;0,0.0573xh&resize=360:*",
"https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/challengers-c-05803-r-rgb-66103e73c6e63.jpg?crop=0.627xw:1.00xh;0.188xw,0&resize=360:*",
"https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/pb5-ms-23-11-18-2111-1572450954.jpg?crop=0.670xw:1.00xh;0.232xw,0&resize=360:*",
"https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/actor-ben-cross-in-a-scene-from-the-film-chariots-of-fire-news-photo-1721914966.jpg?crop=0.780xw:1.00xh;0.111xw,0&resize=360:*",
"https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/women-presidents-in-film-and-tv-64df9abfbf322.jpg?crop=0.501xw:1.00xh;0.250xw,0&resize=360:*",
"https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/british-american-actress-businesswoman-and-humanitarian-news-photo-1721653841.jpg?crop=0.659xw:1.00xh;0.135xw,0&resize=360:*",
"https://www.townandcountrymag.com/_assets/design-tokens/townandcountrymag/static/images/logos/logo.43a5649.svg?primary=%2523ffffff",
"https://www.townandcountrymag.com/_assets/design-tokens/fre/static/icons/social/x.3361b6d.svg?primary=%2523ffffff&id=social-button-icon",
"https://www.townandcountrymag.com/_assets/design-tokens/fre/static/icons/social/tiktok.603c377.svg?primary=%2523ffffff&id=social-button-icon",
"https://www.townandcountrymag.com/_assets/design-tokens/fre/static/icons/social/youtube.ce3e1ae.svg?primary=%2523ffffff&id=social-button-icon",
"https://www.townandcountrymag.com/_assets/design-tokens/fre/static/icons/social/facebook.a5a3a69.svg?primary=%2523ffffff&id=social-button-icon",
"https://www.townandcountrymag.com/_assets/design-tokens/fre/static/icons/social/instagram.f282b14.svg?primary=%2523ffffff&id=social-button-icon",
"https://www.townandcountrymag.com/_assets/design-tokens/fre/static/icons/social/pinterest.e8cf655.svg?primary=%2523ffffff&id=social-button-icon",
"https://www.townandcountrymag.com/_assets/design-tokens/townandcountrymag/static/images/logos/network-logo.3fe5847.svg?primary=%2523ffffff"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[
"Annie Goldsmith",
"Emily Burack"
] |
2021-09-14T17:01:45.220368-04:00
|
From Alfred Hitchcock to Jordan Peele, here are our favorite murder mystery movies available to stream on Amazon, Netflix, and Hulu.
|
en
|
/_assets/design-tokens/townandcountrymag/static/images/favicon.80ace0d.ico
|
Town & Country
|
https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/g37579559/best-murder-mystery-movies/
|
The murder mystery genre is having a moment.
Why? "There's an element of comfort," Rian Johnson, Knives Out writer/director told Town & Country earlier this year. "The form itself is an inherently conservative form. Not politically conservative, but fundamentally conservative: The simplest form of chaos is created by a crime. The paternal detective comes in, finds the truth, and sets everything back right at the end of it by punishing the guilty. In a way, it's the most basic kind of 'break a thing and then restore it,' and everything's okay at the end of the day. There's something comforting about that."
|
||||
6282
|
dbpedia
|
1
| 39
|
https://lizybee.wordpress.com/2014/08/05/the-whistler/
|
en
|
The Whistler
|
[
"https://lizybee.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/cropped-p320003411.jpg",
"https://lizybee.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/screen-shot-2014-08-05-at-2-03-46-pm.png?w=200&h=300",
"https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/83e5cdc8d33f9d0b354cd14163e0ccdeab619a25e379b697ef76391c6408d4c3?s=60&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/a76756bae055bdf13028257f7a20f113695906b22abe83b7bdd0e675c79baba6?s=40&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/001437cf959135927c10c702f237632f6fb0298274b466dbfe44590beecf89a0?s=40&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/83e5cdc8d33f9d0b354cd14163e0ccdeab619a25e379b697ef76391c6408d4c3?s=40&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/fa77611d289276834c146fed3a4ff31ec554ce90719a91eccd1f8de2e6976ffb?s=40&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/83e5cdc8d33f9d0b354cd14163e0ccdeab619a25e379b697ef76391c6408d4c3?s=40&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/22805f4331364bd677b547d0586e6b7dd63e1ec57530575e735b848667532ad3?s=40&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/83e5cdc8d33f9d0b354cd14163e0ccdeab619a25e379b697ef76391c6408d4c3?s=40&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/f7668cb37aecd7ff32b6e4e6a1b6ce57a2092c06981fd58037b90bac163f1876?s=40&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/83e5cdc8d33f9d0b354cd14163e0ccdeab619a25e379b697ef76391c6408d4c3?s=40&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/a7c93fadf9788f0a65f5ab23cf2e79d6e1b911000107682e9e6db41aa31e2296?s=40&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/83e5cdc8d33f9d0b354cd14163e0ccdeab619a25e379b697ef76391c6408d4c3?s=40&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/22805f4331364bd677b547d0586e6b7dd63e1ec57530575e735b848667532ad3?s=40&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/22805f4331364bd677b547d0586e6b7dd63e1ec57530575e735b848667532ad3?s=40&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/1d63aabcff7efb3adf91c3f8121c8307b50ec9137133ad7c2900d609cfbc0fbf?s=40&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/83e5cdc8d33f9d0b354cd14163e0ccdeab619a25e379b697ef76391c6408d4c3?s=40&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/3fb3c0c418250f9219dc4a4b05fd89afaa2ad586964bed2ae58161b0d4de76b4?s=40&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/83e5cdc8d33f9d0b354cd14163e0ccdeab619a25e379b697ef76391c6408d4c3?s=40&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/6faf9fdb1eb74d526cfbff9fa8437a795be1ef89447569f3ec16367a0ca6e18c?s=40&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/83e5cdc8d33f9d0b354cd14163e0ccdeab619a25e379b697ef76391c6408d4c3?s=40&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/22805f4331364bd677b547d0586e6b7dd63e1ec57530575e735b848667532ad3?s=40&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/22805f4331364bd677b547d0586e6b7dd63e1ec57530575e735b848667532ad3?s=40&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/83e5cdc8d33f9d0b354cd14163e0ccdeab619a25e379b697ef76391c6408d4c3?s=40&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/e0adb949a1d0078a25b0ff3d452a1beedbd61d9cd3da17f50c15ab160de02af9?s=40&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/83e5cdc8d33f9d0b354cd14163e0ccdeab619a25e379b697ef76391c6408d4c3?s=40&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/de43d9275a429b24c555cf61b11f058778cab4959df962722f862cf9b8d7d7ad?s=40&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/83e5cdc8d33f9d0b354cd14163e0ccdeab619a25e379b697ef76391c6408d4c3?s=40&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/98aab413a037cee3572eaaf42799eb280195bce9d607cacca40a7bd3effd50b7?s=40&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/83e5cdc8d33f9d0b354cd14163e0ccdeab619a25e379b697ef76391c6408d4c3?s=40&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/ebbd517c8d3c190f7be7dabc63541b8d2958ade98d3538f7ee6675f1d2020166?s=40&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/83e5cdc8d33f9d0b354cd14163e0ccdeab619a25e379b697ef76391c6408d4c3?s=40&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://graph.facebook.com/v2.2/1026552217400810/picture?type=large&_md5=989e250fe4b2f92429cf4b0e48954bff",
"https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/83e5cdc8d33f9d0b354cd14163e0ccdeab619a25e379b697ef76391c6408d4c3?s=40&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/6f95790b2d49c512bd1e501012ad5fcf567b267031076174f64f2204cae0c762?s=40&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/83e5cdc8d33f9d0b354cd14163e0ccdeab619a25e379b697ef76391c6408d4c3?s=40&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://graph.facebook.com/v2.2/1142479472430262/picture?type=large&_md5=cdcb482f0b159c2ac5d52b2f628127c0",
"https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/83e5cdc8d33f9d0b354cd14163e0ccdeab619a25e379b697ef76391c6408d4c3?s=40&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/83e5cdc8d33f9d0b354cd14163e0ccdeab619a25e379b697ef76391c6408d4c3?s=48&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a-/AOh14GjWnU6UaENW7390l9jUZTYpV-6THHbDHubAqp0YJA",
"https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/83e5cdc8d33f9d0b354cd14163e0ccdeab619a25e379b697ef76391c6408d4c3?s=48&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/e9daae00c895879ab19e730a643c2cac794677d1794a0b6f5014907f27c48d10?s=48&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/83e5cdc8d33f9d0b354cd14163e0ccdeab619a25e379b697ef76391c6408d4c3?s=48&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://secure.gravatar.com/blavatar/f42364c7b755c5f12c24c65146c1d5ba8ef76c3ff6781ae9e9164459fe9dff19?s=50&d=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.wp.com%2Fi%2Flogo%2Fwpcom-gray-white.png",
"https://secure.gravatar.com/blavatar/f42364c7b755c5f12c24c65146c1d5ba8ef76c3ff6781ae9e9164459fe9dff19?s=50&d=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.wp.com%2Fi%2Flogo%2Fwpcom-gray-white.png",
"https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?v=noscript"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[
"EF Sweetman →"
] |
2014-08-05T00:00:00
|
I am confounded by social media. There are days I swear I'll delete my FaceBook account and transform that wasted time into a productive hobby such as a search for a cure for dropsy or bilious fever. I am afraid to tally the hours I've squandered scrolling and re-scrolling through my "newsfeed" for... I have…
|
en
|
https://secure.gravatar.com/blavatar/f42364c7b755c5f12c24c65146c1d5ba8ef76c3ff6781ae9e9164459fe9dff19?s=32
|
Of bees, baseball, bicycles... and other things
|
https://lizybee.wordpress.com/2014/08/05/the-whistler/
|
I am confounded by social media. There are days I swear I’ll delete my FaceBook account and transform that wasted time into a productive hobby such as a search for a cure for dropsy or bilious fever. I am afraid to tally the hours I’ve squandered scrolling and re-scrolling through my “newsfeed” for… I have no idea. I can’t stand the viral posting that overflows (literally these days: Ice Bucket Challenge-Enough!) with the latest FB thing. Yet there are times I am so happy to have found and old friend or distant cousin that I haven’t spoken to in years. It allows me to keep in touch with my oldest son in Korea with little to no inconvenience to our lifestyle or bank accounts.
Today was the kicker. Today I shut my mouth. Today I stumbled upon something from my teen years that explained a man that was, as best as I can describe him, my first Urban Myth.
A picture of The Whistler. He was a guy who walked everywhere-I mean Everywhere. We would see him almost every day walking through our small town. Then several hours later, if we drove to ten miles to Worcester or fifteen to Clinton, we might see him again. Whenever we saw him, we’d beep or yell and he would respond with the loudest whistle I’d ever heard from a human being. Sometimes the whistle was quick, other times it was several notes and if he knew you, it was a ten second symphony. If I was riding my bike or with a group of my girlfriends, and waved at him, he’d whistle then yell, “You’re getting prettier every time I see you!” He never broke his stride, which was faster than most people jog, and he was in fantastic shape, as you can see by this T shirt which gives his name and age: Walter Barch, 60.
This is what his brother wrote over his picture: “He had a swagger like no other! Punchin light poles, and hearing his whistles from blocks away….he was a childhood memory….the Fox…The Whistler…Walter Barch”
He wrote his story on his clothes. Usually it was just his name, sometimes his age. He had one sign that said “HEYYYYY!” which made me think he liked Fonzie from “Happy Days”. Sometimes there he wrote a long paragraph but that was impossible to read because he was always moving too fast to see what he wrote.
This is a copy of the comments regarding Walter Barch. The photo was a TBT, or Throw Back Thursday photo, posted by his brother. The comments in italics are by his brother, all other comments are from people who remember seeing Walter Barch, or the Whistler around central Massachusetts.
|
||||
6282
|
dbpedia
|
0
| 22
|
https://bampfa.org/event/power-whistler-voice-whistler-and-mysterious-intruder
|
en
|
The Power of the Whistler, Voice of the Whistler, and Mysterious Intruder
|
[
"https://bampfa.org/sites/all/themes/bam_pfa/logo.jpg",
"https://bampfa.org/sites/all/themes/bam_pfa/logo.jpg",
"https://bampfa.org/sites/all/themes/bam_pfa/images/credit.png"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[] |
2014-12-22T07:06:18+00:00
|
The Power of the Whistler Lew Landers (U.S., 1945)New Print“Here is a strange man,” intones the Whistler as Richard Dix enters the empty frame. The name of the stranger, we're told, is William Everest. But who is he, really? That's the mystery-even, at first, to Everest. While an attractive new acquaintance (Janis Carter) tries to help the amnesiac recover his identity,
|
en
|
https://bampfa.org/sites/all/themes/bam_pfa/favicon.ico
|
BAMPFA
|
https://bampfa.org/event/power-whistler-voice-whistler-and-mysterious-intruder
|
The Power of the Whistler
Lew Landers (U.S., 1945)
New Print
“Here is a strange man,” intones the Whistler as Richard Dix enters the empty frame. The name of the stranger, we're told, is William Everest. But who is he, really? That's the mystery-even, at first, to Everest. While an attractive new acquaintance (Janis Carter) tries to help the amnesiac recover his identity, unsettling events accrue around the man. Why do kittens and canaries just happen to drop dead when he's around? Compounding the layers of confusion and cunning, the teasing narrator seems to revel in the secret of what Everest might really be up to. The sheer creepiness of Dix's performance is rivaled only by the weirdness of the Whistler himself.
Followed by:
Voice of the Whistler
William Castle (U.S., 1945)
New Print
Now the Whistler walks not down urban alleys but along a rocky coastline, where a remote lighthouse is the setting for a striking tale. “Loneliness is a disease,” a doctor tells terminally ailing industrialist John Sinclair (Dix). So Sinclair seeks palliative care in the form of pretty nurse Joan (Lynn Merrick), making her a business proposition: after a few months as his wife, she will inherit his vast fortune. But can Sinclair really uphold his end of the bargain? In a series of ironic reversals—often announced by the narrator with malevolent glee—what begins as a paean to human connection becomes a case study in resentment and other fatal diseases of the heart.
And:
Mysterious Intruder
William Castle (U.S., 1946)
New Print
“I may not be the greatest detective in the world, but I am the most unusual,” boasts Don Gale (Dix). Indeed, Gale goes in for some unconventional methods as he tracks a complicated trail of falsehoods, adding his own for good measure, in this swift-moving mystery. It begins with an old man looking for a girl named Elora, hoping to deliver a box that rightfully belongs to her. The search turns up not too few clues, but too many: there are multiple “Eloras,” boxes within boxes, and corpses cropping up at inconvenient moments. (Cop: “Who discovered the body?” Gale: “I did.” Cop: “What, again?”) Even the Whistler seems caught up in the oddball action, calling “Look out!” before a shot is fired. Unfortunately, we’re the only ones who hear him.
—Juliet Clark
|
||||
6282
|
dbpedia
|
3
| 77
|
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/murder_mystery
|
en
|
Rotten Tomatoes
|
https://resizing.flixster.com/PNrqlBLdCoctJplIYLi7sXbISVY=/206x305/v2/https://resizing.flixster.com/JcgaKqkKUMTNS418gFFuTglAus4=/ems.cHJkLWVtcy1hc3NldHMvbW92aWVzL2YyYjQ1MmE2LTk2ODEtNGMyMS1hZThlLTFkMTZlZDM5MmY1OC53ZWJw
|
https://resizing.flixster.com/PNrqlBLdCoctJplIYLi7sXbISVY=/206x305/v2/https://resizing.flixster.com/JcgaKqkKUMTNS418gFFuTglAus4=/ems.cHJkLWVtcy1hc3NldHMvbW92aWVzL2YyYjQ1MmE2LTk2ODEtNGMyMS1hZThlLTFkMTZlZDM5MmY1OC53ZWJw
|
[
"https://images.fandango.com/cms/assets/97c33f00-313f-11ee-9aaf-6762c75465cf--newsletter.png",
"https://images.fandango.com/cms/assets/97c33f00-313f-11ee-9aaf-6762c75465cf--newsletter.png",
"https://www.rottentomatoes.com/assets/pizza-pie/images/rtlogo.9b892cff3fd.png",
"https://resizing.flixster.com/m3NvGTIbQasc5r7CrslGNHy6AAo=/fit-in/128x128/v2/http://resizing.flixster.com/Pz_fm_WumiJ_cvPujNfM2RiRxbQ=/128x128/v1.YzsxMDAwMDAyNzI0O2o7MTk5ODk7MjA0ODs0NTU7NDU3",
"https://resizing.flixster.com/oCmezM_NtmM1sbCefBoy_VnZOkE=/fit-in/128x128/v2/http://resizing.flixster.com/Kp59Ha9vVUlMED83PFyACAmDjOg=/128x128/v1.YzsyNzA2O2c7MTk5ODA7MjA0ODsxNTA7MTUw",
"https://images.fandango.com/cms/assets/5b6ff500-1663-11ec-ae31-05a670d2d590--rtactordefault.png",
"https://images.fandango.com/cms/assets/5b6ff500-1663-11ec-ae31-05a670d2d590--rtactordefault.png",
"https://resizing.flixster.com/ER6PiMcz0oa8LBk2EYlbcMZUud0=/fit-in/128x128/v2/http://resizing.flixster.com/hmWMRSgLdORwDLOFEoNZdN0Bybs=/128x128/v1.Yzs0MDA4O2o7MTk5ODA7MjA0ODszMDA7MzAw",
"https://resizing.flixster.com/tV0qJVydryzLac7zT3XkB0Z0p3I=/fit-in/128x128/v2/http://resizing.flixster.com/kxyS1ahQoUTtFs0BInqz9Ho5gD4=/128x128/v1.YzszOTM1O2o7MTk5ODA7MjA0ODsxNTIyOzE1MjI",
"https://images.fandango.com/cms/assets/266533e0-7afb-11ed-83f2-4f600722b564--privacyoptions.svg",
"https://images.fandango.com/cms/assets/266533e0-7afb-11ed-83f2-4f600722b564--privacyoptions.svg"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[] |
2019-06-14T00:00:00
|
A New York cop and his wife go on a European vacation to reinvigorate the spark in their marriage. A chance encounter leads to them being framed for the murder of an elderly billionaire.
|
en
|
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/assets/pizza-pie/images/favicon.ico
|
Rotten Tomatoes
|
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/murder_mystery
|
Let's keep in touch!
>
Sign up for the Rotten Tomatoes newsletter to get weekly updates on:
Upcoming Movies and TV shows
Rotten Tomatoes Podcast
Media News + More
Sign me up No thanks
|
||
6282
|
dbpedia
|
3
| 2
|
https://www.forbes.com/sites/entertainment/article/best-mystery-movies/
|
en
|
The 25 Best Mystery Movies Of All Time
|
[
"https://specials-images.forbesimg.com/imageserve/60402e976859f0a432ca4eea/400x0.jpg?cropX1=0&cropX2=1080&cropY1=0&cropY2=1080"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
"best mystery movies"
] | null |
[
"Travis Bean"
] |
2024-02-03T07:00:00-05:00
|
Explore the best mystery movies that will keep you guessing. From classic tales to modern thrillers, discover must-watch films in the mystery genre.
|
en
|
Forbes
|
https://www.forbes.com/sites/entertainment/article/best-mystery-movies/
|
The allure of mystery films lies in their blend of suspense and plot twists that hold our attention until the very last scene unfolds. Since the early days of cinema, the genre has drawn us in with its constantly unfolding stories, intriguing characters, and the thrill of an epic finale. These films challenge our brains as much as they play with our hearts as they weave suspense, drama, and sometimes a jolt of horror or action to create a world where secrets lurk and surprises wait around every corner.
These films are more than entertainment—they're masterfully crafted enigmas, demanding the viewer's wit to piece together their secrets. Each film draws us into a maze of suspense, constantly challenging us with more puzzles just when we think we're close to the truth. When watching these murder mystery movies, viewers are glued to their seats, second-guessing every clue up until the last moment. This lineup crosses years and tastes, spotlighting classic favorites that never get old and recent standouts that have shaken up what we expect from a whodunit.
Top 25 Mystery Movies
Before we embark on my list, let’s talk about mystery flicks for a little bit. From film noir classics like The Big Sleep to modern updates like Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, the genre has enjoyed a storied history over the years. And over those years, many directors, from Alfred Hitchcock to David Fincher, have announced themselves as prominent purveyors of the mystery craft. Let’s review some of the most notable names behind the genre, as well as specifically define what constitutes a “mystery” movie for this list.
While both genres share the elements of suspense, mystery and action movies differ in their focus and pacing. At the core of a mystery film lies a web of enigmas, typically untangled by a sharp-witted detective or keen-eyed amateur, leading to an unexpected twist that stuns both characters and audience alike. The journey to the solution is as important as the solution itself, with the audience invited to piece together the puzzle alongside the protagonist. Thrillers, on the other hand, prioritize high stakes and continuous suspense, emphasizing the emotional response from the audience. Thrillers often place characters in danger from the beginning, creating a sense of urgency that drives the plot forward. Mystery films really pull you into the detective role, challenging you to crack the case alongside—or even before—the protagonists.
While the box office is often dominated by blockbuster superheroes and animated family movies, mystery films have had their share of commercial success—and the best-performing mystery movie was a pretty recent one. Knives Out, directed by Rian Johnson in 2019, stands out as a remarkably successful mystery film, grossing over $300 million worldwide. This critical darling was recognized for reinvigorating the whodunit genre, proving that a cleverly executed mystery can still dominate theaters across the globe.
This list features several films by directors who have left an indelible mark on the mystery genre. David Lynch, with his surreal approach to narrative and atmosphere in films like Mulholland Drive, Lost Highway and Twin Peaks, stands out for his ability to blend mystery and psychological thriller elements. Alfred Hitchcock, often hailed as the "Master of Suspense," will forever be remembered by the likes of Psycho, Rear Window and Vertigo, which all expose his unparalleled skill in manipulating audience expectations and emotions. And directors like David Fincher masterfully toyed with our anticipation and feelings, ensuring films like Seven, Gone Girl and Zodiac would become iconic masterpieces that stand the test of time. These filmmakers have elevated the genre, crafting not mere whodunits but rich mosaics that strike a chord with viewers both emotionally and cerebrally.
Laura, released in 1944 is the oldest movie on the list. Otto Preminger, who brought us other classic mysteries like Anatomy of a Murder and Fallen Angel, directs this incredibly watchable and alluring mystery that, in my opinion, set the bar for film noirs, weaving through a tangled web to shed light on Laura Hunt's fate. Laura artfully translates the complex and moody vibe of its literary counterpart, bringing to life the nuanced world that leapt to life on the big screen. This classic endures to this very day, a testament to the magnetic pull of a mystery told just right.
25. L.A. Confidential (1997)
Set in 1950s Los Angeles, L.A. Confidential weaves a gritty tale, where three L.A. cops—Ed Exley, the by-the-book cop; Bud White, the brute with a soft spot for victims of domestic violence; and Jack Vincennes, who loves celebrity status—tangle within the city's dark corners. Curtis Hanson's direction turns the movie into a brilliant showcase of tangled storylines and that dark, stylish vibe you get from classic film noir. Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe and Guy Pearce lit up the screen in this film, but Kim Basinger was the clear standout, as her stellar act snagged her an Oscar. The film earned acclaim for its razor-sharp dialogue, standout performances by the cast, and its moody portrayal of Los Angeles in the aftermath of war. For lovers of murder mysteries, L.A. Confidential grabs you with its complex story and shady characters, truly nailing that dark, noir vibe.
Here’s where you can stream L.A. Confidential.
24. Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
Murder on the Orient Express, directed by Sidney Lumet, is a quintessential whodunit that brings Agatha Christie's beloved detective, Hercule Poirot, to life. Albert Finney stars as Poirot, who finds himself solving a murder on a lavish train ride through Europe. The tension skyrockets when it dawns on everyone that the murderer isn't just a shadow from the past but is actually there with them, hidden in plain sight on the train they cannot escape. The film's lineup shines with silver screen legends like Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman and Sean Connery bringing their A-games. The film's spot-on adaptation of Christie, lavish settings, and elegantly crafted suspense drew high marks from reviewers. Bergman's riveting portrayal not only won her an Oscar but also solidified the film's esteemed status. Fans of whodunits will be hooked by the intricate enigma that Poirot picks apart, a testament to Christie's brilliance and the enduring charm of a finely woven tale.
Here’s where you can stream Murder on the Orient Express.
23. In a Lonely Place (1950)
Directed by Nicholas Ray, who captured the haunting beauty of a chilling moment like nobody else, In a Lonely Place is a gripping film noir that explores the thin line between love and suspicion. In this classic, Humphrey Bogart portrays Dixon Steele, whose fiery temper lands him as the prime suspect in a murder case. In her role as Laurel Gray, Gloria Grahame gives a stirring show of emotion, tangled in her growing suspicions about Dixon while trying to reconcile her affection for him. Critics praised the movie for diving deep into the characters' psyches, crafting multifaceted personalities, and capturing an eerie yet captivating connection between Bogart and Grahame, who each give some of the best performances of their entire career. If you're drawn to mysteries, In a Lonely Place will grip you with its exploration of trust and self amidst a tension-packed plot.
Here’s where you can stream In a Lonely Place.
22. Shutter Island (2010)
Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island is a psychological thriller that marries the elements of a classic mystery with a hauntingly surreal atmosphere. Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo star as U.S. Marshals investigating the disappearance of a patient from a fortress-like psychiatric facility. The movie's unexpected twists and startling finale have earned it high praise from critics and viewers alike, cementing its place as a remarkable piece of contemporary film. Scorsese constantly ratchets up the tension in this ever-unfolding tale, slowly turning the island into a brooding entity swarming with hidden terrors and unspeakable secrets. DiCaprio’s famous line, "Which would be worse—to live as a monster, or to die as a good man?" epitomizes the film's mind-boggling exploration of reality, perception, and sanity. If you're into mysteries, this film's layered storyline, evocative setting, and knack for keeping you in suspense right up to the last moment will do the trick.
Here’s where you can stream Shutter Island.
21. The Big Sleep (1946)
Howard Hawks' The Big Sleep is a film noir classic that features Humphrey Bogart as the iconic private detective Philip Marlowe. Hired to fix a blackmail situation, Marlowe soon gets tangled in a complex plot filled with killings and secrets. Lauren Bacall's on-screen dynamic with Bogart adds an entertaining and genuinely interesting layer to the movie's already suspenseful mystery. The film's acclaim hinges on its intricate storyline, razor-sharp wit and the undeniable allure of the leading actors' performances. Delivered with effortless charisma by the ever-watchable Bogart, Marlowe's strikingly witty and often insightful quips deftly weave the film’s rich collage of gloomy mystery with its biting humor. If you're into whodunits, you can't miss The Big Sleep—its genius lies in the storytelling, characters that stick with you, and its dead-on capture of what a detective flick is all about.
Here’s where you can stream The Big Sleep.
20. Seven (1995)
In the gritty, rain-soaked streets of an unnamed city, Seven unfolds as an absorbing narrative where two detectives, played by Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman, chase a serial killer whose crimes reflect the seven deadly sins. Pitt brings a fierce intensity that contrasts sharply with Freeman's nuanced, authoritative presence, giving Seven its unique edge. David Fincher's direction ensures the tale is as visually arresting as it is psychologically deep. The haunting question that brings the movie to a close, "What's in the box?" has remained a fixture in pop culture for decades, as the moment cranked up the suspense to its peak amidst a dark and brooding narrative. For enthusiasts of the mystery genre, Seven ranks amongst the top 25 for its virtuoso blend of thriller elements and a dark, brooding atmosphere that keeps viewers on the edge of their seats until the very last moment.
Here’s where you can stream Seven.
19. Oldboy (2003)
A tale of vengeance and redemption, Oldboy stands out for its unflinching storytelling and visual flair. Choi Min-sik delivers a riveting performance as Oh Dae-su, a man imprisoned for 15 years without explanation, then released to find his captor. Park Chan-wook's expert directing weaves through a complex plot, creating a thriller that constantly surprises and overturns what you expect. Oldboy's high praise comes from its clever plot turns and deep ethical dilemmas, captured perfectly in what is perhaps the movie’s most haunting phrase, "Laugh and the world laughs with you. Weep and you weep alone." Mystery aficionados will find this Japanese film a compelling watch for its deep narrative layers, emotional intensity, and, of course, one of the most debilitating twists in cinematic history.
Here’s where you can stream Oldboy.
18. The Sixth Sense (1999)
The Sixth Sense introduces viewers to a world where the boundary between the living and the dead blurs. Bruce Willis and Haley Joel Osment form an unforgettable duo, with Osment's revealing "I see dead people" line, which has now established itself permanently in the cultural lexicon, showcasing the captivating dynamic set up by the two powerhouse actors. M. Night Shyamalan nails it in the first film to truly define his auteur formula, telling a tale that's as much a deep dive into the psyche as it is an eerie enigma. The Sixth Sense has become a must-see for those who love supernatural tales, earning acclaim for its shocking conclusion that turns the whole story on its head and prompts serious thought about mortality, unresolved issues from our pasts, and what it means to move on.
Here’s where you can stream The Sixth Sense.
17. Under the Silver Lake (2018)
Sam's descent into Los Angeles' underbelly in Under the Silver Lake serves as a modern odyssey through a maze of conspiracy and surreal encounters. Andrew Garfield brings this accidental detective’s inner turmoil and relentless curiosity to life, guiding us through his journey of self-discovery amidst Los Angeles' most mysterious and impenetrable secrets. Director David Robert Mitchell hauntingly blurs distinctions between paranoia and reality, challenging us to decipher a tangled narrative of symbols and deep-seated suspicions. Critics praised Under the Silver Lake for its sharp take on modern life and how it plays with the idea that the real truth that’s hidden behind the vernacular of L.A. is hard to pin down.
Here’s where you can stream Under the Silver Lake.
16. Chinatown (1974)
Chinatown reimagines the noir genre, placing Jack Nicholson's J.J. "Jake" Gittes at the center of a web of deceit, corruption and murder that spans the parched backdrop of 1930s Los Angeles. Roman Polanski weaves a tight story that nods to old-school noir but also threads in fresh layers of cynicism and murky ethics. The movie's praise hinges on its razor-sharp dialogue, standout acting, and that iconic line, "Forget it, Jake. It’s Chinatown," which seals the story’s themes of inescapable fate and the often fruitless pursuit of righteousness. The film deftly conveys that our efforts can be rendered powerless by forces beyond our control. Mystery lovers will dig Chinatown for its intricate plot, rich atmospheric detail, and the way it captures the essence of its setting to frame a timeless tale of intrigue.
Here’s where you can stream Chinatown.
15. The Third Man (1949)
Vienna's shadowy post-war ruins set the stage for The Third Man, a film that elegantly intertwines mystery and moral ambiguity. At the heart of Carol Reed's cinematic masterpiece is Holly Martins, portrayed by Joseph Cotten, an American who finds himself trapped in a web of intrigue following the death of his friend Harry Lime, famously played by Orson Welles. The film's acclaim is well-earned, with its dark noir style, Karas's unforgettable zither melodies, and an iconic sewer chase scene etching Vienna in stark relief. The poignant presence of Welles and his unforgettable character captures the complex interplay of culture, corruption and the human condition. If you're drawn to enigmas, The Third Man is an enthralling dive into the shadows of a world recovering from war, where the quest for truth becomes as slippery as it is haunting.
Here’s where you can stream The Third Man.
14. Burning (2018)
Lee Chang-dong's Burning is a mesmerizing slow burn that lingers long after the credits roll, telling the story of Jong-su, a young South Korean man who becomes ensnared in a perplexing triangle with his childhood friend and a mysterious stranger. Lee Chang-dong translates Murakami's narrative into a haunting visual journey with this widely adored film, probing the depths of longing and societal rifts in a reality that keeps us guessing to the very end. The movie's praise is rooted in its careful tempo, the captivating acting of Yoo Ah-in and Steven Yeun, and how it grips you with suspense right up to its startling finale. Burning grips us with its layered mystery, expertly weaving a narrative that's as rich and compelling as it is subtle. Mystery enthusiasts will be captivated by its psychological depth and the eerie beauty with which it unravels its riddle.
Here’s where you can stream Burning.
13. Get Out (2017)
Jordan Peele's directorial debut, Get Out, revolutionized the horror-mystery genre with its sharp social commentary wrapped in an unnervingly suspenseful narrative. Daniel Kaluuya portrays Chris, an African-American who stumbles upon a chilling secret at his girlfriend's family home. The movie's acclaim springs from its smart twist on usual horror clichés, a seamless mix of scares and sharp wit, and the stellar acting that brings it all to life. The hypnotic phrase “the sunken place” poignantly mirrors the film's incisive exploration of race, self-concept and the grim exploitation faced by its characters. Get Out is praised by mystery fans for its fresh spin on narrative, weaving a deep message into an exquisitely structured cinematic enigma.
Here’s where you can stream Get Out.
12. Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
Peter Weir's Picnic at Hanging Rock transports viewers to the mysterious disappearance of several schoolgirls during a Valentine's Day picnic in 1900 Australia. This bizarre twist on the typical mystery narrative mesmerizes with its surreal vibe, the persistent riddles it presents and the vivid allure of its Australian backdrop. Through Weir's expert lens, we're nudged to wrestle with time's fleeting nature, the stickiness of memories, and those puzzling spaces our minds can't quite map out. The absence of a clear resolution serves to enhance the film's dreamlike and eerie atmosphere, embodying the line, "Everything begins and ends at exactly the right time and place." Picnic at Hanging Rock appeals to mystery lovers for its poetic approach to storytelling, offering an experience that is as visually stunning as it is intellectually provocative.
Here’s where you can stream Picnic at Hanging Rock.
11. Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
Bette Davis stars in Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte, a psychological tale directed by Robert Aldrich that blends Southern Gothic elements with the suspense of a murder mystery. In a show-stopping performance, Davis embodies the unraveling of Charlotte, whose grief and turmoil from her lover's murder are heart-wrenchingly palpable. Critics praise the movie for its gripping atmosphere and complex storyline, while Olivia de Havilland's portrayal of Miriam adds a layer of depth to the chilling narrative. In the shadowy decay of a Southern mansion, a whisper promising death perfectly embodies the movie's eerie blend of dread and sorrow. Fans of the genre will find Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte a captivating watch for its emotional depth, gothic ambiance, and the way it keeps audiences guessing until the very end.
Here’s where you can stream Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte.
10. Basic Instinct (1992)
Basic Instinct, a film that blurs the lines between desire and danger, thrusts Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone into a deadly dance of seduction and suspicion. Douglas, as a haunted cop tangled up with Stone's mysterious character, shifted the erotic thriller game by weaving raw allure and suspense into the story. Helmed by Paul Verhoeven, Basic Instinct ignited debates and earned praise for its bold sexual content and complex narrative turns. Its most talked-about moment, a daring interrogation scene, has become iconic in cinema history. Basic Instinct masterfully delves into the dark corners of human nature, entwining obsession and power in a way that leaves you pondering long after the credits roll.
Here’s where you can stream Basic Instinct.
9. Touch of Evil (1958)
Orson Welles crafts a masterpiece of noir with Touch of Evil, a tale of morality, corruption, and redemption set against the backdrop of a seedy border town. Charlton Heston and Janet Leigh, alongside Welles himself, turn in riveting performances that bring their multifaceted characters—caught in the thick of crime and morality—to life with striking realism. The movie kicks off with a masterful unbroken shot that thrusts us into a narrative brimming with the murkiest aspects of the human psyche. If you're drawn to well-told mysteries, don't miss Touch of Evil, a masterclass in mood. The film boasts groundbreaking camera work and challenges us to question where virtue ends and vice begins.
Here’s where you can stream Touch of Evil.
8. Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
In Stanley Kubrick's final film, Eyes Wide Shut, Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman embark on a haunting journey into the depths of sexual obsession and jealousy. This bizarre film that doesn’t feel like any other delves into the tangled web of emotions that love and faithfulness weave, with a story that often feels more like a dream than reality. Kubrick's sharp eye for detail and the suspenseful vibe he crafts give you an hypnotic, ethereal feel that sticks with you. Eyes Wide Shut draws in those who crave a mystery with its complex narrative and stark look into our deepest fears—echoing the haunting truth that we may never fully understand our dreams and desires.
Here’s where you can stream Eyes Wide Shut.
7. Blow Out (1981)
John Travolta delivers a career-defining performance in Blow Out, playing a sound technician who accidentally records evidence of a political assassination. Brian De Palma's direction melds suspense, political intrigue, and personal obsession into a tightly wound narrative that captivates and horrifies in equal measure. Audiences praise the film for its groundbreaking sound work, a gripping plot and an ending that haunts you well beyond the act of watching the film. If you're into mysteries and thrills, Blow Out will snag your interest. It mixes real-life scares with movie magic in a way that stands out. It throws you deep into a debate about what's real and scarily shows just how mighty the media can be in its depiction of truth.
Here’s where you can stream Blow Out.
6. Paprika (2006)
Satoshi Kon's Paprika is a dazzling foray into the intersection of dreams and reality, where a revolutionary machine allows therapists to enter their patients' dreams. Kon brilliantly merges the complexity of dreams with our deep-seated emotions with this precursor to Inception, delivering one of the most complex and visually bizarre worlds in recent memory. Paprika wins praise for probing into our sense of self, the impact of tech on our lives, and the depths of the human psyche, stictching together a tale that blurs lines between what's real and what's not. Perfectly summed up by the line, “The Internet and dreams are similar. They're areas where the repressed conscious mind escapes,” Paprika an unmissable film for anyone who delights in unraveling enigmas that stretch our creative horizons.
Here’s where you can stream Paprika.
5. Psycho (1960)
A stay at the Bates Motel takes a dark turn in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, where Marion Crane's disappearance unravels a story of murder, madness and mistaken identity. Anthony Perkins delivers a hauntingly nuanced take on Norman Bates, skillfully toeing the line between affable and eerie. Bernard Herrmann's iconic score amplifies the intensity of Psycho's pivotal shower scene, forever imprinting it in cinematic history. Mystery buffs might get a shiver when they hear "We all go a little mad sometimes," but this memorable line does more than just thrill—it firmly establishes Psycho as an iconic mystery that delves deeply into the human mind's shadowy corners.
Here’s where you can stream Psycho.
4. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
Robert Downey Jr.'s impossibly hilarious turn as a thief masquerading as an actor turned detective in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang revitalized the mystery genre with a mix of sharp wit and noir homage. Guided by Shane Black's insightful hand, the film weaves through a labyrinth of crime and enigma, all while subtly nodding to the classic detective genre it skillfully plays with. Val Kilmer, as the film’s savvy gumshoe, is an ideal counterbalance to Downey's wild shenanigans. Together they're electric on screen and just plain fun to watch (honestly, it might be the funniest movie I’ve ever seen). The way in which Kiss Kiss Bang Bang plays with the classic pulp formula makes it one of the more entertaining mystery movies ever made.
Here’s where you can stream Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.
3. Laura (1944)
In Otto Preminger's captivating film noir Laura, the investigation into a woman's murder takes a romantic and obsessive turn, as Detective Mark McPherson becomes infatuated with the victim, portrayed by Gene Tierney. Otto Preminger masterfully braids together a sense of looming dread, intricate narrative twists, and a memorable soundtrack to make this iconic film noir a true masterpiece. As McPherson untangles the web of Laura's past, he finds his own identity blurring with the enigma of her demise. Laura is heralded by mystery enthusiasts for its sophisticated blend of suspense, romance and intrigue, showcasing the timeless allure of a well-crafted story.
Here’s where you can stream Laura.
2. L’avventura (1960)
The disappearance of a young woman during a Mediterranean yachting trip sparks a journey of existential discovery in Michelangelo Antonioni's L’avventura. This quintessential piece of French cinema turns away from the expected search narrative, delving into a raw exploration of a missing woman’s friends' inner turmoil and their navigation through a maze of emotional disconnect and existential angst. Antonioni's genius lies in his ability to craft a visual narrative where the scenery is not just a backdrop but a reflection of what stirs within the characters, cementing L’avventura as a timelessly important film. This film is prized by those who appreciate mysteries that challenge conventional narratives and engage with the deeper mysteries of the human experience.
Here’s where you can stream L’avventura.
1. Mulholland Drive (2001)
In David Lynch's enigmatic Mulholland Drive, the line between dreams and reality blurs as Naomi Watts and Laura Harring navigate a twisted narrative of ambition, identity and betrayal in the shadowy corners of Hollywood. The true genius of this neo-noir isn’t the mystery itself, but your inability to define what the mystery even is up until the very end, with Lynch's haunting narrative and unforgettable characters echoing in your mind long past the film’s unforgettable closing moments. In that haunting theater scene, the word "Silencio" reverberates as a stark cue of the invisible forces at play in molding our reality and beliefs. For those seeking a mystery that defies easy explanation, Mulholland Drive stands as a testament to the power of cinema to bewilder, enchant, and transform.
|
|||||
6282
|
dbpedia
|
3
| 61
|
https://www.polygon.com/22884482/best-thriller-movies-netflix-hulu-hbo-max-amazon-prime
|
en
|
The best thrillers to watch on Netflix, Hulu, Max, and more
|
[
"https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25469974/MCDINMA_EC007.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=17.420212765957%2C0%2C65.159574468085%2C100&w=376 376w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25469974/MCDINMA_EC007.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=17.420212765957%2C0%2C65.159574468085%2C100&w=384 384w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25469974/MCDINMA_EC007.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=17.420212765957%2C0%2C65.159574468085%2C100&w=415 415w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25469974/MCDINMA_EC007.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=17.420212765957%2C0%2C65.159574468085%2C100&w=480 480w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25469974/MCDINMA_EC007.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=17.420212765957%2C0%2C65.159574468085%2C100&w=540 540w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25469974/MCDINMA_EC007.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=17.420212765957%2C0%2C65.159574468085%2C100&w=640 640w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25469974/MCDINMA_EC007.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=17.420212765957%2C0%2C65.159574468085%2C100&w=750 750w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25469974/MCDINMA_EC007.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=17.420212765957%2C0%2C65.159574468085%2C100&w=828 828w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25469974/MCDINMA_EC007.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=17.420212765957%2C0%2C65.159574468085%2C100&w=1080 1080w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25469974/MCDINMA_EC007.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=17.420212765957%2C0%2C65.159574468085%2C100&w=1200 1200w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25469974/MCDINMA_EC007.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=17.420212765957%2C0%2C65.159574468085%2C100&w=1440 1440w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25469974/MCDINMA_EC007.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=17.420212765957%2C0%2C65.159574468085%2C100&w=1920 1920w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25469974/MCDINMA_EC007.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=17.420212765957%2C0%2C65.159574468085%2C100&w=2048 2048w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25469974/MCDINMA_EC007.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=17.420212765957%2C0%2C65.159574468085%2C100&w=2400 2400w",
"https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25469974/MCDINMA_EC007.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=17.420212765957%2C0%2C65.159574468085%2C100&w=376 376w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25469974/MCDINMA_EC007.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=17.420212765957%2C0%2C65.159574468085%2C100&w=384 384w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25469974/MCDINMA_EC007.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=17.420212765957%2C0%2C65.159574468085%2C100&w=415 415w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25469974/MCDINMA_EC007.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=17.420212765957%2C0%2C65.159574468085%2C100&w=480 480w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25469974/MCDINMA_EC007.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=17.420212765957%2C0%2C65.159574468085%2C100&w=540 540w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25469974/MCDINMA_EC007.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=17.420212765957%2C0%2C65.159574468085%2C100&w=640 640w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25469974/MCDINMA_EC007.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=17.420212765957%2C0%2C65.159574468085%2C100&w=750 750w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25469974/MCDINMA_EC007.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=17.420212765957%2C0%2C65.159574468085%2C100&w=828 828w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25469974/MCDINMA_EC007.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=17.420212765957%2C0%2C65.159574468085%2C100&w=1080 1080w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25469974/MCDINMA_EC007.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=17.420212765957%2C0%2C65.159574468085%2C100&w=1200 1200w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25469974/MCDINMA_EC007.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=17.420212765957%2C0%2C65.159574468085%2C100&w=1440 1440w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25469974/MCDINMA_EC007.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=17.420212765957%2C0%2C65.159574468085%2C100&w=1920 1920w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25469974/MCDINMA_EC007.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=17.420212765957%2C0%2C65.159574468085%2C100&w=2048 2048w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25469974/MCDINMA_EC007.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=17.420212765957%2C0%2C65.159574468085%2C100&w=2400 2400w",
"https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23252960/04capers_watching_slide_9TYA_videoSixteenByNineJumbo1600.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=256 256w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23252960/04capers_watching_slide_9TYA_videoSixteenByNineJumbo1600.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=376 376w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23252960/04capers_watching_slide_9TYA_videoSixteenByNineJumbo1600.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=384 384w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23252960/04capers_watching_slide_9TYA_videoSixteenByNineJumbo1600.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=415 415w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23252960/04capers_watching_slide_9TYA_videoSixteenByNineJumbo1600.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=480 480w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23252960/04capers_watching_slide_9TYA_videoSixteenByNineJumbo1600.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=540 540w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23252960/04capers_watching_slide_9TYA_videoSixteenByNineJumbo1600.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=640 640w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23252960/04capers_watching_slide_9TYA_videoSixteenByNineJumbo1600.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=750 750w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23252960/04capers_watching_slide_9TYA_videoSixteenByNineJumbo1600.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=828 828w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23252960/04capers_watching_slide_9TYA_videoSixteenByNineJumbo1600.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1080 1080w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23252960/04capers_watching_slide_9TYA_videoSixteenByNineJumbo1600.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1200 1200w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23252960/04capers_watching_slide_9TYA_videoSixteenByNineJumbo1600.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1440 1440w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23252960/04capers_watching_slide_9TYA_videoSixteenByNineJumbo1600.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1920 1920w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23252960/04capers_watching_slide_9TYA_videoSixteenByNineJumbo1600.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2048 2048w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23252960/04capers_watching_slide_9TYA_videoSixteenByNineJumbo1600.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400 2400w",
"https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/19821939/MV5BMTUzNDc3NTM4M15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMzYxNTM0NTM_._V1_SX1777_CR0_0_1777_999_AL_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=256 256w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/19821939/MV5BMTUzNDc3NTM4M15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMzYxNTM0NTM_._V1_SX1777_CR0_0_1777_999_AL_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=376 376w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/19821939/MV5BMTUzNDc3NTM4M15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMzYxNTM0NTM_._V1_SX1777_CR0_0_1777_999_AL_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=384 384w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/19821939/MV5BMTUzNDc3NTM4M15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMzYxNTM0NTM_._V1_SX1777_CR0_0_1777_999_AL_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=415 415w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/19821939/MV5BMTUzNDc3NTM4M15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMzYxNTM0NTM_._V1_SX1777_CR0_0_1777_999_AL_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=480 480w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/19821939/MV5BMTUzNDc3NTM4M15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMzYxNTM0NTM_._V1_SX1777_CR0_0_1777_999_AL_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=540 540w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/19821939/MV5BMTUzNDc3NTM4M15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMzYxNTM0NTM_._V1_SX1777_CR0_0_1777_999_AL_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=640 640w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/19821939/MV5BMTUzNDc3NTM4M15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMzYxNTM0NTM_._V1_SX1777_CR0_0_1777_999_AL_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=750 750w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/19821939/MV5BMTUzNDc3NTM4M15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMzYxNTM0NTM_._V1_SX1777_CR0_0_1777_999_AL_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=828 828w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/19821939/MV5BMTUzNDc3NTM4M15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMzYxNTM0NTM_._V1_SX1777_CR0_0_1777_999_AL_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1080 1080w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/19821939/MV5BMTUzNDc3NTM4M15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMzYxNTM0NTM_._V1_SX1777_CR0_0_1777_999_AL_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1200 1200w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/19821939/MV5BMTUzNDc3NTM4M15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMzYxNTM0NTM_._V1_SX1777_CR0_0_1777_999_AL_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1440 1440w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/19821939/MV5BMTUzNDc3NTM4M15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMzYxNTM0NTM_._V1_SX1777_CR0_0_1777_999_AL_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1920 1920w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/19821939/MV5BMTUzNDc3NTM4M15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMzYxNTM0NTM_._V1_SX1777_CR0_0_1777_999_AL_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2048 2048w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/19821939/MV5BMTUzNDc3NTM4M15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMzYxNTM0NTM_._V1_SX1777_CR0_0_1777_999_AL_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400 2400w",
"https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23177651/28852id_005_w1600.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=256 256w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23177651/28852id_005_w1600.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=376 376w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23177651/28852id_005_w1600.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=384 384w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23177651/28852id_005_w1600.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=415 415w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23177651/28852id_005_w1600.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=480 480w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23177651/28852id_005_w1600.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=540 540w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23177651/28852id_005_w1600.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=640 640w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23177651/28852id_005_w1600.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=750 750w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23177651/28852id_005_w1600.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=828 828w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23177651/28852id_005_w1600.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1080 1080w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23177651/28852id_005_w1600.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1200 1200w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23177651/28852id_005_w1600.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1440 1440w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23177651/28852id_005_w1600.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1920 1920w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23177651/28852id_005_w1600.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2048 2048w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23177651/28852id_005_w1600.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400 2400w",
"https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22336690/john_travolta_blow_out.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=256 256w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22336690/john_travolta_blow_out.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=376 376w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22336690/john_travolta_blow_out.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=384 384w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22336690/john_travolta_blow_out.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=415 415w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22336690/john_travolta_blow_out.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=480 480w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22336690/john_travolta_blow_out.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=540 540w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22336690/john_travolta_blow_out.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=640 640w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22336690/john_travolta_blow_out.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=750 750w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22336690/john_travolta_blow_out.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=828 828w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22336690/john_travolta_blow_out.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1080 1080w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22336690/john_travolta_blow_out.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1200 1200w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22336690/john_travolta_blow_out.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1440 1440w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22336690/john_travolta_blow_out.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1920 1920w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22336690/john_travolta_blow_out.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2048 2048w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22336690/john_travolta_blow_out.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400 2400w",
"https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25442333/11_todd_haynes.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=256 256w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25442333/11_todd_haynes.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=376 376w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25442333/11_todd_haynes.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=384 384w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25442333/11_todd_haynes.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=415 415w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25442333/11_todd_haynes.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=480 480w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25442333/11_todd_haynes.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=540 540w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25442333/11_todd_haynes.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=640 640w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25442333/11_todd_haynes.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=750 750w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25442333/11_todd_haynes.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=828 828w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25442333/11_todd_haynes.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1080 1080w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25442333/11_todd_haynes.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1200 1200w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25442333/11_todd_haynes.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1440 1440w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25442333/11_todd_haynes.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1920 1920w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25442333/11_todd_haynes.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2048 2048w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25442333/11_todd_haynes.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400 2400w",
"https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24015328/largephoto1365302.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=256 256w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24015328/largephoto1365302.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=376 376w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24015328/largephoto1365302.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=384 384w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24015328/largephoto1365302.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=415 415w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24015328/largephoto1365302.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=480 480w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24015328/largephoto1365302.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=540 540w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24015328/largephoto1365302.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=640 640w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24015328/largephoto1365302.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=750 750w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24015328/largephoto1365302.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=828 828w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24015328/largephoto1365302.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1080 1080w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24015328/largephoto1365302.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1200 1200w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24015328/largephoto1365302.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1440 1440w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24015328/largephoto1365302.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1920 1920w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24015328/largephoto1365302.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2048 2048w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24015328/largephoto1365302.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400 2400w",
"https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22504766/heat_novel.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=256 256w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22504766/heat_novel.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=376 376w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22504766/heat_novel.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=384 384w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22504766/heat_novel.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=415 415w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22504766/heat_novel.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=480 480w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22504766/heat_novel.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=540 540w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22504766/heat_novel.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=640 640w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22504766/heat_novel.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=750 750w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22504766/heat_novel.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=828 828w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22504766/heat_novel.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1080 1080w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22504766/heat_novel.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1200 1200w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22504766/heat_novel.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1440 1440w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22504766/heat_novel.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1920 1920w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22504766/heat_novel.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2048 2048w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22504766/heat_novel.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400 2400w",
"https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25357733/jsa.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=256 256w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25357733/jsa.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=376 376w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25357733/jsa.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=384 384w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25357733/jsa.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=415 415w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25357733/jsa.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=480 480w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25357733/jsa.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=540 540w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25357733/jsa.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=640 640w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25357733/jsa.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=750 750w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25357733/jsa.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=828 828w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25357733/jsa.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1080 1080w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25357733/jsa.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1200 1200w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25357733/jsa.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1440 1440w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25357733/jsa.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1920 1920w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25357733/jsa.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2048 2048w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25357733/jsa.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400 2400w",
"https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23395659/DIUmUbPVoAAAUdC.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=256 256w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23395659/DIUmUbPVoAAAUdC.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=376 376w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23395659/DIUmUbPVoAAAUdC.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=384 384w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23395659/DIUmUbPVoAAAUdC.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=415 415w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23395659/DIUmUbPVoAAAUdC.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=480 480w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23395659/DIUmUbPVoAAAUdC.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=540 540w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23395659/DIUmUbPVoAAAUdC.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=640 640w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23395659/DIUmUbPVoAAAUdC.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=750 750w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23395659/DIUmUbPVoAAAUdC.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=828 828w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23395659/DIUmUbPVoAAAUdC.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1080 1080w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23395659/DIUmUbPVoAAAUdC.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1200 1200w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23395659/DIUmUbPVoAAAUdC.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1440 1440w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23395659/DIUmUbPVoAAAUdC.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1920 1920w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23395659/DIUmUbPVoAAAUdC.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2048 2048w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23395659/DIUmUbPVoAAAUdC.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400 2400w",
"https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23939011/lesamourai.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=256 256w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23939011/lesamourai.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=376 376w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23939011/lesamourai.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=384 384w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23939011/lesamourai.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=415 415w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23939011/lesamourai.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=480 480w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23939011/lesamourai.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=540 540w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23939011/lesamourai.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=640 640w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23939011/lesamourai.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=750 750w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23939011/lesamourai.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=828 828w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23939011/lesamourai.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1080 1080w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23939011/lesamourai.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1200 1200w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23939011/lesamourai.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1440 1440w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23939011/lesamourai.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1920 1920w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23939011/lesamourai.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2048 2048w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23939011/lesamourai.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400 2400w",
"https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23263151/AAAABVDIbVD6OUh5P5jrvsAbXh6iT1rRx1COYFqvnUyU_rTrMBUPudw24GXNypRf24uKVC70zEeGqqJQcdZ9zmf7DaJGctL7.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=256 256w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23263151/AAAABVDIbVD6OUh5P5jrvsAbXh6iT1rRx1COYFqvnUyU_rTrMBUPudw24GXNypRf24uKVC70zEeGqqJQcdZ9zmf7DaJGctL7.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=376 376w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23263151/AAAABVDIbVD6OUh5P5jrvsAbXh6iT1rRx1COYFqvnUyU_rTrMBUPudw24GXNypRf24uKVC70zEeGqqJQcdZ9zmf7DaJGctL7.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=384 384w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23263151/AAAABVDIbVD6OUh5P5jrvsAbXh6iT1rRx1COYFqvnUyU_rTrMBUPudw24GXNypRf24uKVC70zEeGqqJQcdZ9zmf7DaJGctL7.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=415 415w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23263151/AAAABVDIbVD6OUh5P5jrvsAbXh6iT1rRx1COYFqvnUyU_rTrMBUPudw24GXNypRf24uKVC70zEeGqqJQcdZ9zmf7DaJGctL7.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=480 480w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23263151/AAAABVDIbVD6OUh5P5jrvsAbXh6iT1rRx1COYFqvnUyU_rTrMBUPudw24GXNypRf24uKVC70zEeGqqJQcdZ9zmf7DaJGctL7.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=540 540w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23263151/AAAABVDIbVD6OUh5P5jrvsAbXh6iT1rRx1COYFqvnUyU_rTrMBUPudw24GXNypRf24uKVC70zEeGqqJQcdZ9zmf7DaJGctL7.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=640 640w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23263151/AAAABVDIbVD6OUh5P5jrvsAbXh6iT1rRx1COYFqvnUyU_rTrMBUPudw24GXNypRf24uKVC70zEeGqqJQcdZ9zmf7DaJGctL7.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=750 750w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23263151/AAAABVDIbVD6OUh5P5jrvsAbXh6iT1rRx1COYFqvnUyU_rTrMBUPudw24GXNypRf24uKVC70zEeGqqJQcdZ9zmf7DaJGctL7.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=828 828w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23263151/AAAABVDIbVD6OUh5P5jrvsAbXh6iT1rRx1COYFqvnUyU_rTrMBUPudw24GXNypRf24uKVC70zEeGqqJQcdZ9zmf7DaJGctL7.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1080 1080w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23263151/AAAABVDIbVD6OUh5P5jrvsAbXh6iT1rRx1COYFqvnUyU_rTrMBUPudw24GXNypRf24uKVC70zEeGqqJQcdZ9zmf7DaJGctL7.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1200 1200w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23263151/AAAABVDIbVD6OUh5P5jrvsAbXh6iT1rRx1COYFqvnUyU_rTrMBUPudw24GXNypRf24uKVC70zEeGqqJQcdZ9zmf7DaJGctL7.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1440 1440w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23263151/AAAABVDIbVD6OUh5P5jrvsAbXh6iT1rRx1COYFqvnUyU_rTrMBUPudw24GXNypRf24uKVC70zEeGqqJQcdZ9zmf7DaJGctL7.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1920 1920w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23263151/AAAABVDIbVD6OUh5P5jrvsAbXh6iT1rRx1COYFqvnUyU_rTrMBUPudw24GXNypRf24uKVC70zEeGqqJQcdZ9zmf7DaJGctL7.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2048 2048w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23263151/AAAABVDIbVD6OUh5P5jrvsAbXh6iT1rRx1COYFqvnUyU_rTrMBUPudw24GXNypRf24uKVC70zEeGqqJQcdZ9zmf7DaJGctL7.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400 2400w",
"https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23177804/m_1931_008_girl_with_ball_and_shadow_of_man_00o_3qx_1000x750.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=256 256w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23177804/m_1931_008_girl_with_ball_and_shadow_of_man_00o_3qx_1000x750.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=376 376w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23177804/m_1931_008_girl_with_ball_and_shadow_of_man_00o_3qx_1000x750.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=384 384w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23177804/m_1931_008_girl_with_ball_and_shadow_of_man_00o_3qx_1000x750.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=415 415w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23177804/m_1931_008_girl_with_ball_and_shadow_of_man_00o_3qx_1000x750.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=480 480w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23177804/m_1931_008_girl_with_ball_and_shadow_of_man_00o_3qx_1000x750.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=540 540w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23177804/m_1931_008_girl_with_ball_and_shadow_of_man_00o_3qx_1000x750.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=640 640w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23177804/m_1931_008_girl_with_ball_and_shadow_of_man_00o_3qx_1000x750.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=750 750w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23177804/m_1931_008_girl_with_ball_and_shadow_of_man_00o_3qx_1000x750.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=828 828w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23177804/m_1931_008_girl_with_ball_and_shadow_of_man_00o_3qx_1000x750.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1080 1080w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23177804/m_1931_008_girl_with_ball_and_shadow_of_man_00o_3qx_1000x750.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1200 1200w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23177804/m_1931_008_girl_with_ball_and_shadow_of_man_00o_3qx_1000x750.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1440 1440w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23177804/m_1931_008_girl_with_ball_and_shadow_of_man_00o_3qx_1000x750.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1920 1920w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23177804/m_1931_008_girl_with_ball_and_shadow_of_man_00o_3qx_1000x750.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2048 2048w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23177804/m_1931_008_girl_with_ball_and_shadow_of_man_00o_3qx_1000x750.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400 2400w",
"https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23884034/MARATHON_MAN2050.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=256 256w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23884034/MARATHON_MAN2050.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=376 376w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23884034/MARATHON_MAN2050.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=384 384w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23884034/MARATHON_MAN2050.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=415 415w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23884034/MARATHON_MAN2050.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=480 480w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23884034/MARATHON_MAN2050.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=540 540w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23884034/MARATHON_MAN2050.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=640 640w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23884034/MARATHON_MAN2050.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=750 750w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23884034/MARATHON_MAN2050.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=828 828w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23884034/MARATHON_MAN2050.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1080 1080w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23884034/MARATHON_MAN2050.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1200 1200w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23884034/MARATHON_MAN2050.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1440 1440w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23884034/MARATHON_MAN2050.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1920 1920w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23884034/MARATHON_MAN2050.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2048 2048w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23884034/MARATHON_MAN2050.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400 2400w",
"https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23184527/thenightofthehunter1955.17678.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=256 256w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23184527/thenightofthehunter1955.17678.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=376 376w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23184527/thenightofthehunter1955.17678.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=384 384w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23184527/thenightofthehunter1955.17678.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=415 415w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23184527/thenightofthehunter1955.17678.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=480 480w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23184527/thenightofthehunter1955.17678.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=540 540w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23184527/thenightofthehunter1955.17678.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=640 640w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23184527/thenightofthehunter1955.17678.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=750 750w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23184527/thenightofthehunter1955.17678.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=828 828w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23184527/thenightofthehunter1955.17678.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1080 1080w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23184527/thenightofthehunter1955.17678.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1200 1200w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23184527/thenightofthehunter1955.17678.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1440 1440w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23184527/thenightofthehunter1955.17678.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1920 1920w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23184527/thenightofthehunter1955.17678.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2048 2048w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23184527/thenightofthehunter1955.17678.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400 2400w",
"https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23600861/pushpa.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=256 256w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23600861/pushpa.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=376 376w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23600861/pushpa.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=384 384w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23600861/pushpa.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=415 415w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23600861/pushpa.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=480 480w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23600861/pushpa.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=540 540w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23600861/pushpa.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=640 640w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23600861/pushpa.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=750 750w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23600861/pushpa.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=828 828w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23600861/pushpa.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1080 1080w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23600861/pushpa.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1200 1200w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23600861/pushpa.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1440 1440w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23600861/pushpa.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1920 1920w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23600861/pushpa.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2048 2048w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23600861/pushpa.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400 2400w",
"https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23395664/91DG6pWR3NL._AC_SL1500_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=256 256w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23395664/91DG6pWR3NL._AC_SL1500_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=376 376w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23395664/91DG6pWR3NL._AC_SL1500_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=384 384w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23395664/91DG6pWR3NL._AC_SL1500_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=415 415w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23395664/91DG6pWR3NL._AC_SL1500_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=480 480w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23395664/91DG6pWR3NL._AC_SL1500_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=540 540w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23395664/91DG6pWR3NL._AC_SL1500_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=640 640w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23395664/91DG6pWR3NL._AC_SL1500_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=750 750w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23395664/91DG6pWR3NL._AC_SL1500_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=828 828w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23395664/91DG6pWR3NL._AC_SL1500_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1080 1080w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23395664/91DG6pWR3NL._AC_SL1500_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1200 1200w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23395664/91DG6pWR3NL._AC_SL1500_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1440 1440w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23395664/91DG6pWR3NL._AC_SL1500_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1920 1920w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23395664/91DG6pWR3NL._AC_SL1500_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2048 2048w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23395664/91DG6pWR3NL._AC_SL1500_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400 2400w",
"https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24158920/TheStranger_Netflix_1072.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=256 256w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24158920/TheStranger_Netflix_1072.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=376 376w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24158920/TheStranger_Netflix_1072.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=384 384w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24158920/TheStranger_Netflix_1072.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=415 415w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24158920/TheStranger_Netflix_1072.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=480 480w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24158920/TheStranger_Netflix_1072.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=540 540w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24158920/TheStranger_Netflix_1072.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=640 640w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24158920/TheStranger_Netflix_1072.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=750 750w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24158920/TheStranger_Netflix_1072.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=828 828w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24158920/TheStranger_Netflix_1072.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1080 1080w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24158920/TheStranger_Netflix_1072.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1200 1200w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24158920/TheStranger_Netflix_1072.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1440 1440w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24158920/TheStranger_Netflix_1072.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1920 1920w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24158920/TheStranger_Netflix_1072.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2048 2048w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24158920/TheStranger_Netflix_1072.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400 2400w",
"https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23395665/Korean_SympathyforMrVengeance_02_1_1600x900_c_default.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=256 256w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23395665/Korean_SympathyforMrVengeance_02_1_1600x900_c_default.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=376 376w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23395665/Korean_SympathyforMrVengeance_02_1_1600x900_c_default.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=384 384w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23395665/Korean_SympathyforMrVengeance_02_1_1600x900_c_default.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=415 415w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23395665/Korean_SympathyforMrVengeance_02_1_1600x900_c_default.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=480 480w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23395665/Korean_SympathyforMrVengeance_02_1_1600x900_c_default.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=540 540w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23395665/Korean_SympathyforMrVengeance_02_1_1600x900_c_default.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=640 640w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23395665/Korean_SympathyforMrVengeance_02_1_1600x900_c_default.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=750 750w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23395665/Korean_SympathyforMrVengeance_02_1_1600x900_c_default.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=828 828w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23395665/Korean_SympathyforMrVengeance_02_1_1600x900_c_default.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1080 1080w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23395665/Korean_SympathyforMrVengeance_02_1_1600x900_c_default.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1200 1200w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23395665/Korean_SympathyforMrVengeance_02_1_1600x900_c_default.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1440 1440w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23395665/Korean_SympathyforMrVengeance_02_1_1600x900_c_default.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1920 1920w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23395665/Korean_SympathyforMrVengeance_02_1_1600x900_c_default.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2048 2048w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23395665/Korean_SympathyforMrVengeance_02_1_1600x900_c_default.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400 2400w",
"https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23939137/yojimbo62.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=256 256w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23939137/yojimbo62.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=376 376w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23939137/yojimbo62.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=384 384w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23939137/yojimbo62.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=415 415w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23939137/yojimbo62.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=480 480w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23939137/yojimbo62.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=540 540w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23939137/yojimbo62.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=640 640w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23939137/yojimbo62.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=750 750w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23939137/yojimbo62.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=828 828w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23939137/yojimbo62.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1080 1080w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23939137/yojimbo62.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1200 1200w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23939137/yojimbo62.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1440 1440w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23939137/yojimbo62.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1920 1920w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23939137/yojimbo62.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2048 2048w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23939137/yojimbo62.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400 2400w",
"https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25560200/bonetomahawk4212.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=20.3125%2C13.333333333333%2C62.34375%2C73.888888888889&w=16 16w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25560200/bonetomahawk4212.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=20.3125%2C13.333333333333%2C62.34375%2C73.888888888889&w=32 32w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25560200/bonetomahawk4212.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=20.3125%2C13.333333333333%2C62.34375%2C73.888888888889&w=48 48w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25560200/bonetomahawk4212.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=20.3125%2C13.333333333333%2C62.34375%2C73.888888888889&w=64 64w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25560200/bonetomahawk4212.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=20.3125%2C13.333333333333%2C62.34375%2C73.888888888889&w=96 96w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25560200/bonetomahawk4212.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=20.3125%2C13.333333333333%2C62.34375%2C73.888888888889&w=128 128w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25560200/bonetomahawk4212.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=20.3125%2C13.333333333333%2C62.34375%2C73.888888888889&w=256 256w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25560200/bonetomahawk4212.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=20.3125%2C13.333333333333%2C62.34375%2C73.888888888889&w=376 376w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25560200/bonetomahawk4212.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=20.3125%2C13.333333333333%2C62.34375%2C73.888888888889&w=384 384w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25560200/bonetomahawk4212.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=20.3125%2C13.333333333333%2C62.34375%2C73.888888888889&w=415 415w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25560200/bonetomahawk4212.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=20.3125%2C13.333333333333%2C62.34375%2C73.888888888889&w=480 480w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25560200/bonetomahawk4212.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=20.3125%2C13.333333333333%2C62.34375%2C73.888888888889&w=540 540w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25560200/bonetomahawk4212.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=20.3125%2C13.333333333333%2C62.34375%2C73.888888888889&w=640 640w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25560200/bonetomahawk4212.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=20.3125%2C13.333333333333%2C62.34375%2C73.888888888889&w=750 750w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25560200/bonetomahawk4212.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=20.3125%2C13.333333333333%2C62.34375%2C73.888888888889&w=828 828w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25560200/bonetomahawk4212.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=20.3125%2C13.333333333333%2C62.34375%2C73.888888888889&w=1080 1080w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25560200/bonetomahawk4212.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=20.3125%2C13.333333333333%2C62.34375%2C73.888888888889&w=1200 1200w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25560200/bonetomahawk4212.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=20.3125%2C13.333333333333%2C62.34375%2C73.888888888889&w=1440 1440w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25560200/bonetomahawk4212.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=20.3125%2C13.333333333333%2C62.34375%2C73.888888888889&w=1920 1920w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25560200/bonetomahawk4212.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=20.3125%2C13.333333333333%2C62.34375%2C73.888888888889&w=2048 2048w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25560200/bonetomahawk4212.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=20.3125%2C13.333333333333%2C62.34375%2C73.888888888889&w=2400 2400w",
"https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3963382/the-hateful-eight-mannix-screencap_1920.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=22.8125%2C0%2C54.375%2C100&w=16 16w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3963382/the-hateful-eight-mannix-screencap_1920.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=22.8125%2C0%2C54.375%2C100&w=32 32w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3963382/the-hateful-eight-mannix-screencap_1920.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=22.8125%2C0%2C54.375%2C100&w=48 48w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3963382/the-hateful-eight-mannix-screencap_1920.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=22.8125%2C0%2C54.375%2C100&w=64 64w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3963382/the-hateful-eight-mannix-screencap_1920.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=22.8125%2C0%2C54.375%2C100&w=96 96w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3963382/the-hateful-eight-mannix-screencap_1920.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=22.8125%2C0%2C54.375%2C100&w=128 128w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3963382/the-hateful-eight-mannix-screencap_1920.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=22.8125%2C0%2C54.375%2C100&w=256 256w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3963382/the-hateful-eight-mannix-screencap_1920.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=22.8125%2C0%2C54.375%2C100&w=376 376w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3963382/the-hateful-eight-mannix-screencap_1920.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=22.8125%2C0%2C54.375%2C100&w=384 384w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3963382/the-hateful-eight-mannix-screencap_1920.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=22.8125%2C0%2C54.375%2C100&w=415 415w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3963382/the-hateful-eight-mannix-screencap_1920.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=22.8125%2C0%2C54.375%2C100&w=480 480w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3963382/the-hateful-eight-mannix-screencap_1920.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=22.8125%2C0%2C54.375%2C100&w=540 540w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3963382/the-hateful-eight-mannix-screencap_1920.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=22.8125%2C0%2C54.375%2C100&w=640 640w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3963382/the-hateful-eight-mannix-screencap_1920.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=22.8125%2C0%2C54.375%2C100&w=750 750w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3963382/the-hateful-eight-mannix-screencap_1920.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=22.8125%2C0%2C54.375%2C100&w=828 828w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3963382/the-hateful-eight-mannix-screencap_1920.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=22.8125%2C0%2C54.375%2C100&w=1080 1080w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3963382/the-hateful-eight-mannix-screencap_1920.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=22.8125%2C0%2C54.375%2C100&w=1200 1200w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3963382/the-hateful-eight-mannix-screencap_1920.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=22.8125%2C0%2C54.375%2C100&w=1440 1440w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3963382/the-hateful-eight-mannix-screencap_1920.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=22.8125%2C0%2C54.375%2C100&w=1920 1920w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3963382/the-hateful-eight-mannix-screencap_1920.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=22.8125%2C0%2C54.375%2C100&w=2048 2048w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3963382/the-hateful-eight-mannix-screencap_1920.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=22.8125%2C0%2C54.375%2C100&w=2400 2400w",
"https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25446161/d0b0d0bfd0b3d180d0b5d0b9d0b4_2018_05.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=16 16w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25446161/d0b0d0bfd0b3d180d0b5d0b9d0b4_2018_05.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=32 32w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25446161/d0b0d0bfd0b3d180d0b5d0b9d0b4_2018_05.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=48 48w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25446161/d0b0d0bfd0b3d180d0b5d0b9d0b4_2018_05.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=64 64w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25446161/d0b0d0bfd0b3d180d0b5d0b9d0b4_2018_05.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=96 96w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25446161/d0b0d0bfd0b3d180d0b5d0b9d0b4_2018_05.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=128 128w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25446161/d0b0d0bfd0b3d180d0b5d0b9d0b4_2018_05.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=256 256w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25446161/d0b0d0bfd0b3d180d0b5d0b9d0b4_2018_05.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=376 376w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25446161/d0b0d0bfd0b3d180d0b5d0b9d0b4_2018_05.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=384 384w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25446161/d0b0d0bfd0b3d180d0b5d0b9d0b4_2018_05.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=415 415w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25446161/d0b0d0bfd0b3d180d0b5d0b9d0b4_2018_05.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=480 480w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25446161/d0b0d0bfd0b3d180d0b5d0b9d0b4_2018_05.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=540 540w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25446161/d0b0d0bfd0b3d180d0b5d0b9d0b4_2018_05.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=640 640w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25446161/d0b0d0bfd0b3d180d0b5d0b9d0b4_2018_05.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=750 750w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25446161/d0b0d0bfd0b3d180d0b5d0b9d0b4_2018_05.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=828 828w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25446161/d0b0d0bfd0b3d180d0b5d0b9d0b4_2018_05.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1080 1080w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25446161/d0b0d0bfd0b3d180d0b5d0b9d0b4_2018_05.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1200 1200w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25446161/d0b0d0bfd0b3d180d0b5d0b9d0b4_2018_05.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1440 1440w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25446161/d0b0d0bfd0b3d180d0b5d0b9d0b4_2018_05.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1920 1920w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25446161/d0b0d0bfd0b3d180d0b5d0b9d0b4_2018_05.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2048 2048w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25446161/d0b0d0bfd0b3d180d0b5d0b9d0b4_2018_05.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400 2400w",
"https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25547562/HOTD_207_061623_TW_0510.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=16 16w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25547562/HOTD_207_061623_TW_0510.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=32 32w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25547562/HOTD_207_061623_TW_0510.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=48 48w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25547562/HOTD_207_061623_TW_0510.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=64 64w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25547562/HOTD_207_061623_TW_0510.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=96 96w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25547562/HOTD_207_061623_TW_0510.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=128 128w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25547562/HOTD_207_061623_TW_0510.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=256 256w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25547562/HOTD_207_061623_TW_0510.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=376 376w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25547562/HOTD_207_061623_TW_0510.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=384 384w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25547562/HOTD_207_061623_TW_0510.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=415 415w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25547562/HOTD_207_061623_TW_0510.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=480 480w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25547562/HOTD_207_061623_TW_0510.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=540 540w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25547562/HOTD_207_061623_TW_0510.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=640 640w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25547562/HOTD_207_061623_TW_0510.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=750 750w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25547562/HOTD_207_061623_TW_0510.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=828 828w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25547562/HOTD_207_061623_TW_0510.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1080 1080w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25547562/HOTD_207_061623_TW_0510.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1200 1200w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25547562/HOTD_207_061623_TW_0510.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1440 1440w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25547562/HOTD_207_061623_TW_0510.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1920 1920w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25547562/HOTD_207_061623_TW_0510.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2048 2048w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25547562/HOTD_207_061623_TW_0510.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400 2400w",
"https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25500795/marsexpressexclusiveclip_ign_blogroll_1715039012896.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=16 16w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25500795/marsexpressexclusiveclip_ign_blogroll_1715039012896.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=32 32w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25500795/marsexpressexclusiveclip_ign_blogroll_1715039012896.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=48 48w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25500795/marsexpressexclusiveclip_ign_blogroll_1715039012896.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=64 64w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25500795/marsexpressexclusiveclip_ign_blogroll_1715039012896.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=96 96w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25500795/marsexpressexclusiveclip_ign_blogroll_1715039012896.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=128 128w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25500795/marsexpressexclusiveclip_ign_blogroll_1715039012896.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=256 256w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25500795/marsexpressexclusiveclip_ign_blogroll_1715039012896.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=376 376w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25500795/marsexpressexclusiveclip_ign_blogroll_1715039012896.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=384 384w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25500795/marsexpressexclusiveclip_ign_blogroll_1715039012896.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=415 415w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25500795/marsexpressexclusiveclip_ign_blogroll_1715039012896.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=480 480w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25500795/marsexpressexclusiveclip_ign_blogroll_1715039012896.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=540 540w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25500795/marsexpressexclusiveclip_ign_blogroll_1715039012896.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=640 640w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25500795/marsexpressexclusiveclip_ign_blogroll_1715039012896.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=750 750w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25500795/marsexpressexclusiveclip_ign_blogroll_1715039012896.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=828 828w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25500795/marsexpressexclusiveclip_ign_blogroll_1715039012896.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=1080 1080w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25500795/marsexpressexclusiveclip_ign_blogroll_1715039012896.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=1200 1200w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25500795/marsexpressexclusiveclip_ign_blogroll_1715039012896.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=1440 1440w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25500795/marsexpressexclusiveclip_ign_blogroll_1715039012896.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=1920 1920w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25500795/marsexpressexclusiveclip_ign_blogroll_1715039012896.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=2048 2048w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25500795/marsexpressexclusiveclip_ign_blogroll_1715039012896.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=2400 2400w",
"https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25554035/37__663_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=19.1650390625%2C0%2C61.669921875%2C100&w=16 16w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25554035/37__663_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=19.1650390625%2C0%2C61.669921875%2C100&w=32 32w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25554035/37__663_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=19.1650390625%2C0%2C61.669921875%2C100&w=48 48w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25554035/37__663_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=19.1650390625%2C0%2C61.669921875%2C100&w=64 64w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25554035/37__663_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=19.1650390625%2C0%2C61.669921875%2C100&w=96 96w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25554035/37__663_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=19.1650390625%2C0%2C61.669921875%2C100&w=128 128w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25554035/37__663_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=19.1650390625%2C0%2C61.669921875%2C100&w=256 256w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25554035/37__663_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=19.1650390625%2C0%2C61.669921875%2C100&w=376 376w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25554035/37__663_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=19.1650390625%2C0%2C61.669921875%2C100&w=384 384w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25554035/37__663_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=19.1650390625%2C0%2C61.669921875%2C100&w=415 415w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25554035/37__663_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=19.1650390625%2C0%2C61.669921875%2C100&w=480 480w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25554035/37__663_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=19.1650390625%2C0%2C61.669921875%2C100&w=540 540w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25554035/37__663_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=19.1650390625%2C0%2C61.669921875%2C100&w=640 640w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25554035/37__663_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=19.1650390625%2C0%2C61.669921875%2C100&w=750 750w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25554035/37__663_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=19.1650390625%2C0%2C61.669921875%2C100&w=828 828w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25554035/37__663_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=19.1650390625%2C0%2C61.669921875%2C100&w=1080 1080w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25554035/37__663_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=19.1650390625%2C0%2C61.669921875%2C100&w=1200 1200w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25554035/37__663_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=19.1650390625%2C0%2C61.669921875%2C100&w=1440 1440w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25554035/37__663_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=19.1650390625%2C0%2C61.669921875%2C100&w=1920 1920w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25554035/37__663_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=19.1650390625%2C0%2C61.669921875%2C100&w=2048 2048w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25554035/37__663_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=19.1650390625%2C0%2C61.669921875%2C100&w=2400 2400w",
"https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25560200/bonetomahawk4212.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=41.09375%2C13.333333333333%2C41.5625%2C73.888888888889&w=16 16w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25560200/bonetomahawk4212.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=41.09375%2C13.333333333333%2C41.5625%2C73.888888888889&w=32 32w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25560200/bonetomahawk4212.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=41.09375%2C13.333333333333%2C41.5625%2C73.888888888889&w=48 48w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25560200/bonetomahawk4212.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=41.09375%2C13.333333333333%2C41.5625%2C73.888888888889&w=64 64w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25560200/bonetomahawk4212.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=41.09375%2C13.333333333333%2C41.5625%2C73.888888888889&w=96 96w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25560200/bonetomahawk4212.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=41.09375%2C13.333333333333%2C41.5625%2C73.888888888889&w=128 128w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25560200/bonetomahawk4212.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=41.09375%2C13.333333333333%2C41.5625%2C73.888888888889&w=256 256w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25560200/bonetomahawk4212.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=41.09375%2C13.333333333333%2C41.5625%2C73.888888888889&w=376 376w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25560200/bonetomahawk4212.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=41.09375%2C13.333333333333%2C41.5625%2C73.888888888889&w=384 384w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25560200/bonetomahawk4212.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=41.09375%2C13.333333333333%2C41.5625%2C73.888888888889&w=415 415w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25560200/bonetomahawk4212.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=41.09375%2C13.333333333333%2C41.5625%2C73.888888888889&w=480 480w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25560200/bonetomahawk4212.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=41.09375%2C13.333333333333%2C41.5625%2C73.888888888889&w=540 540w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25560200/bonetomahawk4212.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=41.09375%2C13.333333333333%2C41.5625%2C73.888888888889&w=640 640w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25560200/bonetomahawk4212.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=41.09375%2C13.333333333333%2C41.5625%2C73.888888888889&w=750 750w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25560200/bonetomahawk4212.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=41.09375%2C13.333333333333%2C41.5625%2C73.888888888889&w=828 828w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25560200/bonetomahawk4212.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=41.09375%2C13.333333333333%2C41.5625%2C73.888888888889&w=1080 1080w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25560200/bonetomahawk4212.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=41.09375%2C13.333333333333%2C41.5625%2C73.888888888889&w=1200 1200w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25560200/bonetomahawk4212.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=41.09375%2C13.333333333333%2C41.5625%2C73.888888888889&w=1440 1440w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25560200/bonetomahawk4212.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=41.09375%2C13.333333333333%2C41.5625%2C73.888888888889&w=1920 1920w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25560200/bonetomahawk4212.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=41.09375%2C13.333333333333%2C41.5625%2C73.888888888889&w=2048 2048w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25560200/bonetomahawk4212.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=41.09375%2C13.333333333333%2C41.5625%2C73.888888888889&w=2400 2400w",
"https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25560200/bonetomahawk4212.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=20.3125%2C13.333333333333%2C62.34375%2C73.888888888889&w=16 16w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25560200/bonetomahawk4212.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=20.3125%2C13.333333333333%2C62.34375%2C73.888888888889&w=32 32w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25560200/bonetomahawk4212.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=20.3125%2C13.333333333333%2C62.34375%2C73.888888888889&w=48 48w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25560200/bonetomahawk4212.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=20.3125%2C13.333333333333%2C62.34375%2C73.888888888889&w=64 64w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25560200/bonetomahawk4212.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=20.3125%2C13.333333333333%2C62.34375%2C73.888888888889&w=96 96w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25560200/bonetomahawk4212.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=20.3125%2C13.333333333333%2C62.34375%2C73.888888888889&w=128 128w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25560200/bonetomahawk4212.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=20.3125%2C13.333333333333%2C62.34375%2C73.888888888889&w=256 256w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25560200/bonetomahawk4212.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=20.3125%2C13.333333333333%2C62.34375%2C73.888888888889&w=376 376w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25560200/bonetomahawk4212.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=20.3125%2C13.333333333333%2C62.34375%2C73.888888888889&w=384 384w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25560200/bonetomahawk4212.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=20.3125%2C13.333333333333%2C62.34375%2C73.888888888889&w=415 415w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25560200/bonetomahawk4212.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=20.3125%2C13.333333333333%2C62.34375%2C73.888888888889&w=480 480w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25560200/bonetomahawk4212.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=20.3125%2C13.333333333333%2C62.34375%2C73.888888888889&w=540 540w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25560200/bonetomahawk4212.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=20.3125%2C13.333333333333%2C62.34375%2C73.888888888889&w=640 640w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25560200/bonetomahawk4212.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=20.3125%2C13.333333333333%2C62.34375%2C73.888888888889&w=750 750w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25560200/bonetomahawk4212.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=20.3125%2C13.333333333333%2C62.34375%2C73.888888888889&w=828 828w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25560200/bonetomahawk4212.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=20.3125%2C13.333333333333%2C62.34375%2C73.888888888889&w=1080 1080w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25560200/bonetomahawk4212.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=20.3125%2C13.333333333333%2C62.34375%2C73.888888888889&w=1200 1200w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25560200/bonetomahawk4212.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=20.3125%2C13.333333333333%2C62.34375%2C73.888888888889&w=1440 1440w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25560200/bonetomahawk4212.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=20.3125%2C13.333333333333%2C62.34375%2C73.888888888889&w=1920 1920w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25560200/bonetomahawk4212.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=20.3125%2C13.333333333333%2C62.34375%2C73.888888888889&w=2048 2048w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25560200/bonetomahawk4212.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=20.3125%2C13.333333333333%2C62.34375%2C73.888888888889&w=2400 2400w",
"https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3963382/the-hateful-eight-mannix-screencap_1920.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=28.385416666667%2C0%2C36.25%2C100&w=16 16w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3963382/the-hateful-eight-mannix-screencap_1920.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=28.385416666667%2C0%2C36.25%2C100&w=32 32w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3963382/the-hateful-eight-mannix-screencap_1920.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=28.385416666667%2C0%2C36.25%2C100&w=48 48w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3963382/the-hateful-eight-mannix-screencap_1920.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=28.385416666667%2C0%2C36.25%2C100&w=64 64w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3963382/the-hateful-eight-mannix-screencap_1920.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=28.385416666667%2C0%2C36.25%2C100&w=96 96w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3963382/the-hateful-eight-mannix-screencap_1920.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=28.385416666667%2C0%2C36.25%2C100&w=128 128w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3963382/the-hateful-eight-mannix-screencap_1920.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=28.385416666667%2C0%2C36.25%2C100&w=256 256w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3963382/the-hateful-eight-mannix-screencap_1920.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=28.385416666667%2C0%2C36.25%2C100&w=376 376w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3963382/the-hateful-eight-mannix-screencap_1920.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=28.385416666667%2C0%2C36.25%2C100&w=384 384w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3963382/the-hateful-eight-mannix-screencap_1920.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=28.385416666667%2C0%2C36.25%2C100&w=415 415w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3963382/the-hateful-eight-mannix-screencap_1920.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=28.385416666667%2C0%2C36.25%2C100&w=480 480w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3963382/the-hateful-eight-mannix-screencap_1920.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=28.385416666667%2C0%2C36.25%2C100&w=540 540w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3963382/the-hateful-eight-mannix-screencap_1920.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=28.385416666667%2C0%2C36.25%2C100&w=640 640w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3963382/the-hateful-eight-mannix-screencap_1920.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=28.385416666667%2C0%2C36.25%2C100&w=750 750w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3963382/the-hateful-eight-mannix-screencap_1920.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=28.385416666667%2C0%2C36.25%2C100&w=828 828w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3963382/the-hateful-eight-mannix-screencap_1920.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=28.385416666667%2C0%2C36.25%2C100&w=1080 1080w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3963382/the-hateful-eight-mannix-screencap_1920.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=28.385416666667%2C0%2C36.25%2C100&w=1200 1200w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3963382/the-hateful-eight-mannix-screencap_1920.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=28.385416666667%2C0%2C36.25%2C100&w=1440 1440w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3963382/the-hateful-eight-mannix-screencap_1920.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=28.385416666667%2C0%2C36.25%2C100&w=1920 1920w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3963382/the-hateful-eight-mannix-screencap_1920.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=28.385416666667%2C0%2C36.25%2C100&w=2048 2048w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3963382/the-hateful-eight-mannix-screencap_1920.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=28.385416666667%2C0%2C36.25%2C100&w=2400 2400w",
"https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3963382/the-hateful-eight-mannix-screencap_1920.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=22.8125%2C0%2C54.375%2C100&w=16 16w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3963382/the-hateful-eight-mannix-screencap_1920.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=22.8125%2C0%2C54.375%2C100&w=32 32w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3963382/the-hateful-eight-mannix-screencap_1920.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=22.8125%2C0%2C54.375%2C100&w=48 48w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3963382/the-hateful-eight-mannix-screencap_1920.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=22.8125%2C0%2C54.375%2C100&w=64 64w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3963382/the-hateful-eight-mannix-screencap_1920.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=22.8125%2C0%2C54.375%2C100&w=96 96w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3963382/the-hateful-eight-mannix-screencap_1920.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=22.8125%2C0%2C54.375%2C100&w=128 128w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3963382/the-hateful-eight-mannix-screencap_1920.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=22.8125%2C0%2C54.375%2C100&w=256 256w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3963382/the-hateful-eight-mannix-screencap_1920.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=22.8125%2C0%2C54.375%2C100&w=376 376w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3963382/the-hateful-eight-mannix-screencap_1920.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=22.8125%2C0%2C54.375%2C100&w=384 384w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3963382/the-hateful-eight-mannix-screencap_1920.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=22.8125%2C0%2C54.375%2C100&w=415 415w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3963382/the-hateful-eight-mannix-screencap_1920.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=22.8125%2C0%2C54.375%2C100&w=480 480w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3963382/the-hateful-eight-mannix-screencap_1920.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=22.8125%2C0%2C54.375%2C100&w=540 540w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3963382/the-hateful-eight-mannix-screencap_1920.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=22.8125%2C0%2C54.375%2C100&w=640 640w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3963382/the-hateful-eight-mannix-screencap_1920.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=22.8125%2C0%2C54.375%2C100&w=750 750w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3963382/the-hateful-eight-mannix-screencap_1920.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=22.8125%2C0%2C54.375%2C100&w=828 828w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3963382/the-hateful-eight-mannix-screencap_1920.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=22.8125%2C0%2C54.375%2C100&w=1080 1080w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3963382/the-hateful-eight-mannix-screencap_1920.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=22.8125%2C0%2C54.375%2C100&w=1200 1200w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3963382/the-hateful-eight-mannix-screencap_1920.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=22.8125%2C0%2C54.375%2C100&w=1440 1440w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3963382/the-hateful-eight-mannix-screencap_1920.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=22.8125%2C0%2C54.375%2C100&w=1920 1920w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3963382/the-hateful-eight-mannix-screencap_1920.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=22.8125%2C0%2C54.375%2C100&w=2048 2048w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3963382/the-hateful-eight-mannix-screencap_1920.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=22.8125%2C0%2C54.375%2C100&w=2400 2400w",
"https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25446161/d0b0d0bfd0b3d180d0b5d0b9d0b4_2018_05.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=16 16w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25446161/d0b0d0bfd0b3d180d0b5d0b9d0b4_2018_05.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=32 32w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25446161/d0b0d0bfd0b3d180d0b5d0b9d0b4_2018_05.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=48 48w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25446161/d0b0d0bfd0b3d180d0b5d0b9d0b4_2018_05.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=64 64w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25446161/d0b0d0bfd0b3d180d0b5d0b9d0b4_2018_05.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=96 96w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25446161/d0b0d0bfd0b3d180d0b5d0b9d0b4_2018_05.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=128 128w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25446161/d0b0d0bfd0b3d180d0b5d0b9d0b4_2018_05.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=256 256w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25446161/d0b0d0bfd0b3d180d0b5d0b9d0b4_2018_05.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=376 376w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25446161/d0b0d0bfd0b3d180d0b5d0b9d0b4_2018_05.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=384 384w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25446161/d0b0d0bfd0b3d180d0b5d0b9d0b4_2018_05.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=415 415w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25446161/d0b0d0bfd0b3d180d0b5d0b9d0b4_2018_05.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=480 480w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25446161/d0b0d0bfd0b3d180d0b5d0b9d0b4_2018_05.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=540 540w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25446161/d0b0d0bfd0b3d180d0b5d0b9d0b4_2018_05.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=640 640w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25446161/d0b0d0bfd0b3d180d0b5d0b9d0b4_2018_05.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=750 750w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25446161/d0b0d0bfd0b3d180d0b5d0b9d0b4_2018_05.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=828 828w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25446161/d0b0d0bfd0b3d180d0b5d0b9d0b4_2018_05.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=1080 1080w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25446161/d0b0d0bfd0b3d180d0b5d0b9d0b4_2018_05.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=1200 1200w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25446161/d0b0d0bfd0b3d180d0b5d0b9d0b4_2018_05.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=1440 1440w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25446161/d0b0d0bfd0b3d180d0b5d0b9d0b4_2018_05.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=1920 1920w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25446161/d0b0d0bfd0b3d180d0b5d0b9d0b4_2018_05.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2048 2048w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25446161/d0b0d0bfd0b3d180d0b5d0b9d0b4_2018_05.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400 2400w",
"https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25446161/d0b0d0bfd0b3d180d0b5d0b9d0b4_2018_05.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=16 16w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25446161/d0b0d0bfd0b3d180d0b5d0b9d0b4_2018_05.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=32 32w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25446161/d0b0d0bfd0b3d180d0b5d0b9d0b4_2018_05.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=48 48w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25446161/d0b0d0bfd0b3d180d0b5d0b9d0b4_2018_05.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=64 64w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25446161/d0b0d0bfd0b3d180d0b5d0b9d0b4_2018_05.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=96 96w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25446161/d0b0d0bfd0b3d180d0b5d0b9d0b4_2018_05.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=128 128w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25446161/d0b0d0bfd0b3d180d0b5d0b9d0b4_2018_05.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=256 256w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25446161/d0b0d0bfd0b3d180d0b5d0b9d0b4_2018_05.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=376 376w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25446161/d0b0d0bfd0b3d180d0b5d0b9d0b4_2018_05.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=384 384w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25446161/d0b0d0bfd0b3d180d0b5d0b9d0b4_2018_05.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=415 415w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25446161/d0b0d0bfd0b3d180d0b5d0b9d0b4_2018_05.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=480 480w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25446161/d0b0d0bfd0b3d180d0b5d0b9d0b4_2018_05.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=540 540w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25446161/d0b0d0bfd0b3d180d0b5d0b9d0b4_2018_05.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=640 640w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25446161/d0b0d0bfd0b3d180d0b5d0b9d0b4_2018_05.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=750 750w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25446161/d0b0d0bfd0b3d180d0b5d0b9d0b4_2018_05.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=828 828w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25446161/d0b0d0bfd0b3d180d0b5d0b9d0b4_2018_05.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1080 1080w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25446161/d0b0d0bfd0b3d180d0b5d0b9d0b4_2018_05.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1200 1200w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25446161/d0b0d0bfd0b3d180d0b5d0b9d0b4_2018_05.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1440 1440w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25446161/d0b0d0bfd0b3d180d0b5d0b9d0b4_2018_05.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1920 1920w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25446161/d0b0d0bfd0b3d180d0b5d0b9d0b4_2018_05.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2048 2048w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25446161/d0b0d0bfd0b3d180d0b5d0b9d0b4_2018_05.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400 2400w",
"https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25547562/HOTD_207_061623_TW_0510.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=16 16w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25547562/HOTD_207_061623_TW_0510.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=32 32w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25547562/HOTD_207_061623_TW_0510.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=48 48w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25547562/HOTD_207_061623_TW_0510.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=64 64w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25547562/HOTD_207_061623_TW_0510.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=96 96w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25547562/HOTD_207_061623_TW_0510.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=128 128w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25547562/HOTD_207_061623_TW_0510.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=256 256w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25547562/HOTD_207_061623_TW_0510.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=376 376w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25547562/HOTD_207_061623_TW_0510.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=384 384w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25547562/HOTD_207_061623_TW_0510.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=415 415w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25547562/HOTD_207_061623_TW_0510.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=480 480w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25547562/HOTD_207_061623_TW_0510.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=540 540w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25547562/HOTD_207_061623_TW_0510.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=640 640w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25547562/HOTD_207_061623_TW_0510.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=750 750w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25547562/HOTD_207_061623_TW_0510.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=828 828w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25547562/HOTD_207_061623_TW_0510.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=1080 1080w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25547562/HOTD_207_061623_TW_0510.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=1200 1200w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25547562/HOTD_207_061623_TW_0510.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=1440 1440w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25547562/HOTD_207_061623_TW_0510.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=1920 1920w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25547562/HOTD_207_061623_TW_0510.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2048 2048w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25547562/HOTD_207_061623_TW_0510.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400 2400w",
"https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25547562/HOTD_207_061623_TW_0510.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=16 16w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25547562/HOTD_207_061623_TW_0510.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=32 32w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25547562/HOTD_207_061623_TW_0510.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=48 48w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25547562/HOTD_207_061623_TW_0510.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=64 64w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25547562/HOTD_207_061623_TW_0510.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=96 96w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25547562/HOTD_207_061623_TW_0510.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=128 128w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25547562/HOTD_207_061623_TW_0510.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=256 256w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25547562/HOTD_207_061623_TW_0510.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=376 376w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25547562/HOTD_207_061623_TW_0510.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=384 384w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25547562/HOTD_207_061623_TW_0510.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=415 415w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25547562/HOTD_207_061623_TW_0510.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=480 480w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25547562/HOTD_207_061623_TW_0510.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=540 540w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25547562/HOTD_207_061623_TW_0510.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=640 640w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25547562/HOTD_207_061623_TW_0510.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=750 750w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25547562/HOTD_207_061623_TW_0510.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=828 828w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25547562/HOTD_207_061623_TW_0510.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1080 1080w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25547562/HOTD_207_061623_TW_0510.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1200 1200w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25547562/HOTD_207_061623_TW_0510.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1440 1440w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25547562/HOTD_207_061623_TW_0510.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1920 1920w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25547562/HOTD_207_061623_TW_0510.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2048 2048w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25547562/HOTD_207_061623_TW_0510.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400 2400w",
"https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25500795/marsexpressexclusiveclip_ign_blogroll_1715039012896.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=16 16w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25500795/marsexpressexclusiveclip_ign_blogroll_1715039012896.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=32 32w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25500795/marsexpressexclusiveclip_ign_blogroll_1715039012896.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=48 48w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25500795/marsexpressexclusiveclip_ign_blogroll_1715039012896.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=64 64w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25500795/marsexpressexclusiveclip_ign_blogroll_1715039012896.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=96 96w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25500795/marsexpressexclusiveclip_ign_blogroll_1715039012896.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=128 128w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25500795/marsexpressexclusiveclip_ign_blogroll_1715039012896.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=256 256w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25500795/marsexpressexclusiveclip_ign_blogroll_1715039012896.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=376 376w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25500795/marsexpressexclusiveclip_ign_blogroll_1715039012896.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=384 384w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25500795/marsexpressexclusiveclip_ign_blogroll_1715039012896.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=415 415w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25500795/marsexpressexclusiveclip_ign_blogroll_1715039012896.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=480 480w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25500795/marsexpressexclusiveclip_ign_blogroll_1715039012896.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=540 540w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25500795/marsexpressexclusiveclip_ign_blogroll_1715039012896.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=640 640w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25500795/marsexpressexclusiveclip_ign_blogroll_1715039012896.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=750 750w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25500795/marsexpressexclusiveclip_ign_blogroll_1715039012896.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=828 828w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25500795/marsexpressexclusiveclip_ign_blogroll_1715039012896.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=1080 1080w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25500795/marsexpressexclusiveclip_ign_blogroll_1715039012896.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=1200 1200w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25500795/marsexpressexclusiveclip_ign_blogroll_1715039012896.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=1440 1440w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25500795/marsexpressexclusiveclip_ign_blogroll_1715039012896.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=1920 1920w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25500795/marsexpressexclusiveclip_ign_blogroll_1715039012896.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=2048 2048w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25500795/marsexpressexclusiveclip_ign_blogroll_1715039012896.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=2400 2400w",
"https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25500795/marsexpressexclusiveclip_ign_blogroll_1715039012896.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=16 16w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25500795/marsexpressexclusiveclip_ign_blogroll_1715039012896.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=32 32w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25500795/marsexpressexclusiveclip_ign_blogroll_1715039012896.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=48 48w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25500795/marsexpressexclusiveclip_ign_blogroll_1715039012896.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=64 64w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25500795/marsexpressexclusiveclip_ign_blogroll_1715039012896.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=96 96w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25500795/marsexpressexclusiveclip_ign_blogroll_1715039012896.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=128 128w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25500795/marsexpressexclusiveclip_ign_blogroll_1715039012896.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=256 256w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25500795/marsexpressexclusiveclip_ign_blogroll_1715039012896.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=376 376w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25500795/marsexpressexclusiveclip_ign_blogroll_1715039012896.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=384 384w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25500795/marsexpressexclusiveclip_ign_blogroll_1715039012896.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=415 415w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25500795/marsexpressexclusiveclip_ign_blogroll_1715039012896.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=480 480w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25500795/marsexpressexclusiveclip_ign_blogroll_1715039012896.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=540 540w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25500795/marsexpressexclusiveclip_ign_blogroll_1715039012896.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=640 640w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25500795/marsexpressexclusiveclip_ign_blogroll_1715039012896.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=750 750w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25500795/marsexpressexclusiveclip_ign_blogroll_1715039012896.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=828 828w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25500795/marsexpressexclusiveclip_ign_blogroll_1715039012896.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=1080 1080w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25500795/marsexpressexclusiveclip_ign_blogroll_1715039012896.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=1200 1200w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25500795/marsexpressexclusiveclip_ign_blogroll_1715039012896.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=1440 1440w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25500795/marsexpressexclusiveclip_ign_blogroll_1715039012896.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=1920 1920w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25500795/marsexpressexclusiveclip_ign_blogroll_1715039012896.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=2048 2048w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25500795/marsexpressexclusiveclip_ign_blogroll_1715039012896.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=2400 2400w",
"https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25554035/37__663_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=29.443359375%2C0%2C41.11328125%2C100&w=16 16w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25554035/37__663_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=29.443359375%2C0%2C41.11328125%2C100&w=32 32w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25554035/37__663_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=29.443359375%2C0%2C41.11328125%2C100&w=48 48w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25554035/37__663_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=29.443359375%2C0%2C41.11328125%2C100&w=64 64w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25554035/37__663_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=29.443359375%2C0%2C41.11328125%2C100&w=96 96w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25554035/37__663_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=29.443359375%2C0%2C41.11328125%2C100&w=128 128w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25554035/37__663_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=29.443359375%2C0%2C41.11328125%2C100&w=256 256w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25554035/37__663_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=29.443359375%2C0%2C41.11328125%2C100&w=376 376w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25554035/37__663_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=29.443359375%2C0%2C41.11328125%2C100&w=384 384w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25554035/37__663_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=29.443359375%2C0%2C41.11328125%2C100&w=415 415w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25554035/37__663_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=29.443359375%2C0%2C41.11328125%2C100&w=480 480w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25554035/37__663_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=29.443359375%2C0%2C41.11328125%2C100&w=540 540w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25554035/37__663_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=29.443359375%2C0%2C41.11328125%2C100&w=640 640w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25554035/37__663_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=29.443359375%2C0%2C41.11328125%2C100&w=750 750w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25554035/37__663_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=29.443359375%2C0%2C41.11328125%2C100&w=828 828w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25554035/37__663_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=29.443359375%2C0%2C41.11328125%2C100&w=1080 1080w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25554035/37__663_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=29.443359375%2C0%2C41.11328125%2C100&w=1200 1200w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25554035/37__663_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=29.443359375%2C0%2C41.11328125%2C100&w=1440 1440w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25554035/37__663_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=29.443359375%2C0%2C41.11328125%2C100&w=1920 1920w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25554035/37__663_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=29.443359375%2C0%2C41.11328125%2C100&w=2048 2048w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25554035/37__663_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=29.443359375%2C0%2C41.11328125%2C100&w=2400 2400w",
"https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25554035/37__663_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=19.1650390625%2C0%2C61.669921875%2C100&w=16 16w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25554035/37__663_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=19.1650390625%2C0%2C61.669921875%2C100&w=32 32w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25554035/37__663_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=19.1650390625%2C0%2C61.669921875%2C100&w=48 48w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25554035/37__663_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=19.1650390625%2C0%2C61.669921875%2C100&w=64 64w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25554035/37__663_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=19.1650390625%2C0%2C61.669921875%2C100&w=96 96w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25554035/37__663_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=19.1650390625%2C0%2C61.669921875%2C100&w=128 128w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25554035/37__663_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=19.1650390625%2C0%2C61.669921875%2C100&w=256 256w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25554035/37__663_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=19.1650390625%2C0%2C61.669921875%2C100&w=376 376w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25554035/37__663_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=19.1650390625%2C0%2C61.669921875%2C100&w=384 384w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25554035/37__663_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=19.1650390625%2C0%2C61.669921875%2C100&w=415 415w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25554035/37__663_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=19.1650390625%2C0%2C61.669921875%2C100&w=480 480w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25554035/37__663_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=19.1650390625%2C0%2C61.669921875%2C100&w=540 540w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25554035/37__663_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=19.1650390625%2C0%2C61.669921875%2C100&w=640 640w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25554035/37__663_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=19.1650390625%2C0%2C61.669921875%2C100&w=750 750w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25554035/37__663_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=19.1650390625%2C0%2C61.669921875%2C100&w=828 828w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25554035/37__663_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=19.1650390625%2C0%2C61.669921875%2C100&w=1080 1080w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25554035/37__663_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=19.1650390625%2C0%2C61.669921875%2C100&w=1200 1200w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25554035/37__663_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=19.1650390625%2C0%2C61.669921875%2C100&w=1440 1440w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25554035/37__663_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=19.1650390625%2C0%2C61.669921875%2C100&w=1920 1920w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25554035/37__663_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=19.1650390625%2C0%2C61.669921875%2C100&w=2048 2048w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25554035/37__663_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=19.1650390625%2C0%2C61.669921875%2C100&w=2400 2400w"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[
"Toussaint Egan",
"Pete Volk",
"Austen Goslin"
] |
2022-01-22T15:37:00+00:00
|
The best crime thrillers, legal thrillers, erotic thrillers, and more exciting good movies you can watch at home, on Netflix and other streaming services.
|
en
|
/static-assets/icons/favicon.ico
|
Polygon
|
https://www.polygon.com/22884482/best-thriller-movies-netflix-hulu-hbo-max-amazon-prime
|
If you’re enjoying a thriller, your body might know before your mind does. Thrillers can touch on many different subgenres, but they live and die on whether they make viewers feel suspense, anxiety, tension, and surprise. That’s the mark of a good thriller, and it’s what the movies on this list have in common.
From classic thrillers like John Cassavetes’ The Killing of a Chinese Bookie and Michael Mann’s Heat to underseen gems like Ryoo Seung-wan’s Escape from Mogadishu or the Antonio Banderas mall cop thriller Security, the genre boasts a rich and expansive selection made for every sort of audience you can think of.
Looking for something exciting and cerebral to watch this weekend? We’ve pulled together a list of our favorite thrillers available to stream on Netflix, Hulu, Max, Criterion Channel, free services like Tubi, and more. These are movies that’ll keep your eyes glued to the screen and your palms wrapped around your seat. If you’re looking to keep the adrenaline pumping, feel free to also take a look at our list of the best heist movies available to stream or our list of great horror movies you can watch at home. Our latest update added Inside Man, A Simple Favor, and Dark Waters.
Editor’s pick: Inside Man
Run time: 2h 9m
Director: Spike Lee
Cast: Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, Jodie Foster
Where to watch: Netflix
Inside Man is an undersung classic in one of cinema’s greatest subgenres: the bank heist movie. Starring Denzel Washington at the height of his leading-man powers as a disgraced detective sent to negotiate with a Clive Owen-led group of robbers turned hostage takers, Inside Man is a perfect mix of 2000s bravado. The movie is full of twists and both of its stars getting one over on each other, but like all the best thrillers, it’s not until the final moments that everything comes into place.
And while the cast is outstanding, the real star of the show here is Spike Lee, who seems to use this movie to prove that he could be the greatest pop filmmaker of his generation if he wanted to. Few movies can match the raw tension and nervous energy that Inside Man brings to every scene, let alone its high points, like Washington and Owen’s confrontation inside the bank, which feel like a barrage of cinematic magic tricks. All of this leads to one of the most satisfying endings to any heist movie ever, making Inside Man an easy choice for one of the 2000s’ best thrillers. —Austen Goslin
A Simple Favor
Run time: 1h 57m
Director: Paul Feig
Cast: Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively, Henry Golding
Where to watch: Netflix
Few movies have ever captured the exact feeling of breezing through a summer beach read as effectively as A Simple Favor. Paul Feig’s terrifically fun thriller follows Stephanie Smothers (Anna Kendrick), a mommy vlogger in need of some friends, as she meets the unbelievably cool Emily Nelson (Blake Lively) and her very hot husband, Sean (Henry Golding).
To say more about the movie now would be to spoil one of its dozen or so twists, which would partially ruin the fun. But without giving anything away, A Simple Favor is absolutely delightful in the way it reveals mystery after mystery, somehow finding a new way to get more fun and silly with each revelation. Lively is particularly incredible in the film as a high-society version of Amy Dunne with a way better wardrobe. —AG
Blood Simple
Run time: 1h 37m
Directors: Joel and Ethan Coen
Cast: John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya
Where to watch: Max, Criterion Channel
The Coen brothers’ 1984 directorial debut, Blood Simple, is a perfect primer for the darkly comic, eccentrically plotted, idiosyncratic body of work they went on to create. A hard-boiled neo-noir crime thriller set in Texas, the film centers on a deadly love triangle between a bar owner, his wife, and one of his employees. When the attempted affair and elopement inevitably spills over into bloodshed, the would-be lovers are implicated in a tangled plot of money and murder. Frances McDormand shines in her performance as Abby, the dissatisfied wife at the heart of the drama, as does M. Emmet Walsh as Loren Visser, the conniving hitman who throws the whole conflict into turmoil in his own selfish bid for a quick payday. —Toussaint Egan
Blow Out
Run time: 1h 48m
Director: Brian De Palma
Cast: John Travolta, Nancy Allen, John Lithgow
Where to watch: Available to rent on Amazon, Apple TV
John Travolta stars in Brian De Palma’s 1981 mystery thriller Blow Out as Jack Terry, a sound effects technician living in Philadelphia who inadvertently stumbles across a political assassination while recording background noise for a sleazy teen slasher flick. Befriending Sally (Nancy Allen), a distressed call girl and the sole principal witness of the assassination, Jack attempts to unravel and expose the insidious conspiracy behind the killing before the perpetrators can murder her and cover up their involvement.
Based on Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1966 film Blowup, De Palma’s film is an inspired contemporary reinvention of an old classic defined by its inventive use of split diopter lenses to achieve focus between foreground and background elements, impressive cinematography that emphasizes the elements of sound design and music inherent to the plot, and a trio of fantastic performances by Travolta, Allen, and John Lithgow as a sadistic hitman hellbent on completing his mission. If that weren’t enough, the ending to Blow Out is arguably one of the most remarkable and devastating of its era, with a twist so well-executed you’ll be left scratching your head in astonishment as to how you never saw (or heard) it coming. —TE
Dark Waters
Run time: 2h 6m
Director: Todd Haynes
Cast: Mark Ruffalo, Anne Hathaway, Tim Robbins
Where to watch: Netflix
Dark Waters is the kind of harrowing corporate legal thriller we don’t get much of nowadays, and certainly not about real-life stories and cover-ups. The movie follows defense attorney Robert Bilott (Mark Ruffalo) as he investigates the deaths of several cows on a small dairy farm. What he uncovers after that is a massive conspiracy perpetrated by the DuPont company in regard to a toxic forever-chemical called PFOA. After his discovery, Bilott sets off on a massive legal undertaking to hold DuPont responsible for knowingly poisoning thousands of Americans.
The story itself is nearly beyond belief and scarier than any corporate legal thriller has any right to be. But despite this being mostly a movie about Ruffalo shuffling through boxes and slowly driving by farms, director Todd Haynes (Carol) manages to make every second feel taut and full of conspiracy and danger. —AG
Escape from Mogadishu
Run time: 2h 1m
Director: Ryoo Seung-wan
Cast: Kim Yoon-seok, Jo In-sung, Heo Joon-ho
Where to watch: Viki
A tightly wound political thriller set during the start of the Somali Civil War, Ryoo Seung-wan’s Escape from Mogadishu doubles as an exciting action movie and a moving plea for the world to move past superficial divisions that prevent us from helping each other.
Set in 1991, the movie takes place in a time where both the North and South Korean governments were lobbying hard to be added as United Nations members. The Somali government holds a key vote, so both Korean governments send representatives to make their case. When civil war breaks out, the politicians and their families must find their own way out of the country — but will the group be able to work together, or will decades of generational distrust get in the way of their safety?
Escape from Mogadishu strikes the balance between thoughtful historical film and exciting thriller deftly, and one scene in particular stands out in the latter category: A caravan, fired upon by soldiers, attempts to back its way out of a tight situation, as the camera zooms through each car one by one in an absolutely breathless sequence that will leave you on the edge of your seat. —PV
Heat
Run time: 2h 50m
Director: Michael Mann
Cast: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer
Where to watch: Netflix
In an interview with Empire published 12 years after the film’s release, Michael Mann described his 1995 masterpiece Heat not as a heist thriller, but as a “symphonic drama,” an opera of heightened emotions centered on two men whose single-minded obsessions put them at odds not only with one another and their respective sides of the law, but the people who otherwise love and care about them. Heat is not only that, it is also indisputably one of the greatest movies of the ’90s, featuring two career-best performances from the legendary Al Pacino and Robert De Niro.
Heat is... well, an absolute heater of a movie. It’s a masterful thriller clocking in at nearly 3 hours, and yet every minute feels consequential and moving. The story of Neil McCauley (De Niro), a career thief and his cat-and-mouse battle against LAPD Lt. Vincent Hanna (Pacino) is an explosive epic bursting with gunfire that rattles like percussion instruments and pensive silences that pronounce emotional intensity too complex to express through words alone. If you have never seen Heat before, now is the opportunity to correct that error, and even if you have seen it already, I guarantee you’re well overdue for a rewatch. —TE
Joint Security Area
Run time: 1h 47m
Director: Park Chan-wook
Cast: Song Kang-ho, Lee Byung-hun, Lee Young-ae
Where to watch: Tubi, Arrow
A career-making hit for Park Chan-wook (Oldboy, The Handmaiden), JSA is a mystery about a murder on the border between the two Koreas. Swiss Army Major Sophie E. Jean (Lee Young-ae) is sent to the Demilitarized Zone to investigate an incident on the border that left two North Korean soldiers dead and one South Korean soldier (Lee Byung-hun) wounded. After the wounded South Korean soldier confesses to the killings, the investigator gets conflicting reports from the two sides about what happened. At times funny, joyful, crushing, and pensive, JSA cuts right through to the human stakes of the maintenance of borders and government conflicts. —Pete Volk
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
Run time: 2h 15m
Director: John Cassavetes
Cast: Ben Gazzara, Timothy Agoglia Carey, Seymour Cassel
Where to watch: Max, Criterion Channel
John Cassavetes’ 1976 neo-noir thriller is one of the finest works by one of the masters of American independent cinema. The movie follows a nightclub owner (Ben Gazzara, in a stunningly good performance) who gets in way over his head and is asked to kill somebody to pay off his gambling debts. A rich character study with an all-timer lead performance, stunning use of tinted frames to bring out color, and Cassavetes’ cunning eye for group dynamics, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie is a high mark of 1970s American filmmaking. —PV
Le Samouraï
Run time: 1h 32m
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
Cast: Alain Delon, François Périer, Nathalie Delon
Where to watch: Max, Criterion Channel
Jean-Pierre Melville’s hugely influential neo-noir is a meticulously paced, slow-burn crime thriller. Quiet hitman Jef (played by all-time great movie star Alain Delon in one of his most memorable roles) gets pulled into a tough situation when he’s spotted after killing a target. Soon, Jef is not just on the run from the police, but from other figures in the organized-crime underworld.
Le Samouraï is one of the purest distillations of “cool” ever seen in movies, and has been cited by filmmakers like John Woo, Jim Jarmusch, and Johnnie To as influences on their work. —PV
Lost Bullet
Run time: 1h 40m
Director: Guillaume Pierret
Cast: Alban Lenoir, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Ramzy Bedia
Where to watch: Netflix
This 92-minute thrill ride is one of many stellar French crime thrillers on Netflix. In it, Lino (former stunt man Alban Lenoir) is an expert mechanic who has been forced to work for a group of dirty cops. When he’s framed for murder, Lino has to find the one thing that can prove his innocence: a lost bullet in a missing car. With high-octane action sequences and great car stunts, director Guillaume Pierret executes a simple premise to perfection. The sequel, also on Netflix, is just as good (if not better). —PV
M
Run time: 1h 39m
Director: Fritz Lang
Cast: Peter Lorre, Otto Wernicke, Gustaf Gründgens
Where to watch: Max, Criterion Channel
Fritz Lang’s 1931 thriller M is widely considered arguably his magnum opus — second perhaps only to his seminal 1927 sci-fi epic Metropolis — but also one of the greatest films of all time. Set in Berlin, the film follows the investigation of a psychotic child murderer whose reign of terror has plunged the city into a fit of hysteria and suspicion. As the criminal underground of Berlin find the noose tightening around them in the police’s unsuccessful campaign to capture him, they take it upon themselves to root out this evil and bring him to justice. —TE
Marathon Man
Run time: 2h 5m
Director: John Schlesinger
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, Roy Scheider
Where to watch: Prime Video, Paramount Plus, MGM Plus
John Schlesinger’s 1976 thriller Marathon Man is perhaps best remembered for one scene in particular, wherein Dustin Hoffman’s character, Thomas “Babe” Levy — a New York graduate student writing his thesis on American fascism — is brutally tortured by an elderly Nazi war criminal with dentistry tools, all while being asked, “Is it safe?” The whole movie is worth witnessing in full, with a byzantine conspiracy involving devious assassins, undercover government agents, a hidden cache of stolen diamonds, and a hapless layperson thrown into the mix by a whim of unfortunate circumstance. Aside from possessing one of Hoffman’s most iconic roles, Marathon Man is a taut, nail-biting film that withstands the test of time as thoroughly entertaining thriller. —TE
The Night of the Hunter
Run time: 1h 32m
Director: Charles Laughton
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, Billy Chaplin
Where to watch: Prime Video, Tubi, Pluto TV
The sole film directed by actor Charles Laughton, The Night of the Hunter is hailed by many as one of the most masterful stories ever committed to the screen. At the heart of the movie’s enduring legacy is Robert Mitchum’s iconic performance as Harry Powell, a misogynistic serial killer with a flair for silver-tongued theatricality. Centering initially on Powell’s plot to romance a gullible widow and uncover the whereabouts of a stolen cache of $10,000, the film later unfolds into an odyssey across a rich expanse of stark, silhouetted environments, as the widow’s children desperately attempt to elude the mad preacher’s murderous intent. If you’re looking for a classic thriller with beautiful imagery, a moving score, and memorable performances, The Night of the Hunter boasts all those in ample amount. —TE
Pushpa: The Rise
Run time: 3h 0m
Director: Sukumar
Cast: Allu Arjun, Fahadh Faasil, Rashmika Mandanna
Where to watch: Prime Video
This Telugu crime thriller tells the origin story of Pushpa, a gangster who rises up the ranks of a smuggling syndicate that exports red sandalwood, a rare lumber that only grows in South India, overseas. A movie inextricably linked to the globalization of labor, Pushpa opens with an animated sequence depicting how the lumber got to Japan as part of a wedding present, told in reverse. It’s a fascinating way to start the movie, and it immerses you directly into the story and the struggle of the laborers who harvest this rare commodity.
Pushpa (Allu Arjun) is one of these laborers, but he is one of a kind. Uniquely laid back and with enough confidence in himself to ignore any and all authority figures, Arjun brings a vibe to the character that can best be summarized as “the coolest cat around.” While he may not be super smooth around the woman he pines for (Rashmika Mandanna), Pushpa is savvy enough with his brains and with his fists to quickly move up the ladder of the syndicate. But when the unsavory figures at the top of the criminal organization start to feel threatened by his rise, Pushpa has to use all his wits and strength to prevail. A beautiful movie with bright colors, hard-hitting action sequences, and fun musical numbers, Pushpa is one of the coolest gangster thrillers in recent memory. —PV
Security
Run time: 2h 10m
Director: Alain DesRochers
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Gabriella Wright, Ben Kingsley
Where to watch: Netflix
A standout low-budget Antonio Banderas vehicle, Security is a 2017 action thriller where Banderas plays a retired Marine Corps delta captain who gets hired as the new security guard at a mall. When a young girl being chased by armed mercenaries (led by Ben Kingsley) takes shelter in the mall, Banderas must use all the training at his disposal to protect her. With great action sequences, a strong lead performance by Banderas, and an economical 92-minute running time, Security is one of the stronger action thrillers available on Netflix. —PV
The Stranger
Run time: 1h 57m
Director: Thomas M. Wright
Cast: Joel Edgerton, Sean Harris, Jada Alberts
Where to watch: Netflix
Based on a true story, Thomas M. Wright’s Australian psychological crime thriller stars Sean Harris as Henry Teague, an aloof day laborer with a sordid past who, by way of an acquaintance he meets on a long distance bus ride, meets and begins to work for Mark (Joel Edgerton), a criminal with ties to a much larger crime syndicate in West Australia. Parallel to this is the largest organized police manhunt in the country, one which may or may not have its sights set on Henry and his employers. Things get a little more complicated than that, but then — why spoil the surprise, eh?
Wright’s film is packed with dark, subliminal imagery; whole sequences that play out with seemingly mundane detail before quickly morphing into fugue-like nightmares. Edgerton and Harris both deliver exceptional performances, as does Jada Alberts in her role as a dogged Senior Constable determined to bring Teague to justice by any means available. Between the gorgeous cinematography and bracing minimalist score, The Stranger is a no-brainer pick for one of the best thrillers available to stream on Netflix. —TE
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Run time: 2h 9m
Director: Park Chan-wook
Cast: Song Kang-ho, Shin Ha-kyun, Bae Doona
Where to watch: Tubi, Plex
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance is the first in Park Chan-wook’s Vengeance trilogy, a group of three standout films (including 2003’s Oldboy) that are linked in theme but not in characters or plot. In Mr. Vengeance, a deaf factory worker (Shin Ha-kyun) makes a deal with black market organ sellers to exchange his kidney for one that could be used for his sick sister. When the organ sellers run away with his kidney, he acts on the advice of his girlfriend (Bae Doona) and kidnaps the daughter of his former boss (Song Kang-ho).
Like Oldboy and the trilogy’s third movie (Lady Vengeance), Mr. Vengeance tackles issues of class and capitalism through the prism of the action thriller genre. With a standout cast and Park’s terrific visual sensibilities, Mr. Vengeance is a bloody good time at the movies. —PV
Yojimbo
Run time: 1h 50m
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yoko Tsukasa
Where to watch: Max, Criterion Channel
Of the many excellent collaborations between Akira Kurosawa and legendary movie star Toshiro Mifune, Yojimbo may be my favorite. Mifune plays a ronin who wanders in a small town and unknowingly finds himself squarely in the middle of a gang war. As the ronin’s skill with the sword becomes quickly apparent, the two factions try to bring him into their side of the conflict.
Unofficially remade years later Sergio Leone’s A Fistful of Dollars, Yojimbo is a remarkably influential movie, and an unforgettable display of one of the most charismatic leading men to ever grace movie screens. If you’ve gone this far without seeing it — run, don’t walk, to your TV. —PV
|
||||
6282
|
dbpedia
|
0
| 63
|
https://archive.org/details/the-whistler-51-08-05-479-design-for-murder
|
en
|
The Whistler Old Time Radio Show : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
|
[
"https://archive.org/services/img/etree",
"https://archive.org/services/img/librivoxaudio",
"https://archive.org/services/img/metropolitanmuseumofart-gallery",
"https://archive.org/services/img/clevelandart",
"https://archive.org/services/img/internetarcade",
"https://archive.org/services/img/consolelivingroom",
"https://archive.org/images/book-lend.png",
"https://archive.org/images/widgetOL.png",
"https://archive.org/services/img/tv",
"https://archive.org/services/img/911",
"https://archive.org/services/img/oldtimeradio",
"https://archive.org/services/img/radioprograms",
"https://athena.archive.org/0.gif?kind=track_js&track_js_case=control&cache_bust=501250808",
"https://athena.archive.org/0.gif?kind=track_js&track_js_case=disabled&cache_bust=268328919"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[] | null |
Mystery thriller The Whistler. Old time radio show that spawned a film series starring Richard Dix.
|
en
|
Internet Archive
|
https://archive.org/details/the-whistler-51-08-05-479-design-for-murder
|
Search the history of over 866 billion web pages on the Internet.
Search the Wayback Machine
Search icon An illustration of a magnifying glass.
Save Page Now
Capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future.
Please enter a valid web address
|
|||||
6282
|
dbpedia
|
3
| 36
|
https://www.vulture.com/best-movies-over-three-hours-long.html
|
en
|
The 46 Best Movies Over 3 Hours Long
|
[
"https://assets.nymag.com/media/components/customer-alert-banner/alert.svg",
"https://assets.nymag.com/media/components/customer-alert-banner/double_chevron.svg",
"https://assets.nymag.com/media/components/customer-alert-banner/close_x.svg",
"https://pyxis.nymag.com/v1/imgs/de2/ba4/7147d133883cc04c3973e7f848f3c865d8-1724Cov-4x5-Pets.w240.jpg",
"https://pyxis.nymag.com/v1/imgs/9b5/226/6ec5e7eef61dc9758e3686159154418a16-long-movies.rsquare.w400.jpg",
"https://pyxis.nymag.com/v1/imgs/db1/b3a/1a22d4361da51a9f7f8cf9424374bb2ecb-grok-waterskiing.2x.rsquare-zoom.w75.jpg",
"https://pyxis.nymag.com/v1/imgs/c7c/ffd/6f614cc36bc5b51f1e536355f1bf20d301-Special-Counsel-Jack-Smith.2x.rsquare-zoom.w75.jpg",
"https://pyxis.nymag.com/v1/imgs/1e6/b11/6cbe8ece8e7cd5d5cb0703fec9a0697c6e-grub-street-diet-ochi-vongerichten.2x.rsquare-zoom.w75.jpg",
"https://pyxis.nymag.com/v1/imgs/4c6/ac2/80659bc8b8c1f1a70f816a2338a04cf7f1-buffering-8-15-2024.rsquare.w536.jpg",
"https://pyxis.nymag.com/v1/imgs/e20/af1/25e916ec6957d47232ad23aec41a21633c-crossword-8-16-2024.rsquare.w536.jpg",
"https://pyxis.nymag.com/v1/imgs/0a1/4f2/2d232edcb5e2873b2ac64eb8ba7ac63f2e-cinematrix-8-16-2024.rsquare.w536.jpg",
"https://pyxis.nymag.com/v1/imgs/a31/dd3/6d967d701f1f2a3b7ca572201462943606-brunomars-ladygaga-new-song.rsquare.w536.jpg",
"https://pyxis.nymag.com/v1/imgs/f53/05d/e153ed2d20b37d5dcd769488ff147009fb-beau-demayo.rsquare.w536.jpg",
"https://pyxis.nymag.com/v1/imgs/067/aa3/5b27b6679706b1c33f8a556e2f7f66637e-rhooc-s18-ep6.rsquare.w536.png",
"https://pyxis.nymag.com/v1/imgs/9c8/ecc/5535b9ac57b51afc273dbc360097d90b0b-romulus-endings.rsquare.w536.jpg",
"https://pyxis.nymag.com/v1/imgs/521/2f5/8c1ee7af591efbcea5466dc7e50f60b93d-nicolas-cage-john-madden.rsquare.w536.jpg",
"https://pyxis.nymag.com/v1/imgs/8fb/2d5/f685fee378e4294d06f8582d664120d6bf-taylor-swift.rsquare.w536.jpg",
"https://pyxis.nymag.com/v1/imgs/38d/9dc/b1faf8be82027d60e652430aa32471a9d1-evil-s4-ep13.rsquare.w536.jpg",
"https://pyxis.nymag.com/v1/imgs/52c/cb3/bec4c9550e24049c484bbbe5948fe00d9b-chapell-sabrina.rsquare.w536.jpg",
"https://pyxis.nymag.com/v1/imgs/abc/b8d/a7e481d29914d52205b0daeb5f19518297-emily-in-paris-s4-ep5.rsquare.w536.jpg",
"https://pyxis.nymag.com/v1/imgs/bd5/99e/80e0fc671399cec50cc9114ee862c7c277-jordan-chiles.rsquare.w536.jpg",
"https://pyxis.nymag.com/v1/imgs/74e/a9f/90bb5e9ba4bbaccf7991f5ca17ad97860e-emily-in-paris-s4-ep4.rsquare.w536.jpg",
"https://pyxis.nymag.com/v1/imgs/91b/6cc/df57794be4a7e55276093582c47912d03a-Love-is-Blind--Mexico-u-S1-E1-00-01-57-0.rsquare.w536.jpg",
"https://pyxis.nymag.com/v1/imgs/23a/f59/d7447d5cf0d2cc40ab251380a4fab38618-jackpot-review.rsquare.w536.jpg",
"https://pyxis.nymag.com/v1/imgs/07d/2d8/516774beb77d584cf54acf25f33e26330d-katty-perry-vma.rsquare.w536.jpg",
"https://pyxis.nymag.com/v1/imgs/1c2/e71/cf7d314e087372744a1bf9aefd2f91d5b1-matthewperry-drugdealerarrest.rsquare.w536.jpg",
"https://pyxis.nymag.com/v1/imgs/3c9/df4/3a6c2c22f8ed4a3106bccd75340fa3e1b3-kingdom-planet-apes3.rsquare.w536.jpg",
"https://pyxis.nymag.com/v1/imgs/287/cbb/2674448644a80200d3cf7314c07d39638f-travis-kelce-grotesque.rsquare.w536.png"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[
"Nate Jones",
"Bilge Ebiri",
"Alison Willmore",
"Jada Yuan",
"Kevin Lincoln"
] |
2023-10-20T14:00:00-04:00
|
Is longer better? With these movies, yes. From ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ to ‘Gone With the Wind,’ we’ve rounded up the best films over 3 hours long.
|
en
|
Vulture
|
https://www.vulture.com/best-movies-over-three-hours-long.html
|
This story was originally published in 2016 and has been updated to include more movies.
There’s something to be said for movies that get in and out in under 90 minutes, but there’s also a distinct pleasure in watching those movies whose running times sprawl beyond three hours — especially if you happen to, say, be quarantined at home for extended periods of time. Some of these long movies inflate the familiar three-act structure to epic proportions, while others use their expanded lengths to stretch out and wander into unexpected places. We wouldn’t necessarily suggest marathoning these films back to back, but watching them one at a time is an experience worth clearing your schedule for.
The below movies are listed by length, starting with the shortest (exactly three hours long) and ending with the longest.
Blue Is the Warmest Color
Year: 2013
Running time: 3 hours
Director: Abdellatif Kechiche
The first film to be awarded the Palme d’Or at Cannes for both its director and lead actresses, this engrossing coming-of-age story follows young Adèle (newcomer Adèle Exarchopoulos) as she discovers untapped sexual desire with a blue-haired art student (Léa Seydoux). Bathed in controversy for its graphic lesbian sex scenes and the actresses’ subsequent complaints of horrid working conditions under director Abdellatif Kechiche, the film is nonetheless remarkable for realism that unfolds in unhurried but always-fascinating fashion and for the fact that after 179 minutes, you find yourself still wanting to know more.
Inland Empire
Year: 2006
Running time: 3 hours
Director: David Lynch
David Lynch’s inaugural foray into digital video, Inland Empire is three hours long and weird even by the master’s standards, especially following the (relative) mainstream success of Mulholland Drive. (Which, to be fare, is hardly Forrest Gump.) Come for the virtuoso performance by Laura Dern and the typical Lynchian draws, and stay for the possibility that you could be the viewer who finally unlocks what this film is actually about.
Oppenheimer
Year: 2023
Running time: 3 hours
Director: Christopher Nolan
The crazy thing about Oppenheimer is that at times it feels like it could easily have been longer: Christopher Nolan has packed so much detail into his film about the life of the so-called “Father of the Atomic Bomb” that its pace is relentless, even frantic at times. Of course, Nolan is a master of keeping his audience engaged: He embeds a series of mysteries and climaxes into the story so that even though this history is well-documented, we’re still eagerly anticipating what will happen next. Add to that a fantastic cast of well-known names and faces doing career-best work (Cillian Murphy! Robert Downey Jr.! Matt Damon! Josh Hartnett! David Krumholtz!), and it’s not hard to see why Oppenheimer was such a massive hit. Though probably nobody saw this film making nearly a billion dollars.
The Wolf of Wall Street
Year: 2013
Running time: 3 hours
Director: Martin Scorsese
This tale of real-life gonzo stockbroker, Jordan Belfort features Leonardo DiCaprio literally having sex on piles of money, and living on a rotating regime of Quaaludes, Adderall, Xanax, pot, cocaine, and morphine. It’s also got Jonah Hill wearing false teeth as a scene-chewing sidekick, a chest-beating turn from Matthew McConaughey, and Margot Robbie as Belfort’s sexpot second wife, whose voice could herd cats. Whether you find it an insipid “orgy of immorality” or an example of “mainlining cinema for three hours,” you won’t be bored.
Silence
Year: 2016
Running time: 3 hours, 1 minute
Director: Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese was trying to make this adaptation of Shusaku Endo’s novel of Portuguese missionaries in medieval Japan for several decades, and it’s not hard to see why. Scorsese is a Catholic, but one who is fascinated with the silence of God. He’s made movies about seemingly ordinary men learning to embrace their holiness in Last Temptation of Christ and Kundun; now, he makes a movie about a supposed holy man (a zealous Portuguese priest played by Andrew Garfield, giving his greatest performance) who has to learn to embrace his ordinariness. Only by allowing himself to be debased can this man actually come to understand God. Because holiness, it turns out, is not about elevation and superiority. It’s about groveling, shame, humiliation, pain, being brought to your lowest point. Scorsese, cinema’s great poet of suffering, understands this on a profound level. Silence is one of his greatest films.
Avengers: Endgame
Year: 2019
Running time: 3 hours 2 minutes
Directors: Anthony Russo and Joe Russo
How do you wrap up a 20-plus installment superhero saga that climaxed with the instantaneous disappearance of half the living beings in the universe? With a 182-minute “time heist” through the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, of course. Like a chill senior’s valedictory address, Endgame mixes good-humored winks with a misty-eyed reverence for everything that’s come before while never wearing out its welcome. It’s a fitting send-off to the characters who, for better or worse, defined the decade in studio cinema.
The Deer Hunter
Year: 1978
Running time: 3 hours 3 minutes
Director: Michael Cimino
Michael Cimino’s Vietnam War masterpiece boasts landmark performances from three of Hollywood’s most notable performers of the past half-century — Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, and Meryl Streep — as well as the final role of John Cazale, who had one of the most unfortunately abbreviated acting careers we’ve ever seen. At 183 minutes and with a level of intensity that, on a scale of one-to-ten, ranks somewhere in the triple digits, the movie is not what you’d call easygoing, but you’ll certainly end up with a new appreciation for the possibilities of roulette, not to mention the toll of ’Nam.
The Delinquents
Year: 2023
Running time: 3 hours, 3 minutes.
Director: Rodrigo Moreno
Rodrigo Moreno’s heist comedy starts with a man robbing the bank where he works and then roping a co-worker into his devious plan to get away with it: He will confess to the crime and go to prison for several years, while his colleague will hide the money. Afterward, the two will never have to work again. That’s a delightful set-up, but Moreno’s aims are decidedly offbeat. The Delinquents is a movie about how each man changes with the promise of a life away from the rat race, a life free of obligation and soul-crushing routine. And so, the film drifts along with the pleasant cadence of a dream. The movie’s absurd length becomes part and parcel of this idea.
The Leopard
Year: 1963
Running time: 3 hours, 5, minutes
Director: Luchino Visconti
The legendary Italian director Luchino Visconti’s masterpiece stars Burt Lancaster as a 19th-century Sicilian prince who sees that his way of life is passing. Alain Delon plays his excitable, passionate nephew, and the luminous Claudia Cardinale the daughter of a local bureaucrat whose romance with Delon becomes the vessel by which the Prince’s family will maintain its power in the future. The film, based on an acclaimed novel by Giuseppe di Lampedusa, takes place during the years of Italy’s unification movement, and it’s the rare movie that can truly be called a historical epic — which is to say, it shows an actual historical process as it’s occurring and demonstrates how it affected the people who lived at that time. An enormous hit in Italy and the winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes, Visconti’s film was released in a poorly dubbed, hacked-to-bits version in the U.S., where it failed critically and financially. A restored cut in the 1980s restored its reputation. Today, it’s rightly judged as one of the greatest films of all time.
Judgment at Nuremberg
Year: 1961
Running time: 3 hours 6 minutes
Director: Stanley Kramer
Spencer Tracy leads an all-star cast in this dramatization of the post-war trials of Nazi judges for crimes against humanity. In 186 minutes, it’s a gripping exploration of how seemingly good people can convince themselves to do the work of totalitarian regimes.
Tess
Year: 1979
Running time: 3 hours 6 minutes
Director: Roman Polanski
An adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the d’Urbervilles, which you possibly read in high school, Roman Polanski’s film is dedicated to his late wife Sharon Tate — who was murdered by the Manson Family — which makes it a predictably heavy affair*. It’s also a beautiful one, and, at 186 minutes, is one of the few movies based on Victorian literature that truly feels novelistic.
RRR
Year: 2022
Running time: 3 hours 7 minutes
Director: S.S. Rajamouli
If you need to take a break sometime during this 182-minute Telugu-language epic, there’s an intermission handily built in right in the middle. But why would you want to step away from something so bent on delivering nonstop entertainment? S.S. Rajamouli’s film, which is set in the 1920s during the British Raj, imagines two real Indian freedom fighters meeting up, becoming friends, and slaughtering dozens of evil British colonialists. It’s an action movie, sure, with spectacularly over-the-top set pieces involving fire, angry crowds, and computer-generated tigers that put Hollywood superhero movies to shame. But over the course of its generous running time, RRR also veers into melodrama, comedy, light romance, suspense, and — of course — a song-and-dance number.
Short Cuts
Year: 1993
Running time: 3 hours 7 minutes
Director: Robert Altman
This isn’t Robert Altman’s first anthology movie, but it might be his best. It’s an adaptation of Raymond Carver’s short stories and poems, interweaving nine stories and 22 characters in Los Angeles, careening together through a series of accidents. Tim Robbins’s philandering motorcycle cop, Lyle Lovett’s angry baker, Jennifer Jason Leigh’s phone-sex operator are all disconnected from other people but connected to each other in a kind of longing for connection. You could spend hours more just trying to understand what it all means.
Magnolia
Year: 1999
Running time: 3 hours 8 minutes
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Almost a companion piece to Altman’s Short Cuts, Paul Thomas Anderson’s 1999 collection of interlocking stories in Los Angeles has an urgent longing; these are stories of people who are trying their best, failing, and begging for forgiveness. So much is packed into what, in the end, feels like so little time: Tom Cruise at his megalomaniacal best as a TV evangelist; a full collection of Anderson regulars — Julianne Moore, John C. Reilly, Philip Seymour Hoffman — reaching out and breaking down with abandon; that amazing Aimee Mann soundtrack; an ending that has to be seen to be believed. Watch and prepare to be awed.
Babylon
Year: 2022
Running time: 3 hours 9 minutes
Director: Damien Chazelle
Sprawling, messy, ambitious, and absurd, Damien Chazelle’s three-hour-nine-minute ode to the beginnings of the Golden Age of Hollywood is too grand in its aims not to be endearing. As a force-of-nature newcomer vying for a big-screen break, Margot Robbie is all frantic energy, while Brad Pitt deploys his star wattage to great effect playing a famous leading man just cresting the peak of his career and starting on the way down. But it’s Diego Calva as a resourceful assistant who provides Babylon with its battered soul, clambering his way up while the other characters get torn apart by the relentless churn of the industry yet still as hopelessly in love with the movies as he is with the starlet he tries to save.
Gandhi
Year: 1982
Running time: 3 hours 11 minutes
Director: Richard Attenborough
An epic biopic in the youth-to-death mode, Richard Attenborough’s Gandhi is still one of the best entries in the genre that’s today easily dismissed as “Oscar bait.” Ben Kingsley’s performance rightly made him a star, and there’s real power in the film’s depiction of the nonviolence movement.
Avatar: The Way of Water
Year: 2022
Running time: 3 hours 12 minutes
Director: James Cameron
James Cameron has given everyone blanket permission to take a pee break at any time during his three-hour-12-minute sequel, but if you’re looking for a specific window, the extended Pandoran whale-hunting sequence in the middle is your best bet. Not that it or any part of The Way of Water is boring — the movie is a spectacle in the purest sense, catching up with the Na’vi-fied Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), his mate, Neytiri (Zoe Saldaña), and their four children and following them as they flee from their home in the forest to seek sanctuary from the reinvading humans in a stunning island community. More than the first film, the second Avatar seeks to immerse you in its alien world, less an act of storytelling than a work of extraterrestrial tourism.
Nixon
Year: 1995
Running time: 3 hours, 12 minutes
Director: Oliver Stone
Oliver Stone was at the height of his power and fame when he made this biopic about America’s once-most-notorious president. But anyone who expected Noted Lefty Stone to turn his Nixon movie into a three-hour diatribe against Tricky Dick hadn’t been paying attention: Stone had been raised in a conservative household with a Republican father, and it’s clear that he understood Nixon and his resentments on a profound level. In that sense, Nixon might actually be Stone’s most personal film. That’s not to say this is a hagiography either. Indeed, Stone shoots Nixon’s White House like a haunted mansion in a horror film, all dark shadows and thunderstruck skies. The director brings all his skill as a popular entertainer to the story, which flashes back from Watergate to take in the scope of Nixon’s whole life, and Anthony Hopkins matches the filmmaker’s verve with a blustery, full-blooded performance that makes fine use of the actor’s theatrical skills.
The Right Stuff
Year: 1983
Running time: 3 hours 13 minutes
Director: Philip Kaufman
Years before Bonfire of the Vanities flopped, Hollywood had a much better time adapting Tom Wolfe, turning his nonfiction book about the Mercury program into a clear-eyed piece of Americana. As the test pilots who became the faces of the Space Race, Sam Shepard, Ed Harris, and Scott Glenn are perfectly laconic heroes, and the flying scenes are out of this world.
Kingdom of Heaven (Director’s Cut)
Year: 2005
Running time: 3 hours, 14 minutes
Director: Ridley Scott
Ridley Scott’s star-studded 2005 Crusades epic was supposed to be his triumphant follow-up to the Best Picture–winning Gladiator, but it fizzled at the box office upon release. And deservedly so: It was a tepid historical pageant with a not-very-charismatic Orlando Bloom at its center as a young French blacksmith who winds up defending Jerusalem. But that was the theatrical cut, clocking in at 145 minutes. Scott’s director’s cut, released on home video and running 194 minutes, is somehow a completely different movie: More nuanced historically and emotionally, with a wider scope of characterization, it might actually be a masterpiece. Is there a movie that has had a greater turnaround in quality between a theatrical and a director’s cut?
Titanic
Year: 1997
Running time: 3 hours 14 minutes
Director: James Cameron
James Cameron’s epic disaster-romance about the doomed ocean liner was the biggest movie ever made for its day: Theaters were packed with teenage girls who’d come out to see it for the 17th time and the lavish spectacle, not to mention Jack and Rose’s steamy first love, was worth every penny. Two decades later, parts of the film may seem cheesy or overwrought (especially the soaring Celine Dion ballads), but goddamn it if you won’t be entertained and even shed a tear when the fiddler literally goes down with the ship.
Schindler’s List
Year: 1993
Running time: 3 hours 15 minutes
Director: Stephen Spielberg
If you don’t cry watching Stephen Spielberg’s most personal and devastating movie, you may just be made of stone. The bold choice to shoot in black and white fits the somberness of the mission: To present, in unflinching terms, the devastation of the Holocaust, the brutality of the Nazi regime (as embodied in a terrifying Ralph Fiennes, in his first major role), and the work of one uneasy hero, Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson), who built a factory employing Polish-Jews as a way to capitalize off the war and, in the process, saved over a thousand lives, keeping those workers on his payroll long after there was any monetary reason to do so. May that John Williams score haunt you in your sleep.
It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Year: 1963
Running time: 3 hours 17 minutes (Criterion Collection version), 2 hours 39 minutes (theatrical-release version)
Director: Stanley Kramer
One of the classic American comedies, It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World is also a long, long, long, long movie — particularly for a comedy; it’s 197-minute-long Criterion version is a doozy. But it’s worth it to see the full vision of Stanley Kramer, which encompassed the many ways in which we can be driven mad in pursuit of a large sum of money. Your favorite ensemble comedy probably owes an unseemly debt to this film: See it and appreciate both even more.
Spartacus
Year: 1960
Running time: 3 hours 17 minutes
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Spartacus is a bunch of movies at once: a rousing sword-and-sandals epic, a civil-rights analogy, and the least Kubrick-y movie Kubrick ever made. Watching it is the cinematic equivalent of eating oysters and snails.
Malcolm X
Year: 1992
Running time: 3 hours 20 minutes
Director: Spike Lee
There may be no more natural subject for the great filmmaker Spike Lee than Malcolm X, and there’s certainly no better muse than Denzel Washington; their meeting in Lee’s 202-minute adaptation of The Autobiography of Malcolm X is pure dynamite. Watch Malcolm X and you’ll be impressed that it only took Lee this long to cover the life of such a dynamic figure; Malcolm’s life certainly stymied plenty of writers, including such lions as James Baldwin, before Lee managed to wrangle it onscreen.
Reds
Year: 1981
Running time: 3 hours 20 minutes
Director: Warren Beatty
In the long list of films that probably couldn’t get made today, Reds — a big-budget epic about the love lives of communist intellectuals — is way up there. Warren Beatty and Diane Keaton play the titular socialists and Jack Nicholson shows up to play Eugene O’Neill (offering an unintentional preview of Something’s Gotta Give). Beatty, who also directed the film, is in the swan song of his hotness here.
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Year: 2003
Running time: 3 hours 21 minutes
Director: Peter Jackson
Okay, so maybe the third installation of Peter Jackson’s remarkable adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s trilogy is the longest because it has three more endings than necessary; it’s still well deserving of being the first and only fantasy film to win Best Picture. The stakes are higher, the special effects more spectacular; you can really feel the fate of Middle Earth on the line as Frodo (Elijah Wood) battles a giant spider, Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen) leads a coalition of elves and dwarves and humans to defend Minas Tirith, and our breakfast-loving hobbits, trailed by Gollum, brave death to return the ring to Mount Doom. Gandalf would be so proud.
The Godfather, Part II
Year: 1974
Running time: 3 hours 22 minutes
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Not only is The Godfather, Part II the rare sequel that’s better than the original, it also holds the distinction of being longer, as well. (A less prestigious feat, sure.) Francis Ford Coppola makes the extra running time count: Part II is only 25 minutes longer than the first installment, but it expands the scope considerably, detailing the criminal rise of Vito Corleone and the spiritual fall of his son. Plus it features cinema’s least-happy kiss.
Barry Lyndon
Year: 1974
Running time: 3 hours 23 minutes
Director: Stanley Kubrick
While Stanley Kubrick was never shy about letting his movies breathe, Barry Lyndon has the honor of being his longest work: At 203 minutes, it’s longer than both 2001: A Space Odyssey and Eyes Wide Shut. But like all Kubrick movies, it’s sumptuous and virtuosic, and the added length allows Kubrick to sink even deeper into the detail and totality of vision that characterize his work. The story of an Irish adventurer’s social rise in the 18th century, Barry Lyndon doesn’t have the wide appeal of Dr. Strangelove or A Clockwork Orange, but for the patient viewer, its rewards are just as rich.
Gone With the Wind
Year: 1939
Running time: 3 hours 24 minutes
Director: Victor Fleming
You may cringe with the outdated attitudes toward race in this epic romance, which, adjusted for inflation, still has the biggest box-office intake of all time, but boy, does the story still hold up. Come for the Technicolor journey through the antebellum South, the Civil War, and Reconstruction, and stay for the tempestuous relationship between bullheaded Scarlett O’Hara (the magnificent Vivien Leigh) and dashing rogue Rhett Butler (Clark Gable). And remember that Hattie McDaniel was the first African American actor to win an Oscar, and think how far — or not so far — we’ve come*.
Andrei Rublev
Year: 1966
Running time: 3 hours 25 minutes
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky
Andrei Tarkovsky is arguably the patron saint of long films, and at 205 minutes, Andrei Rublev — his reflection on medieval Russia and the role of the Christian artist — is his longest film. Tarkovsky is the director’s director, and while Andrei Rublev might not sound like the most accessible iTunes rental for your average Friday night, it might just make you smarter.
JFK
Year: 1991
Running time: 3 hours 26 minutes
Director: Oliver Stone
Oliver Stone’s Nixon was also long enough to make this list, but the director’s thriller about the assassination of John F. Kennedy is, frankly, the film you will remember when you’re old and gray. This movie, which follows the dogged attempts of former New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison (Kevin Costner) as he attempts to discover the conspiracy he’s convinced killed the president, is the reason why you know of the Warren Report, and at the time of its release spawned — or simply released from the shadows — an industry of rabid theory-mongering and distrust in government agencies that has a direct line to 9/11 conspiracy theorists and even the rise of Donald Trump. Debunked or not, it’s a must-watch.
Killers of the Flower Moon
Year: 2023
Running time: 3 hours, 26 minutes
Director: Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese has become notorious in recent years for taking his time with his films — with the 181-minute Silence, the 209-minute Irishman, and now, the 206-minute Killers of the Flower Moon, each title igniting a whole new wave of discourse about Long Movies. Indeed, one of the elements that has defined Scorsese’s later work is the patience with which he tells these stories. The director has always reveled in making us feel uncomfortable through his explorations of extreme psychology, but now he lets us live longer in these people’s heads, prompting us to reflect on them even more. In the past, Scorsese’s frenetic pacing and constant stylization could distract us from the depravity of his characters, at least a little bit. Now, there’s no escape. And in Killers of the Flower Moon, which follows the marriage at the heart of the Osage Murders of the 1920s, the director’s approach finds its most searing iteration. As we watch the course of Ernest and Mollie Burkhart’s relationship develop, we see a troubling metaphor for the colonization and genocide of America’s Indigenous peoples.
Lawrence of Arabia
Year: 1962
Running time: 3 hours 47 minutes
Director: David Lean
Sure, your butt might hurt after sitting through all of David Lean’s 226-minute widescreen epic. But the trick is not minding that it hurts.
Once Upon a Time in America
Year: 1984
Running time: 3 hours 49 minutes (European cut), 2 hours 19 minutes (U.S. release)
Director: Sergio Leone
Length: It doesn’t make it easy. Sergio Leone’s gangster opus spanned 229 minutes in its original European cut — the director initially wanted to release it in two three-hour parts — then got reduced to 139 minutes by its American distributors with the predictable effects of arbitrarily disemboweling 90 minutes of a film. The reduced release flopped; the original is one of the spaghetti-western auteur’s masterworks, an epic of the American dream.
Cleopatra
Year: 1963
Running time: 3 hours 53 minutes
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
The sets! The stars! The story! Everything about the 192-minute Cleopatra is larger than life — including the budget, which was the highest ever for a film at the time. The movie itself has a mixed reputation — the three-hour version was heavily cut for time, and fans say the longer versions are much better — but it’s worth watching as a time capsule of the scale and scope of classical Hollywood cinema before it disappeared forever.
Nymphomaniac
Year: 2013
Running time: 4 hours 1 minute (both volumes combined)
Director: Lars von Trier
Lars von Trier’s dedicated exploration of sexual depravity was released as two separate movies. But while the separate parts do have some differences — part one focuses on Stacy Martin’s Young Joe and is slightly less dark, while part two concentrates on Charlotte Gainsbourg’s older Joe and is, uh, really dark — they really do make one large, disturbing whole and, in that way, are consummate von Trier. To be fair, only part one features a rampaging Uma Thurman, but you should still watch both.
Hamlet
Year: 1996
Running time: 4 hours 2 minutes
Director: Kenneth Branagh
What’s that, Mel Gibson and Laurence Olivier? You decided to cut Hamlet, the greatest drama in the English language, in order to make it “shorter,” “more cinematic,” and “not four hours long”? Kenneth Branagh has no time for your mess. When Kenneth Branagh films Hamlet, he’s going to film all of it. Not only that, he’s also going to shoot it in 70-mm., fill the screen with an orgy of visual splendor, and bring in super-famous people like Robin Williams to play even the smallest parts. Whether you prefer this version to its predecessors … well, that is the question.
Until the End of the World
Year: 1991
Running time: 4 hours, 47 minutes
Director: Wim Wenders
Wim Wenders’s 1991 portrait of the near-future (which is of course now the past) follows a rudderless party girl (Solveig Dommartin) who becomes obsessed with a mysterious wanderer (William Hurt). It turns out he’s traveling the world with a device to record videos that will allow his blind mother (Jeanne Moreau) to finally see. It’s the road movie to end all road movies, with a soundtrack featuring original songs by everyone from Nick Cave to U2 to R.E.M. to Neneh Cherry to Talking Heads. While editing, Wenders realized that there was no way his original vision of the film, clocking in at nearly five hours, would be released, so he saved all his materials; the craze around director’s cuts hadn’t begun yet, but he suspected that one day he’d be allowed to finish the picture properly. The 158-minute version initially released in the U.S. was fragmented and confusing, albeit with glimpses of the prophetic, sprawling epic the film could become. Eventually, Wenders restored the movie to its proper length and began traveling the world with it. Today, it’s available on the Criterion Collection — all 287 gloriously prophetic minutes of it.
1900
Year: 1977Running time: 5 hours, 17 minutes
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
After the runaway success of Last Tango in Paris, Bernardo Bertolucci decided to spend all his clout on one of the most brazenly ambitious films ever made: A 5-plus hour epic about the working class struggle in Italy in the first half of the 20th century, financed by Hollywood and with an international cast of stars, including Robert De Niro, Donald Sutherland, Gérard Depardieu, Burt Lancaster, Sterling Hayden, and Dominique Sanda. The result was a lyrical, harrowing, incendiary, red-flag-waving melodrama. Naturally, Hollywood was mortified. Postproduction battles resulted in a 4-hour U.S. version, but the film was later restored to its 5-hour, 17-minute version, which is often shown in two parts.
Fanny and Alexander
Year: 1982
Running time: 5 hours 42 minutes (original); 3 hours 17 minutes (abridged)
Director: Ingmar Bergman
You know a movie’s long when even the short version tops three hours. Ingmar Bergman’s epic about two siblings in the early 20th century comprises 312 minutes in its original, four-part TV version; the abridged film comes in at 188 minutes. Both are highlights of the Swedish master, but it’s worth seeking out the complete item. After all, if you think about it like a TV series, 312 minutes is a bargain — that’s like one episode of Game of Thrones.
Best of Youth
Year: 2003
Running time: 6 hours 22 minutes (television version), 6 hours 6 minutes (theatrical-release version)
Director: Marco Tullio Giordana
Like Fanny and Alexander, Best of Youth was originally envisioned as a four-part miniseries, then received a shorter theatrical cut. Covering nearly 40 years in the life of a single family, the two-part, 366-minute version is one of the high points of expansive Italian cinema; if you’ve recently hoovered up the complete works of Elena Ferrante, this is just what the doctor ordered, though the doctor might not suggest tackling it all at once.
Sátántangó
Year: 1994
Running time: 7 hours 30 minutes
Director: Béla Tarr
There are long movies, and then there’s Sátántangó, Bela Tarr’s legendary seven-hour adaptation of the novel of the same name by the Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai. Unlike Fanny and Alexander, Best of Youth, or Dekalog, Sátántangó was always envisioned as one film, which should give you some idea of Tarr’s style: meditative, accumulative, uncompromising. Tarr matched the length of his film with the length of his takes, which often reach ten minutes without interruption. Sátántangó isn’t an easy sit, but Susan Sontag once said she’d be glad to watch it every year of her life.
Dekalog
Year: 1989
Running time: 9 hours 21 minutes
Director: Krzysztof Kieślowski
Rereleased by the Criterion Collection, Dekalog is the ten-part triumph of the great Polish director Krzysztof Kieślowski, best known for his Three Colors trilogy. As if those three films weren’t enough, Dekalog basically represents ten more masterworks, each based on one of the Ten Commandments. While they were originally made for television, the parts of Dekalog certainly feel cinematic in nature; whether you consider them TV or film, which is becoming an increasingly less-meaningful description, they are all unapologetically art.
Shoah
Year: 1985
Running time: 9 hours 26 minutes
Director: Claude Lanzmann
For multiple reasons, Shoah is probably the hardest film on this list to sit through. Claude Lanzmann’s acclaimed documentary consists of nine hours of interviews with those who survived, lived beside, or worked in Hitler’s death camps — an unsparing look at the human face of the Holocaust.
Out 1
Year: 1971
Running time: 12 hours 53 minutes
Directors: Jacques Rivette and Suzanne Schiffman
At almost 13 hours long, Jacques Rivette and Suzanne Schiffman’s opus was never intended to be seen all at once. Instead, Rivette thought it’d make the most sense to show the film — which is divided up into eight feature-length chunks — over the course of a leisurely two days. However you might choose to partake, Out 1 is a singular experience that demands its audience surrender to its sprawl and to its pace, kicking off with long sequences of experimental theater exercises and seemingly unconnected characters involved in petty grifts. The plot, when it arrives, involves a secret society and some artistic dramas, but the point is something grander and more ambiguous, a feeling of disillusionment and loss in the wake of the tumultuous idealism of the ’60s.
|
|||||
6282
|
dbpedia
|
0
| 62
|
https://ahsweetmystery.com/2022/09/16/the-movie-they-made-for-me-see-how-they-run/
|
en
|
THE MOVIE THEY MADE FOR ME! See How They Run
|
[
"https://ahsweetmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/gallery-slider1.jpg?w=850",
"https://ahsweetmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/fun-trailer-for-the-murder-mystery-comedy-see-how-the-run-with-sam-rockwell-and-saoirse-ronan.jpg?w=1024",
"https://ahsweetmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/b25ly21zojc1zgmwnde5lwnkytqtndm1mc05ngfhlwizywfmzgvinti0yto4otfkmjy2oc1im2yyltqznjutognloc0xntq2ntg5njnizmi.jpg?w=1024",
"https://ahsweetmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/see_how_they_run.jpg?w=900",
"https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/ad8a45a27a5285acd9527e1d2ce1e8323045e84fd1e1328bdbb0910c8f0421bf?s=60&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/501f8e50c35e0909aa89fdc1b7300289e08789a3a11d5bbaf13182abb83da0e3?s=60&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7bb6c8a63e419938ada15449bd07964a03a9c13151496b6f7b9563749b434140?s=60&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7bb6c8a63e419938ada15449bd07964a03a9c13151496b6f7b9563749b434140?s=60&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/ad8a45a27a5285acd9527e1d2ce1e8323045e84fd1e1328bdbb0910c8f0421bf?s=60&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/ad8a45a27a5285acd9527e1d2ce1e8323045e84fd1e1328bdbb0910c8f0421bf?s=60&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/501f8e50c35e0909aa89fdc1b7300289e08789a3a11d5bbaf13182abb83da0e3?s=60&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/ad8a45a27a5285acd9527e1d2ce1e8323045e84fd1e1328bdbb0910c8f0421bf?s=60&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/501f8e50c35e0909aa89fdc1b7300289e08789a3a11d5bbaf13182abb83da0e3?s=60&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/ad8a45a27a5285acd9527e1d2ce1e8323045e84fd1e1328bdbb0910c8f0421bf?s=60&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/501f8e50c35e0909aa89fdc1b7300289e08789a3a11d5bbaf13182abb83da0e3?s=60&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/ad8a45a27a5285acd9527e1d2ce1e8323045e84fd1e1328bdbb0910c8f0421bf?s=60&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/501f8e50c35e0909aa89fdc1b7300289e08789a3a11d5bbaf13182abb83da0e3?s=60&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/501f8e50c35e0909aa89fdc1b7300289e08789a3a11d5bbaf13182abb83da0e3?s=60&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/ad8a45a27a5285acd9527e1d2ce1e8323045e84fd1e1328bdbb0910c8f0421bf?s=60&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/24c9d1310d7b281c6893a5f3d40a934f5acb5381a7253f0ea643dac65c56be59?s=60&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7bb6c8a63e419938ada15449bd07964a03a9c13151496b6f7b9563749b434140?s=60&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/c0c9f72529593bb5bcab5ac105c3bfd9a408b6f9e7e94392e283729d7649692f?s=60&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7bb6c8a63e419938ada15449bd07964a03a9c13151496b6f7b9563749b434140?s=60&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/bca7fdb551020dae9f0b12e4f6bd9574e13c4793425353d1b6c1022741a926e3?s=60&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7bb6c8a63e419938ada15449bd07964a03a9c13151496b6f7b9563749b434140?s=60&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/c131923c2a81e527f7b6e1958d6faa6f54d8eb2435ea38043224c3625ead23c3?s=60&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/ec6b96e64d170bcb285392c4344b9399701f3be261e8a4d1cc0f5e4668b6cdb7?s=60&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/ec6b96e64d170bcb285392c4344b9399701f3be261e8a4d1cc0f5e4668b6cdb7?s=60&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/c131923c2a81e527f7b6e1958d6faa6f54d8eb2435ea38043224c3625ead23c3?s=60&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/501f8e50c35e0909aa89fdc1b7300289e08789a3a11d5bbaf13182abb83da0e3?s=60&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7bb6c8a63e419938ada15449bd07964a03a9c13151496b6f7b9563749b434140?s=60&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/f552c4b6f57238dbd1de9688cfe6d4cc4908a1a035e413d952dfd09be8391193?s=60&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7bb6c8a63e419938ada15449bd07964a03a9c13151496b6f7b9563749b434140?s=60&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/d67ce6dda41caf855a6eb0a31719828f22d7049a2c0431c39baee402a3e7b324?s=60&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://i.postimg.cc/qvVvN7zw/dentist.jpg",
"https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/d0321eee071aef5c1235d49cc30ce43c671b7ad4e7f6e6ea6996d4735804f662?s=60&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/24c9d1310d7b281c6893a5f3d40a934f5acb5381a7253f0ea643dac65c56be59?s=60&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/501f8e50c35e0909aa89fdc1b7300289e08789a3a11d5bbaf13182abb83da0e3?s=60&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/afd2c2123a0f3798ebe27fe38eb7bb7394476ef4f222800809c39ccc23681915?s=60&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://theinvisibleevent.files.wordpress.com/2024/07/punch-and-judy-murders.jpg?w=800&resize=200%2C200",
"https://theinvisibleevent.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/memoirs-of-sherlock-holmes.jpg?w=800&resize=200%2C200",
"https://theinvisibleevent.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/memoirs-of-sherlock-holmes.jpg?w=800&resize=200%2C200",
"https://crossexaminingcrime.files.wordpress.com/2024/07/a-wreath-for-the-bride-2.jpg?w=800&resize=200%2C200",
"https://theinvisibleevent.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/memoirs-of-sherlock-holmes.jpg?w=800&resize=200%2C200",
"https://mrskinvestigates.files.wordpress.com/2024/06/img_1105.jpeg?w=800&resize=200%2C200",
"https://theinvisibleevent.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/splash-heart3.jpg?w=800&resize=200%2C200",
"https://ahsweetmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/cropped-cropped-cropped-lord-peter-wimsey-gideon-fell-jules-maigret-sherlock-holmes-charlie-chan-ellery-queen-jane-marple-father-brown-auguste-dupin-hercule-poirot-nero-wolfe-1.jpg?w=50",
"https://ahsweetmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/cropped-cropped-cropped-lord-peter-wimsey-gideon-fell-jules-maigret-sherlock-holmes-charlie-chan-ellery-queen-jane-marple-father-brown-auguste-dupin-hercule-poirot-nero-wolfe-1.jpg?w=50",
"https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?v=noscript"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[] |
2022-09-16T00:00:00
|
I imagine that in these frustrating times, when film studios have made 15-year-old boys their target audience, that those of you who love a good movie have had a similar experience to mine. You know, the one where you are so desperate to see anything in a movie theatre that you find yourself surrounded by the aforementioned…
|
en
|
Ah Sweet Mystery!
|
https://ahsweetmystery.com/2022/09/16/the-movie-they-made-for-me-see-how-they-run/
|
I imagine that in these frustrating times, when film studios have made 15-year-old boys their target audience, that those of you who love a good movie have had a similar experience to mine. You know, the one where you are so desperate to see anything in a movie theatre that you find yourself surrounded by the aforementioned youths in some prequel, sequel, or threequel from that vast, despicable entity known as the Marvel Cinematic Universe. You watch what passes for a plot unfold over the film’s 3+ hour length, listen to the cheers, and wonder what the heck is going on!
It seems like almost every other film released these days is related to the MCU, and while even some of its staunchest fans acknowledge that half these movies are dreck, they still feed the coffers of the studio machine to allow this industry to proliferate as quickly as a pile of infinity stones. Many of these fans could care less how well the film works as a film as long as they get the characters right and don’t deviate too far from the Marvel Comic Universe. These fans are especially susceptible to Easter eggs, those moments where the film plops out a bit of business or shows us a baffling prop that is a portent of things to come (meaning more and more sequels) – but only for the true fans. I have seen these reactions – the wild cheers from a bunch of teens in the row in front of me over the appearance of a mask or a prop or a rock or something that I cannot appreciate because I read Batman as a kid. I have scoffed at them and sneered and them and, most of all, envied them! And I have asked myself over and over again: when will someone make a movie that does the same thing for ME???
That day . . . is today!
If you follow along with me here even occasionally, you know that the film has to be a mystery, and here is where things get problematic. The classic style whodunnit fell out of favor a long while ago, replaced by psychological thrillers and slasher films. It’s hard to imagine a time when the studio system churned out so many more films a year and a great many of them were murder mysteries. I randomly selected three years on Wikipedia and discovered the following:
1929 has 18 mystery movies listed, including the first filmed case for Charlie Chan (Behind That Curtain), the first two filmed cases for Philo Vance (The Canary Murder Case and Greene Murder Case) and two Sherlock Holmes films.
In 1935, 27 mysteries are mentioned, among them one case each for Perry Mason, Sexton Blake, and Ellery Queen and three Charlie Chan films.
1944 lists 20 mystery films, including Laura, Murder in the Blue Room, and entries in the Charlie Chan, Whistler and Inner Sanctum series.
Mystery series used to be hugely popular. Detectives who sprang from the page were heroes to many, and, given that many of their exploits were “B” and even “C” films made on the cheap, they provided plenty of product and revenue for Hollywood producers. Today, series are still popular, but movies are so expensive these days – and the cinema is in direct competition with TV and video games – that studios have focused on action heroes and plenty of FX. (Even Kenneth Branagh’s two forays into the Poirot-verse have been loaded with CGI and chase sequences.)
One can’t really fight the prevalent tastes, and so as far as movie-going, er, goes, I have been left largely out in the cold. This means that there is cause for hoopla to find that 2022 has brought no less than three mysteries in the classic vein. True, a lot of Christie fans turned their noses on the first entry, Branagh’s loose adaptation of Death on the Nile, but excitement grows for the imminent return of Daniel Craig as southern sleuth Benoit Blanc in Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery. It is currently making the rounds of the film festivals to acclaim; sadly, it will have only a limited theatrical release in October before it bows on Netflix in November.
Those of us excited for another case for M. Blanc have had to content ourselves with the second season of Only Murders in the Building (was anyone else left feeling discontented by that case?) on Hulu and a few tidbits on other streaming channels that I don’t subscribe to – yet. But lo and behold! A new film has opened with modest fanfare in theatres this week. It’s called See How They Run, and if the Marvel fanboys were sitting in the row above me, they would have watched in wonder as I cackled and howled at the dozens of Easter eggs lobbed at us from the screen. (I’m afraid these kids will never be caught dead watching this movie: they are currently hibernating in their coffins, waiting to emerge November 11 for the premiere of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.)
See How They Run is set in London’s West End in 1953 and opens on the night of the 100th performance of Agatha Christie’s surprise hit play, The Mousetrap. Screenwriter Mark Chappell has had the nerve to merge real-life characters with fictional ones, such as Richard Attenborough and his wife Sheila Sim, who originated the roles of Sergeant Trotter and Mollie Ralston, in order to create a murder mystery within a murder mystery.
Those of us familiar with the legend of The Mousetrap are aware that Christie inserted a clause forbidding any movie studio to make a filmed version of the story until six months after the play closed. Everyone went along with this demand because, as is stated in this film, how long could a modest thriller run?
By the hundredth performance, a few executives are getting nervous, including film producer John Woolf (Reese Shearsmith), who has hired American director named Leo Köpernick (Adrian Brody) and British writer Mervyn Cocker-Norris (David Oyelowo) to adapt the play to film. Köpernick is that staple of Christie, the Ugly American, and he has managed to foment hatred from his partners, as well as the cast, the play’s producer (Ruth Wilson) and the entire staff of the Savoy Hotel where he is staying.
It will come as no surprise that Köpernick is brutally murdered within the first ten minutes of the movie and the case is handed to weary Inspector Stoppard (Sam Rockwell). Scotland Yard can’t be bothered to work on a case involving Agatha Christie because they are currently laser focused on the murder spree of John Christie at 10 Rillington Place, so Stoppard is assigned the one cop available, the plucky PC Stalker (Saoirse Ronan). Together, they try to piece together who murdered Köpernick and why.
Directed by Tom George, with cinematography by Jamie D. Ramsay, the movie is beautiful to look at, not only capturing the look and style of the early 1950’s but the style and glamor of a classic mystery. (The use of split screen adds a lot to the fun.) As a mystery – which, let’s face it, a lot of my readers care about the most – it’s good, not great. The trappings are all there: a colorful group of suspects, some nice twists and turns involving motive, and a lovely denouement that takes place at the home of a certain famous author. The screenplay is missing the clever clueing of Knives Out, and there is a problematic aspect to the fact that many of these characters were real people, although one of them – the best one – does something completely awful that you kind of wish might have really happened. (Maybe it did!!!!)
The real fun of this film is in its meta-fictional aspects. If you know me, you know that I love a good meta-tale as much as I love a good mystery, and See How They Run delivers the meta in spades. One Easter egg after another appears for Christie fans making me react in the theatre throughout the tight 98-minute running time like an aforementioned MCU teenager and assuring that I will have to see the movie again to find out what I missed. The only thing missing was some hidden scene at the end of the credits suggesting a sequel. I mean, why not? We could do twenty films about various members of the Detection Club and then have them all reunite for a final showdown against a League of Evil composed of Edmund Wilson, Raymond Chandler, and Julian Symons.
The cast brings their “A” game (and I don’t mean Avengers) to the proceedings. Saoirse Ronan is as perfect in this as rumors had whispered, and her partnership with Rockwell is a highlight. I think Christie fans in particular will get a tremendous kick out of this film for the very reason that it isn’t an adaptation of any of her works. It doesn’t give away the ending of The Mousetrap, but it cleverly incorporates many elements of that play into the mystery. It also has a lot to say (and quite humorously) about how Hollywood went about adapting – or attempting to adapt – the work of Christie and her ilk.
Most of all, I’m tickled to think how many of the references to Christie’s life and works other fans will discover. (Just who does that butler resemble, folks???) I wish a bunch of us had been sitting in a row, giggling and cheering together and making that grumpy kid sitting behind us very, very angry!
If anyone is into that, I’m up for seeing it again . . .
|
|||||
6282
|
dbpedia
|
3
| 60
|
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/mar/30/alex-garland-civil-war-interview
|
en
|
Civil War film-maker Alex Garland: ‘In the US and UK there’s a lot to be very concerned about’
|
[
"https://sb.scorecardresearch.com/p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&cs_ucfr=0&comscorekw=Film%2CAlex+Garland%2CCulture%2CEx+Machina%2CUS+politics",
"https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/24cb55e6d540687050dd95745ab990a944747396/443_687_4445_2667/master/4445.jpg?width=465&dpr=1&s=none",
"https://i.guim.co.uk/img/uploads/2020/06/02/Ellen_E_Jones,_L.png?width=75&dpr=1&s=none",
"https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/bfa85ef5ae1341ac93b942579ca88195db2cba5f/0_387_8368_5021/master/8368.jpg?width=445&dpr=1&s=none",
"https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/bf1779af5fda880f9d44ccb59ffdca033aa6b812/0_92_5000_3000/master/5000.jpg?width=445&dpr=1&s=none"
] |
[
"https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Vm8869svOxI?wmode=opaque&feature=oembed"
] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[
"Ellen E Jones",
"www.theguardian.com",
"ellen-e-jones"
] |
2024-03-30T00:00:00
|
Alex Garland has an enviable list of hits to his name, from 28 Days Later to Ex Machina. So why has making a thriller about a divided US pushed him to quit the director’s chair?
|
en
|
the Guardian
|
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/mar/30/alex-garland-civil-war-interview
|
Alex Garland smiles broadly only once while in my company, and it’s when I’m about to leave. As I put on my coat and say goodbye, an irrepressible and unmistakable grin of relief spreads across the film-maker’s face. I don’t take it personally – and Garland is unfailingly courteous throughout our conversation – but this seems indicative of both his serious character in general, and his uneasy mood at present. I wonder if it is partly due to filmgoers like me, with our insistent (mis)interpretation of his work, that Garland says that his latest film will also be the last he directs.
And what a way to go out. With a rumoured $50m budget, Civil War is the most expensive film ever made by indie production house A24, and on an epic scale that surpasses Garland’s previous, also ambitious, films. Plus, if you thought the gender politics of his 2022 folk horror Men were confrontational, or that the ambiguity of 2018 sci-fi thriller Annihilation was courageous, or the take-down of tech billionaires in 2015’s Ex-Machina provocative … Well then, try putting out a US-set action thriller called Civil War in a presidential election year.
Kirsten Dunst stars as Lee, a hardbitten photojournalist who leads a group of war correspondents on a road trip towards the conflict’s front line. They’re used to reporting on stories abroad, but as the film opens, the US is already deep into a devastating civil war (cause unspecified) that has turned the sight of tanks rolling down 5th Avenue into a near-everyday occurrence. Still, Lee and her companions are determined to report on their county’s demise, whatever the cost to their own mental or moral health. “There is something in the film which is trying to be protective of [journalists],” says Garland. His father was a longtime newspaper cartoonist, and you can sense an admiration for that old guard of foreign correspondents he grew up around in London. “I think serious journalism needs protecting, because it’s under attack, so I wanted to make those people ‘heroes’ to put them front and centre.”
We are speaking in a small meeting room at DNA Films, Garland’s production partners since his zeitgeist-defining debut novel The Beach became a Leonardo DiCaprio-starring movie in 2000. Between that and Ex Machina – Garland’s directorial debut – came a string of screenwriting credits, beginning with 2002’s 28 Days Later. The zombie thriller gave Oscar-winner Cillian Murphy his first big film lead, playing a bike courier who wakes from a coma into a post-apocalyptic London, and has become a cult favourite: fans have been clamouring for a proper sequel ever since (more on that later.)
It seems fair to say then that everything’s been going swimmingly in Garland’s career for nearly three decades; in addition to the feature films, there have been video games and the Silicon Valley sci-fi TV series Devs. That’s why, when I read an interview conducted during Civil War’s shoot, in which he declared his intention to give up directing and retreat to only writing, I assume they must have caught him on a bad day. Here, now, surrounded by framed posters of his past triumphs and with his latest opus ready for release, does he still feel the same? “Nothing’s changed,” he says flatly. “I’m in a very similar state. I’m not planning to direct again in the foreseeable future.”
It often happens that acclaimed indie directors rise in industry status, only to discover that with bigger budgets come greater creative restrictions. But Garland, who is full of praise for A24, says that isn’t it: “The pressure doesn’t come from the money. It comes from the fact that you’re asking people to trust something that, on the face of it, doesn’t look very trustworthy.” He gives, as an example, sitting in a car park outside Atlanta, asking his Civil War cast to believe that one day the VFX blue screen behind them will be a night sky lit up by mortar fire. Or on Ex Machina where, “Alicia [Vikander] and Sonoya [Mizuno] are trusting that nudity is going to be dealt with thoughtfully and respectfully … [when] cinema leans towards not doing that.”
This is the deep sense of responsibility to cast and crew that “literally keeps me awake at night”. He is less burdened by the controversies that have been swirling around Civil War since long before anyone had actually seen it. Namely, that it is reckless – or at least in poor taste – to release such a film at a time in American history when insurrectionary violence seems like a realistic possibility.
You needn’t spend long with Garland to realise the injustice of that accusation. He is always considered in his responses, typically offering up several alternative answers to a single question, and then self-reflexively evaluating the relative accuracy of each. (“Now, I could then give another answer, which would be a post-rationalised sort of answer, but I’m not sure it’d be true …”). He can also expound at length on how sensationalised violence became coded into the grammar of film – a plausible theory involving second world war veteran film-makers, and the use of squibs (exploding blood capsules) in 1967 crime classic Bonnie and Clyde – and then goes into detail on the technical ways in which Civil War’s shootouts subvert this grammar. There’s no “cable snapping someone backwards and a big fountain of blood flying up a wall”, he says; instead, as more often happens in real life, people who’ve been shot simply fall over. “What I think, or hope, that does is that it slightly reframes [the violent action] in audiences’ minds.”
He began work on Civil War around 2018, observing the world and “feeling surprised that there wasn’t more civil disobedience” going on. Since those years saw protests over a range of issues – pro-Trump, anti-Trump, gun control, climate change and Brexit to name a few – I ask what, specifically, he was surprised that people weren’t marching in the streets about. This provokes a look of ferocious incredulity. “Is that a real question? I mean are you kidding? There were a holistic set of problems, globally. Not least in the country where I live [UK], or in the country I’ve been working [US]. There’s a lot to be very concerned about.”
In any case, he then set aside the unfinished screenplay for a few years until, in 2020, things got even worse. Garland contracted Covid early on in the pandemic and was “really quite sick” for a while, resulting in a time-jump sensation reminiscent of the opening scenes of 28 Days Later. “I came out of it into a world that was in a state of real agitation. All sorts of fractures were becoming more fractured and paranoid concerns becoming more paranoid.” He wrote two screenplays back-to-back – Civil War first, then Men – and in the process his varied, inchoate anxieties took the shape of one underlying concern: “It’s polarisation. You could see that everywhere. And you could see it getting magnified.”
Garland’s sombre, anti-war stance doesn’t prevent Civil War from producing some awe-inspiring spectacles of US military might, with helicopters a recurring motif. “They’re very visceral objects and experiences,” he explains. “They make much more noise than people expect, and the noise has a kind of fast, heartbeat pulse in it, that your own pulse rate matches. I’ve done a lot of flying in helicopters for one reason or another. Not least work, actually.”
This conjures up an image of Garland arriving to set in a chopper, to the strains of Ride of the Valkyries, perhaps, like Apocalypse Now’s Lt Col Kilgore. Is directing films on the scale of Civil War a bit like being a US military general? “No,” he frowns. “It’s a management job. It’s more like trying to make HS2, I suspect.”
This is an offhand comparison, but an apt one. Like Sir Jonathan Thompson, the civil servant who was appointed chair of the high-speed rail infrastructure project, Garland seems determined to stay out of the fray which attends his highly political project. In Civil War’s version of the near future, the entrenched Democratic state of California and the entrenched Republican state of Texas are aligned as the “Western Forces” against the federal government, though neither they, nor the federal army, evince any distinguishing political ideology. The film’s warning against our descent into dystopia is urgent and sincere, but it simultaneously declines to map out the specific arguments and ideas that might take us there. Why is Garland both-sidesing like this?
He’s not, he says. But he recognises this as a potential misinterpretation of a film that posits “polarisation” as cause – not a symptom – of our current malaise. The film is concerned about “the speed at which the other side shuts down” when we talk to people in different political positions. “[I am] trying to circumvent that by not being polarising, and by trying to find points of agreement.” This is the same approach he’s always taken to his work. “What I’m usually doing in films is presenting more than one opinion, so it’s more like a conversation, rather than: ‘Do this, think that’. So there are several ways you could look at Ex Machina; as a film about sentience, or where gender resides, or objectification. The same is true of Men. And somewhere, coded within that, I will be taking a position. But I’ve tried to do it in a way that isn’t interrupting the conversation.”
He does, however, seem to be having much less fun with the unpredictable way people might participate in this conversation when it comes to Civil War, at one point requesting to go off-record so he can explain his personal views and voting preferences. Yet while Garland clearly cares about how his film will be received, and returns fretfully to the subject of media misinterpretation on several occasions, he seems to be in a place of peaceable, if gloomy, acceptance: “It all could and will be misunderstood”, and “it would be out of your control as it is out of mine”.
He would rather talk about the ex Navy Seal and military adviser on Civil War Ray Mendoza, who is now directing his first feature, with Garland’s support (Garland will be co-directing, not directing, he clarifies). “I respect him a great deal, though we’re very different.” That they can still collaborate well shows “the problem with polarisation”, he says. And then there’s the – now confirmed – 28 Years Later, which he’s writing and will see him reuniting with Danny Boyle (a sequel to the original film, 28 Weeks Later, was released in 2007, though with Boyle and Garland only as executive producers.) If, as he says he’s come to accept, his books and films are less like babies and more like 18- or 19-year-olds, “that can and probably should go out into the world and do their own things”, then this zombie franchise is a favourite child, always welcome to boomerang back home with Dad: “A whole idea for a trilogy just sort of came – bing! – into my head,” he says with wonder. “It makes me really question what creativity is. I feel like an observer, a lot of the time.”
I have to say, listening to Garland speak so passionately about these ongoing projects, he doesn’t sound like a man who’s fallen out of love with film-making. “No, I have,” he insists, serious again. “I do actually love film, but film-making doesn’t exist in a vacuum. It exists in a life and also in a broader context. I have to interact, in a way – without being rude – like this …” He gestures towards me, the Guardian journalist with the dictaphone. No offence taken.
Civil War is in cinemas from 12 April.
|
|||||
6282
|
dbpedia
|
3
| 3
|
https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/directors-100-greatest-films-all-time
|
en
|
Directors’ 100 Greatest Films of All Time
|
[
"https://www.bfi.org.uk/dist/client/0207614d447715c2d2b9.svg",
"https://www.bfi.org.uk/dist/client/e51a86bb7ce82a9e9741.svg",
"https://www.bfi.org.uk/dist/client/0207614d447715c2d2b9.svg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2021-09/throne-of-blood-1957-toshiro-mifune-backing-away-by-arrows.jpeg/960x540-cropped/throne-of-blood-1957-toshiro-mifune-backing-away-by-arrows.jpeg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2021-09/eternal-sunshine-of-the-spotless-mind-2004-kate-winslet-jim-carrey-bed.jpg/960x540-cropped/eternal-sunshine-of-the-spotless-mind-2004-kate-winslet-jim-carrey-bed.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2021-02/hidden-2005-christian-berger-daniel-autheil-juliette-binoche-on-the-street.jpeg/960x540-cropped/hidden-2005-christian-berger-daniel-autheil-juliette-binoche-on-the-street.jpeg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2022-01/taste-of-cherry-1997-at-wheel.jpg/960x540-cropped/taste-of-cherry-1997-at-wheel.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2022-06/pickpocket-1959-man-woman-at-cafe-hero-crop.jpg/960x540-cropped/pickpocket-1959-man-woman-at-cafe-hero-crop.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2022-03/the-colour-of-pomegranates-1969-woman-red-lace.jpg/960x540-cropped/the-colour-of-pomegranates-1969-woman-red-lace.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2022-03/the-conformist-1970-dominique-sanda-screaming-jean-louis-trintignant-in-car.jpeg/960x540-cropped/the-conformist-1970-dominique-sanda-screaming-jean-louis-trintignant-in-car.jpeg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2022-11/parasite-2019-family-with-pizza-boxes.jpg/960x540-cropped/parasite-2019-family-with-pizza-boxes.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2022-11/yi-yi-2000-mcdonalds.jpg/960x540-cropped/yi-yi-2000-mcdonalds.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2021-05/moonlight-2016-boy-silhouetted-on-beach-at-sunset.jpg/960x540-cropped/moonlight-2016-boy-silhouetted-on-beach-at-sunset.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2022-11/battleship-potemkin-1925-odessa-steps-sequence.jpg/960x540-cropped/battleship-potemkin-1925-odessa-steps-sequence.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2022-11/wanda-1970-barbara-loden-at-door.jpeg/960x540-cropped/wanda-1970-barbara-loden-at-door.jpeg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2022-11/kes-1969-david-bradley-with-falcon.jpg/960x540-cropped/kes-1969-david-bradley-with-falcon.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2022-02/a-separation-2011-payman-maadi-sareh-bayat-through-glass-door.jpg/960x540-cropped/a-separation-2011-payman-maadi-sareh-bayat-through-glass-door.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2021-09/salo-or-the-120-days-of-sodom-1975-voyeur.jpg/960x540-cropped/salo-or-the-120-days-of-sodom-1975-voyeur.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2022-04/the-conversation-1974-gene-hackman.jpg/960x540-cropped/the-conversation-1974-gene-hackman.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2022-08/largent-1983-man-in-court.jpg/960x540-cropped/largent-1983-man-in-court.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2020-08/where-is-the-friends-house-1987-boy-looking-through-window-in-stone-wall.jpg/960x540-cropped/where-is-the-friends-house-1987-boy-looking-through-window-in-stone-wall.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2021-01/ikiru-1952-people-in-the-rain-with-umbrellas.jpg/960x540-cropped/ikiru-1952-people-in-the-rain-with-umbrellas.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2022-07/chinatown-1974-jack-nicholson-in-car.jpg/960x540-cropped/chinatown-1974-jack-nicholson-in-car.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2021-03/the-seventh-seal-1957-bengt-ekerot-max-von-sydow-behind-bars.jpg/960x540-cropped/the-seventh-seal-1957-bengt-ekerot-max-von-sydow-behind-bars.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2021-02/the-ascent-1977-soldiers-in-archway.jpg/960x540-cropped/the-ascent-1977-soldiers-in-archway.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2021-03/wild-strawberries-1957-victor-sjostrom-bibi-andersson.jpg/960x540-cropped/wild-strawberries-1957-victor-sjostrom-bibi-andersson.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2021-08/blue-velvet-1986-isabella-rossellini-singing-on-stage.jpg/960x540-cropped/blue-velvet-1986-isabella-rossellini-singing-on-stage.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2022-11/the-spirit-of-the-beehive-1973-handing-apple.jpg/960x540-cropped/the-spirit-of-the-beehive-1973-handing-apple.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2021-06/a-brighter-summer-day-1991-couple-next-to-tree.jpg/960x540-cropped/a-brighter-summer-day-1991-couple-next-to-tree.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2022-01/modern-times-1936-charlie-chaplin-wheel.jpg/960x540-cropped/modern-times-1936-charlie-chaplin-wheel.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2023-09/the-red-shoes-1948-moira-shearer-in-distress-close-up.jpg/960x540-cropped/the-red-shoes-1948-moira-shearer-in-distress-close-up.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2022-07/touki-bouki-1973-motorbike-cattle-horns.jpeg/960x540-cropped/touki-bouki-1973-motorbike-cattle-horns.jpeg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2022-11/sans-soleil-1983-eyes-closed.jpg/960x540-cropped/sans-soleil-1983-eyes-closed.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2022-11/news-from-home-1976-subway-doors.jpg/960x540-cropped/news-from-home-1976-subway-doors.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2020-12/shoah-1985-tired-man-in-cap-hat-looking-opposite-treblinka-sign-direction.jpg/960x540-cropped/shoah-1985-tired-man-in-cap-hat-looking-opposite-treblinka-sign-direction.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2022-11/the-searchers-1956-altercation.jpg/960x540-cropped/the-searchers-1956-altercation.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2021-11/la-cienaga-2001-couple-drinking-poolside.jpg/960x540-cropped/la-cienaga-2001-couple-drinking-poolside.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2020-11/lawrence-of-arabia-1962-desert-camel-sky.png/960x540-cropped/lawrence-of-arabia-1962-desert-camel-sky.png",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2022-11/jaws-1975-swimmers-running-sea.jpg/960x540-cropped/jaws-1975-swimmers-running-sea.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2022-11/tropical-malady-2004-rain.jpeg/960x540-cropped/tropical-malady-2004-rain.jpeg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2020-09/satantango-1994-trio-walking-down-wet-path.jpeg/960x540-cropped/satantango-1994-trio-walking-down-wet-path.jpeg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2020-09/sunset-boulevard-1950-gloria-swanson-holding-hand-to-projector-light.jpg/960x540-cropped/sunset-boulevard-1950-gloria-swanson-holding-hand-to-projector-light.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2022-09/blade-runner-1982-daryl-hannah-inspects-william-sanderson.jpg/960x540-cropped/blade-runner-1982-daryl-hannah-inspects-william-sanderson.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2020-08/some-like-it-hot-1959-tony-curtis-jack-lemmon-marilyn-monroe-and-band.jpg/960x540-cropped/some-like-it-hot-1959-tony-curtis-jack-lemmon-marilyn-monroe-and-band.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2020-08/late-spring-1949-women-by-well.jpg/960x540-cropped/late-spring-1949-women-by-well.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2022-11/meshes-of-the-afternoon-1943-sleep.jpeg/960x540-cropped/meshes-of-the-afternoon-1943-sleep.jpeg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2021-02/viridiana-1961-last-supper-re-enactment.jpg/960x540-cropped/viridiana-1961-last-supper-re-enactment.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2020-10/eraserhead-1977-jack-nance-big-hair.jpg/960x540-cropped/eraserhead-1977-jack-nance-big-hair.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2022-01/la-notte-1962-marcello-mastroianni-jeanne-moreau-golf-course.jpeg/960x540-cropped/la-notte-1962-marcello-mastroianni-jeanne-moreau-golf-course.jpeg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2022-11/fanny-and-alexander-1982-child-playing-with-puppet-theatre.jpg/960x540-cropped/fanny-and-alexander-1982-child-playing-with-puppet-theatre.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2022-11/the-mother-and-the-whore-1973-conversation-on-bed.jpg/960x540-cropped/the-mother-and-the-whore-1973-conversation-on-bed.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2022-11/fear-eats-the-soul-1974-el-hedi-ben-salem-brigitte-mira-drink-bottle.jpg/960x540-cropped/fear-eats-the-soul-1974-el-hedi-ben-salem-brigitte-mira-drink-bottle.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2022-11/the-piano-1993-holly-hunter-harvey-keitel.jpeg/960x540-cropped/the-piano-1993-holly-hunter-harvey-keitel.jpeg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2022-11/city-lights-1931-charlie-chaplin-and-boxing-rival-changing-room.jpeg/960x540-cropped/city-lights-1931-charlie-chaplin-and-boxing-rival-changing-room.jpeg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2022-06/cleo-from-5-to-7-1962-posing-with-fingers-on-chin.jpg/960x540-cropped/cleo-from-5-to-7-1962-posing-with-fingers-on-chin.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2021-01/singin-in-the-rain-1952-gene-kelly-street-light-dancing.jpg/960x540-cropped/singin-in-the-rain-1952-gene-kelly-street-light-dancing.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2022-05/dr-strangelove-1964-war-room-overhead-wide-shot.jpg/960x540-cropped/dr-strangelove-1964-war-room-overhead-wide-shot.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2022-11/dont-look-now-1973-donald-sutherland.jpg/960x540-cropped/dont-look-now-1973-donald-sutherland.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2021-09/once-upon-a-time-in-the-west-1968-charles-bronson-henry-fonda-shootout.jpg/960x540-cropped/once-upon-a-time-in-the-west-1968-charles-bronson-henry-fonda-shootout.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2022-11/le-mepris-1963-brigitte-bardot-sunglasses-car.jpg/960x540-cropped/le-mepris-1963-brigitte-bardot-sunglasses-car.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2022-11/l-atalante-1934-couple.jpeg/960x540-cropped/l-atalante-1934-couple.jpeg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2021-02/psycho-1960-peeping-eye.jpg/960x540-cropped/psycho-1960-peeping-eye.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2022-02/come-and-see-1985-young-boy-distressed.jpg/960x540-cropped/come-and-see-1985-young-boy-distressed.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2021-11/vagabond-1985-sandrine-bonnaire-leather-jacket.jpg/960x540-cropped/vagabond-1985-sandrine-bonnaire-leather-jacket.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2022-11/a-man-escaped-1956-writing-on-wall.jpeg/960x540-cropped/a-man-escaped-1956-writing-on-wall.jpeg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2022-02/the-night-of-the-hunter-1955-robert-mitchum-love-tattoo.jpg/960x540-cropped/the-night-of-the-hunter-1955-robert-mitchum-love-tattoo.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2022-11/playtime-1967-tati-shopfront.jpeg/960x540-cropped/playtime-1967-tati-shopfront.jpeg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2021-08/la-strada-1954-anthony-quinn-with-trumpet-giulietta-masina-with-clothes.jpg/960x540-cropped/la-strada-1954-anthony-quinn-with-trumpet-giulietta-masina-with-clothes.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2022-03/l-avventura-1960-monica-vitti-leaning-out-window.jpg/960x540-cropped/l-avventura-1960-monica-vitti-leaning-out-window.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2022-10/la-regle-du-jeu-1939-paulette-dubost.jpg/960x540-cropped/la-regle-du-jeu-1939-paulette-dubost.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2022-03/au-hasard-balthazar-1966-girl-donkey.jpg/960x540-cropped/au-hasard-balthazar-1966-girl-donkey.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2021-07/la-jetee-1962-eye-coverings.jpg/960x540-cropped/la-jetee-1962-eye-coverings.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2022-03/la-dolce-vita-1960-anita-ekberg-posing-on-the-floor.jpg/960x540-cropped/la-dolce-vita-1960-anita-ekberg-posing-on-the-floor.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2022-11/the-400-blows-1959-jean-pierre-leaud-wire.jpeg/960x540-cropped/the-400-blows-1959-jean-pierre-leaud-wire.jpeg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2021-10/sunrise-1927-george-o-brien-margaret-livingston.jpg/960x540-cropped/sunrise-1927-george-o-brien-margaret-livingston.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2022-01/ordet-1955-funeral-high-angle.jpg/960x540-cropped/ordet-1955-funeral-high-angle.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2022-11/the-passion-of-joan-of-arc-1928-falconetti-with-cross.jpg/960x540-cropped/the-passion-of-joan-of-arc-1928-falconetti-with-cross.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2021-02/man-with-a-movie-camera-1929-kino-eye.jpg/960x540-cropped/man-with-a-movie-camera-1929-kino-eye.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2020-07/do-the-right-thing-1989-spike-lee-in-front-of-group.jpg/960x540-cropped/do-the-right-thing-1989-spike-lee-in-front-of-group.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2022-05/goodfellas-1990-ray-liotta-with-two-men-side-by-side.jpeg/960x540-cropped/goodfellas-1990-ray-liotta-with-two-men-side-by-side.jpeg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2022-01/the-godfather-part-ii-1974-robert-de-niro-concealed-gun.jpg/960x540-cropped/the-godfather-part-ii-1974-robert-de-niro-concealed-gun.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2022-11/andrei-rublev-1966-injured-smoke.jpg/960x540-cropped/andrei-rublev-1966-injured-smoke.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2020-11/raging-bull-1980-de-niro-in-boxing-ring-punch.jpg/960x540-cropped/raging-bull-1980-de-niro-in-boxing-ring-punch.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2021-08/the-battle-of-algiers-1966-men-on-streets-turning-backwards.jpeg/960x540-cropped/the-battle-of-algiers-1966-men-on-streets-turning-backwards.jpeg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2022-03/pather-panchali-1955-child-hole.jpg/960x540-cropped/pather-panchali-1955-child-hole.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2022-03/mulholland-drive-2001-naomi-watts-laura-harring-outside-looking-up.jpg/960x540-cropped/mulholland-drive-2001-naomi-watts-laura-harring-outside-looking-up.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2022-11/rashomon-1950-looking-in-the-eyes.jpeg/960x540-cropped/rashomon-1950-looking-in-the-eyes.jpeg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2020-08/bicycle-thieves-1948-lamberto-maggiorani-enzo-staiola-on-pavement.jpg/960x540-cropped/bicycle-thieves-1948-lamberto-maggiorani-enzo-staiola-on-pavement.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2022-02/a-woman-under-the-influence-1974-gena-rowlands-dinner-table.jpg/960x540-cropped/a-woman-under-the-influence-1974-gena-rowlands-dinner-table.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2021-10/apocalypse-now-1979-martin-sheen-with-mud-mask.jpg/960x540-cropped/apocalypse-now-1979-martin-sheen-with-mud-mask.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2021-03/stalker-1979-dog-running-through-water.jpg/960x540-cropped/stalker-1979-dog-running-through-water.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2022-04/breathless-1960-jean-paul-belmondo-smoking-newspaper.jpg/960x540-cropped/breathless-1960-jean-paul-belmondo-smoking-newspaper.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2022-11/seven-samurai-1954-takashi-shimura-and-five-samurai-field.jpg/960x540-cropped/seven-samurai-1954-takashi-shimura-and-five-samurai-field.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2022-11/beau-travail-1999-embrace.jpg/960x540-cropped/beau-travail-1999-embrace.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2022-11/barry-lyndon-1975-family-greeting-in-reading-room.jpg/960x540-cropped/barry-lyndon-1975-family-greeting-in-reading-room.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2023-01/taxi-driver-1976-yellow-taxi-neon-lights.jpg/960x540-cropped/taxi-driver-1976-yellow-taxi-neon-lights.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2021-07/persona-1966-liv-ullmann-bibi-andersson-head-shots.jpg/960x540-cropped/persona-1966-liv-ullmann-bibi-andersson-head-shots.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2022-11/close-up-1990-character-sits-tight.jpeg/960x540-cropped/close-up-1990-character-sits-tight.jpeg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2021-01/in-the-mood-for-love-2000-maggie-cheung-against-wall-with-tony-leung.jpg/960x540-cropped/in-the-mood-for-love-2000-maggie-cheung-against-wall-with-tony-leung.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2022-11/mirror-1975-woman-looking-out.jpeg/960x540-cropped/mirror-1975-woman-looking-out.jpeg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2022-03/eight-and-a-half-1963-marcello-mastroianni-looking-curiously-above-glasses.jpg/960x540-cropped/eight-and-a-half-1963-marcello-mastroianni-looking-curiously-above-glasses.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2021-03/vertigo-1958-012-madeleine-bouquet_1000x750.jpg/960x540-cropped/vertigo-1958-012-madeleine-bouquet_1000x750.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2020-08/tokyo-story-1953-setsuko-hara-chishu-ryu.jpg/960x540-cropped/tokyo-story-1953-setsuko-hara-chishu-ryu.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2022-11/jeanne-dielman-23-commerce-quay-1080-brussels-1975-delphine-seyrig-reflection.jpg/960x540-cropped/jeanne-dielman-23-commerce-quay-1080-brussels-1975-delphine-seyrig-reflection.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2021-04/the-godfather-1972-whisper-marlon-brando-ear.jpg/960x540-cropped/the-godfather-1972-whisper-marlon-brando-ear.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2022-11/citizen-kane-1941-orson-welles-political-podium.jpg/960x540-cropped/citizen-kane-1941-orson-welles-political-podium.jpg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2021-11/2001-a-space-odyssey-1968-keir-dullea-helmet-red-light.jpg/960x540-cropped/2001-a-space-odyssey-1968-keir-dullea-helmet-red-light.jpg",
"https://www.bfi.org.uk/dist/client/73c183e85ebe0f9f8f95.jpg",
"https://www.bfi.org.uk/dist/client/6b35d8d0dfc135ee1de3.png",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/core/funded-by-uk-government.svg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/core/here-for-culture.svg",
"https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/core/national-lottery.svg"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[] | null |
Every decade since 1992, Sight and Sound has complemented its celebrated critics’ poll by formally sounding out the world’s leading directors on the ten films they believe to be the greatest of all time.
Though it has always been global and inclusive in scope, the poll has expanded significantly each decade. In 1992, 101 directors voted; fast-forward to 2012, when 358 filmmakers took part. This year, for the fourth edition of the poll, we received ballots from 480 directors. This electorate spans experimental, arthouse, mainstream and genre filmmakers from around the world. In every case, the voter is a director of note.
Here are the 100 greatest films of all time, as voted for by many of today’s greatest living filmmakers.
|
en
|
BFI
|
https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/directors-100-greatest-films-all-time
|
Every decade since 1992, Sight and Sound has complemented its celebrated critics’ poll by formally sounding out the world’s leading directors on the ten films they believe to be the greatest of all time.
Though it has always been global and inclusive in scope, the poll has expanded significantly each decade. In 1992, 101 directors voted; fast-forward to 2012, when 358 filmmakers took part. This year, for the fourth edition of the poll, we received ballots from 480 directors. This electorate spans experimental, arthouse, mainstream and genre filmmakers from around the world. In every case, the voter is a director of note.
Here are the 100 greatest films of all time, as voted for by many of today’s greatest living filmmakers.
|
|||||
6282
|
dbpedia
|
0
| 74
|
https://www.cinematasmoviemadness.com/the-many-faces-of-noir.html
|
en
|
Cine Mata's Movie Madness : The Many Faces of Noir
|
[
"https://www.cinematasmoviemadness.com/uploads/2/2/4/6/22462362/whistlerintro_orig.jpg",
"https://www.cinematasmoviemadness.com/uploads/2/2/4/6/22462362/whistler10_orig.jpg",
"https://www.cinematasmoviemadness.com/uploads/2/2/4/6/22462362/whistler11_orig.jpg",
"https://www.cinematasmoviemadness.com/uploads/2/2/4/6/22462362/whistler8_1_orig.jpg",
"https://www.cinematasmoviemadness.com/uploads/2/2/4/6/22462362/whistler7_orig.jpg",
"https://www.cinematasmoviemadness.com/uploads/2/2/4/6/22462362/whistler6_orig.jpg",
"https://www.cinematasmoviemadness.com/uploads/2/2/4/6/22462362/whistler12_orig.jpg",
"https://www.cinematasmoviemadness.com/uploads/2/2/4/6/22462362/whistler5_orig.jpg",
"https://www.cinematasmoviemadness.com/uploads/2/2/4/6/22462362/whistler4_orig.jpg",
"https://www.cinematasmoviemadness.com/uploads/2/2/4/6/22462362/whistler3_orig.jpg",
"https://www.cinematasmoviemadness.com/uploads/2/2/4/6/22462362/whistler2_orig.jpg",
"https://www.cinematasmoviemadness.com/uploads/2/2/4/6/22462362/whistler1_orig.jpg",
"https://www.cinematasmoviemadness.com/uploads/2/2/4/6/22462362/whistler9_orig.jpg",
"https://cdn2.editmysite.com/images/site/footer/footer-toast-published-image-1.png"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
"Film noir",
"Richard Dix",
"The Whistler radio show",
"film review",
"classic"
] | null |
[] | null |
A page devoted to the Whistler film noir series, starring Richard Dix.
|
en
|
CineMata's Movie Madness
|
https://www.cinematasmoviemadness.com/the-many-faces-of-noir.html
| ||||||
6282
|
dbpedia
|
0
| 8
|
https://kultguyskeep.wordpress.com/2024/06/15/the-whistler-indicator/
|
en
|
The Columbia Pictures’ mystery film noirs get the Indicator Blu-ray treatment
|
[
"https://kultguyskeep.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/whistler-9.jpg?w=800",
"https://kultguyskeep.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/1.png?w=1020",
"https://kultguyskeep.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/2.png?w=1020",
"https://kultguyskeep.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/3.png?w=1020",
"https://kultguyskeep.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/4.png?w=1020",
"https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7a48aff8164fbe2c880c3f9ef160430fa65de132386472a6814e3999bb7c3d94?s=60&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://movietalkuk.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/cropped-logotest.jpg?w=48",
"https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/f4b358ff15cc3c1559062ad9a54d7fd8600dcefe9f49912ffa57d30a69c1a0e7?s=48&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/2ad5b8de98930f985084262f5bd0b4627f4ba71b2db56cb08552feabcf7c646c?s=48&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://kultguyskeep.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/bfiplayer_sidebar.jpg",
"https://kultguyskeep.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/british.jpg",
"https://kultguyskeep.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/comedy.jpg",
"https://kultguyskeep.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/docos.jpg",
"https://kultguyskeep.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/eurotika.jpg",
"https://kultguyskeep.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/sci-fi_sidebar.jpg",
"https://kultguyskeep.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/golden.jpg",
"https://kultguyskeep.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/hammer.jpg",
"https://kultguyskeep.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/horror_sidebar.jpg",
"https://kultguyskeep.files.wordpress.com/2020/12/lgbtq.jpg",
"https://kultguyskeep.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/thriller_sidebar.jpg",
"https://kultguyskeep.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/vincent_price_collection_sidebar.jpg",
"https://kultguyskeep.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/weird.jpg",
"https://kultguyskeep.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/world.jpg",
"https://kultguyskeep.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/the-spooky-isles.jpg",
"https://kultguyskeep.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/hba-banner-2013-14.gif",
"https://s2.wp.com/i/logo/wpcom-gray-white.png",
"https://s2.wp.com/i/logo/wpcom-gray-white.png",
"https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?v=noscript"
] |
[
"https://www.youtube.com/embed/b7SnCdHF8bc?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent",
"https://www.youtube.com/embed/aMVsQWrZjlg?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent"
] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[
"Peter Fuller"
] |
2024-06-15T00:00:00
|
Mystery dramas were massively popular with American listeners during the Golden Age of Radio. The Whistler, which ran on CBS from 1942 to 1955 with 692 episodes, was one of them. I've never heard of it, even though I'm a fan of vintage radio shows, notably The Saint (1947-1951), which starred Vincent Price (of course)…
|
en
|
https://s1.wp.com/i/favicon.ico
|
Kultguy's Keep
|
https://kultguyskeep.wordpress.com/2024/06/15/the-whistler-indicator/
|
Mystery dramas were massively popular with American listeners during the Golden Age of Radio. The Whistler, which ran on CBS from 1942 to 1955 with 692 episodes, was one of them. I’ve never heard of it, even though I’m a fan of vintage radio shows, notably The Saint (1947-1951), which starred Vincent Price (of course) as Leslie Charteris’s ‘devil-may-care Robin Hood’ Simon Templar.
And just as RKO adapted The Saint for a series of feature films (1938-1943) with Louis Hayward, George Sanders and Hugh Sinclair taking on Templar’s mantle, Columbia Pictures did the same with The Whistler – as part of their series of B-movie crime programmers like Boston Blackie. Between 1944 and 1948, eight B-features, running just 60 minutes each, were produced. Oscar-nominated actor Richard Dix, who was picked based on his performance in Val Lewton’s The Ghost Ship, starred in seven, and Michael Duane played the lead in the last one as Dix had decided to retire from acting.
The Whistler (voiced by Otto Forrest, who reminded me of American psychic Criswell) acted as the host/narrator, emerging as a shadow with a haunting whistle and heavy footsteps to introduce and comment on the action in each twisted tale of crime and punishment in which Dix would play different characters that were either heroic, villainous or everyman besieged by fate.
Future gimmick showman William Castle cut his filmmaking teeth directing four of the features, bringing an eerie air with some low-key lighting effects and inventive camera angles (that would inform his later work), and by bringing them under budget, Castle became an in-demand director throughout the 1950s until he decided to go independent and scare the pants off America with such classics as House on Haunted Hill and Strait-Jacket.
For Indicator’s sixth release in their Columbia Noir collection, all eight films have been brought together in a four-disc Blu-ray box set. Each disc has two features alongside an array of extras, including commentaries, critical appreciations and image galleries, and a 120-page booklet which includes new and archival essays, including a great one from Tim Lucas (I especially liked how he connected these films to David Lynch’s Blue Velvet). If you have never seen these films, I recommend reading Tim’s article and tuning into Kim Newman’s essential primer, A Whistle-Stop Tour, on the first disc beforehand.
DISC ONE
The Whistler (1944, dir William Castle)
After failing to save his wife (Gloria Stuart, of The Old Dark House and Titanic fame) from drowning at sea, guilt-stricken industrialist Earl C. Conrad (Dix) hires a contract killer (House of Frankenstein’s J. Carrol Naish) to end his life – but when his wife turns up alive, he discovers he can’t renege on the deal.
The Mark of the Whistler (1944, dir William Castle)
In this tale, scripted by The Devil Bat‘s George Bricker, based on pulp fiction author Cornell Woolrich’s short story, Dormant Account, homeless drifter Lee Nugent (Dix) swindles $30,000 from an abandoned bank account by impersonating someone with the same name. But he’s soon targeted by the rightful owner’s sons (one of whom is played by famed US magician John Calvert).
• Audio commentary with film historian Josh Nelson on The Whistler (2024)
• A Whistle-Stop Tour (2024, 25 mins): an in-depth overview of the film series by critic and author Kim Newman
• It’s Your America (1945, 36 mins): a dramatised documentary focusing on soldiers returning from World War II, directed by John Ford and featuring J. Carrol Naish.
DISC TWO
The Power of the Whistler (1945, dir Lew Landers)
Fortune teller Jean Lang (Janis Carter) is determined to help amnesiac William Everest (Dix) uncover his name and past using the items he carries in his pockets – but gets the shock of her life when he turns out to be an escaped maniac from a mental hospital. Director Landers worked on over 100 features throughout his 50+ year career, including the classic Bela Lugosi/Boris Karloff 1935 horror, The Raven.
Voice of the Whistler (1945, dir William Castle)
Loneliness is the key theme in this entry as the wealthy John Sinclair (Dix), who has six months to live, makes a deal with his nurse, Joan (Lynn Merrick), that they marry, and she will inherit his fortune after his death. Seven months after settling into a refurbished lighthouse, John is still very much alive, Joan wants out, and her ex-fiancé Fred (James Cardwell) returns to claim her back… Cue some deadly action as Fred and John try to bump each other off.
• Audio commentary with film scholar Professor Jason A Ney on The Power of the Whistler (2024)
• Audio commentary with the late film historian Lee Gambin (who tragically died, aged just 44, in May, on Voice of the Whistler (2024)
• The Noir City Interview with Robert Dix (2010, 19 mins): an interview with the son of Richard Dix, recorded in LA following a screening of The Power of the Whistler
• Stuart Holmes Oral History (1958, 69 mins): archival audio recording of the prolific character actor in conversation with historian George Pratt
DISC THREE
Mysterious Intruder (1946, dir William Castle)
Unscrupulous private detective Don Gale (Dix) gets mixed up in murder and mayhem when he’s hired to find a missing girl whose family inheritance contains two rare collectable song recordings from real-life Swedish singer Jenny Lind. This one features Barton MacLane, who famously played General Peterson in I Dream of Jeannie and professional wrestler/Hollywood heavy Mike Mazurki. It was also Castle’s final feature in the series as he would head off to work with Orson Welles on The Lady from Shanghai.
The Secret of the Whistler (1946, dir George Sherman)
Dix plays ‘kept husband’ Ralph Harrison, who poisons his wealthy wife Edith (Mary Currier), who suffers from bouts of heart attacks, so he can marry artist model Kay (Leslie Brooks). But Edith soon becomes suspicious. A well-acted, well-paced entry from director George Sherman, best known for low-budget Westerns in the 1930s and 1940s, and also the 1971 John Wayne classic, Big Jake, which marked his final feature.
• Audio commentary with film historian Jeremy Arnold on Mysterious Intruder (2024)
• Working in the Shadows (2024, 22 mins): Kim Newman looks over William Castle’s early career as a studio-contracted director
DISC FOUR
The Thirteenth Hour (1947, dir William Clemens)
Here, Dix plays Steve Reynolds, a trucking company owner who can’t get a brake as a rival firm wants him out of the picture. Framed for running down a police officer, Steve, with the help of his fiancé Eileen (Karen Morley) and her son Tommy (Mark Dennis), is determined to prove his innocence armed with a crucial piece of evidence – a glove containing diamonds in the thumb. It was a tremendous final stint from Dix and well-directed by William Clemens, who had previously helmed three Falcon films (RKO’s The Saint imitations). Karen Morley had a burgeoning career in the 1930s and 1940s (check her out in 1932’s The Mask of Fu Manchu), but her career floundered after being blacklisted by the Un-American Activities Committee. Little Mark Dennis also appeared in 1947’s Secret Beyond the Door and 1968’s Targets.
The Return of the Whistler (1948, dir D. Ross Lederman)
Another Cornell Woolrich story, All At Once, No Alice, forms the basis for this final entry in the series. Helmed by another actioner director, D. Ross Lederman, it stars Michael Duane as a man whose fiancée Alice (Lenore Aubert, best known for Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein) is abducted on the eve of their wedding. As he – and a dogged PI (Boston Blackie regular Richard Lane) – investigate, it turns out Alice is the heir to an estate, and her murderous in-laws are determined to be rid of her.
|
||||
6282
|
dbpedia
|
1
| 43
|
https://prisonbreak.fandom.com/wiki/Alexander_Mahone
|
en
|
Alexander Mahone
|
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/prisonbreak/images/2/22/Alexander_Mahone_Season_4.JPG/revision/latest?cb=20080907020122
|
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/prisonbreak/images/2/22/Alexander_Mahone_Season_4.JPG/revision/latest?cb=20080907020122
|
[
"https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/prisonbreak/images/e/e6/Site-logo.png/revision/latest?cb=20210714140649",
"https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/prisonbreak/images/1/13/30px-GoodIcon.png/revision/latest?cb=20100423125439",
"https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/prisonbreak/images/f/f8/30px-Era-Sprotect.png/revision/latest?cb=20100423124424",
"https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/prisonbreak/images/a/a6/201-prison-break-manhunt-linc-abruz-rock-run.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/122?cb=20100417131626",
"https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/prisonbreak/images/a/a6/201-prison-break-manhunt-linc-abruz-rock-run.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/122?cb=20100417131626",
"https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/prisonbreak/images/2/22/Alexander_Mahone_Season_4.JPG/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/350?cb=20080907020122",
"https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/prisonbreak/images/e/eb/Blue_Glass_Arrow.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/20?cb=20100501140521",
"https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/prisonbreak/images/e/eb/Blue_Glass_Arrow.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/20?cb=20100501140521",
"https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/prisonbreak/images/e/eb/Blue_Glass_Arrow.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/20?cb=20100501140521",
"https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/prisonbreak/images/7/7a/Vlcsnap-302151.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/250?cb=20110618203415",
"https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/prisonbreak/images/c/c6/Prison-break-season3-episode8-caps4.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/200?cb=20110403100401",
"https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/6a181c72-e8bf-419b-b4db-18fd56a0eb60",
"https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/6c42ce6a-b205-41f5-82c6-5011721932e7",
"https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/464fc70a-5090-490b-b47e-0759e89c263f",
"https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/f7bb9d33-4f9a-4faa-88fe-2a0bd8138668"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[
"Contributors to Prison Break Wiki"
] |
2024-07-12T14:06:28+00:00
|
Alexander "Alex" Mahone is a main character and a former antagonist in Prison Break, serving as the main antagonist of Season 2, and one of the main characters of Season 3 and Season 4. He is a high-ranking FBI agent forced by The Company to hunt down and eliminate all of Fox River Eight...
|
en
|
/skins-ucp/mw139/common/favicon.ico
|
Prison Break Wiki
|
https://prisonbreak.fandom.com/wiki/Alexander_Mahone
|
Alexander "Alex" Mahone is a main character and a former antagonist in Prison Break, serving as the main antagonist of Season 2, and one of the main characters of Season 3 and Season 4. He is a high-ranking FBI agent forced by The Company to hunt down and eliminate all of Fox River Eight. However, before he could complete the job, he was thrown into Sona prison, along with his nemesis, Michael Scofield. After breaking out of Sona, he joined The Scylla Team to help Michael find Scylla. Finally set free with the help of Paul Kellerman, he became one of Michael's most trusted friends.
Biography
Early life
Mahone was raised in poor conditions. His mother cited spousal abuse against Mahone's father. Still, he managed to hold onto custody of Alex, therefore only living with his father, who often abused him. According to Richard Sullins, his father beat him "like a harp seal for the next four years." Due to his lack of options in the workforce while in adulthood, he decided to join the military.
Adulthood
After leaving his abusive home-life, and not having many other options, Mahone joined the military. When the problem of the Gulf War arose, Alex was quickly transferred to Special Ops. His unit was one of the first on Iraqi soil, and he was awarded the Medal of Honor. Later, he became a high ranking Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.[2] After Michael Scofield successfully orchestrated the escape of eight prisoners from Fox River State Penitentiary, Mahone was assigned to spearhead the task force assembled to bring in the fugitives. Due to how fast Mahone climbed up the ranks, his quick progression is questioned, and many of his files classified.
Season 2
Mahone is first seen preparing for the press conference concerning the eight escapees from Fox River State Penitentiary. After reviewing the information on the eight fugitives, he decides to concentrate his efforts on Michael Scofield, who had been identified as the mastermind behind the breakout. He orders his subordinates to find out everything about Michael. He quickly tracks the escapees to Oswego, Illinois. (2x1)
Mahone continues to follow the escapees in the next six episodes. Still, his chase comes to a temporary halt when he is questioned about the deaths of the two fugitives he captured. Mahone's motive behind his execution of Tweener and his provocation of John Abruzzi's resistance to arrest, which led to his death, is revealed to be blackmail from Paul Kellerman. (2x8) From this onwards, Mahone appears or shares dialogue with Kellerman in the same scene in almost every episode. However, Mahone is ultimately shot by Kellerman, who betrays him and Agent Kim. (2x13)
He survives and decides that he no longer wants to continue his search. (2x14) However, Mahone is forced to return to his job when his son is injured in an apparent car accident orchestrated by one of Kim's agents (coincidentally, the same agent who murdered Veronica Donovan and attempted the murder of Sara Tancredi). Before returning, however, he murders the agent who arranged the car accident and stuffs his body in his car trunk.
Returning to his FBI. Field Office in Chicago in the following episode, Mahone receives an update from other agents and quickly figures out that Michael and Lincoln's proclamation of innocence video was a way to contact Sara Tancredi despite Michael, Lincoln, and Kellerman's attempts to make him think they were going after President Reynolds. Although he deciphers their rendezvous location, the fugitives leave before he can reach them. Mahone is also informed by Agent Wheeler that Internal Affairs is investigating him. After Charles "Haywire" Patoshik murders a civilian, both Wheeler and Agent Kim pressure Mahone to catch him. Agent Kim, who fears Haywire has information on the conspiracy, asks Mahone to kill him. Mahone resorts to Brad Bellick, who helped him decipher Michael's code, to find Haywire, and uses his connections with "The Company" (presumably) to have Bellick released from Fox River upon a Habeas Corpus hearing. After Bellick chases Haywire up a grain mill, Mahone climbs the mill and talks Haywire into killing himself. (2x16)
Later, Mahone pursuing Benjamin Miles "C-Note" Franklin in Minnesota. Before beginning the pursuit, he contacts his son Cameron, who is still in the hospital, marking the first actual appearance of his son. C-Note narrowly evades Mahone, but later due to his daughter Dede's declining condition, C-Note contacts Mahone and offers to turn himself in if his wife Kacee will be released from prison. In return, C-Note offers information on Michael. Mahone agrees and is later seen placing a 'Get Well' gift by Dede's bedside before escorting C-Note out of the hospital. (2x17)
However, a better lead on Michael is found by Kim. Kim asks Mahone to kill C-Note, and Mahone tells C-Note that if he wants his family to be safe he has to use a package he will receive in his cell (this is later revealed to be a hangman's noose). Mahone finds out that Michael is in Chicago meeting an attorney general. Mahone finds the fact that Scofield and Burrows are back in Chicago, which leads him on to wonder if Lincoln really is innocent, where Kim responds, "No one's really innocent. .. you of all people should know that." (2x18)
Mahone is then shown heading for the hotel where Sara and the brothers are staying. Mahone then finds Sara in the hotel room, but the brothers had just left. Sara eventually manages to take his gun and escape. However, Mahone is then revealed to have staged the out for Agent Lang to follow Sara to Michael.
After Sara is arrested outside a shipyard on her way to meet with Michael, Mahone agonizes for a week over Michael and Lincoln's location. He eventually figures out that the brothers are in Panama, but also figures out Wheeler is on the verge of arresting him. He confronts Wheeler and realizes he has no way out. Kim confronts Mahone, however, and says that he can save himself if he uses the captured Theodore "T-Bag" Bagwell to capture Michael and Lincoln. Mahone is left with no choice but to go rogue and disappear to save himself from federal prosecution. Mahone then posts a message on Europeangoldfinch.net pretending to be Sucre, telling Michael that T-Bag is in Panama City. (2x20)
Mahone arrives in the city as a rogue agent and secretly follows Michael in the crowd. Before he takes out his gun to shoot him, he is then tackled by Lincoln into a nearby building. Lincoln knocks the gun away, and the two square off. Although Lincoln quickly gained the advantage, Mahone manages to overpower him and handcuff him. He gets Lincoln to call Michael and asks Michael for his boat and Charles Westmoreland's money so that he can disappear. After a failed attempt at framing the brothers for the murder (attempted) of Bill Kim, he escapes in the Brothers' boat. However, during a stop at a dock, police discover drugs (earlier planted by Michael), and Mahone is last seen entering the Sona Prison in Panama alongside Michael. The two men share a moment's glance. (2x22)
Season 3
In Orientación, Mahone attempts to convince Michael Scofield to form a partnership in a prison. However, Michael refuses since Mahone killed his father. Still, when Michael is forced into a fight with another inmate, Mahone gives him advice and even steps in and kills the other inmate when he is about to backstab Michael with a shank.
In Fire/Water, Mahone learns about the bounty placed on fellow inmate James Whistler and manages to find him and deliver him to prison boss Lechero. However, Lechero removes the bounty as a favor to Michael after Michael restores water to the prison. As time passes within the prison, Mahone begins to suffer from withdrawal from his medication, becoming increasingly sensitive and unpredictable. When his state-appointed lawyer informs him that his trial is almost a full year away, Mahone gets violent, prompting guards to get involved.
After Whistler questions him about Scofield, Mahone confronts Michael about his purpose in the prison, correctly deducing that Michael is planning to break Whistler out. Mahone wants in on the escape, but Michael first refuses. Later, as Michael's resolve to escape the prison is strengthened, he agrees to involve Mahone in the plan and immediately sets him on the task of finding a black felt-tip pen. Afterward, Mahone started hallucinating from withdrawal and began to see Haywire, who urges him to distrust and kill Michael.
Nieves approaches Mahone and later T-Bag, offering to give him heroin to calm himself, and eventually caves in and uses it. In a drug-induced euphoric state, Mahone then confronts Michael with a shank, threatening him not to mess with him or be killed.
In "Interference," Mahone saves the plan, mentioning a coffee cup he acquired in the prison. As the guards are drinking from them, it can be served as a weak point. However, before joining the escape plan, Agent Lang approaches him with an offer from Internal Affairs; if he testifies against the Company, he will be released from Sona. Mahone agrees and is removed from Sona, but by this time, he has become dramatically agitated by his withdrawal symptoms, and he begins to show signs of obsessive paranoia. He is eventually no longer able to hide signs of his drug addiction, which damages the credibility of his testimony. Consequently, he is forced to return to Sona.
After his return, he is approached by T-Bag to challenge Sammy by throwing down the chicken foot, and kill him by "do[ing] that one,that... neck thing(snapping the neck from a clinch)", in return for a free supply of heroin. Alex does not answer, but when T-Bag visits him to deliver his dose, he finds him suffering badly from withdrawal symptoms, shaking, and sweating. After Alex declines the syringe, T-Bag lectures him on how withdrawal is the worst way to die and that he won't help him with another dose unless Alex takes Sammy on. After Mahone declines by saying, "See you on the other side...", T-Bag knocks him to the ground, kicks him several times, and mocks him on his fall from favor, then leaves him convulsing on the cell floor.
Mahone is among the four would-be escapees who make it out (Lechero, T-Bag, and Bellick get caught because Michael sets them up as decoys). Mahone may have been the target of the trap as well, but knowing Michael, he decided it would be safer to follow him from behind. After escaping prison, Mahone and the escapees run through the woods near the beach and get to carry Whistler after falling on his ankle. When arriving at a warehouse safely with his fellow convicts, Mahone is about to leave but is stopped by Lincoln, who points a gun at his head. Michael tries to intervene, but Linc insists on avenging their father's demise. Mahone then explains The Company's threat to his family and successfully escapes the warehouse after Whistler jumps through a window, leaving the two brothers again.
In the following episode, "The Art of the Deal," Mahone is seen waiting in a bar for someone most of the episode. Later, Gretchen and Whistler meet him there and ask him to join them in some task that is not revealed to the viewers. Mahone agrees. He is next seen in a scene sitting in the back seat of a car with Gretchen and Whistler.
Season 4
In Season 4, Mahone's son is murdered in front of his mother by Wyatt. Mahone is arrested when he arrives at the crime scene. He joins the gang in bringing down the Company in exchange for his freedom, which also helps him look for Wyatt to exact revenge on him for murdering his son Cameron.
Alex eventually tracks down Wyatt and tortures him until he calls Mahone's wife to apologize. He continues to hunt down Scylla with the group, and after Donald Self betrays them, Mahone returns to the states to find Felicia Lang who gets Agent Wheeler in order to bring Scylla into trusted hands to take down the Company. It is later revealed Wheeler just wanted to take Mahone to prison, so Mahone plans an escape and flees custody. He then later returns to the group in the search for Scylla because he owed Lincoln.
The team is then separated, with Mahone, Lincoln and Self working for General Jonathan Krantz to obtain Scylla and return it to the general. At this point, Mahone's alliance is unknown until the finale, where he helps Michael plan to get Scylla and into the right hands. Once they give Scylla to the United Nations, everyone is set free. Four years in the future, Alex is in a relationship with Felicia. He goes to visit Michael's grave with the others.
Prison Break: The Final Break
After Alex is exonerated, he returns to his hometown. He goes back to the FBI headquarters to obtain his job back. It turns out to get his job back, he must spy on Michael Scofield who is planning another prison break. Throughout the movie he stays in touch with an FBI agent. He is leaking bits and pieces of Michael's plan to him until the end where it's revealed all along he was aiding Michael to lead the FBI off-trail. At the same time, Michael breaks Sara out of the hybrid jail/prison, Miami-Dade. During the movie, Mahone brings up the point that the power unit of the prison could be taken out at the cost of Michael's life, which foreshadows Michael's "death."
Abilities
Genius-level intellect: Mahone proved to be a worthy intellectual rival against Scofield as he managed to quickly decode and reverse engineer Michael's plans. He has a profound knowledge of criminal psychology and the art of hunting them down. Alex was also a prominent member of the Scylla team as he combined his brain with Michael's. Although, he was outsmarted several times by Michael, he was still a dangerous agent who was close to capturing the Fox River Eight.
Master Investigator: Alex Mahone is the Special Agent in-Charge at the FBI and has captured numerous fugitives. He has years of experience in law enforcement and investigation.
Master hand-to-hand combatant: Alex is also a capable fighter, able to overpower individuals bigger than him such as Lincoln Burrows and one of Lechero's men. He was a former Special Ops operative and such was trained in dangerous martial arts.
Expert marksman: Mahone was a capable marksman as he was able to shoot Aldo Burrows from long distances.
Appearances
Episodes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Season 1 Season 2 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Season 3 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Season 4 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Season 5
Trivia
Mahone visits Bellick in Fox River in the Message
Mahone appears in every episode, following his introduction.
Mahone is Catholic, revealed during his conversation with Tweener.
Mahone has re-joined the Company 5 times, the most of any character; first when he was hunting the Fox River Eight, then when he killed Agent Blondie, then again when Mahone was behind bars (because Bill Kim want to banish him), again after he did broke out of Sona and then last time when he was with Lincoln Burrows' gang.
Mahone was told he was both the same as Wyatt Mathewson and T-Bag.
Mahone did visit Fox River in The Message and Chicago.
Mahone has never met Sophia.
He saw her held captive on a TV in Krantz's suite.
Despite making Bellick free, Mahone never told about the death of Roy Geary, which was the reason why Bellick was in prison at all.
Also note that Mahone told Bellick secretly about the Company.
Although Mahone did kill Oscar Shales, in Five the Hard Way, Mahone reveals he killed more people before. This is also revealed in the book, Prison Break - The Classified FBI Files, but not as specific as in the show.
Mahone never did capture T-Bag during season 2. He is the only member of the Fox River Eight who didn't saw Mahone at all and wasn't captured by him.
General Jonathan Krantz said to Mahone that he should start a new family. Ironically enough, Mahone started a new family with Felicia Lang.
Mahone did kill 5 people who appeared in a season premiere, more than Wyatt Mathewson with 4. Agent Blondie in season 2, World in season 3, Wyatt Mathewson in season 4 (Tweener and Haywire both in season 2 in a flashback).
Mahone along with non-canon-character Paxton and canon-characters T-Bag and Sammy have killed characters which they broke the neck from.
Notes and references
See also
Alexander Mahone/Relationships
Main cast kill count
The Sona Seven (2005 - 2010/2011)
Michael Scofield James Whistler Tracy McGrady Alexander Mahone Fernando Sucre Brad Bellick Theodore Bagwell
The Scylla Team (2005)
Michael Scofield Lincoln Burrows Fernando Sucre Alexander Mahone Brad Bellick Roland Glenn Sara Scofield Donald Self Gretchen Morgan Theodore Bagwell
|
||
6282
|
dbpedia
|
1
| 14
|
https://letterboxd.com/film/the-whistler/
|
en
|
The Whistler (1944)
|
[
"https://s.ltrbxd.com/static/img/empty-poster-1000.231946d0.png",
"https://s.ltrbxd.com/static/img/empty-poster-230.6b1dabe6.png",
"https://s.ltrbxd.com/static/img/flags/USA.165ff2bd.svg",
"https://s.ltrbxd.com/static/img/flags/USA.165ff2bd.svg",
"https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/avatar/upload/1/0/4/8/8/6/8/5/shard/avtr-0-80-0-80-crop.jpg?v=dbba1ffefa",
"https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/avatar/upload/2/3/7/6/1/9/3/shard/avtr-0-80-0-80-crop.jpg?v=750551bed4",
"https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/avatar/upload/4/5/1/3/1/8/8/shard/avtr-0-80-0-80-crop.jpg?v=aee70ba8e6",
"https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/avatar/upload/3/6/6/9/5/3/1/shard/avtr-0-80-0-80-crop.jpg?v=88e7c8992d",
"https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/avatar/upload/6/3/5/0/8/0/shard/avtr-0-80-0-80-crop.jpg?v=1c2c90628b",
"https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/avatar/upload/1/3/3/0/2/shard/avtr-0-80-0-80-crop.jpg?v=66a8c7dd3e",
"https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/avatar/upload/7/9/9/7/3/3/9/shard/avtr-0-80-0-80-crop.jpg?v=2355c564a6",
"https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/avatar/upload/6/7/4/6/6/4/0/shard/avtr-0-80-0-80-crop.jpg?v=2992c9379a",
"https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/avatar/twitter/3/1/3/7/8/shard/http___a0.twimg.com_profile_images_3740101724_d56116b166c6ddb6e6be14da87884b12-0-80-0-80-crop.png?v=922c384898",
"https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/avatar/twitter/6/2/6/8/shard/http___a0.twimg.com_profile_images_379298447_mutantzoid2-0-80-0-80-crop.jpg?v=471755f205",
"https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/avatar/upload/2/4/3/5/9/2/8/shard/avtr-0-80-0-80-crop.jpg?v=d28cf9981a",
"https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/avatar/upload/2/4/6/5/4/shard/avtr-0-80-0-80-crop.jpg?v=0a56cdaa34",
"https://s.ltrbxd.com/static/img/empty-poster-110.69da135f.png",
"https://s.ltrbxd.com/static/img/empty-poster-110.69da135f.png",
"https://s.ltrbxd.com/static/img/empty-poster-110.69da135f.png",
"https://s.ltrbxd.com/static/img/empty-poster-110.69da135f.png",
"https://s.ltrbxd.com/static/img/empty-poster-110.69da135f.png",
"https://s.ltrbxd.com/static/img/empty-poster-110.69da135f.png"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[] | null |
A guilt-ridden man blames himself for his wife's death and secretly pays an assassin to kill him. But then he finds out that his wife isn't dead at all. And now the assassin is on his trail, with no way to call off the hit.
|
en
|
https://letterboxd.com/film/the-whistler/
|
Spoilers ahead.
It's a weirdly compelling gimmick to have a series of films about a character who never appears, and yet have them all (but one) star the same actor. That is exactly what Columbia did with the Whistler series, based on a radio program in which (based on what I learned from Wikipedia) an all-seeing, all-knowing character comments archly on the action. Though the Whistler himself is only a voice in the films, Richard Dix stars in seven of the eight of them (the last seven films of his career), in each playing the main character in the story the Whistler is telling.
In this, the first installment of the series, Dix is Earl Conrad, an industrialist who lost…
Of all the “b” series the Hollywood studios produced during their Golden Age, The Whistler is probably my favorite. It may have begun as Columbia’s answer to Universal’s Inner Sanctum series, a group of self-contained films based on a radio show that featured a recurring lead (Lon Chaney Jr) in a variety of roles, but The Whistler quickly surpassed the Inner Sanctum in quality and consistency. The credit should go to William Castle, who directed four of the first five entries. In his pre-gimmick days, Castle had a knack for noir, but he also brought his taste for the macabre to the series, which other directors had the good sense to hold on to. The first seven entries also benefitted…
The Whistler? More like The Mid-ler
(I am running on 5 hours of sleep)
———————
The Whistler is a little film noir film by William Castle. I thoroughly enjoyed House on Haunted Hill, and was surprised by how well made it was, specifically the direction, so I was interested in the premise of the whisperer films and figured it would be worth the watch.
The film follows a man who hires a hit man to kill himself following the death of his wife. As the story goes on and the man realizes his wife is still alive he must attempt to call off the hit that he put on his own life, realizing how much there is for him to…
|
||||||
6282
|
dbpedia
|
0
| 58
|
http://thecinemacafe.com/the-cinema-treasure-hunter/2015/7/31/plundering-the-genre-films-noir
|
en
|
Plundering the Genre: Film Noir — The Cinema Cafe
|
http://static1.squarespace.com/static/51c542f1e4b08e4e524f79ef/t/55bb4643e4b062a67a2e3ba3/1438336587603/?format=1500w
|
http://static1.squarespace.com/static/51c542f1e4b08e4e524f79ef/t/55bb4643e4b062a67a2e3ba3/1438336587603/?format=1500w
|
[
"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c542f1e4b08e4e524f79ef/1438336587274-X02KEKYOQ7BONXGU9D32/image-asset.jpeg",
"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c542f1e4b08e4e524f79ef/1438336841036-M2CXYRDUFKHA5JZMHSZU/image-asset.jpeg",
"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c542f1e4b08e4e524f79ef/1438337267793-67A8424BRPBIVPIBWUU3/image-asset.jpeg",
"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c542f1e4b08e4e524f79ef/1438337754991-YSBE91CUJQ92ZFNR5FLL/image-asset.jpeg",
"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c542f1e4b08e4e524f79ef/1438337542664-22RYA8VK27BT38WGE35C/image-asset.jpeg",
"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c542f1e4b08e4e524f79ef/1438338591690-C2XBGXVIJ66J6133IA4B/image-asset.jpeg",
"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c542f1e4b08e4e524f79ef/1448518461936-JEIVRYB7YBM058V9ANJC/image-asset.jpeg",
"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c542f1e4b08e4e524f79ef/1448519099207-9ONA803J5OIHN9EO3EHB/The-Big-Heat-1953.jpg",
"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c542f1e4b08e4e524f79ef/1448519523794-YJRF52NDRA3XIFXOEG95/crydanger+%281%29.jpg",
"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c542f1e4b08e4e524f79ef/1448520153811-TSKWOVC1NRFBFPSJIPCS/image-asset.jpeg",
"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c542f1e4b08e4e524f79ef/1448520716040-RPB4B5PSFKK2WHUBRIJQ/Enforcer-1.jpg",
"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c542f1e4b08e4e524f79ef/1448521315779-9REYZWC9CR2AXGO07JRM/THoTJ4.png",
"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c542f1e4b08e4e524f79ef/1448522848213-MMK0BYMH161ID32ZX0XP/image-asset.jpeg",
"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c542f1e4b08e4e524f79ef/1448523585217-363D7S59POJ1U1IWADRD/he-walked-16.jpg",
"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c542f1e4b08e4e524f79ef/1448525001711-BJ1R98ZZL3IGPL0SCOKS/image-asset.png",
"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c542f1e4b08e4e524f79ef/1448529777660-45KPN261VTJ2RWYJIFKQ/j.e..jpg",
"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c542f1e4b08e4e524f79ef/1448530114650-TFJZ7AW1FJPLDKSXYYZ3/image-asset.jpeg",
"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c542f1e4b08e4e524f79ef/1448530292993-XAEV3ESBQ05HWRLFDSBR/image-asset.jpeg",
"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c542f1e4b08e4e524f79ef/1448530783039-QAQHH6RG0HMUH0XEUP1Y/mildredrev.jpg",
"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c542f1e4b08e4e524f79ef/1448531273450-7SW73193ER29AQ404PT0/image-asset.jpeg",
"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c542f1e4b08e4e524f79ef/1448536487281-C6IPC24EEQF5J0Z56F5W/image-asset.jpeg",
"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c542f1e4b08e4e524f79ef/1448531788085-FHK9JJKR6RS9O4MGL790/image-asset.jpeg",
"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c542f1e4b08e4e524f79ef/1448531982803-4CVIN567CK2IWXMG06KB/image-asset.jpeg",
"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c542f1e4b08e4e524f79ef/1448532286696-O6Q8RMVJGNV1NNLXYXAX/image-asset.jpeg",
"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c542f1e4b08e4e524f79ef/1448532536599-5864DMHCMZZRRWX3VVPU/image-asset.jpeg",
"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c542f1e4b08e4e524f79ef/1448532782822-B3TBKD98IY87QVP0YJ20/image-asset.jpeg",
"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c542f1e4b08e4e524f79ef/1448533164372-UKSZ3PH5C621EFOOWF1F/image-asset.png",
"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c542f1e4b08e4e524f79ef/1448533435156-98CVG2R3FY61WL1JKE3L/image-asset.jpeg",
"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c542f1e4b08e4e524f79ef/1448536066508-X61GFKYON0PRXQ6C8JAE/image-asset.jpeg",
"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c542f1e4b08e4e524f79ef/1448534011675-BL3CWXGE1T7UX8NYN8AQ/image-asset.jpeg"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[
"Arthur Grant"
] |
2015-07-31T00:00:00
|
From the dawn of cinema, it took about 40+ years for what came to be known as film noir (or "black film") to appear on the scene. In the U.S. these types of crime films were not purposely made and it took some French film critics in the mid 1940s to first identify and define their collecti
|
en
|
https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c542f1e4b08e4e524f79ef/1371883189538-HU77JUTKY7SHYZCUC53L/favicon.ico
|
The Cinema Cafe
|
http://thecinemacafe.com/the-cinema-treasure-hunter/2015/7/31/plundering-the-genre-films-noir
|
From the dawn of cinema, it was 40+ years for what came to be known as film noir (or "black film") to appear on the scene. In the U.S., these types of crime films were not purposely made and it took some French film critics in the mid-1940s to first identify and define their collective traits. Since then, there have been limitless essays, books, lectures, academic and online courses, Facebook chat-rooms and noir festivals devoted to the subject, not to mention the more contemporary films that have emulated their theme and style. All of these combined endeavours have failed to curb the countless individuals, scholarly or otherwise, who still ask, debate and ponder exactly what film noir really is!
My approach to the question is somewhat different from those who define pronounced characteristics or a combination thereof as definitive examples of U.S. films noir, i.e. German expressionism, minimal lighting, abstract imagery, flashback narratives, a predominant use of shadows, cold urban surroundings and duplicitous or corrupt characters including femme fatales. Other hallmarks frequently mentioned are wrongly accused protagonists or those involved in circumstances they don’t fully recall or comprehend, alienation, crime novels used as source material, and the ending of the war with the enlisted men returning to an unfamiliar peacetime environment and economy. Finally, there are traits of life's existential uncertainty, an overriding sense of cynicism and bleak futuristic outlook. These are all factors that make strong contributions to this classification but no single element previously mentioned (or combination thereof) is necessary to fulfil its precise definition. Therefore, I would propose that these ingredients only subordinate a greater truth about what really lies at the heart of noir: the focus on the psychology of its principal characters. The noir element the French were referring to was the blacker side of human consciousness. This exploration of the criminals' thought processes or the criminally minded, individuals wrongly accused or those tasked to investigate the perpetration of wrongdoing is noir’s key defining feature and common denominator. That is why films noir can transcend the story's setting and cross over into other genres. Films of this type supply, or at the very least greatly enhance, motive. Noir's deeper psychological exploration constitutes the primary difference from the predominate crime films of the 30s where the characters' simple, fearless quest for money and power would constitute enough reason for their criminal pursuits. In addition, there was a typical lack of inner conflict for those tasked to apprehend them. Make no mistake: a pervasive atmosphere of crime is necessary as well, even if one does not actually occur. “Immoral” acts alone won’t suffice. They are called film noir, not film grey… so require the stronger, more identifiable and less subjective boundaries of illegality to trespass.
In films noir, we are practically bombarded with what the characters are thinking and how they are responding. Their plans, aspirations, especially the ‘why’ behind it all, fill in the best of these noir stories with a more human fallibility and compulsory nature, providing its subject’s unique dimension, that transfixes us, making it impossible to turn away. These added insights into the thoughts and feelings of those typically caught up in extraordinary circumstances give these films their magnetic drawing power, keeping them vivid in our memory long after their stories have concluded.
In many of the 30s gangster films we’re routinely reminded of who’s good versus bad, but noir acts like sulfuric acid on lines that separate right from wrong creating a more urgent and impactful narrative. Noir’s populace may have brought these undesirable conditions upon themselves with dreams of a better life or less dismal future, or they may respond to occurrences in an unconventionally immoral way. Nevertheless, the arts have a duty to explore all forms of human endeavour even the “left-handed” ones, to probe deeper into the human psyche including the shadowy, less-conscious areas. Besides, dreams and those who live them are what great storytelling is about and what helps make noir so damn exciting and special.
I have prepared a list featuring U.S. Produced films noir in the 1940s and 1950s completing noir's classic timeline. It is intended to be all inclusive meaning that if any so called “expert” in the field has identified a film as noir that I’m aware of, it will be listed regardless if I agree. This will be a work in progress. Instances where noir has successfully infiltrated other genres (or vice-versa) have been included plus additional entries will be added as they are discovered. Some outstanding examples from other countries, notable pre and post-noir films will be listed separately in time. Noir aficionados and students may wish to bookmark this page for future reference and please feel free to e-mail me (arthur@thecinemacafe.com) with any suggestions for additional titles I may have missed.
U.S.A. Produced Films Noir (1940 - 1959)
Abandoned (Abandoned Woman) 1949
Accomplice 1946
The Accused 1948
Accused of Murder 1956 C
*Ace in the Hole (The Big Carnival) 1951
Across the Pacific 1942 (E)
An Act of Murder 1948
*Act of Violence 1949
*Address Unknown 1944
Affair in Havana 1957
Affair in Reno 1957
Affair in Trinidad 1952
After Midnight with Boston Blackie 1943 (SE “Boston Blackie”)
*Al Capone 1959 (NG)
Alias Boston Blackie 1942 (SE “Boston Blackie”)
*Alias Nick Beal (The Contact Man) 1949 (F)
Alimony 1949
All My Sons 1948
*All the King’s Men 1949
All Through the Night 1941 (C-P, E)
Allotment Wives 1945
Along the Great Divide 1951 (WE)
The Amazing Mr X (The Spiritualist) 1948 (SU)
Among the Living 1941
*Anatomy of a Murder 1959
*Angel Face 1953
Angela 1954
Angels Over Broadway 1940
Another Man’s Poison 1952
Apology for Murder 1945
Appointment with a Shadow 1958
Appointment with Danger 1951
Appointment with Murder 1948 (SE “The Falcon”)
Arch of Triumph 1948 (WA)
The Argyle Secrets 1948 (E)
*Armored Car Robbery 1950
The Arnelo Affair 1947
*Arsenic and Old Lace 1944 (C-P)
Arson for Hire 1959
Arson, Inc. 1949
*The Asphalt Jungle 1950
Assigned to Danger 1948
*Attack! 1956 (WA)
Autumn Leaves 1956
*Baby Face Nelson 1957 (NG)
*Backfire 1950
Backlash 1947
The Bad and the Beautiful 1952
*Bad Day at Black Rock 1955 C (WE)
Bad for Each Other 1953
The Bad Seed 1956 (H)
The Badlanders 1958 C (WE)
Bait 1954
The Band Wagon 1953 C (M)
The Beast with Five Fingers 1946 (H)
The Beat Generation 1959 (JD)
Beat the Devil 1953 (C-P)
Bedlam 1946 (H)
Bedevilled 1955 C
Behave Yourself! 1951 (C-P)
Behind Green Lights 1946
Behind Locked Doors 1948
Behind the High Wall 1956 (PR)
Below the Deadline 1946
Berlin Express 1948
*The Best Years of Our Lives 1946
Betrayal from the East 1945
*Betrayed (When Strangers Marry) 1944
Betrayed 1954 C
Betrayed Women 1955
Between Midnight and Dawn 1950
Beware, My Lovely 1952 (P)
Bewitched 1945
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt 1956
Beyond the Forest 1949
The Big Bluff 1955
The Big Boodle 1957
The Big Caper 1957
*The Big Clock 1948
*The Big Combo 1955
*The Big Heat 1953
*Big House, U.S.A. 1955 (PR)
Big Jim McLain 1952
*The Big Knife 1955
The Big Night 1951
The Big Operator (Anatomy of the Syndicate) 1959
The Big Punch 1948
The Big Shot 1942
*The Big Sleep 1946
*The Big Steal 1949
The Big Tip Off 1955
Big Town (Guilty Assignment) 1947
The Bigamist 1953
*Black Angel 1946
*The Black Book (Reign of Terror) 1949 (P, WA)
*Black Hand 1950 (P)
Black Friday 1940 (H)
Black Magic 1949 (P)
Black Market Babies 1945
Black Patch 1957 (WE)
*Black Tuesday 1954 (PR)
Black Widow 1954 C
Blackmail 1947
Blind Spot 1947
Blonde Alibi 1946
The Blonde Bandit 1950
Blonde for a Day 1946 (SE “Michael Shayne”)
Blonde Ice 1948
*Blood on the Moon 1948 (WE)
Blood on the Sun 1945
Blowing Wild 1953
*The Blue Dahlia 1946
The Blue Gardenia 1953
Bluebeard 1944
A Blueprint for Murder 1953
Blues in the Night 1941
*Body and Soul 1947
The Body Snatcher 1945 (H, P)
Bodyguard 1948
The Bonnie Parker Story 1956 (NG)
Boomerang! 1947
*Border Incident 1949
Borderline 1950 (C-P)
*Born to be Bad 1950
*Born to Kill (Deadlier than the Male) 1947
The Boss 1956
Boston Blackie and the Law 1946 (SE “Boston Blackie”)
Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion 1945 (SE “Boston Blackie”)
Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood 1942 (C-P, SE “Boston Blackie”)
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture 1949 (SE “Boston Blackie”)
Boston Blackie's Rendezvous 1945 (SE “Boston Blackie”)
The Brasher Doubloon 1947
The Bravados 1958 C (WE)
Breakdown 1952
*The Breaking Point 1950
*The Bribe 1949
The Brighton Strangler 1945
*The Brothers Rico 1957
Brute Force 1947 (PR)
The Brute Man 1946 (H)
A Bullet for Joey 1955
A Bullet Is Waiting 1954 C
Bullet Scars 1942
Bunco Squad 1950
*The Burglar 1957
Bury Me Dead 1947
C-Man 1949
Caged 1950 (PR)
Calcutta 1947
Call Northside 777 1948
Calling Dr. Death 1943 (H, SE “Inner Sanctum”)
Calling Homicide 1956
Canon City 1948
Captive City 1952
The Capture 1950 (WE)
Cargo to Capetown 1950
Carmen Jones 1954 C (M)
Carousel 1956 C (M)
Casablanca 1942
Casbah 1948
The Case Against Brooklyn 1958
Castle on the Hudson 1940
*Cat People 1942 (H)
*Caught 1949
Cause for Alarm 1951
Cell 2455, Death Row 1955 (PR)
Chain of Evidence 1957
*Champion 1949
The Chance of a Lifetime 1943 (SE “Boston Blackie”)
*The Chase 1946
Chicago Confidential 1957
Chicago Deadline 1949
Chicago Syndicate 1955
Chinatown at Midnight 1949
*Christmas Holiday 1944
Circumstantial Evidence 1945
City Across the River 1949 (JD)
City for Conquest 1941
City of Chance 1940
*City of Fear 1959
City of Shadows 1955
City that Never Sleeps 1953
*Clash by Night 1952
*The Clay Pigeon 1949
Cloak and Dagger 1946 (E)
A Close Call for Boston Blackie 1946 (SE “Boston Blackie”)
Code Two 1953
*Colorado Territory 1948 (WE)
Come Back Little Sheba 1952
Come Fill the Cup 1951
The Come On 1956
The Company She Keeps 1951
*Compulsion 1959
Confessions of Boston Blackie 1941 (SE “Boston Blackie”)
Confidential Agent 1945 (E)
*Conflict 1945
Congo Crossing 1956 C
Conspirator 1949 (E)
The Conspirators 1944 (WA)
Convicted 1950 (PR)
Cop Hater 1958
*Cornered 1945
Coroner Creek 1948 C (WE)
Count the Hours 1953
Cover Up 1949
*Crack-Up 1946
*Crashout 1955 (PR)
Crime Against Joe 1956
Crime and Punishment USA 1959
Crime by Night 1944
Crime Doctor 1943 (SE “The Crime Doctor”)
The Crime Doctor’s Courage 1945 (SE “The Crime Doctor”)
The Crime Doctor’s Diary 1949 (SE “The Crime Doctor”)
The Crime Doctor’s Gamble 1947 (SE “The Crime Doctor”)
Crime Doctor’s Man Hunt (The Crime Doctor’s Honor) 1946 (SE “The Crime Doctor”)
The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case 1943 (SE “The Crime Doctor”)
The Crime Doctor’s Warning 1945 (SE “The Crime Doctor”)
Crime in the Streets 1956 (JD)
Crime of Passion 1957
*Crime Wave 1954
Criminal Court 1946
The Crimson Key 1947
*The Crimson Kimono 1959
Crisis 1950
*Criss Cross 1949
The Crooked Circle 1957
The Crooked Way 1949
The Crooked Web 1955
*Crossfire 1947
Crossroads 1942
The Cruel Tower 1956
The Cry Baby Killer 1958 (JD)
*Cry Danger 1951
A Cry in the Night 1956
Cry Murder 1950
*Cry of the City 1948
*Cry of the Hunted 1953
Cry Terror! 1958
Cry Tough 1959
*Cry Vengeance 1954
*Cry Wolf 1947
*The Curse of the Cat People 1944 (H)
*Daisy Kenyon 1947
*The Damned Don’t Cry 1950
Danger Signal 1945
Danger Zone 1951
*Dangerous Crossing 1953
Dangerous Intruder 1945
Dangerous Mission 1954 C 3-D
Dangerous Passage 1944
A Dangerous Profession 1949
Dangerous Years 1947 (JD)
*Dark City 1950
*The Dark Corner 1946
The Dark Mirror 1946
*Dark Passage 1947
The Dark Past 1948
Dark Waters 1944
Date with Death 1959
A Date with the Falcon 1942 (SE “The Falcon”)
*Day of the Outlaw 1959 (WE)
*The Day the Earth Stood Still 1951 (SF)
The Day the World Ended 1955 (H, SF)
Dead Man’s Eyes 1944 (SE “Inner Sanctum”)
*Dead Reckoning 1947
*Deadline at Dawn 1946
*Deadline - U.S.A. 1952
Death in Small Doses 1957
Death of a Salesman 1951
Death of a Scoundrel 1956
*Deception 1946
Decision Before Dawn 1951 (WA)
*Decoy 1946
Deep Valley 1947
Dementia (Daughter of Horror) 1953 (H)
Deported 1950
*Desert Fury 1947 C
*Desperate 1947
*Desperate Hours 1955
Destination Murder 1950
Destiny 1944
Detective Story 1951
*Detour 1945
*The Devil and Daniel Webster 1941 (F, P)
*The Devil Thumbs a Ride 1947
Devil's Cargo 1948 (SE “The Falcon”)
*Devil’s Doorway 1950 (WE)
The Devil's Mask 1946 (SE “I Love a Mystery”)
The Devil’s Sleep 1949
Dial M for Murder 1954 C 3-D
Dial 1119 1950
Dial Red O 1955
Dick Tracy 1945 (SE “Dick Tracy”)
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome 1947 (SE “Dick Tracy”)
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball 1946 (SE “Dick Tracy”)
Dick Tracy's Dilemma 1947 (SE “Dick Tracy”)
*Dillinger 1945 (NG)
Dishonored Lady 1947
*D.O.A. 1950
Donald’s Crime 1945 C (C-P)
*Don’t Bother to Knock 1952
Don’t Gamble with Strangers 1946
Doorway to Suspicion 1954
Double Deal 1950
*Double Indemnity 1944
Double Jeopardy 1955
*A Double Life 1948
Down Three Dark Streets 1954
Dr. Broadway 1942 (C-P)
*Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1941 (H, P)
Dragnet 1954 C
*Dragonwyck 1946 (H, P)
*Drive a Crooked Road 1954
Duck Pimples 1945 C (C-P)
Duel in the Sun 1946 C (WE)
Duffy of San Quentin 1954 (PR)
The Face Behind the Mask 1941
*A Face in the Crowd 1957
Face of a Fugitive 1959 C (WE)
The Falcon and the Co-Eds 1943 (SE “The Falcon”)
The Falcon in Danger 1943 (SE “The Falcon”)
The Falcon in Hollywood 1944 (SE “The Falcon”)
The Falcon in Mexico 1944 (SE “The Falcon”)
The Falcon in San Francisco 1945 (SE “The Falcon”)
The Falcon Out West 1944 (SE “The Falcon”)
The Falcon Strikes Back 1943 (SE “The Falcon”)
The Falcon Takes Over 1942 (SE “The Falcon”)
The Falcon's Adventure 1946 (SE “The Falcon”)
The Falcon's Alibi 1946 (SE “The Falcon”)
The Falcon's Brother 1942 (SE “The Falcon”)
Fall Guy 1947
Fallen Angel 1946 The Fallen Sparrow 1943 The Fast and the Furious 1955 The Fat Man 1951 The Fatal Witness 1945 FBI Girl 1951 The FBI Story 1959 C
Fear 1946
Fear in the Night 1947 The Fearmakers 1958 The Female Animal 1958 Female Jungle 1956 Female on the Beach 1955 The Fiend Who Walked the West 1958 (WE) *The File on Thelma Jordan 1950 Finger Man 1955 Fingerprints Don’t Lie 1951 Fingers at the Window 1942 Five 1951 (H, SF) 5 Against the House 1955 *Five Fingers 1952 (E)
5 Steps to Danger 1956
Fixed Bayonets 1951 (WA)
The Flame 1947
Flame of the Islands 1956 C
*Flamingo Road 1949
Flaxy Martin 1949
Flesh and Fantasy 1943 (F)
Flesh and Fury 1952
Flight to Hong Kong 1956
Fly-By-Night 1942 (C-P)
*Follow Me Quietly 1949
Footsteps in the Night 1957
For You I Die 1947
Forbidden 1954
*Force of Evil 1948
*Foreign Correspondent 1940 (E)
Foreign Intrigue 1956 C
*Forty Guns 1957 (WE)
Four Boys and a Gun 1957
Four Shall Die (Condemned Men) 1940 (H)
*Fourteen Hours 1951
*Framed 1947
The French Key 1946
From Hell to Texas 1958 C (WE)
The Frozen Ghost 1945 (H, SE “Inner Sanctum”)
The Fugitive 1947
The Furies 1950 (WE)
Hail the Conquering Hero 1944 (C-P)
The Halliday Brand 1957 (WE)
*Hangmen Also Die! 1943 (WA)
*Hangover Square 1945 (H, P)
Hard Boiled Mahoney 1947 (C-P)
*The Harder they Fall 1956
A Hatful of Rain 1957
*He Ran All the Way 1951
*He Walked by Night 1948
Heartaches 1947
Hell Bound 1957
Hell on Frisco Bay 1955 C
Hell’s Half Acre 1954
Hell’s Island (South Sea Fury) 1955 C
Her Kind of Man 1946
Hidden Fear 1957
Hideout 1949
High-Jacked 1950
*High Noon 1952 (WE)
*High Sierra 1941 (NG)
High Tide 1947
*High Wall 1947
*Highway 301 1950
Highway Dragnet 1954
Highway West 1941
His Kind of Woman 1951
Hit and Run 1957
*The Hitch-Hiker 1953
Hitler's Children 1943
Hold Back Tomorrow 1955 (PR)
*Hollow Triumph (The Scar) 1948
Hollywood Story 1951
Home of the Brave 1949 (WA)
Homicide 1949
Hong Kong Confidential 1949
The Hoodlum 1951
Hoodlum Empire 1952
Hot Cargo 1946
Hot Summer Night 1957
The House Across the Bay 1940
House by the River 1950 (P)
House of Bamboo 1955 C
House of Horrors 1946 (H)
House of Numbers 1957 (PR)
*House of Strangers 1949
The House on 92nd Street 1945 (E)
*The House on Telegraph Hill 1951
The Houston Story 1952
*Human Desire 1954
The Human Jungle 1954
Humoresque 1947
Hunt the Man Down 1950
*The Hunted 1948
I Cheated the Law 1949
*I Confess 1953
I Cover the Underworld 1955
I Died a Thousand Times 1955 C
I, Jane Doe 1948
I Love a Mystery 1945 (SE “I Love a Mystery”)
I Love Trouble 1948
I, Mobster 1958 (NG)
I Shot Jesse James 1949 (WE)
I, the Jury 1953 3-D
*I Wake Up Screaming 1941
*I Walk Alone 1948
*I Walked with a Zombie 1943 (H)
I Want to Live! 1958 (PR)
I Want You 1951
I Was a Communist for the FBI 1951
I Was a Shoplifter 1950
I Was Framed 1942 (PR)
I Wouldn’t Be In Your Shoes 1948
I’ll Cry Tomorrow 1955
*Illegal 1955
Illegal Entry 1949
*Impact 1949
*In a Lonely Place 1950
Incident 1948
*Inferno 1953 C 3-D
Inner Sanctum 1948 (SE “Inner Sanctum”)
Inside Detroit 1956
Inside Job 1946
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison 1951 (PR)
Insurance Investigator 1951
Intrigue 1947
Invaders from Mars 1953 C (H, SF)
*Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1956 (H, SF)
The Invisible Wall 1947
The Iron Curtain 1948 (E)
Iron Man 1951
Island of Doomed Men 1940
Island Women (Island Woman) 1958
*Isle of the Dead 1945 (H)
Istanbul 1957 C
*Ivy 1947
Ladies in Retirement 1941 (P)
Lady at Midnight 1948
The Lady Confesses 1945
*The Lady from Shanghai 1948
The Lady Gambles 1949
Lady Gangster 1942
Lady in the Death House 1944 (PR)
Lady in the Lake 1947
Lady on a Train 1945 (C-P)
*A Lady Without Passport 1950
Larceny 1948
Larceny in Her Heart 1946 (SE “Michael Shayne”)
Larceny, Inc. 1942 (C-P)
Las Vegas Shakedown 1955
*The Las Vegas Story 1952
The Last Crooked Mile 1946
*The Last Mile 1959 (PR)
*Laura 1944
The Lawless (The Dividing Line) 1950
A Lawless Street 1955 C (WE)
Leave Her To Heaven 1945 C
The Leopard Man 1943 (H)
*The Letter 1940
A Life at Stake 1954
*Lifeboat 1944 (WA)
Lightning Strikes Twice 1951
The Limping Man 1953
*The Lineup 1958
Lisbon 1956 C
*Little Big Horn (The Fighting Seventh) 1951 (WE)
Live Fast, Die Young 1958 (JD)
Lizzie 1957
Loan Shark 1952
*The Locket 1947
The Lodger 1944 (H, P)
Lonelyhearts (Miss Lonelyhearts) 1958
The Long Night 1947
The Long Wait 1954
Loophole 1954
The Lost Hours (The Big Frame) 1952
Lost, Lonely and Vicious 1958
The Lost Moment 1947
*The Lost Weekend 1945
Louisiana Hussy 1959
Love from a Stranger 1947
Love Letters 1945
*Love Me or Leave Me 1955 C
The Lucky Stiff 1949 (C-P)
Lure of the Swamp 1957
Lured (Personal Column) 1947
Lust for Gold 1949 (WE)
*M 1951
Macao 1952
*Macbeth 1948 (P, WA)
*The Macomber Affair 1947
Mad at the World 1955
The Madonna's Secret 1946
Main Street After Dark 1945
Make Haste to Live 1954
Malaga (Port of Spain) (Fire Over Africa) 1954 C
*The Maltese Falcon 1941
Man Afraid 1957
A Man Alone 1955 C (WE)
*The Man from Colorado 1948 C (WE)
*The Man from Laramie 1955 C (WE)
*Man Hunt 1941 (WA)
The Man I Love 1946
The Man in Half Moon Street 1945 (H)
The Man in the Attic 1953 (P)
Man in the Dark 1953 3-D
Man in the Net 1959
Man in the Shadow 1957 (WE)
Man in the Vault 1956
The Man is Armed 1956
Man of Courage 1943
*Man of the West 1958 C (WE)
*Man on a Tightrope 1953
*The Man on the Eiffel Tower 1949 C
*The Man Who Cheated Himself 1951
The Man Who Dared 1946
The Man Who Died Twice 1958
The Man Who Knew Too Much 1956 C
The Man with a Cloak 1951 (P)
The Man with My Face 1951
The Man with the Golden Arm 1955
*Man with the Gun 1955 (WE)
Manhandled 1949
Manpower 1941
Mantrap 1943
The Mark of the Whistler 1944 (SE “The Whistler”)
The Mask of Diijon 1946
The Mask of Dimitrios 1944
Mask of the Dragons 1951
The Medium 1951 (SU)
Meet Boston Blackie 1941 (SE “Boston Blackie”)
Meet Danny Wilson 1952
The Men 1950
*Men in War 1957 (WA)
Mexican Manhunt 1953
Miami Expose 1956
The Miami Story 1954
Midnight Manhunt 1945 (C-P)
The Midnight Story 1957
*Mildred Pierce 1945
The Millerson Case 1947 (SE “The Crime Doctor”)
Million Dollar Pursuit 1951
Ministry of Fear 1944
*The Miracle of Morgan's Creek 1944 (C-P)
The Missing Juror 1944
Missing Women 1951
Mister Cory 1957 C
*The Mob 1951
Models Inc. 1952
Money Madness 1948
Monsieur Verdoux 1947 (C-P)
The Monster and the Girl 1941 (H)
*Moonrise 1948
Moontide 1942
Moss Rose 1947 (P)
Mr. District Attorney 1947
The Mugger 1958
Murder by Contract 1958
Murder, He Says 1945 (C-P)
Murder is My Beat 1955
Murder is My Business 1946 (SE “Michael Shayne”)
*Murder, My Sweet (Farewell My Lovely) 1944
Murder Without Tears 1953
My Cousin Rachel 1952 (P)
*My Darling Clementine 1946 (WE)
My Favorite Brunette 1947 (C-P)
My Forbidden Past 1951
My Gun is Quick 1957
*My Name is Julia Ross 1945
My Son John 1952
Mysterious Intruder 1946 (SE “The Whistler”)
The Mysterious Mr Valentine 1946
Mystery in Mexico 1948
*Mystery Street 1950
The Naked Alibi 1954
*The Naked City 1948
*The Naked Spur 1953 C (WE)
The Naked Street 1955
*The Narrow Margin 1952
Never Trust a Gambler 1951
New Orleans After Dark 1958
New Orleans Uncensored 1955
*New York Confidential 1955
*Niagara 1953 C
*Night and the City 1950
*Night Editor 1946
*Night Has a Thousand Eyes 1948 (SU)
The Night Holds Terror 1955
Night Into Morning 1951
*The Night of the Hunter 1955 (H, P)
The Night Runner 1957
Night Unto Night 1949
Night Without Sleep 1952
*Nightfall 1957
Nightmare 1956
*Nightmare Alley 1947
*99 River Street 1953
No Down Payment 1957
No Escape (City on a Hunt) 1953
*No Man of Her Own 1950
No Man’s Woman 1955
*No Name on the Bullet 1959 C (WE)
No Questions Asked 1951
No Time to Be Young 1957 (JD)
No Way Out 1950
*Nobody Lives Forever 1946
Nocturne 1946
*Nora Prentiss 1947
Not Wanted 1949
*Notorious 1946 (E)
*Saboteur 1942 (E)
Saigon 1948
San Quentin 1946 (PR)
Scandal Sheet 1952
The Scarf 1951 The Scarlet Hour 1956
*Scarlet Street 1945
Scene of the Crime 1949
Screaming Mimi 1958
Sealed Lips 1942
Search for Danger 1949 (SE “The Falcon”)
Second Chance 1947
Second Chance 1953 C 3-D
The Second Face 1950
The Second Woman 1951
Secret Beyond the Door 1947
Secret Enemies 1942
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty 1947 C (C-P)
The Secret Fury 1950
The Secret of Convict Lake 1951 (WE)
The Secret of the Whistler 1946 (SE “The Whistler”)
Secret Service Investigator 1948
*The Sellout 1952
Sensation Hunters (Club Paradise) 1945
Serenade 1956 C
*The Set-Up 1949
*711 Ocean Drive 1950
*The Seventh Victim 1943 (H)
Shack Out on 101 1955 (E)
*Shadow of a Doubt 1943
Shadow of a Woman 1946
Shadow of Fear (Before I Wake) 1956
Shadow on the Wall 1950
Shadow on the Window 1957
Shadowed 1946
Shadows in the Night (Crime Doctor’s Rendezvous) 1944 (SE “The Crime Doctor”)
Shakedown 1950
The Shanghai Gesture 1941
She Played with Fire (Fortune Is a Woman) 1957
Shed No Tears 1948
Shield for Murder 1954
Shock 1946
*Shockproof 1949
Shoot to Kill 1947
Short Cut to Hell 1957
A Shot in the Dark 1941 (C-P)
The Showdown 1950 (WE)
*Side Street 1950
The Sign of the Ram 1948
Silent Partner 1944
Silver Lode 1954 C (WE)
Singapore 1947
Sirocco 1951
Six Bridges to Cross 1955 (JD)
Slander 1957
Slattery's Hurricane 1949
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue 1957
Sleep, My Love 1948
The Sleeping City 1950
Slightly Scarlet 1956 C
Smart Girls Don’t Talk 1948
Smash-Up, The Story of a Woman 1947
Smooth as Silk 1946
Smuggler’s Island 1951
The Snake Pit 1948
*The Sniper 1952
So Dark the Night 1946
So Evil My Love 1949 (P)
*Somewhere in the Night 1946
Son of Dracula 1943 (H)
Song of the Thin Man 1947 (C-P)
*Sorry, Wrong Number 1948
*Southside 1-1000 1950
Special Agent 1949
Specter of the Rose 1946
Spellbound 1945
The Spider 1945
The Spiral Staircase 1946 (P)
*Split Second 1953
Spy Hunt 1950 (E)
St. Benny the Dip 1951 (C-P)
Stakeout on Dope Street 1958 (JD)
*Station West 1948 (WE)
The Steel Helmet 1951 (WA)
The Steel Jungle 1956
Steel Town 1952 C
*The Steel Trap 1952
Step by Step 1946
Step Down to Terror 1958
Stolen Identity 1953
A Stolen Life 1946
Storm Fear 1956
Storm Warning 1950
The Story of Molly X 1949
A Strange Adventure 1956
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry 1945
Strange Alibi 1941
Strange Bargain 1949
Strange Confession 1945 (SE “Inner Sanctum”)
Strange Fascination 1952
Strange Illusion (Out of the Night) 1945
Strange Impersonation 1946
Strange Intruder 1956
*The Strange Love of Martha Ivers 1946
The Strange Mr. Gregory 1945
The Strange Mrs. Crane 1948
Strange Triangle (Strange Alibi) 1946
The Strange Woman 1946
*The Stranger 1946
Stranger on the Prowl 1953
*Stranger on the Third Floor 1940
Strangers in the Night 1944
*Strangers on a Train 1951
Street of Chance 1942
Street of Darkness 1958
*The Street With No Name 1948
The Strip 1951
Sudden Danger (Calculated Risk) 1955
Sudden Fear 1952
Suddenly 1954
The Sun Sets at Dawn 1950 (PR)
*Sunset Boulevard 1950
The Suspect 1945 (P)
*Suspense 1946
Suspicion 1941
Swamp Fire 1946
*Sweet Smell of Success 1957
The System 1953
*T-Men 1948
Take One False Step 1949
Talk About a Stranger 1952
*The Tall T 1957 C (WE)
*The Tall Target 1951 (P)
Tangier 1946
The Tattered Dress 1957
The Tattooed Stranger 1950
Teenage Crime Wave 1955 (JD)
Teenage Doll 1957 (JD)
Temptation 1946
*Tension 1949
*Tension at Table Rock 1956 C (WE)
Terror at Midnight 1956
Terror in a Texas Town 1958 (WE)
Terror Street (36 Hours) 1953 *Them! 1954 (H, SF)
They Drive by Night 1940 *They Live by Night 1949 They Made Me a Killer 1946 *They Won’t Believe Me 1947 The Thief 1952
Thieves’ Highway 1949
13 Rue Madeleine 1947 (WA)
The Thirteenth Hour 1947 (SE “The Whistler”)
The Thirteenth Letter 1951 *This Gun For Hire 1942 This Side of the Law 1950
This Woman is Dangerous 1952 *The Threat 1949
Three Bad Sisters 1956
Three Hours to Kill 1954 C (WE)
Three on a Ticket 1947 (SE “Michael Shayne”)
Three Steps North 1951
*Three Strangers 1946 *3:10 to Yuma 1957 (WE)
Thunder on the Hill 1951 Thunder Road 1958 Tight Spot 1955 The Tijuana Story 1957 Time Table 1956 Time to Kill 1942 Tip on a Dead Jockey 1957
To Have and Have Not 1944 To the Ends of the Earth 1948 Tokyo File 212 1951
Tokyo Joe 1949 *Tomorrow is Another Day 1951 Tomorrow is Forever 1946 Tomorrow We Live 1942 *Too Late For Tears (Killer Bait) 1949
Too Many Winners 1947 (SE “Michael Shayne”) *Touch of Evil 1958 Tough Assignment 1949 The Toughest Man Alive 1955 Track of the Cat 1954 C (WE) Train to Alcatraz 1948 (PR) The Trap 1959 C
*Trapped 1949
Trapped by Boston Blackie 1948 (SE “Boston Blackie”)
Treasure of Monte Cristo 1949
*The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 1948 (A)
The Trouble with Harry 1955 C (C-P)
Truck Busters 1943
The True Story of Lynn Stuart 1958
*Try and Get Me! (The Sound of Fury) 1950
The Turning Point 1952
23 Paces to Baker Street 1956 C
Twist of Fate (Beautiful Stranger) 1954
Two Dollar Bettor 1951
The Two Mrs. Carrolls 1947
Two O’Clock Courage 1945
*Two of a Kind 1951
Two Smart People 1946
Walk a Crooked Mile 1948
Walk East on Beacon! (The Crime of the Century) 1952
Walk Softly, Stranger 1950
Walk the Dark Street 1956
The Walking Hills 1949 (WE)
The Walls Came Tumbling Down 1946
Waterfront at Midnight 1948
We Were Strangers 1949
The Web 1947
Weird Woman 1944 (H, SE “Inner Sanctum”)
*The Well 1951
Wetbacks 1956 C
When Gangland Strikes 1956
*Where Danger Lives 1950
*Where the Sidewalk Ends 1950
*While the City Sleeps 1956
The Whip Hand 1951
Whiplash 1948
Whirlpool 1949
Whispering City 1947
Whispering Footsteps 1943
Whispering Smith 1948 C (WE)
Whistle Stop 1946
The Whistler 1944 (SE “The Whistler”)
Whistling in the Dark 1941 (C-P)
*White Heat 1949 (NG)
Who Killed Who? 1943 C (C-P)
The Whole Truth 1958
Wicked Woman 1954
Wife Wanted 1946
The Wild One 1953
*Winchester ’73 1950 (WE)
The Window 1949
Without Honor 1949
Without Warning 1952
Witness to Murder 1954
The Woman from Tangier 1948
Woman in Hiding 1949
*The Woman in the Window 1944
The Woman in White 1948
The Woman on Pier 13 (I Married a Communist!) 1949
The Woman on the Beach 1947
*Woman on the Run 1950
A Woman’s Devotion (Battle Shock) 1956 C
A Woman’s Face 1941
A Woman’s Secret 1949
A Woman’s Vengeance 1948
Women in the Night 1948
Women's Prison 1955 (PR)
Wonder Man 1945 (C-P)
World for Ransom 1954
The Wrong Man 1956
British Films Noir
*Across the Bridge 1957
Another Man’s Poison 1951 A U.K./U.S.A. Co-production
Appointment with Crime 1946
The Assassin (Venetian Bird) 1952
Before I Wake (Shadow of Fear) 1954
Behind the Mask 1958 C
The Big Chance 1957 Black 13 1953 The Black Widow 1951 Blackout (Murder by Proxy) 1954
Blanch Fury 1948
Blind Date (Chance Meeting) 1959
*The Blue Lamp 1950
Boys in Brown 1949
The Brain Machine 1955
Brass Monkey 1948
Breakaway 1956
*Brighton Rock 1947
The Brighton Strangler 1945
The Brothers 1947
Cast a Dark Shadow 1955
Chase a Crooked Shadow 1958
Checkpoint 1956 C
*The Clouded Yellow 1950 Confession (The Deadliest Sin) 1955
Conspirator 1949 A U.K./U.S.A. Co-production
Cosh Boy (The Slasher) 1953
The Counterfeit Plan 1957
Dancing with Crime 1947
Danger Tomorrow 1960 (BNN)
Dead Men are Dangerous (Dangerous Masquerade) 1939 (BPN)
The Dark Man 1951
The Dark Tower 1943
Daybreak 1948
*Dead of Night 1945
Deadly Nightshade 1953
Dear Murderer 1947
Dial 999 (The Way Out) 1955
Double Confession 1950
Escape 1948
Face the Music (The Black Glove) 1954
*The Fallen Idol 1948
Finger of Guilt (The Intimate Stranger) 1956
Five Days (Paid to Kill) 1954
The Flanagan Boy (Bad Blonde) 1953
Forbidden (Scarlet Heaven) 1949
Fortune Is A Woman 1957
Frieda 1947
The Frightened City 1961 (BNN)
The Case of the Frightened Lady (The Frightened Lady) 1940
The Gambler and the Lady 1952
The Glass Cage 1955
The Golden Salamander 1950
The Good Die Young 1954
Good-Time Girl 1948
Great Day 1945
*Hell Drivers 1957
The House Across the Lake (Heat Wave) 1954
I'll Get You for This (Lucky Nick Cain) 1951
Impulse 1954
The Interrupted Journey 1949
The Intruder 1953
*It Always Rains on Sunday 1947
Joe MacBeth 1955
Kill Her Gently 1957
Kill Me Tomorrow 1957
The Limping Man 1953
Little Red Monkey (Case of the Red Monkey) 1955
The Long Dark Hall 1951
The Long Haul 1957
*The Long Memory 1953
The Lost Hours (The Big Frame) 1952
Man Bait (The Last Page) 1952
Man in the Shadow (Violent Stranger) 1957
Man on the Run 1949
*The Man Between 1953
Mantrap (Man in Hiding) 1953
Marilyn (Roadhouse Girl) 1953
Mine Own Executioner 1947
Ministry of Fear 1944
Murder in Reverse? 1945
*Night and the City 1950 A U.K./U.S.A. Co-production
Night Beat 1947
The Night Has Eyes (Terror House) 1942
Nightbeat 1947
No Orchids for Miss Blandish (Black Dice) 1948
Noose (The Silk Noose) 1948
Nowhere to Go 1958
*Obsession (The Hidden Room) 1949
The October Man 1947 *Odd Man Out 1947
*Payroll 1961 (BNN)
Pink String and Sealing Wax 1945
Pool of London 1951
Portrait of Alison 1955
River Beat 1954
*The Seventh Veil 1945
The Ship That Died of Shame (PT Raiders) 1955
The Shop At Sly Corner 1947
Silent Dust 1949 *The Sleeping Tiger 1954
The Small Back Room 1949
The Small Voice (The Hideout) 1948
Snowbound 1948
So Evil My Love 1948
So Long at the Fair (The Black Curse) 1950
Soho Incident (Spin a Dark Web) 1956
The Spider and the Fly 1949
Stolen Face 1952
A Stranger Came Home (The Unholy Four) 1954
Street of Shadows (Shadow Man) 1953
Tall Headlines (The Frightened Bride) 1952
Take My Life 1947
Temptation Harbour 1947
There is Another Sun (Wall of Death) 1951
They Made Me a Fugitive (I Became a Criminal) 1947
They Met in the Dark 1943 *The Third Man 1949
Third Party Risk (Deadly Game) 1954
Third Time Lucky 1949
36 Hours (Terror Street) 1953
Three Steps to the Gallows (White Fire) 1953
Tiger in the Smoke 1956
Time is My Enemy 1954
Time Lock 1957 *Time Without Pity 1957
Tread Softly Stranger 1958
Uneasy Terms 1948
The Upturned Glass 1947
*The Vicious Circle 1957
*Victim 1961 (BNN)
Wanted for Murder 1946
Waterloo Road 1945
The Weak and the Wicked (Young and Willing) 1954
White Fire 1953
Wicked As They Come (Portrait in Smoke) 1956
Wide Boy 1952
Wings of Danger (Dead on Course) 1952
The Woman in Question (Five Angles on Murder) 1950
Women of Twilight (Twilight Women) 1952
*Yield to the Night (Blonde Sinner) 1956
*Personally recommended as great cinematic storytelling including, but not limited to, noteworthy contributions to noir.
Legend
Titles in Bold: Definitive Representation of Film Noir
C: Colour Noir
(BPN: British Proto-Noir Released Before 1940)
(BNN: British Neo-Noir Released After 1959)
|
||
6282
|
dbpedia
|
1
| 1
|
http://www.radiospirits.info/2012/09/26/the-secret-of-the-whistler-1946-who-have-stepped-into-the-shadows/
|
en
|
The Secret of the Whistler (1946) – “…who have stepped into the shadows…”
|
http://www.radiospirits.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/secretlobby.jpg
|
[
"http://www.radiospirits.com/images10/rs_logo_header09.gif",
"http://radiospirits.com/images10/spacer.gif",
"http://www.radiospirits.com/images10/spacer.gif",
"http://www.radiospirits.com/images10/spacer.gif",
"http://www.radiospirits.com/images/spacer.gif",
"http://www.radiospirits.com/images/spacer.gif",
"http://www.radiospirits.com/images/spacer.gif",
"http://www.radiospirits.com/images/spacer.gif",
"http://www.radiospirits.com/images/spacer.gif",
"http://www.radiospirits.com/images/spacer.gif",
"http://www.radiospirits.com/images/spacer.gif",
"http://www.radiospirits.com/images10/spacer.gif",
"http://radiospirits.com/images10/spacer.gif",
"http://radiospirits.com/images10/spacer.gif",
"http://radiospirits.com/images10/spacer.gif",
"http://radiospirits.com/images/spacer.gif",
"http://radiospirits.com/images/spacer.gif",
"http://radiospirits.com/images10/spacer.gif",
"http://radiospirits.com/images10/spec_off_codes.gif",
"http://radiospirits.com/images10/spacer.gif",
"http://radiospirits.com/images/spacer.gif",
"http://radiospirits.com/images/spacer.gif",
"http://radiospirits.com/images/spacer.gif",
"http://radiospirits.com/images10/browse_category.gif",
"http://radiospirits.com/images10/spacer.gif",
"http://radiospirits.com/images10/spacer.gif",
"http://radiospirits.com/images/spacer.gif",
"http://radiospirits.com/images10/shopping_services.gif",
"http://radiospirits.com/images/spacer.gif",
"http://radiospirits.com/images/spacer.gif",
"http://www.radiospirits.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/secretlobby.jpg",
"http://www.radiospirits.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/secret2-300x226.jpg",
"http://www.radiospirits.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/secret3-300x226.jpg",
"http://www.radiospirits.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/secret4-300x228.jpg",
"http://www.radiospirits.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/secretposter.jpg",
"http://www.radiospirits.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/secret5-300x227.jpg",
"http://www.radiospirits.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/secret6-271x300.jpg",
"http://radiospirits.com/images10/footerbg.gif",
"http://radiospirits.com/images/spacer.gif",
"http://radiospirits.com/images/spacer.gif",
"http://radiospirits.com/images10/RadioSpirits_blue.gif"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[] |
2012-09-26T00:00:00
|
en
|
http://www.radiospirits.info/2012/09/26/the-secret-of-the-whistler-1946-who-have-stepped-into-the-shadows/
|
In the sixth entry of Columbia’s popular Whistler film franchise—based on the CBS West Coast mystery program sponsored by Signal Oil—series star Richard Dix essays the role of Ralph Harrison, a talentless artist disdained by most of his friends. He is invariably the life of the party, however, on account of the lavish get-togethers he often throws (as one of his guests remarks: “Somebody’s got to drink his liquor and eat his food”). Harrison has the wherewithal to host such shindigs due to the largess from his wealthy wife Edith (Mary Currier), an invalid who suffers from a heart condition. Ralph is summoned to her beside during one particularly raucous affair, which sort of scotches the progress he was making with a young model named Kay Morrell (Leslie Brooks).
Edith Marie’s physician, Dr. Winthrop (Charles Trowbridge), tells Ralph that his wife’s prognosis is not good…he only gives her a few months to live. So Ralph decides to hook up with Kay—nothing serious, he just wants companionship, someone who’ll join him for dinner every once a while, and be a sounding board when he’s lonely. Kay is warned away from Ralph by another artist, Jim Calhoun (Michael Duane), but she ignores him because she sees in Ralph a ride on a gravy train. What starts off as a platonic relationship between the two turns serious as Ralph falls in love…though Kay holds him at arms length, knowing that he’s married.
A cardiologist (Arthur Space) called in by Winthrop to treat Mrs. Harrison is just the tonic she needs; she starts to regain her strength and will to live, and one day decides to surprise her husband in his studio apartment. Hiding in another room, Edith hears Ralph and Kay enter the studio…and is positively gobsmacked to hear Ralph not only declare his love for Kay, but that he plans to tie the knot with her as soon as Edith has passed on. That night at home, Edith confronts Ralph with what she’s learned and informs him that any further communication with her should be directed through her attorney (Jack Davis)—she’s planning on divorcing Ralph, and he’ll be cut off without a penny.
So put yourself in Ralph’s place…if you knew that the money that had been flowing freely would suddenly stop, wouldn’t your thoughts entertain…murder?
Richard Dix gives one of his finest performances in The Secret of the Whistler (1946), playing a protagonist who is sympathetic…even after committing the foul deed of killing his wife. Dix’s Harrison, like most noir characters, makes the mistake of falling head over heels for a beautiful-but-mercenary dame who’s “just a bit cold around the heart,” to quote another famous noir. Kay is a real trophy; when the light hits her just right she’s strikingly beautiful, and she strings Ralph along so she can reap the benefits of his attention and the occasional bauble he throws her way. Without giving away the trademark ironic ending of the Whistler films, suffice it to say that she’ll be asked to pay the fiddler when his tune is finished.
A taut, suspenseful screenplay propels Secret beyond its B-picture origins thanks to screenwriters Richard H. Landau and Raymond L. Schrock. The cast is tops, with wonderful contributions from Dix, Brooks, Currier, and first-rate character actors like Ray Walker, Mona Barrie, Byron Foulger (in the early sequences as a mortuary director who sells Currier a tombstone that later comes back to haunt Dix), John Hamilton (from TV’s The Adventures of Superman) and as always, Otto Forest as the omnipresent narrator. Special mention should be made of Claire Du Brey’s sinister performance as Currier’s devoted housekeeper Laura…the chilling “justice is done” satisfaction on her face just before the closing credits will stay with the viewer long after the film is finished.
Journeyman George Sherman held the reins on this Whistler entry. Sherman was a Hollywood veteran whose forte was B-westerns, but occasionally broke out of his comfort zone with underrated pictures like The Sleeping City (1950) and Count Three and Pray (1955). His long friendship with John Wayne, which began when he directed the Duke in the Three Mesquiteers oaters at Republic, put him in good stead to be the producer of the actor’s 1961 The Comancheros and director of Wayne’s Big Jake (1971). George also dabbled quite a bit in television, serving as producer on such series as Daniel Boone and Gentle Ben.
|
||||||
6282
|
dbpedia
|
0
| 19
|
https://unwinnable.com/2024/06/12/rough-shadows-the-whistler-films-on-blu-ray/
|
en
|
Rough Shadows: The Whistler Films on Blu-ray
|
[
"https://unwinnable.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Unwinnable-Header.png",
"https://unwinnable.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/whistler-featured.png.png",
"https://unwinnable.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Monthly-Gif-2.gif",
"https://unwinnable.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/355A_THE_POWER_OF_THE_WHISTLER_digipak_RGB_72dpi_1024x1024@2x-226x277.jpg",
"https://unwinnable.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/MV5BMjBhNWQwNDItOTRlYi00MzQwLTg1NzEtZDg2ZWVmYmIyMmIwXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTk2MzI2Ng@@._V1_-378x277.jpg",
"https://unwinnable.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/354A_THE_WHISTLER_digipak_RGB_72dpi_2048x-226x277.jpg",
"https://unwinnable.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/UM-Module.jpg",
"https://unwinnable.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/drive2.jpg",
"https://unwinnable.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Constantine.jpg",
"https://unwinnable.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/LA-Noire-1.jpg",
"https://unwinnable.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/night-has-a-thousand-eyes-featured-150x63.png"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[
"Orrin Grey"
] |
2024-06-12T00:00:00
|
There’s nothing here that’s a forgotten classic or destined to become a new favorite, but it’s nice to have them around, and it’s great, as always, that Indicator is doing the work to preserve some of these B-roll pictures.
|
en
|
Unwinnable | Stories about Culture
|
https://unwinnable.com/2024/06/12/rough-shadows-the-whistler-films-on-blu-ray/
|
“I may not be the greatest detective in the world, but I am the most unusual.”
These days, we mostly know William Castle for his string of gimmicky horror films, beginning with Macabre in 1958. Before that, however, he already had a prolific career as a director of genre programmers, including four of the eight films in the Whistler series from Columbia.
Like Universal’s Inner Sanctum Mysteries before it, the Whistler began life as a radio drama in 1942. Each episode was introduced and narrated by an omniscient and sardonic figure known simply as the Whistler, who functioned not only as host for the audience but also as a sort of Greek chorus, occasionally adding commentary to the action and even taunting the characters, though they could rarely hear him.
The films take a similar bent. Focusing on tales of mystery and crime, each one is narrated by the Whistler – voice provided by an uncredited Otto Forrest – and the first seven of the eight movies star Richard Dix (The Ghost Ship), playing a different character in each picture, similar to what Lon Chaney Jr. was doing in the Inner Sanctum films at the same time.
Simply titled The Whistler (1944), the first film in the series (which is also the first one directed by Castle) sees Dix taking on the role of a man who tries to commit suicide by hiring a contract killer to knock him off, only to find that he can’t call off the contract when he changes his mind. It’s a plot that has been used elsewhere, but it’s a good one, and it’s put to good use here thanks to the always-reliable J. Carrol Naish (House of Frankenstein) as the hitman.
This was Castle’s second or third feature as director, and he purportedly liked the script and the experience, writing in his 1976 memoir Step Right Up! that, “I tried every effect I could dream of to create a mood of terror: low key lighting, wide angle lenses to give an eerie feeling and a handheld camera in many of the important scenes to give a sense of reality to the horror.”
Sadly, this was still a full decade before Castle’s real horror days, so even once Naish’s hitman settles on the idea of scaring his quarry to death, Castle doesn’t yet trot out any of the gimmicks or low-rent horror aesthetics that he would later become synonymous with.
In proper programmer fashion, The Mark of the Whistler was released just a few months after the first film, and all eight would hit screens within four years. Castle was back in the director’s chair for Mark of the Whistler, in which Dix plays a drifter who attempts to claim the money in a dormant bank account only to get caught up in predictable drama. This time around, the screenplay is adapted from a 1942 short story by Cornell Woolrich (“Dormant Account”).
Despite several mainstays of gothic plotting (mistaken identities and familial revenge) and nice turns from a couple of heavies – including Matt Willis, who played the wolfman in Return of the Vampire – there are even fewer opportunities for horror hijinks in Mark of the Whistler. Which is not to say that Castle doesn’t still get to have a little fun and show off his chops when it comes to paranoia and timing. Aficionados of these kinds of movies will also recognize Willie Best in an uncredited role as a men’s room attendant.
As it happens, a different alum of Return of the Vampire is present for The Power of the Whistler from 1945, the first movie in the series not to be directed by William Castle. Instead, Lew Landers, who previously helmed Return of the Vampire, The Boogie Man Will Get You, and the 1935 version of The Raven is in the director’s chair this time around, so it’s not like our horror credentials are reduced in any way.
It also doesn’t hurt that the setup is more horror than ever before. This time around, Dix plays a guy who gets in an accident and loses his memory, while a girl at a bar predicts his fortune and says that he’ll die within 24 hours. Naturally, the two team up to try to figure out who he is and why he might be doomed, and in so doing uncover more than they bargained for. Janis Carter, who played the charming reporter in Mark of the Whistler, is back as the leading lady in this one, too.
The script this time around comes from one Aubrey Wisberg, whose other screenwriting credits include (but are fortunately not limited to) The Man from Planet X and, uh… Hercules in New York. Let’s try not to hold that against him.
Dix is probably better as the conflicted (and ultimately sinister) character here than he was in more heroic parts in prior movies, but unfortunately The Power of the Whistler suffers somewhat under its rather belabored plotting, despite a very good mystery setup and a “whirlwind tour of New York” structure. Also, content warning, there are several animal murders, all of which take place off screen but several of which are pretty upsetting, nonetheless.
With Castle not only back in the director’s chair but also co-writing Voice of the Whistler (1945), I had some hopes for this fourth installment in the series but, unfortunately, it is little more than a perfectly serviceable noir melodrama about greed and a love triangle, albeit with a nice lighthouse setting. For a movie that’s only about sixty minutes long, it takes its time getting to the inevitably tragic denouement, which seems to come together – and then come apart – pretty abruptly.
Once again, Castle showcases his aptitude for economy, especially in the film’s newsreel opening, which sets up all the backstory we need – and then some. Like all the films in this series, Voice opens with the Whistler’s shadowy presence introducing the story and narrating what we’re about to see, and while much of the rest of the film may be lacking in atmosphere, the image of the Whistler’s shadow gradually climbing the seaside rocks is a potent visual to start us off.
Mysterious Intruder (1946) is, unfortunately, the last of these films to be directed by William Castle, but at least he goes out on a high note. Screenwriter Eric Taylor’s other credits include several Universal horror pictures, among them Black Friday, The Ghost of Frankenstein, Son of Dracula, and the 1943 versions of both Phantom of the Opera and The Black Cat. He provides story and screenplay for Mysterious Intruder, which feels more like an unrelated script that was repurposed as a Whistler episode than any of the others so far. While the Whistler still provides his usual narration, including occasional interludes, he interacts less directly with the characters, and never interferes with the plot, as he has in a couple of prior occasions.
Luckily, Mysterious Intruder can stand pretty well on its own. This time around, Dix plays an unscrupulous private eye who is hired to locate a young woman for mysterious reasons. Those reasons become obvious fairly early on, but they provide a good MacGuffin to drive the plot and prompt the various murders that inevitably follow.
Five movies into this series, I think I can safely say that Dix is at his best here when he’s allowed to play a bad guy – or at least, someone who isn’t entirely above board. While he may go a bit over the top with his sleazy detective, prompting one to wonder why anyone would ever trust him, he’s got a lot more energy here than in many of his prior performances.
For The Secret of the Whistler (1946), Castle is replaced by George Sherman, who has no horror bona fides to speak of but who directed an absolute pile of low-budget Westerns. Story and script, this time, come from Richard Landau (who worked on The Quatermass Xperiment, among others) and prolific silent-era screenwriter Raymond Schrock, whose more than 150 screen credits include the Lon Chaney Phantom of the Opera and The Hidden Hand.
Dix is playing a bad guy again, which is nice. He’s an artist whose career is being financed by his marriage to a wealthy woman who suffers from frequent heart attacks. Unfortunately for everyone involved, he falls in love with a gold-digging artist’s model (Leslie Brooks) and figures he needs to get his wife out of the way – but she won’t accommodate him by kicking off fast enough, so he takes matters into his own hands in a familiar but effective bit of gothic melodrama.
Continuing the string of prolific but less illustrious directors, the seventh Whistler film is the last project from director William Clemens, whose CV is pretty much nothing but programmers of this sort. From a story by émigré mystery writer Leslie Edgley, the 1947 movie is inexplicably titled The Thirteenth Hour, despite the plot having nothing to do with time at all, let alone a particular hour, thirteenth or otherwise.
It’s also the last film (full stop) to feature Richard Dix in the lead, or anywhere else. Suffering from a heart condition, he was unable to appear in the eighth and final Whistler film in 1948 and he was dead at the age of 56 by the end of September, 1949. He’s fine enough in The Thirteenth Hour, even if he is once more shackled with a sympathetic good guy role, this time playing the owner of a small-time trucking firm that gets caught in an unlikely frame up.
Because of Dix’s departure, the only thing to tie The Return of the Whistler to the previous films is the presence of the Whistler himself, still voiced by Otto Forrest, and still providing his usual sardonic narration. The story is another taken from Cornell Woolrich – this time his 1940 short “All at Once, No Alice” – meaning that it enjoys a tighter plot than many of the other Whistler pictures.
Michael Duane (who was only in, like, seventeen movies) plays a young man whose bride-to-be (Lenore Aubert, later in Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein) disappears on what was to have been their wedding night. Shortly thereafter, he runs into a private detective named Gaylord Traynor, played by the extremely prolific Richard Lane, who managed to tuck some 180 screen credits under his belt while also working as an early TV personality doing sports announcing for television station KTLA.
Directing duties this time come from D. Ross Lederman, another prolific helmer of B pictures who would move on to directing mostly Western TV shows in the ‘50s. According to the internet, Lederman was known for delivering films on time and under budget, which is believable given the overall workmanlike quality of the picture – not that many of the other Whistler movies were exactly arguments for the auteur theory or anything.
Ultimately, though, workmanlike or not, Return of the Whistler is one of the better Whistler pictures and, fundamentally, all of them are solid, enjoyable noirs. There’s nothing here that’s a forgotten classic or destined to become a new favorite, but it’s nice to have them around, and it’s great, as always, that Indicator is doing the work to preserve some of these B-roll pictures. The only bummer is that these are region B encoded, so folks in the States will need region-free players to enjoy them.
Regular readers will know that Indicator is one of my favorite boutique labels and, as always, the restorations here are good throughout, the packaging striking, and the Blus are accompanied by a handful of interesting extras. Plus, there’s eight films crammed into this boxed set and, even at only around 60 minutes each, that’s a whole lot of “strange tales” from the Whistler.
———
|
|||||
6282
|
dbpedia
|
0
| 81
|
https://riverrunbookstore.com/book/9780525492856
|
en
|
The Whistler
|
[
"https://riverrunbookstore.com/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/2023-10/riverrun-logo.jpg?itok=hZ7grIMw",
"https://images.booksense.com/images/856/492/9780525492856.jpg",
"https://riverrunbookstore.com/sites/default/files/2023-10/nocover.jpg",
"https://riverrunbookstore.com/sites/default/files/2023-10/nocover.jpg",
"https://riverrunbookstore.com/sites/default/files/2023-10/nocover.jpg",
"https://riverrunbookstore.com/sites/default/files/2023-10/nocover.jpg",
"https://riverrunbookstore.com/sites/default/files/2023-10/nocover.jpg",
"https://riverrunbookstore.com/sites/default/files/2023-10/nocover.jpg",
"https://riverrunbookstore.com/sites/default/files/2023-10/nocover.jpg",
"https://riverrunbookstore.com/sites/default/files/2023-10/nocover.jpg",
"https://riverrunbookstore.com/sites/default/files/2023-10/nocover.jpg",
"https://riverrunbookstore.com/sites/default/files/2023-10/nocover.jpg",
"https://images.booksense.com/images/280/685/9780593685280.jpg",
"https://images.booksense.com/images/874/798/9780593798874.jpg",
"https://images.booksense.com/images/679/052/9781668052679.jpg",
"https://images.booksense.com/images/570/742/9781538742570.jpg",
"https://images.booksense.com/images/132/221/9781464221132.jpg",
"https://images.booksense.com/images/614/818/9781984818614.jpg",
"https://riverrunbookstore.com/themes/custom/bookworm/images/ada_compliance.png"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[] | null |
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • A high-stakes thrill ride through the darkest corners of the Sunshine State, from the author hailed as “the best thriller writer alive” by Ken Follett We expect our judges to be honest and wise. Their integrity and impartiality are the bedrock of the entire judicial system. We trust them to ensure fair trials, to protect the rights of all litigants, to punish those who do wrong, and to oversee the orderly and efficient flow of justice.But what happens when a judge bends the law or takes a bribe? It’s rare, but it happens.Lacy Stoltz is an investigator for the Florida Board on Judicial Conduct. She is a lawyer, not a cop, and it is her job to respond to complaints dealing with judicial misconduct. After nine years with the Board, she knows that most problems are caused by incompetence, not corruption. But a corruption case eventually crosses her desk. A previously disbarred lawyer is back in business with a new identity. He now goes by the name Greg Myers, and he claims to know of a Florida judge who has stolen more money than all other crooked judges combined. And not just crooked judges in Florida. All judges, from all states, and throughout U.S. history.What’s the source of the ill-gotten gains? It seems the judge was secretly involved with the construction of a large casino on Native American land. The Coast Mafia financed the casino and is now helping itself to a sizable skim of each month’s cash. The judge is getting a cut and looking the other way. It’s a sweet deal: Everyone is making money.But now Greg wants to put a stop to it. His only client is a person who knows the truth and wants to blow the whistle and collect millions under Florida law. Greg files a complaint with the Board on Judicial Conduct, and the case is assigned to Lacy Stoltz, who immediately suspects that this one could be dangerous.Dangerous is one thing. Deadly is something else.Don’t miss John Grisham’s new book, THE EXCHANGE: AFTER THE FIRM!
|
en
|
/sites/default/files/2023-10/favicon-32x32.png
|
IndieCommerce
|
https://riverrunbookstore.com/book/9780525492856
|
Description
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • A high-stakes thrill ride through the darkest corners of the Sunshine State, from the author hailed as “the best thriller writer alive” by Ken Follett
We expect our judges to be honest and wise. Their integrity and impartiality are the bedrock of the entire judicial system. We trust them to ensure fair trials, to protect the rights of all litigants, to punish those who do wrong, and to oversee the orderly and efficient flow of justice.
But what happens when a judge bends the law or takes a bribe? It’s rare, but it happens.
Lacy Stoltz is an investigator for the Florida Board on Judicial Conduct. She is a lawyer, not a cop, and it is her job to respond to complaints dealing with judicial misconduct. After nine years with the Board, she knows that most problems are caused by incompetence, not corruption.
But a corruption case eventually crosses her desk. A previously disbarred lawyer is back in business with a new identity. He now goes by the name Greg Myers, and he claims to know of a Florida judge who has stolen more money than all other crooked judges combined. And not just crooked judges in Florida. All judges, from all states, and throughout U.S. history.
What’s the source of the ill-gotten gains? It seems the judge was secretly involved with the construction of a large casino on Native American land. The Coast Mafia financed the casino and is now helping itself to a sizable skim of each month’s cash. The judge is getting a cut and looking the other way. It’s a sweet deal: Everyone is making money.
But now Greg wants to put a stop to it. His only client is a person who knows the truth and wants to blow the whistle and collect millions under Florida law. Greg files a complaint with the Board on Judicial Conduct, and the case is assigned to Lacy Stoltz, who immediately suspects that this one could be dangerous.
Dangerous is one thing. Deadly is something else.
Don’t miss John Grisham’s new book, THE EXCHANGE: AFTER THE FIRM!
Praise for The Whistler
“Riveting…finely drawn…The Whistler centers on an elaborate conspiracy involving an Indian reservation, an organized crime syndicate and a crooked judge skimming a small fortune from the tribal casino’s monthly haul.”
--The New York Times Book Review
“A main character who’s a seriously appealing woman...a whistle-blower who secretly calls attention to corruption...a strong and frightening sense of place...Grisham’s on his game.”
—Janet Maslin, The New York Times
“A fascinating look at judicial corruption…an entirely convincing story and one of Grisham’s best. I can’t think of another major American novelist since Sinclair Lewis who has so effectively targeted social and political ills in our society. In Grisham’s case, it is time at least to recognize that at his best he is not simply the author of entertaining legal thrillers but an important novelistic critic of our society. In more than 30 novels, he has often used his exceptional storytelling skills to take a hard look at injustice and corruption in the legal world and in our society as a whole.”
--Patrick Anderson, The Washington Post
“Grisham's latest involves the rich and powerful and an abuse of the justice system. Grisham novels are crowd-pleasers because he knows how to satisfy readers who want to see injustice crushed, and justice truly prevails for those who cannot buy influence.”
--Associated Press
“Grisham has become an institution. For more than 25 years now he’s been our guide to the byways and backwaters of our legal system, superb in particular at ferreting out its vulnerabilities and dramatizing their abuse in gripping style. He excels at describing injustice and corruption. Grisham’s legal knowledge is impressive, and his ability to convey it unparalleled in popular fiction.”
--USA Today
|
||||
6282
|
dbpedia
|
3
| 83
|
https://www.businessinsider.com/the-25-best-british-movies-of-the-last-decade-2021-2
|
en
|
Here are the 25 best British movies of the last 10 years
|
https://i.insider.com/6037c888bed5c50011a2c6d8?width=1200&format=jpeg
|
https://i.insider.com/6037c888bed5c50011a2c6d8?width=1200&format=jpeg
|
[
"https://i.insider.com/6037c829d920880018591f70?width=700",
"https://www.businessinsider.com/public/assets/BI/US/logos/newsletters/insider-today-logo.png",
"https://www.businessinsider.com/public/assets/BI/US/logos/newsletters/insider-today-logo.png",
"https://www.businessinsider.com/public/assets/rebrand/newsletter-bull.png",
"https://www.businessinsider.com/public/assets/rebrand/newsletter-bull.png",
"https://www.businessinsider.com/public/assets/rebrand/newsletter-bull.png",
"https://www.businessinsider.com/public/assets/rebrand/newsletter-bull.png",
"https://www.businessinsider.com/{\"https:/i.insider.com/5b6b2b0c04f16218008b4cd9\":{\"contentType\":\"image/jpeg\",\"aspectRatioW\":980,\"aspectRatioH\":652}}",
"https://i.insider.com/5b6b2b0c04f16218008b4cd9?width=600&format=jpeg&auto=webp",
"https://www.businessinsider.com/{\"https:/i.insider.com/60351240bed5c50011a2c044\":{\"contentType\":\"image/jpeg\",\"aspectRatioW\":1024,\"aspectRatioH\":679}}",
"https://i.insider.com/60351240bed5c50011a2c044?width=600&format=jpeg&auto=webp",
"https://www.businessinsider.com/{\"https:/i.insider.com/59e1086506fca04836618c6b\":{\"contentType\":\"image/jpeg\",\"aspectRatioW\":1245,\"aspectRatioH\":800}}",
"https://i.insider.com/59e1086506fca04836618c6b?width=600&format=jpeg&auto=webp",
"https://www.businessinsider.com/{\"https:/i.insider.com/5e38378cab49fd586c66cb78\":{\"contentType\":\"image/jpeg\",\"aspectRatioW\":1777,\"aspectRatioH\":755}}",
"https://i.insider.com/5e38378cab49fd586c66cb78?width=600&format=jpeg&auto=webp",
"https://www.businessinsider.com/{\"https:/i.insider.com/51b0a683ecad04a301000001\":{\"contentType\":\"image/png\",\"aspectRatioW\":767,\"aspectRatioH\":554}}",
"https://i.insider.com/51b0a683ecad04a301000001?width=600&format=jpeg&auto=webp",
"https://www.businessinsider.com/{\"https:/i.insider.com/5b64b8f042e1cc59777a1829\":{\"contentType\":\"image/png\",\"aspectRatioW\":1798,\"aspectRatioH\":944}}",
"https://i.insider.com/5b64b8f042e1cc59777a1829?width=600&format=jpeg&auto=webp",
"https://www.businessinsider.com/{\"https:/i.insider.com/5ac7a8b07708e931ac06c90f\":{\"contentType\":\"image/jpeg\",\"aspectRatioW\":1422,\"aspectRatioH\":800}}",
"https://i.insider.com/5ac7a8b07708e931ac06c90f?width=600&format=jpeg&auto=webp",
"https://www.businessinsider.com/{\"https:/i.insider.com/5b5a03e0dcee3029008b4697\":{\"contentType\":\"image/jpeg\",\"aspectRatioW\":1280,\"aspectRatioH\":720}}",
"https://i.insider.com/5b5a03e0dcee3029008b4697?width=600&format=jpeg&auto=webp",
"https://www.businessinsider.com/{\"https:/i.insider.com/54072023ecad04ef73b02c9c\":{\"contentType\":\"image/jpeg\",\"aspectRatioW\":4256,\"aspectRatioH\":2832}}",
"https://i.insider.com/54072023ecad04ef73b02c9c?width=600&format=jpeg&auto=webp",
"https://www.businessinsider.com/{\"https:/i.insider.com/6034f512d92088001859170a\":{\"contentType\":\"image/jpeg\",\"aspectRatioW\":1200,\"aspectRatioH\":675}}",
"https://i.insider.com/6034f512d92088001859170a?width=600&format=jpeg&auto=webp",
"https://www.businessinsider.com/{\"https:/i.insider.com/60350c5ad920880018591763\":{\"contentType\":\"image/jpeg\",\"aspectRatioW\":940,\"aspectRatioH\":783}}",
"https://i.insider.com/60350c5ad920880018591763?width=600&format=jpeg&auto=webp",
"https://www.businessinsider.com/{\"https:/i.insider.com/603513dfbed5c50011a2c048\":{\"contentType\":\"image/jpeg\",\"aspectRatioW\":700,\"aspectRatioH\":456}}",
"https://i.insider.com/603513dfbed5c50011a2c048?width=600&format=jpeg&auto=webp",
"https://www.businessinsider.com/{\"https:/i.insider.com/5941a03a4fb37d1f008b4588\":{\"contentType\":\"image/jpeg\",\"aspectRatioW\":2000,\"aspectRatioH\":1333}}",
"https://i.insider.com/5941a03a4fb37d1f008b4588?width=600&format=jpeg&auto=webp",
"https://www.businessinsider.com/{\"https:/i.insider.com/5b22cbe21ae6623f008b5198\":{\"contentType\":\"image/png\",\"aspectRatioW\":1160,\"aspectRatioH\":732}}",
"https://i.insider.com/5b22cbe21ae6623f008b5198?width=600&format=jpeg&auto=webp",
"https://www.businessinsider.com/{\"https:/i.insider.com/5aa1569bef1c30e14e8b4591\":{\"contentType\":\"image/jpeg\",\"aspectRatioW\":1152,\"aspectRatioH\":770}}",
"https://i.insider.com/5aa1569bef1c30e14e8b4591?width=600&format=jpeg&auto=webp",
"https://www.businessinsider.com/{\"https:/i.insider.com/5e78da49ba85ee6eb21cb97d\":{\"contentType\":\"image/jpeg\",\"aspectRatioW\":1600,\"aspectRatioH\":1200}}",
"https://i.insider.com/5e78da49ba85ee6eb21cb97d?width=600&format=jpeg&auto=webp",
"https://www.businessinsider.com/{\"https:/i.insider.com/60350ed0d92088001859176c\":{\"contentType\":\"image/jpeg\",\"aspectRatioW\":600,\"aspectRatioH\":450}}",
"https://i.insider.com/60350ed0d92088001859176c?width=600&format=jpeg&auto=webp",
"https://www.businessinsider.com/{\"https:/i.insider.com/60350f4dd92088001859176d\":{\"contentType\":\"image/jpeg\",\"aspectRatioW\":900,\"aspectRatioH\":506}}",
"https://i.insider.com/60350f4dd92088001859176d?width=600&format=jpeg&auto=webp",
"https://www.businessinsider.com/{\"https:/i.insider.com/5bf8507dbde70f17df157c4d\":{\"contentType\":\"image/png\",\"aspectRatioW\":1296,\"aspectRatioH\":708}}",
"https://i.insider.com/5bf8507dbde70f17df157c4d?width=600&format=jpeg&auto=webp",
"https://www.businessinsider.com/{\"https:/i.insider.com/5e8f9552d5873a73ff31ce5c\":{\"contentType\":\"image/jpeg\",\"aspectRatioW\":1000,\"aspectRatioH\":663}}",
"https://i.insider.com/5e8f9552d5873a73ff31ce5c?width=600&format=jpeg&auto=webp",
"https://www.businessinsider.com/{\"https:/i.insider.com/6034f3a2d920880018591708\":{\"contentType\":\"image/jpeg\",\"aspectRatioW\":1920,\"aspectRatioH\":1080}}",
"https://i.insider.com/6034f3a2d920880018591708?width=600&format=jpeg&auto=webp",
"https://www.businessinsider.com/{\"https:/i.insider.com/5fa58eb3f7d1cb0019e3a440\":{\"contentType\":\"image/png\",\"aspectRatioW\":1734,\"aspectRatioH\":1228}}",
"https://i.insider.com/5fa58eb3f7d1cb0019e3a440?width=600&format=jpeg&auto=webp",
"https://www.businessinsider.com/{\"https:/i.insider.com/5fb549ba83df950018ac20f1\":{\"contentType\":\"image/jpeg\",\"aspectRatioW\":1240,\"aspectRatioH\":744}}",
"https://i.insider.com/5fb549ba83df950018ac20f1?width=600&format=jpeg&auto=webp",
"https://www.businessinsider.com/{\"https:/i.insider.com/6543902bb788914e554e7c7c\":{\"contentType\":\"image/png\",\"aspectRatioW\":1855,\"aspectRatioH\":1391}}",
"https://i.insider.com/6543902bb788914e554e7c7c?width=600&format=jpeg&auto=webp",
"https://www.businessinsider.com/{\"https:/i.insider.com/65439c72b788914e554e8623\":{\"contentType\":\"image/png\",\"aspectRatioW\":1762,\"aspectRatioH\":1322}}",
"https://i.insider.com/65439c72b788914e554e8623?width=600&format=jpeg&auto=webp",
"https://www.businessinsider.com/public/assets/logos/stacked-black.svg",
"https://www.businessinsider.com/public/assets/logos/stacked-black.svg",
"https://www.businessinsider.com/public/assets/BI/US/icons/facebook.svg",
"https://www.businessinsider.com/public/assets/BI/US/icons/facebook.svg",
"https://www.businessinsider.com/public/assets/BI/US/icons/twitter.svg",
"https://www.businessinsider.com/public/assets/BI/US/icons/twitter.svg",
"https://www.businessinsider.com/public/assets/BI/US/icons/linkedin.svg",
"https://www.businessinsider.com/public/assets/BI/US/icons/linkedin.svg",
"https://www.businessinsider.com/public/assets/BI/US/icons/youtube.svg",
"https://www.businessinsider.com/public/assets/BI/US/icons/youtube.svg",
"https://www.businessinsider.com/public/assets/BI/US/icons/instagram.svg",
"https://www.businessinsider.com/public/assets/BI/US/icons/instagram.svg",
"https://www.businessinsider.com/public/assets/badges/app-store-badge.svg",
"https://www.businessinsider.com/public/assets/badges/app-store-badge.svg",
"https://www.businessinsider.com/public/assets/badges/google-play-badge.svg",
"https://www.businessinsider.com/public/assets/badges/google-play-badge.svg",
"https://www.businessinsider.com/public/assets/INSIDER/US/logos/insider-com-trademark-opt.svg",
"https://www.businessinsider.com/public/assets/INSIDER/US/logos/insider-com-trademark-opt.svg",
"https://www.businessinsider.com/public/assets/INSIDER/US/logos/insider-inc.svg",
"https://www.businessinsider.com/public/assets/INSIDER/US/logos/insider-inc.svg",
"https://www.businessinsider.com/public/assets/INSIDER/US/logos/Insider-logo-dark-opt.svg",
"https://www.businessinsider.com/public/assets/INSIDER/US/logos/Insider-logo-dark-opt.svg",
"https://www.businessinsider.com/public/assets/BI/DE/logos/BI-DE-Black-on-Light-final-footer-logo-opt.svg",
"https://www.businessinsider.com/public/assets/BI/DE/logos/BI-DE-Black-on-Light-final-footer-logo-opt.svg",
"https://www.businessinsider.com/public/assets/BI/US/logos/Tech-Insider-opt.svg",
"https://www.businessinsider.com/public/assets/BI/US/logos/Tech-Insider-opt.svg",
"https://sb.scorecardresearch.com/p?c1=2&c2=9900186&cv=3.6.0&;cj=1&comscorekw=entertainment"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[
"Eammon Jacobs",
"Zac Ntim"
] |
2023-11-02T22:28:44+00:00
|
From blockbusters like "Skyfall" and "Dunkirk" to smaller gems like "Belfast," here are the 25 best British movies of the last decade.
|
en
|
/public/assets/BI/US/favicons/apple-touch-icon-192x192.png?v=2023-11
|
Business Insider
|
https://www.businessinsider.com/the-25-best-british-movies-of-the-last-decade-2021-2
|
This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? .
British cinema has really flourished in the last decade.
Directors like Andrea Arnold and Steve McQueen have made incredible stories for the big screen.
Here are 25 of the best British movies of the last 10 years.
Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read preview
Thanks for signing up! Go to newsletter preferences
Thanks for signing up!
Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you're on the go.
Email address
By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. You can opt-out at any time by visiting our Preferences page or by clicking "unsubscribe" at the bottom of the email.
Advertisement
British filmmakers have spent the last decade providing the world of cinema with the most interesting and inventing stories one can find anywhere in the world. Working across a diverse range of genres at an increasingly mercurial rate, the British film industry is currently enjoying an acclaimed period of creativity.
Long gone are the days of cliched period dramas or ill-conceived remakes of comedy classics. British filmmakers are offering fresh takes that are leading the industry and pushing the film form forward.
This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? .
So, keep reading below to see a list of the 25 best British films of the last decade, listed in no particular order.
Advertisement
"Attack the Block" (2011)
Effortlessly weaving together scary jumps and biting social commentary, Joe Cornish's 2011 cult classic "Attack the Block" is a fast-paced sci-fi comedy that follows an unlucky young nurse (Jodie Whittaker) who is forced to create an unlikely alliance with a group of mischievous local teenagers (John Boyega, Alex Esmail, Leeon Jones) to fight off an invasion from a rabid species of Aliens.
Advertisement
"Wuthering Heights" (2011)
Andrea Arnold's unconventional re-imagining of Emily Brontë's classic novel strips away all the period-drama clichés we are accustomed to seeing when any Brontë is hauled over to the big-screen to create an immersive and incredibly daring drama that pushes beyond the well-known love story of Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliffe.
Instead, Arnold uses the love between the two young northerners who are split by rank; and, most prominently in Arnold's adaptation, race to create a movie that offers up all the gothic spirit of the novel alongside the even darker history of British imperialism.
Advertisement
"We Need to Talk About Kevin" (2011)
Lynne Ramsay's acclaimed adaptation of Lionel Shriver's award-winning novel follows Kevin (Ezra Miller), a wild teenager who is in prison after committing a mass murder at his high school.
His mother, Eva (Tilda Swinton), a once-successful travel writer struggles to deal with the pain her son has inflicted and we follow her as she descends further into her memories recounting every moment of her life that led up to Kevin's violent crime.
Advertisement
"Shame" (2011)
Oscar-winning artist and director Steve McQueen's "Shame" is a compelling and provocative psychological thriller.
McQueen's frequent collaborator Michael Fassbender stars as a 30-something businessman who manages to balance his high-powered work life with a secret and unflinching addiction to sex. But when his free-spirited sister Sissy (Carey Mulligan) arrives for an unexpected visit, Brandon's secret slowly starts to unravel.
Advertisement
"Skyfall" (2012)
"Skyfall" is the first James Bond film by British theater and film director Sam Mendes.
The dark and stylish edition opens with James Bond (Daniel Craig) on a dangerous assignment that takes a wrong, almost fatal turn. As a result, all the personal details of MI6's undercover agents are released.
With MI6 now compromised from within, M (Judi Dench), the agency's head, creates an undercover cell with Bond to track down Silva (Javier Bardem), a dangerous villain from her past.
"Skyfall" is widely considered as the film that shot the storied James Bond franchise into the modern blockbuster business. The film also features Adele's "Skyfall," the best Bond theme since Paul McCartney's 1973 "Live and Let Die."
Advertisement
"Under the Skin" (2013)
Writer-director Jonathan Glazer's third movie "Under the Skin" is a complicated and sparse sci-fi drama that is loosely based on Dutch author Michel Faber's acclaimed book of the same name.
The movie follows an unnamed alien mutant (Scarlett Johansson) who inhabits the body of a young woman who trails the streets of Scotland in a van in search of unsuspecting prey. Much of "Under the Skin" is shot objectively using small hidden cameras and unconventional, almost documentary-style techniques.
There is also an equally harsh and contemporary score by Mica Levi.
Advertisement
"Paddington" (2014)
After a deadly earthquake destroys his home in the South American rainforest, a young bear named Paddington (Ben Whishaw) makes his way to England in search of a new home. And soon he finds shelter in the family home of Henry (Hugh Bonneville) and Mary Brown (Sally Hawkins).
But while Paddington's charm seems to rub off on his new family and their friends, he has also caught the attention of an evil museum taxidermist Millicent Clyde (Nicole Kidman) who captures, kills, and stuffs exotic animals to house in the Natural History Museum.
And when Clyde becomes aware of Paddington, she sets out to hunt him down.
Advertisement
"Ex Machina" (2014)
British writer Alex Garland is responsible for numerous acclaimed screenplays including "23 Days Later" and "Never Let Me God." And his directorial debut "Ex Machina" follows similar dark and metaphysical themes.
The movie follows Caleb, a 26-year-old computer programmer at a large internet company who wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company.
And when Caleb arrives, he finds that he will have to participate in a strange experiment in which he must interact with the world's first most advanced AI computer, which is housed in the body of a beautiful girl.
Advertisement
"The Imitation Game" (2014)
With an outstanding leading performance from Benedict Cumberbatch who illuminates on-screen, "The Imitation Game" serves as a perfect entry into the life of the mathematical genius and father of the modern computer, Alan Turing.
During World War 2, Turing, along with four other Cambridge mathematicians, was recruited by the newly created British intelligence outfit MI6 to crack the Nazi's unbreakable Enigma code.
And in 1942 Turing his team succeed. But 10 years later his life ends abruptly after he is arrested and convicted when it is revealed that Turing is gay.
Advertisement
"'71" (2014)
"'71." is a powerfully directed and acted thriller about a young recruit to the British army named Gary Hook (Jack O'Connell) who is sent to Belfast in 1971 during the early stages of the Troubles.
And under the poor guidance of an inexperienced Lieutenant, Hook and his regiment are sent into a volatile area where a violent riot breaks out and Hook is accidentally abandoned. Left without the ability to contact his base, Hook is forced to survive the night and find his way to safety.
The movie manages to stay extremely close to historical facts while reveling in all the beats of the classic Hollywood genre in a way that is sure to take your break away.
Advertisement
"Amy" (2015)
Acclaimed filmmaker Asif Kapadia uses archival footage and new personal testimonies to present a powerfully honest look at the twisted and dangerous relationship between artists, celebrities, and the media through the life and career of the immensely talented British singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse.
Advertisement
"I, Daniel Blake" (2016)
"I, Daniel Blake" is classic Ken Loach.
The movie follows Daniel Blake (Dave Johns) a 59-year-old widowed carpenter who is forced to rely on welfare after a recent heart attack leaves him unable to work. But despite his doctor's diagnosis, Blake is denied benefits and is told to return to his job.
We follow Daniel as he attempts to navigate his way through an agonizing and dehumanizing appeals process in which he begins to develop a strong bond with a single mother (Hayley Squires) who's struggling to take care of her two children.
Advertisement
"Dunkirk" (2017)
Christopher Nolan is best known for his raucous "Batman" thrillers but his greatest achievement thus far is the much quieter, but no less groundbreaking WW2 drama "Dunkirk."
Once again feeding his trademark obsession with time, Nolan crafts three interweaving stories to provide an emotionally engaging recreation of the evacuation of Dunkirk, which saw some 340,000 allied troops rescued from the beaches of Dunkirk after the German invasion.
"Dunkirk" is an emotionally satisfying spectacle delivered by a writer-director who is in total command of his craft with a richly talented ensemble cast to match.
Advertisement
"Disobedience" (2017)
Based on British author Naomi Alderman's novel of the same name, "Disobedience" follows Ronit, a young photographer who returns home to her Orthodox Jewish community in North London after her father, a well-respect Rabbi, unexpectedly dies.
But many years earlier, she was shunned both by her father and the community for developing feelings for Esti, a childhood friend. And once back, the pair reignite that same intense passion, but this time Esti is married to Dovid, a rising Rabbi in their community.
Advertisement
"The Death of Stalin" (2017)
Armando Iannucci cemented his place within the pantheon of classic, British satirists with his work in TV. And thankfully, none of his recent big-screen work has lost any of his trademark bite.
Set in 1953 during the Great Terror of Joseph Stalin's reign, Iannucci's second directorial effort "The Death of Stalin" opens, as advertised, with the sudden death of the tyrannical dictator.
And when his corrupt, psychopathic councilors are notified, they descend on Moscow one-by-one, and a hilarious fight to install the next head of state begins.
Advertisement
"God's Own Country" (2017)
British writer-director Francis quite literally burst onto the scene after the debut of his quiet, confident, and moving drama "God's Own Country."
Josh O'Connor, who is best known as Prince Charles in Netflix's "The Crown," stars as a young Yorkshire farmer who battles addiction until the arrival of a worker from Romania who ignites an intense relationship that changes Johnny's life forever.
Advertisement
"Matangi/Maya/M.I.A." (2018)
Director Stephen Loveridge has known the British rapper M.I.A. for over 20 years. The pair have been friends since they were film students at Central Saint Martins in London.
And as a result, "Matangi/Maya/M.I.A." — the documentary Loveridge made about M.I.A.'s life, her rise to fame, and the myriad of controversies that have followed — manages to mix a uniquely critical lens with intimate access to the subject.
The documentary is woven together using a vault of never-before-seen footage spanning decades and provides an expansive look into the life of one of Britain's most inventive and controversial artists.
Advertisement
"McQueen" (2018)
"McQueen" is a moving documentary that charts the legacy of Lee Alexander McQueen, the boisterous, anti-establishment fashion designer best known as Alexander McQueen.
Co-directed by Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui, the movie divides the designer's life in to distinct chapters that are named after some of his most famed collections.
Archival footage and interviews with McQueen's closest friends and family offer insight into his extraordinary life and offer new context to some of his more controversial shows such as Jack the Ripper Stalks His Victims and Highland Rape.
"McQueen" is a fitting tribute to a complicated artist of mesmerizing and profound genius.
Advertisement
"The Favorite" (2018)
Yorgos Lanthimos brought his trademark dark, absurdist humor to the mainstream with his 2018 Oscar-winner "The Favourite."
The movie follows a frail Queen Anne (Olivia Colman) during the early part of the 18th century as England is about to wage war with the French. And for the most part, Lady Sarah (Rachel Weisz), the Queen's lover and closest confident governs the country while tending to Anne's ill health.
But when a new servant named Abigail (Emma Stones) arrives at court a battle for the Queen's attention begins.
Advertisement
"The Souvenir" (2019)
Over the last decade, British writer-director Joanna Hogg has released three movies, all of them masterpieces, and "The Souvenir" is the first of two to make this list.
Slightly pushing past her trademark small-scale yet managing to keep the deeply intimate nature of her previous work, Hogg charts a stunning semi-autobiographical film about youth, love, and, cinema.
There is also a stunning, career-making performance from Honor Swinton Byrne daughter of Tilda Swinton — who is a lifelong friend of Hogg's — and also stars.
The movie was executive-produced by Martin Scorsese.
Advertisement
"Lynn + Lucy" (2019)
"Lynn + Lucy" is illuminated by a pair of masterful performances by Roxanne Scrimshaw (Lucy) and Nichola Burley (Lynn), two lifelong friends who have never ventured far from their childhood homes.
But when Lucy gives birth to her first child, she doesn't react well to being a mother. Soon, the pair's friendship is tested by the most extreme criminal circumstances.
Writer-director Fyzal Boulifa's debut movie is a contemporary social realist drama with the morality of a classic Greek tragedy.
Advertisement
Advertisement
"Small Axe" (2020)
Steve McQueen's "Small Axe" — a name borrowed from a 1973 single by the Wailers ("If you are the big tree, we are the small axe") — is not a singular work but instead a collection of five separate films that explore the lives of people living in London's West Indian community between the early 1960s and the late 1980s.
The "Small Axe" collection is on this list not only because all five films are so good that they could all be cited individually, but because the collection together is an exceptionally acted and nuanced portrait of an underrepresented culture during a transitional time in history.
John Boyega, Letitia Wright, and Malachi Kirby star.
Advertisement
"Belfast" (2021)
Actor and director Kenneth Branagh drew from his own experiences growing up during The Troubles in Northern Ireland for 2021's "Belfast." The semi-autobiographical drama tells the coming-of-age story of 9-year-old Buddy (Jude Hill), who is growing up in a Protestant family in the titular city as riots erupt in 1969.
"Belfast" was nominated for seven Oscars at the 2021 Academy Awards, with Branagh taking home best screenplay. It also won the BAFTA award for outstanding British film and the Golden Globe for best screenplay.
Advertisement
"Aftersun" (2022)
Charlotte Wells' debut film, "Aftersun," looks at the complicated relationship between 11-year-old Sophie (Frankie Corio) and her father, Calum (Paul Mescal) while they're on holiday together in Turkey.
In this emotional character study, the vacation is a pivotal point in Sophie's coming of age. It's also a heartbreaking portait of a father trying to hide his own struggles from his daughter.
Mescal was nominated for best actor at the 2023 Oscars for playing Calum, and Wells won outstanding debut at the 2023 BAFTAS.
Read next
Film
Advertisement
|
||
6282
|
dbpedia
|
3
| 95
|
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/persons-of-interest/the-states-of-kelly-reichardt
|
en
|
The States of Kelly Reichardt
|
[
"https://www.newyorker.com/verso/static/the-new-yorker/assets/logo.svg",
"https://www.newyorker.com/verso/static/the-new-yorker/assets/logo-header.svg",
"https://media.newyorker.com/photos/648dbe32c85b87b79c610cff/master/w_2560%2Cc_limit/St-Felix-Kelly-Reichardt-Final.jpg",
"https://media.newyorker.com/photos/596fbd91a28215791910e1f3/1:1/w_270%2Cc_limit/undefined",
"https://media.newyorker.com/photos/669e77f990aa7bf4bbc7fc06/4:3/w_480%2Cc_limit/undefined",
"https://media.newyorker.com/photos/669e77f990aa7bf4bbc7fc06/4:3/w_480%2Cc_limit/undefined",
"https://media.newyorker.com/photos/66abffc0e68dd9b9c7f4133b/4:3/w_480%2Cc_limit/undefined",
"https://media.newyorker.com/photos/66abffc0e68dd9b9c7f4133b/4:3/w_480%2Cc_limit/undefined",
"https://media.newyorker.com/photos/6698026c3f1b21f20c4885ff/4:3/w_480%2Cc_limit/undefined",
"https://media.newyorker.com/photos/6698026c3f1b21f20c4885ff/4:3/w_480%2Cc_limit/undefined",
"https://media.newyorker.com/photos/66b26b4c4748355105b8d50e/4:3/w_480%2Cc_limit/undefined",
"https://media.newyorker.com/photos/66b26b4c4748355105b8d50e/4:3/w_480%2Cc_limit/undefined",
"https://www.newyorker.com/verso/static/the-new-yorker/assets/logo-reverse.svg"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
"filmmakers",
"independent filmmakers",
"film directors",
"kelly reichardt",
"westerns",
"film",
"artists"
] | null |
[
"Doreen St. Félix",
"Justin Chang",
"David Gilbert",
"Condé Nast"
] |
2023-06-22T09:00:00-04:00
|
Doreen St. Félix on the director Kelly Reichardt, whose films include “Wendy and Lucy,” “Meek’s Cutoff,” “First Cow,” and her latest movie, “Showing Up.”
|
en
|
https://www.newyorker.com/verso/static/the-new-yorker/assets/favicon.ico
|
The New Yorker
|
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/persons-of-interest/the-states-of-kelly-reichardt
|
The director Kelly Reichardt was in a state of irritation at a screening of her eighth and latest feature film, “Showing Up.” Certain she had come to the theatre early, Reichardt had decided to kill time at a chain burger spot nearby. She was picking at fries when she realized that she had the time wrong. She rushed back to the theatre, arriving with no window left to run a sound check. Her film, a portrait of a sculptor beset by stress in the days leading up to an exhibition, was released into the world of the screening room sans her final stroke. “I think I made everyone uptight,” Reichardt recalled. “Because I was too nervous to show my friends my movie.” The screening was seamless if you were a member of the audience, a durational event if you were Kelly Reichardt. The director was her own seam.
The artist at work. Existentialists have hoarded the idea. (Think of that indulgent monster, wrecked in the process of translating soul to capital.) The concept signals the movements of the mind more readily than the movements of the hand. Reichardt’s film is a rejoinder to this—though that’s not to suggest that “Showing Up” neglects the fact of angst. Our sculptor, Lizzy (Michelle Williams), would like nothing more than to toil in her studio in knitted-brow concentration. But intrusions multiply. The cat needs food. Lizzy’s water heater is broken; therefore, she cannot bathe. And then there’s her day job, as a receptionist at her art-school alma mater, to pay her landlord, who dallies on fixing the heater. But we do not first encounter Lizzy in a state of upset. We encounter her amid her craft. The film opens with watercolors of a female figure, stretched in varying kinetic poses. They are sketches for Lizzy’s statues, little, odd women, possibly homunculi of the artist herself. Then we are led to glimpse Lizzy in her studio—the garage of her apartment—shaving away at clay. “Showing Up” aerates the act of making art, staying close to the anima while keeping the demands of the cynical market at a distance—bringing the mystery of creation to the everyday.
Reichardt is this country’s finest observer of ordinary grit, an American neorealist to place among the likes of Robert Bresson, Yasujirō Ozu, and Vittorio De Sica. The regard for her takes on a hero aspect. It can often feel dazed because of the deep reserve of Reichardt’s stamina, which has carried her through her singular three-decade career. What can seem ambiguous or glamorous about the labor of a director surfaces, in her case, as explicit and arduous. She may scour dozens of states for a filming location, grinding vehicles into highways and back roads. She splits the editing work with an assistant. She is fifty-nine; a good portion of her adulthood has been spread across sublets and rentals, in New York City and the Pacific Northwest. Only in recent years has she been financially able to tie herself to a mortgage. She is a working artist, one who supplements filmmaking with teaching undergraduates. Why should this normal life be classed as sacrifice, as pure? “I never assumed,” Reichardt said, “that I was not going to have a job.”
The director works cut off from anything that moves like Hollywood. (Of A24, the independent studio that produced “Showing Up,” she remarked: “I like them, but they do squeeze in an extra photo shoot.”) Before she came up with the idea for the film, Reichardt and the novelist Jon Raymond, her frequent co-writer, intended to write a script about the Canadian painter Emily Carr. Like Reichardt, Carr was impelled by the natural world, its enigmas. But the writers were drawn, “perversely,” Raymond told me, to the fallow period in which Carr could not approach the canvas and instead ran a boarding house. He and Reichardt travelled to Vancouver for a research trip, and they found monuments to Carr everywhere. A university. A statue of Carr, elderly, accompanied by her dog, Billie, and her monkey, Woo. Celebrity is anathema to Reichardt; it was clear that the bio-pic had to be scrapped. Reichardt’s gaze saps stars—Laura Dern in “Certain Women,” André Benjamin and Michelle Williams in “Showing Up”—of their typical screen glamour. Actors seek out this treatment. I will do anything Kelly tells me to do, is essentially what Williams, who has worked on four films with Reichardt, told me. Her character’s sculptures in “Showing Up” were made by the Portland artist Cynthia Lahti. “Go fall in love with Cynthia’s work,” Reichardt asked of Williams, and the actor followed orders.
The director sets her camera on transience. The lens moves slowly and horizontally, generating the vertigo of being on the road, of “passing through,” as Reichardt put it. Her 2006 film, “Wendy and Lucy,” begins with a freight train passing through timberline. Reichardt elongates our confrontation with modernity, of industrialization coming and changing humanity’s relationship to itself and to nature. The suffering of Wendy, who is stranded with her dog, Lucy, her sole companion, drifts from a desolate Walgreens parking lot to the dark of the forest. When Wendy and others appear in Reichardt’s frame, they are so pale they seem blue. A Reichardt character lives a life of rare creature comfort. This is a person who’s been around. They don’t have a lot of money. They want badly to hitch themself to that train or that ship or that caravan. The character could not be from anywhere but mainland America, a condition they share with the director herself. The propaganda of progress is their birthright, a sign worn subconsciously, as these characters are not overwhelmingly verbal. “The lies are in the dialogue,” Reichardt has said. “The truth is in the visuals.”
The settings of her films cluster in and around Oregon, where Reichardt lives for part of the year, and the greater Pacific Northwest. With Christopher Blauvelt, her cinematographer, Reichardt bears witness to the frontier, as region and as myth. The landscape—the bleached desert, the sloughed valley—has powers of its own. In her period piece “Meek’s Cutoff” (2010), about the frailty of language and paternalism, a small caravan of white pioneer families, led by an untrustworthy eccentric, Stephen Meek, imprisons a Cayuga man—“the Indian”—they find on the Oregon Trail. Unable to find water, the men in the troupe deteriorate, as the women uphold civilization. Reichardt is known for deconstructing genres associated with the hot-blooded masculine. The thriller that conceals the detonation of the bomb from the viewer, in “Night Moves” (2013); the gun that does not go off, in “Certain Women” (2016), a tryptic character study; the business fable marked, from the get-go, with death, in 2019’s “First Cow.” Reichardt starves the narrative, which is a narrative of whiteness, of its cathartic milk—the slaying of the Negro and the Indian, so to speak—as this catharsis is a fiction that the director finds artistically corrupt. She is one of the last American film artists who is in touch with what it is to be both white and other.
“Showing Up,” then, strikes not as a full departure but a slight swerve from the rest of Reichardt’s œuvre. We remain out West, in Portland. An aura of isolation follows Lizzy, with her beige clothes, her plain lunches. The creep of peril exists within the purview of craft. And yet the film is dense with the social, setting it apart. It has the most interior shots of any of Reichardt’s films. It is also the most obviously funny. “We’ve got different theories on cultural production, or he just doesn’t like me,” a co-worker commiserates to Lizzy. Virtually everyone in the movie makes art. Lizzy’s landlord, Jo (Hong Chau), constructs enormous, colorful webs, externalizations of her open personality. Lizzy is determined, closed, weary, a style that is evoked by her delicate sculptures. Her personality seems to emerge in relation to the other artists in her family: her mother, Jean, played by Maryann Plunkett, who runs the art school where Lizzy works; her father, Bill (Judd Hirsch), a potter reeling quietly in the shadow of his own success; her brother, Sean (John Magaro), a tender tortured-artist type, burrowing furiously into the earth.
“Showing Up” is against philistinism, an attitude that, of late, has come into vogue. The film projects the air of an encompassing thesis, an artist’s statement, by Reichardt. “I think I might be done shooting in Portland,” the director wondered aloud, not too long ago. Early on, she said, “it felt totally exotic, shooting all these Pacific Northwest films with hippies. But now it’s become my world.”
The scenarist of the eternal frontier first had to get there. Reichardt was born in the suburbs of Miami, Florida, which she has described as a “cultural desert.” Her mother worked as a narcotics agent, her father as a crime-scene investigator. (They divorced early in her childhood, and her father moved to North Miami, where he lived “with four other divorced cops,” Reichardt said.) “Despite my parents’ line of work,” the director once wrote, “despite the influx of Cuban exiles and boatloads of Haitian refugees floating up on the shores and despite Miami being the murder capital of the country—it seemed a pretty dull place to grow up.”
A young Reichardt was exposed to her father’s crime-scene photography. The images were not art, per se, but exercises in framing, and how framing does or does not clarify truth. As a teen, she’d take her own camera to the ocean’s edge. “It was all old people,” she recalled. “It’s like you survived the Holocaust and then you went to South Beach.” The warmth of the country in extremis did not suit her. She dropped out of high school, earned her G.E.D., and caught a ride to Boston, where she learned how to handle a Bolex camera, and helped on her friends’ films. It was an ablution term: in Boston, she was exposed to the artist’s life. After receiving an M.F.A. from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, she moved to New York, where she found work in art departments on film sets, including on the movie “Poison,” directed by Todd Haynes, who would eventually become a friend and a producer on five of her films.
In 1994, Reichardt made “River of Grass,” her first feature. The narration of Cozy, a Miami housewife, establishes the dry tone. Cozy, drowning in domestic monotony, seeks to transform her unremarkable life, with the help of a man she meets at a bar, Lee, into something dramatic. A gun goes off, and Cozy and Lee attempt, and fail, to master outlaw existence. It is a self-consciously witty film about how real life cannot hew to the beats of genre. Reichardt paid for the production with credit cards, and filmed it in North Miami, shooting some scenes in her father’s home. Police constantly interrupted the shoot, alarmed by the waving of prop guns. “I’m very aware, when I watch it, of a young filmmaker who’s very in love with certain films,” Reichardt said. “I don’t feel like it’s totally my voice yet. My references feel close to the surface. I don’t remember seeing Godard at that point, though I must have,” she said, laughing. “But, clearly, I was taking from Paul Morrissey. ‘Trash,’ ” she listed, as well as Terrence Malick’s “Badlands” and “Days of Heaven.”
After the film’s release, Haynes, writing in Bomb magazine, drew attention to Reichardt’s otherness. “Kelly’s besieged, aimless characters give new meaning to the word anti-hero,” he wrote. “And Kelly herself, battling tooth and nail to get her film made, did so without any of the benefits usually afforded first-time directors, i.e., a film school background, a calling-card short, some connection to money, or a penis.”
“River of Grass” received plaudits at Sundance, and nominations for acting and directing at the Independent Spirit Awards. It did not lead to a sophomore opportunity. Reichardt spent the next seven years paying off her credit-card debt and trying to finance a second film, a crime-scene detective drama. The nineties are enshrined in cultural memory as the successor decade to the sixties, a period that fostered the ascension of the young, brash, and independent: Haynes, Tarantino, Coppola, Anderson, and Van Sant, another friend of Reichardt’s. But the wave passed over Reichardt, a woman who gravitated toward quieter ideas that she didn’t know how to sell, and who was generally terrible at schmoozing. After “River of Grass,” she told me, “I was feeling on the verge of something.” She thought if she rid herself of her boyfriend, her records—whittled herself to the basics, assumed the remove of an ascète—the universe would reward her. “I had a script,” she told me. “Jodie Foster had a company, and I went out to L.A., and she was going to produce it.” The project died in early limbo. “I could go to Jodie Foster’s office during the day, but I had nowhere to sleep at night.”
After crashing at the L.A. home of a producer for six weeks, Reichardt returned to New York. She gave up her apartment, looking to cut costs. She took a job assisting someone who was booking bands. Musicians and filmmakers occupied her social scene, and some of them were trust-fund kids who let her sleep on their couches. Julia Cafritz, a guitarist for the noise band Pussy Galore and a child of a real-estate fortune, threw cold water on Reichardt’s approach. “ ‘No one’s going to make a film with you,’ ” Reichardt remembers Cafritz saying. “ ‘You reek of desperation.’ And you know what?” Reichardt asked. “It was true.” She continued, “You can’t just ignore the basic pyramid of shelter, food, all these things. And then art is,” she said, raising her palm to her forehead, “up here.”
In the late nineties, Reichardt started teaching, first at the School of Visual Arts, and then, later, at N.Y.U. She would not make another film until 2006. Nearing the age of forty, she began shooting “Old Joy,” using the thirty thousand dollars she had inherited from a great-aunt. The movie was adapted from a short story written by Raymond, about two old friends—one bound for fatherhood, the other for listlessness—who reunite by going on an overnight camping trip. (“I don’t know anyone else who would’ve seen a feature in that story,” the novelist told me.) In his review of the film, the critic J. Hoberman, at the Village Voice, placed the director in a lineage: “Old Joy” scanned to him as a “diminished, grunge ‘Easy Rider.’ ” Two years later, Reichardt made “Wendy and Lucy,” cementing her place as a master minimalist. A decade after her début, Reichardt had introduced a gallery of the unassuming: stubbled faces, washed-out business façades, junky cars, worried women.
Many of her later films, such as “First Cow,” the movie she made before “Showing Up,” are considered Westerns, a genre that counts the director as one of its foremost revivalists and critics. The Western adheres to a formula: the intrepid man sets his sights toward the horizon, encounters troubles, and yet ultimately perseveres. The Western is fast. A Reichardt Western is outside of the old math. A Reichardt Western takes its time. Violence is explored as something other than war. And, if violence is muted, then so is sex. The union that most interests Reichardt is that of the platonic pair. In “Old Joy,” the reunion of the two protagonists culminates in secular baptism, a naked soak in a hot spring. Cultural wiring might make you see Jo as Lizzy’s foil, in “Showing Up.” She is playful, well liked, more successful, clueless to Lizzy’s needs. But Reichardt thinks beyond zero-sum construction. The relationship between Lizzy and Jo skirts gendered competition. You sense an undercurrent, watching the spats between them, of warmth, as if, had this not been the week of overlapping exhibitions, Lizzy would be draped across Jo’s couch. When Lizzy sneaks off to see Jo’s works, she drops her mouth in awe. One of her sculptures is of Jo: a woman in overalls, spinning a tire.
I first met Reichardt during a respite in her spring press tour for “Showing Up.” She invited me to the Bronx studio of the artist Michelle Segre, whose yarn installations, porous and amoebic, resembling growths on the forest floor, are the work, in the world of the film, of Jo. Lost in the building, I knew I had finally entered the correct studio when I saw, through the slit of a half-opened door, the nose of Reichardt’s Blundstone boot. Inside, the sculptor and the filmmaker were arguing over what city they were in when they first met—Portland or New York. “Wait,” Segre said, mid-debate. “Can I take a picture of you sitting on my piece?” Suddenly aware that she had been grazing suspended fibres, Reichardt straightened. She gave her mock objections, arms aloft. No, no, no, oh, my God. Conversation had led her to forget her body a little. Segre was delighted. She would not relent on memorializing this Reichardt, with her typical vigilance relaxed out. Reichardt yielded.
Segre had visited the set during production. Reichardt deputized her as a supervisor. “You were, like, ‘Michelle, come here for a second,’ ” Segre recalled the director saying. “ ‘Would you ever have a Richard Serra poster in your studio?’ ” Exactitude is Reichardt’s goal. “Meek’s Cutoff,” for instance, is based on the journals of the real-life Stephen Meek, an Oregon Trail guide. Reichardt insisted on following the directions he’d left behind in his notebooks. “She is very interested in getting the real story and in speaking apart from any prefiguring ideology,” Raymond told me. “She clearly has liberal politics, but the truth quotient that she’s looking for is deeper in a lot of ways.” (Reichardt, he added, “is one of the great gossips of our generation. I don’t mean that in a salacious way. I mean that in the way of being interested in people, and in the minutiae of moral decision-making.”)
The school scenes in “Showing Up” were shot on the defunct campus of the Oregon College of Art and Craft. The institution operated for a hundred and twelve years, Reichardt told me, and now it is to become a private middle school. Reichardt is interested in the Black Mountain College model, “the idea that you put art at the center of learning, and it’ll generate critical thinking, which is necessary for democracy,” she said. The set developed into a school itself. Boundaries, during Reichardt’s shoots, must be penetrative, as her team depends on locals to mount production. Artists and students were game to be extras, making their real art in the background.
Since the première of the film, at Cannes last year, there have been efforts, in reviews, to bridge the character of Lizzy to her creator. Is Reichardt drawn to women loners because she herself is a woman loner? “There’s the link between filmmaking and teaching, I guess,” Reichardt offered. Autobiography cools her imagination.
Since 2006, Reichardt has been on the faculty at Bard College. “Old Joy” had grabbed the attention of Peter Hutton, the chair of the film department at the time. Reichardt was teaching at N.Y.U., where the administration hands to faculty prefab syllabi, unchanged through the decades. “It’s a zone of hacks and bad dudes,” Reichardt said, of the people running the film department. “You have twenty-five kids in a class, and you pick the eight kids that get to make films, and the other kids have to work on their films.” She continued, “The wealthiest kids, they have parents who are already in the art world. . . . I never would’ve gotten picked. I didn’t have ideas.” Bard is different. The film program has roots in the avant-garde. In Hutton, and in Peggy Ahwesh and Jacqueline Goss, her fellow department professors, Reichardt found compatriots.
In the studio with Segre, Reichardt discussed teaching. She wanted to show “Far from Heaven,” Haynes’s melodrama of forbidden longing, to her class. But would her students, turned on everywhere by the dogma of political correctness, misapprehend Haynes’s aim? Would they see Dennis Haysbert’s character of Raymond Deagan, a Black man, the quiet gardener—and the basin for the loneliness of Cathy Whitaker (Julianne Moore)—as beatific, two-dimensional? When we first met, Reichardt had mentioned that students seemed straighter these days, as in conscientious. I wondered if by “conscientious” she meant “righteous.”
Who Reichardt is as a professor is a source of curiosity. One type of admirer thinks, Why this disproportion, a master catering to young birds? Reichardt has spoken to her own personal exhaustion about the sexism that has attended her thirty-year career. But she has also made a choice to be relatively free. The thing is that Reichardt likes teaching, and she likes her students. “I’m teaching undergraduates,” she said. “That’s a different place in life. Who’s making great art when you’re seventeen, eighteen, twenty? I’m just helping them wade in.”
Most semesters, including this past one, Reichardt teaches two seminars. To get to Annandale-on-Hudson from the city, she takes the train up the Hudson River. Her car is back in Portland, and so Mike, a local driver, picks her up at the station. He will not entertain arguments about who will be the one to sling Reichardt’s suitcase in the truck. Settling in beside him, the director will unsheathe the cap on her fingerless gloves. On the short trip to Bard, they may discuss the Murdaugh trial or the lack of snow this season or nothing at all. After her first class of the week, Reichardt decamps to a local bed-and-breakfast that hosts a transient population of professors, graduate students, and locals and has more than one painting of Slovenian malaise on its walls. In the morning, Goss picks her up, and they have peanut-butter toast or oatmeal at a café before heading to their respective courses. Recently, Reichardt invited me to Bard to observe one of her spring classes, on the condition that I didn’t quote any of the students. It wouldn’t be fair, she said.
The film-department building seems to sway if there is even the slightest wind. Reichardt walked into a second-floor room, carrying a stack of DVDs. There was the spine of Haynes’s “Far from Heaven.” She drew a calendar on the whiteboard. Time was running out. The objective of the class was to re-create a film—Leonard Kastle’s “The Honeymoon Killers”—by the semester’s end. The movie is about an unhappy nurse, Martha, and a scuzzy gigolo, Ray, who draws Martha into his scheme of luring lonely old ladies into their nest and killing them for their pensions. It is the genre that Reichardt anatomized in her own début. Each student is assigned a ten-minute portion of the film to reshoot. The goal is not to regurgitate frame by frame but to grow more aware of the infrastructure of filmmaking: blocking, staging, depth, and the like. Reichardt dimmed the lights.
It was a workshop environment. Revelation about art-making would come from art-making. Reichardt was encouraging, but she didn’t coddle; if a student didn’t bring anything to show, she’d look at them, and then look at the calendar. The group critiqued audition videos for potential Rays and Marthas. “Too nice of a face,” Reichardt said, of an aspiring Martha. One student quibbled with the teacher’s evaluation. You could sense, in some spirited caveat speeches, what were defenses of friends. Reichardt reminded them that gratitude couldn’t come before discernment.
And then there was the matter of the hammer. One of the elderly marks in Kastle’s film is bludgeoned to death by Martha while Ray looks on. The student who had been assigned that particular scene had brought in a prop hammer. They seemed excited to use it. Reichardt questioned, carefully. She was in the small but not insignificant position of shaping how another person sees. Reichardt popped the DVD of “The Honeymoon Killers” into the player, and the group rewatched the original scene. The old lady begged for her life. The nurse gripped the tool. Pause. Reichardt paused, not allowing Kastle’s camera to give us the murder. Wasn’t it more powerful to focus on the hammer, and to have sound suggest the rest? ♦
|
||||
6282
|
dbpedia
|
0
| 4
|
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/secret_of_the_whistler
|
en
|
Secret of the Whistler
|
[
"https://images.fandango.com/cms/assets/97c33f00-313f-11ee-9aaf-6762c75465cf--newsletter.png",
"https://images.fandango.com/cms/assets/97c33f00-313f-11ee-9aaf-6762c75465cf--newsletter.png",
"https://www.rottentomatoes.com/assets/pizza-pie/images/rtlogo.9b892cff3fd.png",
"https://images.fandango.com/cms/assets/5b6ff500-1663-11ec-ae31-05a670d2d590--rtactordefault.png",
"https://resizing.flixster.com/gimCELOAaCrTgqE7vKXiFFts4_8=/fit-in/128x128/v2/http://resizing.flixster.com/-T34PYSQBz9WJaYy3dcpPvwpo9U=/128x128/v1.YzszNzc0O2o7MTk5ODA7MjA0ODsxNjE5OzE2MTk",
"https://images.fandango.com/cms/assets/266533e0-7afb-11ed-83f2-4f600722b564--privacyoptions.svg",
"https://images.fandango.com/cms/assets/266533e0-7afb-11ed-83f2-4f600722b564--privacyoptions.svg"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[] | null |
An artist's (Richard Dix) second wife knows he killed his first wife.
|
en
|
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/assets/pizza-pie/images/favicon.ico
|
Rotten Tomatoes
|
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/secret_of_the_whistler
|
Let's keep in touch!
>
Sign up for the Rotten Tomatoes newsletter to get weekly updates on:
Upcoming Movies and TV shows
Rotten Tomatoes Podcast
Media News + More
Sign me up No thanks
|
||||
6282
|
dbpedia
|
0
| 78
|
https://store.radiospirits.com/the-whistler-grave-secret/
|
en
|
The Whistler: Grave Secret
|
[
"https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-1mt5cziu3j/images/stencil/250x83/image001_1721324940__60680.original.png",
"https://store.radiospirits.com/product_images/uploaded_images/",
"https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-1mt5cziu3j/images/stencil/1280x1280/products/1086/934/49102__62957.1637247748.jpg?c=1",
"https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-1mt5cziu3j/images/stencil/100x100/products/1086/934/49102__62957.1637247748.jpg?c=1",
"https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-1mt5cziu3j/images/stencil/500x659/products/1086/934/49102__62957.1637247748.jpg?c=1",
"https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-1mt5cziu3j/stencil/7035a340-8330-013c-f0f9-223c8299ae7b/e/4bcdc270-97c3-013a-6450-425170aeb1b3/img/loading.svg",
"https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-1mt5cziu3j/stencil/7035a340-8330-013c-f0f9-223c8299ae7b/e/4bcdc270-97c3-013a-6450-425170aeb1b3/img/loading.svg",
"https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-1mt5cziu3j/stencil/7035a340-8330-013c-f0f9-223c8299ae7b/e/4bcdc270-97c3-013a-6450-425170aeb1b3/img/loading.svg",
"https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-1mt5cziu3j/stencil/7035a340-8330-013c-f0f9-223c8299ae7b/e/4bcdc270-97c3-013a-6450-425170aeb1b3/img/loading.svg",
"https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-1mt5cziu3j/stencil/7035a340-8330-013c-f0f9-223c8299ae7b/e/4bcdc270-97c3-013a-6450-425170aeb1b3/img/loading.svg",
"https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-1mt5cziu3j/stencil/7035a340-8330-013c-f0f9-223c8299ae7b/e/4bcdc270-97c3-013a-6450-425170aeb1b3/img/loading.svg"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[
"Larry Lyon",
"Eugene Broyls"
] | null |
en
|
Radio Spirits
|
https://store.radiospirits.com/the-whistler-grave-secret/
|
Product Description
"Even when you know who's guilty, you always receive a startling surprise at the final curtain."
He knows who you are and he knows what you did! He's The Whistler -- mysterious figure of the night who knows the nameless terrors of which you dare not speak!
Here's radio noir at its finest in twenty tales of crime, mystery, and fate starring Bill Forman as The Whistler. The plotters and the pawns are played by Jeff Chandler, Betty Lou Gerson, Frank Lovejoy, Gerald Mohr, Eleanor Audley, Joseph Kearns, Frances Robinson, and more.
Includes a Program Guide by radio historian Karl Schadow.
Episodes Include: Payment in Full 09-01-48; Search For An Unknown 10-24-48; Letter From Yesterday 10-31-48; Cover Up 11-07-48; Nightmare 11-14-48; The Lovely Look 11-21-48; Murder In Paradise 11-28-48; The Hangtree Affair 12-19-48; All Damage Covered 01-30-49; Ticket To Paris 02-20-49; Grave Secret 02-27-49; Search For Maxine 03-13-49; Death of Mr. Penny 03-20-49; Beyond The Wall 03-27-49; Rawhide Coffin 04-03-49; Murder At Twin Pines 04-10-49; Mask For Kinsella 04-24-49; Solid Citizen 05-01-49; Golden Opportunity 05-15-49; That Physical Fact 06-19-49
|
||||||
6282
|
dbpedia
|
3
| 56
|
https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/alien-romulus-actors-battled-lifelike-creatures-bring-film-112677120
|
en
|
‘Alien: Romulus’ actors battled lifelike creatures to bring the film back to its horror roots
|
[
"https://s.abcnews.com/assets/dtci/images/hulu.svg",
"https://i.abcnewsfe.com/a/3606cd4d-c126-4aa4-b050-a4b3798a2e69/wirestory_b10f5ef76b6899c8f416ce8cbd2b01b2_16x9.jpg?w=992",
"https://i.abcnewsfe.com/a/df796da7-f987-4251-9f5f-e08a38e61e68/wirestory_d16d2d6e397fc80f05c5b840f7a7d128_square.jpg?w=208",
"https://i.abcnewsfe.com/a/608f5638-6591-46a8-98cd-6d65845c3003/wirestory_7c5b10d7a3544200987a57238afc6a37_square.jpg?w=208",
"https://i.abcnewsfe.com/a/906279a7-3964-4dd4-a825-d725b33a8b2e/wirestory_eb30a22ed1cf4766bb6d83de0b8bb5d1_square.jpg?w=208",
"https://i.abcnewsfe.com/a/1424bf94-fcc9-489f-b775-061534325992/gymnastics2a-rt-ml-240814_1723635849481_hpMain_1x1.jpg?w=208",
"https://i.abcnewsfe.com/a/4a0b8c6d-1854-47e9-9c83-d1b9e612b84c/wirestory_edd66276d2f6c412c988051b618fb8f9_square.jpg?w=208"
] |
[
"https://service-pkgabcnews.akamaized.net/opp/hls/abcnews/2024/08/240815_vod_headlines_nat_,500,800,1200,1800,2500,3200,4500,.mp4.csmil/playlist.m3u8"
] |
[] |
[
"Celebrity",
"Entertainment",
"Movies",
"U.S. news",
"General news",
"Article",
"112677120"
] | null |
[
"KAITLYN HUAMANI Associated Press",
"ABC News"
] |
2024-08-08T14:31:37+00:00
|
“Alien” Romulus," one of the most anticipated movies of the summer, is set to be one of the scariest, as well
|
en
|
https://s.abcnews.com/assets/dtci/images/favicon.ico
|
ABC News
|
https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/alien-romulus-actors-battled-lifelike-creatures-bring-film-112677120
|
SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- While filming “Alien: Romulus,” Cailee Spaeny didn’t have to dig too deep to muster up sheer terror. She was often facing off against real creatures on set — or as close to real as they could get.
Under director Fede Álvarez, a prominent horror filmmaker, the actors played opposite animatronic and puppet alien creatures, including the famed “face huggers” and the dreaded xenomorph.
“From an acting standpoint, it’s such a gift because you’re not having to act against a tennis ball, so it’s right there. There’s less work you have to do,” Spaeny said in a recent interview.
Spaeny said using practical effects whenever possible was a priority for Álvarez from the beginning of the film’s production.
“It needed that kind of close encounter feeling of seeing that the actors are in the same environment with whatever’s the threat,” Álvarez, known for “Evil Dead” and “Don’t Breathe,” said. “It works not just for the audience, but for us, as well. When it comes to making the movie, it just makes everything way more complicated, but I think it makes for better movies.”
The lifelike creatures and commitment to practical effects proved to create a chilling final product — at least for those in the crowd at Comic-Con International, who were treated to some extended scenes and clips during a panel promoting the movie. The audience of over 6,000 people gasped and cheered during the scenes, which Álvarez said he edited deceptively to avoid spoilers ahead of the Aug. 16 theatrical release.
To accomplish the practical effects, Álvarez enlisted a team of filmmakers who have worked with the infamous Stan Winston, the special effects artist known for his work in the “Terminator” series, the first three “Jurassic Park” films and, of course, “Aliens.” Several of the behind-the-scenes creatives on “Romulus” have worked on previous “Alien” movies — including Ridley Scott, who is a producer on the upcoming movie.
“From a film lover’s standpoint, these guys — they’re responsible for some of the best creatures in Hollywood, so to have them around it sort of adds to the joy of what filmmaking and entertainment is all about. That was just a real treat,” Spaeny said. “I think it makes such a difference, not just for the actors and the crew making the movie, but hopefully for the audience, as well.”
Despite recruiting “Alien” alums behind the scenes, casting fresh actors who aren’t readily associated with larger-than-life characters was important to Álvarez. “Romulus” is nestled between “Alien” and its sequel, “Aliens,” but Álvarez has made clear that the new film is a standalone. He said he valued giving every audience member, regardless of whether they’ve seen any other “Alien” movies, a “full meal” as they watched “Romulus,” ensuring no one felt like they were missing any key details.
Still, as someone who grew up watching the “Alien” movies and admires the franchise deeply, Álvarez had to include some nods to his predecessors.
“When certain things happen that tie in with the other movies, if you’re an older audience, or even if you’re younger and you’re a fan and have seen all of them, you’ll get that pleasure of discovering and finding and connecting — and also sound like a smart ass next to your non-fan friend,” Álvarez continued.
With Álvarez’s eye for detail, cast member Isabela Merced said much of the production process was “meticulous,” down to the specks of fake blood on her face that had to be applied in the same exact spots for continuity. “It’s a perfect pattern,” she said.
As anticipation for “Alien: Romulus" grows and the response to clips at Comic-Con and online continues to be overwhelmingly positive, Álvarez said he and his collaborators are finally getting to feel their work paying off after the long creative process, which he calls “torture.”
“You do it for that audience. You do it to cherish that moment,” he said. “For me, to watch the movie that you made with an audience that is enjoying it is the biggest gift you can get.”
Spaeny said she hopes audiences will appreciate how “special” it is to watch a movie like this on a big screen.
“To get to sort of walk into a theater and have that experience with a group of strangers is one of the many beauties of movies.”
|
||||
6282
|
dbpedia
|
0
| 54
|
https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/john-grisham-4/the-whistler/9781444791112/
|
en
|
The Whistler
|
[
"https://www.hachette.co.uk/wp-content/themes/hachette-uk/static/images/imprint-logos-white/hachetteuk.png",
"https://www.hachette.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/hbg-title-9781444791112-48.jpg?w=442"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[] |
2019-04-25T07:19:57+00:00
|
'The best thriller writer alive' Ken Follett
The most corrupt judge in US history. A young investigator with a secret informant.
Lacy Stoltz never expe...
|
en
|
Hachette UK
|
https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/john-grisham-4/the-whistler/9781444791112/
|
We have updated our Privacy Policy Please take a moment to review it. By continuing to use this site, you agree to the terms of our updated Privacy Policy.
|
|||||
6282
|
dbpedia
|
0
| 15
|
http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film12/blu-ray_review_167/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray.htm
|
en
|
Richard Dix / Janis Carter / Gloria Stuart
|
http://www.dvdbeaver.com/banners/Essential%20Noir%20on%20Blu-ray3.jpg
|
[
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/2/become_a_patron_button-50.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/ads/banner_top.gif",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/ads/top-main1.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/banners/main-bann.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/ads/bottom-main.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/ads/banner_but.gif",
"http://www.google.com/images/poweredby_transparent/poweredby_999999.gif",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/cover500_columbia_noir_6_blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450__title_1_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450__title_2_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450__title_3_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450__title_4_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450__title_5_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450__title_6_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450__title_7_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450__title_8_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/poster__poster_3_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/poster__poster_12_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/poster__poster_4_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/poster__poster_11_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/poster__poster_1_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/poster__poster_9_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/poster__poster_2_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/poster__poster_10_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/poster__poster_15_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/poster__poster_8_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/poster__poster_16_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/poster__poster_5_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/poster__poster_13_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/poster__poster_6_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/poster__poster_14_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/poster__poster_7_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/26/the_warriors_4K_UHD_/banner-980_BD-4K_UHD_year-end.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/cover300_columbia_noir_6_blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/banners/amazone_uk.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/banner/patrons-only_button.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/bitrate-sample_columbia_noir_6_blu-ray_.gif",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film3/dvd_reviews56/hammer-on-blu-ray-banner_980.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/code_columbia_noir_6_blu-ray_.gif",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/banners/Essential%20Noir%20on%20Blu-ray3.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/menu__menu_1_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/menu__menu_2_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/menu__menu_3_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/menu__menu_4_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/menu__menu_5_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/menu__menu_7_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/menu__menu_8_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/menu__menu_6_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/menu__menu_9_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/menu__menu_10_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/menu__menu_11_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/menu__menu_12_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/menu__menu_13_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/menu__menu_15_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/menu__menu_16_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/menu__menu_17_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/menu__menu_18_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/menu__menu_14_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/menu__menu_19_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/menu__menu_20_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/menu__menu_21_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/menu__menu_22_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/menu__menu_23_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/menu__menu_24_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/menu__menu_25_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/menu__menu_26_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/menu__menu_27_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/menu__menu_28_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/menu__menu_29_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/menu__menu_30_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/menu__menu_32_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/menu__menu_33_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/menu__menu_34_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/menu__menu_35_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/menu__menu_31_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/205/essential_noir_/essential_noir_/banner-click-definitive_noir.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/880_cropped_3_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/1-1_The_Whistler_Collection-Richard_Dix-DVD_Onesmedia-00341.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/880_cropped_1_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/1-2-2-The_Whistler-Richard_Dix-DVD_Choice_Collection-00715.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/880_cropped_2_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/880_cropped_6_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/880_cropped_5_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/880_cropped_4_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/880_cropped_9_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/3-1-1-The_Power_of_the_Whistler-Richard_Dix-DVD_Onesmedia-00129.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/880_cropped_7_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/3-2-2-The_Power_of_the_Whistler-Richard_Dix-DVD_Choice_Collection-02521.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/880_cropped_8_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/880_cropped_12_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/4-1-Voice_of_the_Whistler-Richard_Dix-DVD_Onesmedia-01917.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/880_cropped_10_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/4-2-Voice_of_the_Whistler-Richard_Dix-DVD_Choice_Collection-05521_1st.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/880_cropped_11_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/880_cropped_15_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/5-1-Mysterious_Intruder-Whistler-Richard_Dix-DVD_Onesmedia-01253.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/880_cropped_13_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/5-2-Mysterious_Intruder-Whistler-Richard_Dix-DVD_Choice_Collection-01534.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/880_cropped_14_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/880_cropped_18_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/6-1The_Secret_of_the_Whistler-Richard_Dix-DVD_Onesmedia-05435.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/880_cropped_16_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/6-2-The_Secret_of_the_Whistler-Richard_Dix-DVD_Choice_Collection-05802.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/880_cropped_17_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/880_cropped_21_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/7-1-The_Thirteenth_Hour-Whistler-Richard_Dix-DVD_Onesmedia-02005.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/880_cropped_19_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/7-2-The_Thirteenth_Hour-Whistler-Richard_Dix-DVD_Choice_Collection-04018.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/880_cropped_20_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/880_cropped_24_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/8-1-The_Return_of_the_Whistler-Michael_Duane-DVD_Onesmedia-04405.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/880_cropped_22_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/8-2-The_Return_of_the_Whistler-Michael_Duane-DVD_Choice_Collection-03214.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/880_cropped_23_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_1_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_2_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_3_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_4_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_5_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_6_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_7_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_8_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_9_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_10_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_11_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_12_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_15_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_16_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_17_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_18_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_19_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_13_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_21_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_22_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_23_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_24_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_25_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_26_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_28_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_29_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_30_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_31_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_32_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_33_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_34_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_35_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_36_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_37_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_38_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_39_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_40_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_41_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_42_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_43_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_44_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_45_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_46_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_47_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_48_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_49_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_50_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_51_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_52_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_53_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_54_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_55_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_56_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_57_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_59_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_60_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_61_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_62_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_63_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_64_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_65_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_66_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_67_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_68_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_69_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_70_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_71_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_72_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_73_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_74_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_75_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_76_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_77_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_78_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_79_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_80_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_81_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_82_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_83_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_84_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_85_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_86_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_87_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_88_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_89_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_90_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_92_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_93_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_94_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_95_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_96_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_97_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_98_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_99_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_100_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_101_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_102_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_103_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_104_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_105_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_106_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_107_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_108_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_109_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_110_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_111_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_112_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_113_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_114_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_115_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_116_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_117_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_118_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_119_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_120_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_121_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_122_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_123_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_125_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_126_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_127_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_128_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_129_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_130_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_131_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_132_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_133_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_134_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_135_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_136_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_137_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_138_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_139_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_140_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_141_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_142_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_143_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_144_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_145_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_146_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_147_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_148_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_149_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_150_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_151_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_152_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_153_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_154_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_156_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_157_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_158_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_159_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_160_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_161_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_162_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_163_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_164_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_165_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_166_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_167_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_168_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_169_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_170_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_171_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_172_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_173_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_174_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_175_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_176_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_177_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_178_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_179_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_180_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_181_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_182_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_183_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_184_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_185_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_186_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_187_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_188_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_189_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_190_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_191_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_193_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_194_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_195_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_196_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_197_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_198_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_199_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_200_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_201_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_202_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_203_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_204_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_205_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_206_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_207_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_208_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_209_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_210_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_211_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_212_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_213_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_214_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_215_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_216_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_217_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_218_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_219_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_220_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_221_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_222_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_224_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_225_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_226_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_227_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_228_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_229_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_230_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_231_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_232_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_233_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_234_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_235_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_236_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_237_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_238_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_239_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_240_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_241_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_242_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_243_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_244_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_245_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_246_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_247_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_248_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_249_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_250_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_251_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_252_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/450_cropped__pat_253_columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray__blu-ray__blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/28/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray_/coverB-300_columbia_noir_6_blu-ray_.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/banners/amazone_uk.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/banner/patrons-only_button.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/ads/banner_top.gif",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/ads/top-main1.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/banners/main-bann.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/ads/bottom-main.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/ads/banner_but.gif",
"http://www.google.com/images/poweredby_transparent/poweredby_999999.gif",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/_vti_bin/fpcount.exe/?Page=film12/blu-ray_review_167/columbia_noir_6_whistler_blu-ray.htm|Image=3",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/banners/follow_us_on_twitter_sample.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/1/warner_archive/newsletter_subscribe_sample.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/26/the_warriors_4K_UHD_/banner-980_BD-4K_UHD_year-end.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/23/tormented_blu-ray_/980-poll_banner.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/knockabout_blu-ray_/results_BD_4K_2021_980.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film10/blu-ray_review_141/980-main-2020-main.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film6/blu-ray_reviews_76/neo_noir_blu-ray_/DesertIsland-click.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/banner/980-cinema-japan-banner-click999.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film6/blu-ray_reviews_76/giallo_blu-rays_/giallo-blu-ray-banner.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/103/banner-neo2.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film6/silent_films_on_blu-ray_/pre-code-980-banner.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film6/blu-ray_reviews_78/blu-rays_in_france_/silent-980-banner.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/103/Essential%20Noir%20on%20Blu-ray3.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/103/run-amok-980.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film6/blu-ray_reviews_76/50s_science_fiction_classics_/banner-sci-fi-980.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film6/blu-ray_reviews_77/hammer_films_blu-ray_/hammer-on-blu-ray-banner_980.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/103/articles_dvdbeaver.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/2005/bannoir_ad2-large.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/103/banner900_link_blaxsploitation.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/103/archive_banner.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/103/banner850_hags_large_link.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/103/large_apocalypse.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/103/main-click_western_banner.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/1/950-click_ozsploitation_banner_final.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/103/banner_link-bergman.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/banners/amazon-fr_guide-banner.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/banners/dvdbeaver-amazon-germany.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/1a/980_women-in-prison-banner.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/2005/banner_TOS31.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/2005/bannoir_ad2-large.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/banner/2019-year-end-results_980.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/204/essentuial_film_noir_on_blu-ray_/blu-ray_year_2018-980-click.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/103/BD-DVD-2017.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/103/banner-2016-border.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/103/banner-2015.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/103/banner-2014.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/103/banner-2012.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/103/banner_dvd_blu-ray_2011_a.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/103/banner-2010_wb.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/103/DVD-Blu-ray_%202009.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/103/DVD_of_the-_year_2008a.jpg",
"http://wms.assoc-amazon.com/20070822/US/img/noscript.gif?tag=dvdbeaver-20"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[] | null | null |
NOTE: The below Blu-ray captures were taken directly from the Blu-ray disc.ADDITION: Indicator Blu-ray (May 2024): Indicator have transferred the entire eight "The Whistler" series films to their sixth Columbia Film Noirs boxset. The eight films, shared two each, are on 4 Blu-ray discs; The Whistler (1944,) The Mark of the Whistler (1944,) The Power of the Whistler (1945,) Voice of the Whistler (1945,) Mysterious Intruder (1946,) The Secret of the Whistler (1946,) The Thirteenth Hour (1947) and The Return of the Whistler (1948).
Indicator's Columbia Noir #1 Blu-ray set was voted the third best Boxset of the Year in our 2020 Poll. Volume 2 came out on February 15th, 2021. Irresistible Volume 3
came out in May 2021, reviewed HERE. Columbia Noir #4, reviewed HERE and Columbia #5 (Humphrey Bogart,) HERE are, likewise, very appreciated by 'Dark Cinema' aficionados. The Whistler series, one of the most requested film series from the Columbia library, was soooo welcome.
Firstly, we have to give a huge shout-out to DVDBeaver's most loyal and intrepid contributor; Gregory Meshman. I doubt that this website would exist without him. Thank you, my friend... include Eric Cotenas, Henrik Sylow-Madsen (RIP), Leonard Norwitz, Pavel Borodin, Nick, Trond, Doug, even Eddie - and many more. Back in the day, Gregory compared seven of the eight films on DVD (Onesmedia' The Whistler' Collection vs. Sony Pictures - Choice Collection) with The Whistler, HERE, The Power of the Whistler HERE, Voice of the Whistler HERE, Mysterious Intruder HERE, The Secret of the Whistler HERE, The Thirteenth Hour HERE, The Return of the Whistler HERE, with The Mark of the Whistler skipped by Sony. We've compared a number of SD captures to 1080P below.
It seems The Mark of the Whistler, the second entry in the series, apparently was avoided as it has a compromised source being the weakest of the eight film image quality in this Blu-ray set. It's thicker and hazier than the rest - appearing like an SD-bump. Also the last 1/2 hour of The Thirteenth Hour shows a similar weakness (and some vertical scratches also present on the Sony DVD - see below.) Other than that it is all good - very clean, heightened contrast and detail - plus rich, fine, grain texture. They look great with max'ed out bitrates for the format. This is a very welcome upgrade. I was impressed.
NOTE: We have added 250 more large resolution Blu-ray captures (in lossless PNG format) for DVDBeaver Patrons HERE
On their Blu-ray, Indicator use linear PCM mono tracks (24-bit) in the original English language. There are few audio effects in the series. Along with the theme music by Wilbur Hatch (The Scarface Mob - he also worked in a lot of TV series including Star Trek, The Twilight Zone, Mission: Impossible) there are stock music and score contributions in the series by Mischa Bakaleinikoff (The Scarlet Letter, The Werewolf, The Lineup, New Orleans Uncensored, The Crooked Web, Cell 2455 Death Row, Comanche Station, It Came from Beneath the Sea, The Giant Claw, Earth vs. the Flying Saucers, The 27th Day, 20 Million Miles to Earth, Lady for a Day), Daniele Amfitheatrof (The Capture, An Act of Murder, The Last Hunt, I'll Be Seeing You, Edge of Eternity, The Lost Moment, The Desperate Hours, Human Desire, Letter From An Unknown Woman,) George Duning (Zombies of the Mora Tau. Two Rode Together, The Eddy Duchin Story,3:10 to Yuma, Jeanne Eagels,The Shadow on the Window,My Sister Eileen, The Mob, Affair in Trinidad, Tight Spot, Johnny O'Clock, The Dark Past, Convicted, and Between Midnight and Dawn etc.,) Werner R. Heymann (Lubitsch's The Shop Around the Corner, Angel and Bluebeard's Eighth Wife), Paul Sawtell (It The Terror From Beyond Space, Five Steps to Danger, Island of the Blue Dolphins A Game of Death, Inferno, Silver City, The Fly, Denver and Rio Grande, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea), René Garriguenc (The Twilight Zone,) Lucien Moraweck (20 Million Miles to Earth,) Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (The Return of the Vampire, Night Editor, And Then There Were None,) Arthur Morton (Pushover, Gun Fury, his extensive music department work includes western TV series like Wagon Train, Black Saddle, 1959's Laramie etc.) and others. Clean, flat and flawless in the uncompressed audio transfer. Indicator offer optional English (SDH) subtitles on their Region 'B'-locked Blu-ray.
The Indicator Blu-ray
offers six new commentaries by writer, broadcaster and academic Josh Nelson on The Whistler - by professor and film scholar Jason A. Ney on The Power of the Whistler - by historian Lee Gambin - author of Like Being on Mars - An Oral History of Carrie (1976) on Voice of the Whistler - by film historian Jeremy Arnold (author of The Essentials Vol. 2: 52 More Must-See Movies and Why They Matter) on Mysterious Intruder - and by academic and curator Eloise Ross (contributor to The Pre-Code Companion, Issue #2: Three on a Match, Female, & Other Men's Women) on The Thirteenth Hour. Josh Nelson discusses the various cast and crew involved in The Whistler, the origins and the radio program, the film's premise and the connection to film noir especially in the era of WW2 as well as the film's importance to the career of William Castle. Jason A. Ney talks about The Power of the Whistler and the series' roots, where it fits into The Whistler series, the stet of Columbia Pictures at the time, production details including behind-the-scenes anecdotes, how it was received upon initial release, and its place within the canon of film noir, the significance of various scenes and character beats. Lee Gambin talks about Voice of the Whistler and that film's focus of loneliness - social, emotional and existential. Also playing to the film is an optional audio track from 1958 of Stuart Holmes Oral History described as a rare archival audio recording of the prolific character actor in conversation with historian George Pratt. He has an uncredited role as the 'Sinclair Executive' in Voice of the Whistler and was an American actor and sculptor whose career spanned seven decades. Jeremy Arnold talks about the fifth entry in the series, Mysterious Intruder, and the fourth and last one to be directed by William Castle, that it was well-received by critics, the history of the film, its style - visual approach, and many of the cast and crew involved. Eloise Ross talks about the seventh installment, The Thirteenth Hour, filmed in 1946, she discusses the screenplay by Edward Bock and Raymond L. Schrock from a story by Leslie Edgley entitled The Hunter is a Fugitive, and the alt-titles of the film including The Whistler's Destiny, that it was Richard Dix last performance in the series and his career, plus much more. "A Whistle-Stop Tour has a new 22-minute in-depth exploration of the film series by the critic and author Kim Newman (author of Something More Than Night) who also does a new 21-minute video piece on William Castle, entitled, Working in the Shadows, as an overview of the cult filmmakers early career as a studio-contracted director, prior to his successes as an independent showman best known for his macabre genre movies. Included is a video of an interview of Richard Dix conducted by Alan K Rode following a screening of The Power of the Whistler at the Egyptian Theatre, Los Angeles, on April 17th of 2010. Its Murder is a 1944 dramatized 10-minute documentary, produced by Columbia Pictures for the war effort and featuring a number of cast and crew members from The Whistler film series. Its Your America is from 1945 - a dramatized documentary focusing on soldiers returning from World War II, directed by John Ford and featuring J Carroll Naish, the antagonist in The Whistler running over 36-minutes. Lastly are image galleries for 7 of the 6 films featuring promotional and publicity materials. The package has a limited edition exclusive 120-page book with a new essay by Tim Lucas (author of Pause. Rewind. Obsess. One Mans One Year Escape into Cinema,) archival interviews with actor Richard Dix, an extract from director William Castles autobiography, an archival article on the popularity of the radio show, new writing on the short films, and film credits.
It would be appropriate to acknowledge the immense desirability of The Whistler series to Blu-ray. Noir tropes are rife with a guilt-stricken male character who hires a contract killer... for himself (The Whistler), amnesia (The Power of the Whistler) with an amateur fortune teller sidekick, a homeless man providing a false-identity for money (The Mark of the Whistler.) We have a lonely, and terminally ill, millionaire exchanging security for female companionship (Voice of the Whistler), a missing girl (Mysterious Intruder)... and murder. The Secret of the Whistler has a murderous new husband and an investigative wife; The Thirteenth Hour echoes Jules Dassin's Thieves Highway centered the perilously competitive world of the trucking business, and The Return of the Whistler has Michael Duane taking the lead as a man whose fiancée is abducted on the eve of their wedding with flashbacks during a car-ride conversation with a private eye and the groom. Concluding twists are common, undisclosed shadows, revealing narration, building suspense and 'dark cinema' atmosphere(s.) Richard Dix is wonderful with, almost exclusively blonde, gal co-stars who include
Janis Carter (twice,) Gloria Stuart (1933's Secret of the Blue Room and James Cameron's 1997 Titanic,) Lynn Merrick, model and dancer Leslie Brooks, and Karen Morley (stand in for Greta Garbo.) It's a series I can watch at any time and I'm so pleased that Indicator took it on - knowing they would do the ultimate Blu-ray package. This has our highest recommendation.
|
|||||||
6282
|
dbpedia
|
2
| 6
|
https://www.filmaffinity.com/en/film549570.html
|
en
|
The Secret of the Whistler (1946)
|
[
"http://b.scorecardresearch.com/p?c1=2&c2=13181121&cv=2.0&cj=1",
"https://www.filmaffinity.com/images/logo4.png",
"https://www.filmaffinity.com/imgs/countries2/US.png",
"https://www.filmaffinity.com/imgs/countries2/CA.png",
"https://www.filmaffinity.com/imgs/countries2/MX.png",
"https://www.filmaffinity.com/imgs/countries2/ES.png",
"https://www.filmaffinity.com/imgs/countries2/GB.png",
"https://www.filmaffinity.com/imgs/countries2/IE.png",
"https://www.filmaffinity.com/imgs/countries2/AU.png",
"https://www.filmaffinity.com/imgs/countries2/AR.png",
"https://www.filmaffinity.com/imgs/countries2/CL.png",
"https://www.filmaffinity.com/imgs/countries2/CO.png",
"https://www.filmaffinity.com/imgs/countries2/UY.png",
"https://www.filmaffinity.com/imgs/countries2/PY.png",
"https://www.filmaffinity.com/imgs/countries2/PE.png",
"https://www.filmaffinity.com/imgs/countries2/EC.png",
"https://www.filmaffinity.com/imgs/countries2/VE.png",
"https://www.filmaffinity.com/imgs/countries2/CR.png",
"https://www.filmaffinity.com/imgs/countries2/HN.png",
"https://www.filmaffinity.com/imgs/countries2/GT.png",
"https://www.filmaffinity.com/imgs/countries2/BO.png",
"https://www.filmaffinity.com/imgs/countries2/DO.png",
"https://pics.filmaffinity.com/the_secret_of_the_whistler-215735055-mmed.jpg",
"https://filmaffinity.com/images/ratings/6.png",
"https://pics.filmaffinity.com/mysterious_intruder-558217122-mmed.jpg",
"https://pics.filmaffinity.com/the_thirteenth_hour-390795748-msmall.jpg",
"https://www.filmaffinity.com/imgs/countries2/US.png",
"https://pics.filmaffinity.com/richard_dix-223310527605973-nm_200.jpg",
"https://pics.filmaffinity.com/leslie_brooks-020800955955164-nm_200.jpg",
"https://pics.filmaffinity.com/michael_duane-049331612418794-nm_200.jpg",
"https://pics.filmaffinity.com/mary_currier-062214929872446-nm_200.jpg",
"https://pics.filmaffinity.com/mona_barrie-080786506514783-nm_200.jpg",
"https://pics.filmaffinity.com/ray_walker-263428568371257-nm_200.jpg",
"https://pics.filmaffinity.com/the_secret_of_the_whistler-215735055-mtiny.jpg",
"https://www.filmaffinity.com/images/arrow-up2.png",
"https://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-LBBrF-bdAtkuF.gif"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[] | null |
The Secret of the Whistler is a film directed by George Sherman with Richard Dix, Leslie Brooks, Michael Duane, Mary Currier .... Year: 1946. Original title: The Secret of the Whistler. Synopsis: An artist married to a wealthy but ill woman begins an affair with one of his models, who is after him solely for his money. His wife discovers the affair and threatens to cut him out of her will. In ...You can watch The Secret of the Whistler through on the platforms:
|
en
|
/favicon.png
|
FilmAffinity
|
https://www.filmaffinity.com/us/film549570.html
|
Is the synopsis/plot summary missing? Do you want to report a spoiler, error or omission? Please send us a message.
If you are not a registered user please send us an email to [email protected]
All copyrighted material (movie posters, DVD covers, stills, trailers) and trademarks belong to their respective producers and/or distributors.
For US ratings information please visit: www.mpaa.org www.filmratings.com www.parentalguide.org
|
||||
6282
|
dbpedia
|
1
| 6
|
https://unwinnable.com/2024/06/12/rough-shadows-the-whistler-films-on-blu-ray/
|
en
|
Rough Shadows: The Whistler Films on Blu-ray
|
[
"https://unwinnable.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Unwinnable-Header.png",
"https://unwinnable.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/whistler-featured.png.png",
"https://unwinnable.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Monthly-Gif-2.gif",
"https://unwinnable.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/355A_THE_POWER_OF_THE_WHISTLER_digipak_RGB_72dpi_1024x1024@2x-226x277.jpg",
"https://unwinnable.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/MV5BMjBhNWQwNDItOTRlYi00MzQwLTg1NzEtZDg2ZWVmYmIyMmIwXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTk2MzI2Ng@@._V1_-378x277.jpg",
"https://unwinnable.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/354A_THE_WHISTLER_digipak_RGB_72dpi_2048x-226x277.jpg",
"https://unwinnable.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/UM-Module.jpg",
"https://unwinnable.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/drive2.jpg",
"https://unwinnable.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Constantine.jpg",
"https://unwinnable.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/LA-Noire-1.jpg",
"https://unwinnable.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/night-has-a-thousand-eyes-featured-150x63.png"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[
"Orrin Grey"
] |
2024-06-12T00:00:00
|
There’s nothing here that’s a forgotten classic or destined to become a new favorite, but it’s nice to have them around, and it’s great, as always, that Indicator is doing the work to preserve some of these B-roll pictures.
|
en
|
Unwinnable | Stories about Culture
|
https://unwinnable.com/2024/06/12/rough-shadows-the-whistler-films-on-blu-ray/
|
“I may not be the greatest detective in the world, but I am the most unusual.”
These days, we mostly know William Castle for his string of gimmicky horror films, beginning with Macabre in 1958. Before that, however, he already had a prolific career as a director of genre programmers, including four of the eight films in the Whistler series from Columbia.
Like Universal’s Inner Sanctum Mysteries before it, the Whistler began life as a radio drama in 1942. Each episode was introduced and narrated by an omniscient and sardonic figure known simply as the Whistler, who functioned not only as host for the audience but also as a sort of Greek chorus, occasionally adding commentary to the action and even taunting the characters, though they could rarely hear him.
The films take a similar bent. Focusing on tales of mystery and crime, each one is narrated by the Whistler – voice provided by an uncredited Otto Forrest – and the first seven of the eight movies star Richard Dix (The Ghost Ship), playing a different character in each picture, similar to what Lon Chaney Jr. was doing in the Inner Sanctum films at the same time.
Simply titled The Whistler (1944), the first film in the series (which is also the first one directed by Castle) sees Dix taking on the role of a man who tries to commit suicide by hiring a contract killer to knock him off, only to find that he can’t call off the contract when he changes his mind. It’s a plot that has been used elsewhere, but it’s a good one, and it’s put to good use here thanks to the always-reliable J. Carrol Naish (House of Frankenstein) as the hitman.
This was Castle’s second or third feature as director, and he purportedly liked the script and the experience, writing in his 1976 memoir Step Right Up! that, “I tried every effect I could dream of to create a mood of terror: low key lighting, wide angle lenses to give an eerie feeling and a handheld camera in many of the important scenes to give a sense of reality to the horror.”
Sadly, this was still a full decade before Castle’s real horror days, so even once Naish’s hitman settles on the idea of scaring his quarry to death, Castle doesn’t yet trot out any of the gimmicks or low-rent horror aesthetics that he would later become synonymous with.
In proper programmer fashion, The Mark of the Whistler was released just a few months after the first film, and all eight would hit screens within four years. Castle was back in the director’s chair for Mark of the Whistler, in which Dix plays a drifter who attempts to claim the money in a dormant bank account only to get caught up in predictable drama. This time around, the screenplay is adapted from a 1942 short story by Cornell Woolrich (“Dormant Account”).
Despite several mainstays of gothic plotting (mistaken identities and familial revenge) and nice turns from a couple of heavies – including Matt Willis, who played the wolfman in Return of the Vampire – there are even fewer opportunities for horror hijinks in Mark of the Whistler. Which is not to say that Castle doesn’t still get to have a little fun and show off his chops when it comes to paranoia and timing. Aficionados of these kinds of movies will also recognize Willie Best in an uncredited role as a men’s room attendant.
As it happens, a different alum of Return of the Vampire is present for The Power of the Whistler from 1945, the first movie in the series not to be directed by William Castle. Instead, Lew Landers, who previously helmed Return of the Vampire, The Boogie Man Will Get You, and the 1935 version of The Raven is in the director’s chair this time around, so it’s not like our horror credentials are reduced in any way.
It also doesn’t hurt that the setup is more horror than ever before. This time around, Dix plays a guy who gets in an accident and loses his memory, while a girl at a bar predicts his fortune and says that he’ll die within 24 hours. Naturally, the two team up to try to figure out who he is and why he might be doomed, and in so doing uncover more than they bargained for. Janis Carter, who played the charming reporter in Mark of the Whistler, is back as the leading lady in this one, too.
The script this time around comes from one Aubrey Wisberg, whose other screenwriting credits include (but are fortunately not limited to) The Man from Planet X and, uh… Hercules in New York. Let’s try not to hold that against him.
Dix is probably better as the conflicted (and ultimately sinister) character here than he was in more heroic parts in prior movies, but unfortunately The Power of the Whistler suffers somewhat under its rather belabored plotting, despite a very good mystery setup and a “whirlwind tour of New York” structure. Also, content warning, there are several animal murders, all of which take place off screen but several of which are pretty upsetting, nonetheless.
With Castle not only back in the director’s chair but also co-writing Voice of the Whistler (1945), I had some hopes for this fourth installment in the series but, unfortunately, it is little more than a perfectly serviceable noir melodrama about greed and a love triangle, albeit with a nice lighthouse setting. For a movie that’s only about sixty minutes long, it takes its time getting to the inevitably tragic denouement, which seems to come together – and then come apart – pretty abruptly.
Once again, Castle showcases his aptitude for economy, especially in the film’s newsreel opening, which sets up all the backstory we need – and then some. Like all the films in this series, Voice opens with the Whistler’s shadowy presence introducing the story and narrating what we’re about to see, and while much of the rest of the film may be lacking in atmosphere, the image of the Whistler’s shadow gradually climbing the seaside rocks is a potent visual to start us off.
Mysterious Intruder (1946) is, unfortunately, the last of these films to be directed by William Castle, but at least he goes out on a high note. Screenwriter Eric Taylor’s other credits include several Universal horror pictures, among them Black Friday, The Ghost of Frankenstein, Son of Dracula, and the 1943 versions of both Phantom of the Opera and The Black Cat. He provides story and screenplay for Mysterious Intruder, which feels more like an unrelated script that was repurposed as a Whistler episode than any of the others so far. While the Whistler still provides his usual narration, including occasional interludes, he interacts less directly with the characters, and never interferes with the plot, as he has in a couple of prior occasions.
Luckily, Mysterious Intruder can stand pretty well on its own. This time around, Dix plays an unscrupulous private eye who is hired to locate a young woman for mysterious reasons. Those reasons become obvious fairly early on, but they provide a good MacGuffin to drive the plot and prompt the various murders that inevitably follow.
Five movies into this series, I think I can safely say that Dix is at his best here when he’s allowed to play a bad guy – or at least, someone who isn’t entirely above board. While he may go a bit over the top with his sleazy detective, prompting one to wonder why anyone would ever trust him, he’s got a lot more energy here than in many of his prior performances.
For The Secret of the Whistler (1946), Castle is replaced by George Sherman, who has no horror bona fides to speak of but who directed an absolute pile of low-budget Westerns. Story and script, this time, come from Richard Landau (who worked on The Quatermass Xperiment, among others) and prolific silent-era screenwriter Raymond Schrock, whose more than 150 screen credits include the Lon Chaney Phantom of the Opera and The Hidden Hand.
Dix is playing a bad guy again, which is nice. He’s an artist whose career is being financed by his marriage to a wealthy woman who suffers from frequent heart attacks. Unfortunately for everyone involved, he falls in love with a gold-digging artist’s model (Leslie Brooks) and figures he needs to get his wife out of the way – but she won’t accommodate him by kicking off fast enough, so he takes matters into his own hands in a familiar but effective bit of gothic melodrama.
Continuing the string of prolific but less illustrious directors, the seventh Whistler film is the last project from director William Clemens, whose CV is pretty much nothing but programmers of this sort. From a story by émigré mystery writer Leslie Edgley, the 1947 movie is inexplicably titled The Thirteenth Hour, despite the plot having nothing to do with time at all, let alone a particular hour, thirteenth or otherwise.
It’s also the last film (full stop) to feature Richard Dix in the lead, or anywhere else. Suffering from a heart condition, he was unable to appear in the eighth and final Whistler film in 1948 and he was dead at the age of 56 by the end of September, 1949. He’s fine enough in The Thirteenth Hour, even if he is once more shackled with a sympathetic good guy role, this time playing the owner of a small-time trucking firm that gets caught in an unlikely frame up.
Because of Dix’s departure, the only thing to tie The Return of the Whistler to the previous films is the presence of the Whistler himself, still voiced by Otto Forrest, and still providing his usual sardonic narration. The story is another taken from Cornell Woolrich – this time his 1940 short “All at Once, No Alice” – meaning that it enjoys a tighter plot than many of the other Whistler pictures.
Michael Duane (who was only in, like, seventeen movies) plays a young man whose bride-to-be (Lenore Aubert, later in Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein) disappears on what was to have been their wedding night. Shortly thereafter, he runs into a private detective named Gaylord Traynor, played by the extremely prolific Richard Lane, who managed to tuck some 180 screen credits under his belt while also working as an early TV personality doing sports announcing for television station KTLA.
Directing duties this time come from D. Ross Lederman, another prolific helmer of B pictures who would move on to directing mostly Western TV shows in the ‘50s. According to the internet, Lederman was known for delivering films on time and under budget, which is believable given the overall workmanlike quality of the picture – not that many of the other Whistler movies were exactly arguments for the auteur theory or anything.
Ultimately, though, workmanlike or not, Return of the Whistler is one of the better Whistler pictures and, fundamentally, all of them are solid, enjoyable noirs. There’s nothing here that’s a forgotten classic or destined to become a new favorite, but it’s nice to have them around, and it’s great, as always, that Indicator is doing the work to preserve some of these B-roll pictures. The only bummer is that these are region B encoded, so folks in the States will need region-free players to enjoy them.
Regular readers will know that Indicator is one of my favorite boutique labels and, as always, the restorations here are good throughout, the packaging striking, and the Blus are accompanied by a handful of interesting extras. Plus, there’s eight films crammed into this boxed set and, even at only around 60 minutes each, that’s a whole lot of “strange tales” from the Whistler.
———
|
|||||
6282
|
dbpedia
|
1
| 13
|
https://kultguyskeep.wordpress.com/2024/06/15/the-whistler-indicator/
|
en
|
The Columbia Pictures’ mystery film noirs get the Indicator Blu-ray treatment
|
[
"https://kultguyskeep.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/whistler-9.jpg?w=800",
"https://kultguyskeep.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/1.png?w=1020",
"https://kultguyskeep.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/2.png?w=1020",
"https://kultguyskeep.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/3.png?w=1020",
"https://kultguyskeep.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/4.png?w=1020",
"https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7a48aff8164fbe2c880c3f9ef160430fa65de132386472a6814e3999bb7c3d94?s=60&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://movietalkuk.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/cropped-logotest.jpg?w=48",
"https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/f4b358ff15cc3c1559062ad9a54d7fd8600dcefe9f49912ffa57d30a69c1a0e7?s=48&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/2ad5b8de98930f985084262f5bd0b4627f4ba71b2db56cb08552feabcf7c646c?s=48&d=identicon&r=G",
"https://kultguyskeep.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/bfiplayer_sidebar.jpg",
"https://kultguyskeep.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/british.jpg",
"https://kultguyskeep.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/comedy.jpg",
"https://kultguyskeep.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/docos.jpg",
"https://kultguyskeep.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/eurotika.jpg",
"https://kultguyskeep.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/sci-fi_sidebar.jpg",
"https://kultguyskeep.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/golden.jpg",
"https://kultguyskeep.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/hammer.jpg",
"https://kultguyskeep.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/horror_sidebar.jpg",
"https://kultguyskeep.files.wordpress.com/2020/12/lgbtq.jpg",
"https://kultguyskeep.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/thriller_sidebar.jpg",
"https://kultguyskeep.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/vincent_price_collection_sidebar.jpg",
"https://kultguyskeep.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/weird.jpg",
"https://kultguyskeep.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/world.jpg",
"https://kultguyskeep.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/the-spooky-isles.jpg",
"https://kultguyskeep.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/hba-banner-2013-14.gif",
"https://s2.wp.com/i/logo/wpcom-gray-white.png",
"https://s2.wp.com/i/logo/wpcom-gray-white.png",
"https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?v=noscript"
] |
[
"https://www.youtube.com/embed/b7SnCdHF8bc?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent",
"https://www.youtube.com/embed/aMVsQWrZjlg?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent"
] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[
"Peter Fuller"
] |
2024-06-15T00:00:00
|
Mystery dramas were massively popular with American listeners during the Golden Age of Radio. The Whistler, which ran on CBS from 1942 to 1955 with 692 episodes, was one of them. I've never heard of it, even though I'm a fan of vintage radio shows, notably The Saint (1947-1951), which starred Vincent Price (of course)…
|
en
|
https://s1.wp.com/i/favicon.ico
|
Kultguy's Keep
|
https://kultguyskeep.wordpress.com/2024/06/15/the-whistler-indicator/
|
Mystery dramas were massively popular with American listeners during the Golden Age of Radio. The Whistler, which ran on CBS from 1942 to 1955 with 692 episodes, was one of them. I’ve never heard of it, even though I’m a fan of vintage radio shows, notably The Saint (1947-1951), which starred Vincent Price (of course) as Leslie Charteris’s ‘devil-may-care Robin Hood’ Simon Templar.
And just as RKO adapted The Saint for a series of feature films (1938-1943) with Louis Hayward, George Sanders and Hugh Sinclair taking on Templar’s mantle, Columbia Pictures did the same with The Whistler – as part of their series of B-movie crime programmers like Boston Blackie. Between 1944 and 1948, eight B-features, running just 60 minutes each, were produced. Oscar-nominated actor Richard Dix, who was picked based on his performance in Val Lewton’s The Ghost Ship, starred in seven, and Michael Duane played the lead in the last one as Dix had decided to retire from acting.
The Whistler (voiced by Otto Forrest, who reminded me of American psychic Criswell) acted as the host/narrator, emerging as a shadow with a haunting whistle and heavy footsteps to introduce and comment on the action in each twisted tale of crime and punishment in which Dix would play different characters that were either heroic, villainous or everyman besieged by fate.
Future gimmick showman William Castle cut his filmmaking teeth directing four of the features, bringing an eerie air with some low-key lighting effects and inventive camera angles (that would inform his later work), and by bringing them under budget, Castle became an in-demand director throughout the 1950s until he decided to go independent and scare the pants off America with such classics as House on Haunted Hill and Strait-Jacket.
For Indicator’s sixth release in their Columbia Noir collection, all eight films have been brought together in a four-disc Blu-ray box set. Each disc has two features alongside an array of extras, including commentaries, critical appreciations and image galleries, and a 120-page booklet which includes new and archival essays, including a great one from Tim Lucas (I especially liked how he connected these films to David Lynch’s Blue Velvet). If you have never seen these films, I recommend reading Tim’s article and tuning into Kim Newman’s essential primer, A Whistle-Stop Tour, on the first disc beforehand.
DISC ONE
The Whistler (1944, dir William Castle)
After failing to save his wife (Gloria Stuart, of The Old Dark House and Titanic fame) from drowning at sea, guilt-stricken industrialist Earl C. Conrad (Dix) hires a contract killer (House of Frankenstein’s J. Carrol Naish) to end his life – but when his wife turns up alive, he discovers he can’t renege on the deal.
The Mark of the Whistler (1944, dir William Castle)
In this tale, scripted by The Devil Bat‘s George Bricker, based on pulp fiction author Cornell Woolrich’s short story, Dormant Account, homeless drifter Lee Nugent (Dix) swindles $30,000 from an abandoned bank account by impersonating someone with the same name. But he’s soon targeted by the rightful owner’s sons (one of whom is played by famed US magician John Calvert).
• Audio commentary with film historian Josh Nelson on The Whistler (2024)
• A Whistle-Stop Tour (2024, 25 mins): an in-depth overview of the film series by critic and author Kim Newman
• It’s Your America (1945, 36 mins): a dramatised documentary focusing on soldiers returning from World War II, directed by John Ford and featuring J. Carrol Naish.
DISC TWO
The Power of the Whistler (1945, dir Lew Landers)
Fortune teller Jean Lang (Janis Carter) is determined to help amnesiac William Everest (Dix) uncover his name and past using the items he carries in his pockets – but gets the shock of her life when he turns out to be an escaped maniac from a mental hospital. Director Landers worked on over 100 features throughout his 50+ year career, including the classic Bela Lugosi/Boris Karloff 1935 horror, The Raven.
Voice of the Whistler (1945, dir William Castle)
Loneliness is the key theme in this entry as the wealthy John Sinclair (Dix), who has six months to live, makes a deal with his nurse, Joan (Lynn Merrick), that they marry, and she will inherit his fortune after his death. Seven months after settling into a refurbished lighthouse, John is still very much alive, Joan wants out, and her ex-fiancé Fred (James Cardwell) returns to claim her back… Cue some deadly action as Fred and John try to bump each other off.
• Audio commentary with film scholar Professor Jason A Ney on The Power of the Whistler (2024)
• Audio commentary with the late film historian Lee Gambin (who tragically died, aged just 44, in May, on Voice of the Whistler (2024)
• The Noir City Interview with Robert Dix (2010, 19 mins): an interview with the son of Richard Dix, recorded in LA following a screening of The Power of the Whistler
• Stuart Holmes Oral History (1958, 69 mins): archival audio recording of the prolific character actor in conversation with historian George Pratt
DISC THREE
Mysterious Intruder (1946, dir William Castle)
Unscrupulous private detective Don Gale (Dix) gets mixed up in murder and mayhem when he’s hired to find a missing girl whose family inheritance contains two rare collectable song recordings from real-life Swedish singer Jenny Lind. This one features Barton MacLane, who famously played General Peterson in I Dream of Jeannie and professional wrestler/Hollywood heavy Mike Mazurki. It was also Castle’s final feature in the series as he would head off to work with Orson Welles on The Lady from Shanghai.
The Secret of the Whistler (1946, dir George Sherman)
Dix plays ‘kept husband’ Ralph Harrison, who poisons his wealthy wife Edith (Mary Currier), who suffers from bouts of heart attacks, so he can marry artist model Kay (Leslie Brooks). But Edith soon becomes suspicious. A well-acted, well-paced entry from director George Sherman, best known for low-budget Westerns in the 1930s and 1940s, and also the 1971 John Wayne classic, Big Jake, which marked his final feature.
• Audio commentary with film historian Jeremy Arnold on Mysterious Intruder (2024)
• Working in the Shadows (2024, 22 mins): Kim Newman looks over William Castle’s early career as a studio-contracted director
DISC FOUR
The Thirteenth Hour (1947, dir William Clemens)
Here, Dix plays Steve Reynolds, a trucking company owner who can’t get a brake as a rival firm wants him out of the picture. Framed for running down a police officer, Steve, with the help of his fiancé Eileen (Karen Morley) and her son Tommy (Mark Dennis), is determined to prove his innocence armed with a crucial piece of evidence – a glove containing diamonds in the thumb. It was a tremendous final stint from Dix and well-directed by William Clemens, who had previously helmed three Falcon films (RKO’s The Saint imitations). Karen Morley had a burgeoning career in the 1930s and 1940s (check her out in 1932’s The Mask of Fu Manchu), but her career floundered after being blacklisted by the Un-American Activities Committee. Little Mark Dennis also appeared in 1947’s Secret Beyond the Door and 1968’s Targets.
The Return of the Whistler (1948, dir D. Ross Lederman)
Another Cornell Woolrich story, All At Once, No Alice, forms the basis for this final entry in the series. Helmed by another actioner director, D. Ross Lederman, it stars Michael Duane as a man whose fiancée Alice (Lenore Aubert, best known for Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein) is abducted on the eve of their wedding. As he – and a dogged PI (Boston Blackie regular Richard Lane) – investigate, it turns out Alice is the heir to an estate, and her murderous in-laws are determined to be rid of her.
|
||||
6282
|
dbpedia
|
0
| 73
|
https://planetofentertainment.com/columbia-noir-6-the-whistler-1948-blu-ray-box-set-with-book-limited-edition/
|
en
|
Columbia Noir #6 - The Whistler (1948) [Blu-ray / Box Set with Book (Limited Edition)]
|
[
"https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-mmafe1g4n3/stencil/bd551f40-c863-013c-f027-4efd642f8916/e/1fb50260-5f45-013a-e2a6-4a2f85b63c02/img/logo_white_295.png",
"https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-mmafe1g4n3/stencil/bd551f40-c863-013c-f027-4efd642f8916/e/1fb50260-5f45-013a-e2a6-4a2f85b63c02/img/trust-icon1.png",
"https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-mmafe1g4n3/stencil/bd551f40-c863-013c-f027-4efd642f8916/e/1fb50260-5f45-013a-e2a6-4a2f85b63c02/img/trust-icon5.png",
"https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-mmafe1g4n3/stencil/bd551f40-c863-013c-f027-4efd642f8916/e/1fb50260-5f45-013a-e2a6-4a2f85b63c02/img/trust-icon3.png",
"https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-mmafe1g4n3/stencil/bd551f40-c863-013c-f027-4efd642f8916/e/1fb50260-5f45-013a-e2a6-4a2f85b63c02/img/trust-icon4.png",
"https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-mmafe1g4n3/images/stencil/80x80/products/8827/29785/MM00326516__64538.1710426962.jpg?c=1",
"https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-mmafe1g4n3/images/stencil/160w/products/8827/29785/MM00326516__64538.1710426962.jpg?c=1",
"https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-mmafe1g4n3/images/stencil/800x800/products/8827/29785/MM00326516__64538.1710426962.jpg?c=1",
"https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-mmafe1g4n3/images/stencil/320x320/products/8639/25196/MM00324752__22294.1704370448.jpg?c=1"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
"DVDs",
"4K UHD",
"Steelbooks",
"Blu-ray",
"Film Boxsets",
"TV Boxset",
"Exclusive Offers"
] | null |
[] | null |
An amazing selection of 4K UHD, Steelbooks, DVDs & Blu-ray. UK based with Free Delivery available. Great Value on TV & Film. Low Prices and Exclusive Offers
|
en
|
Planet of Entertainment
|
https://planetofentertainment.com/columbia-noir-6-the-whistler-1948-blu-ray-box-set-with-book-limited-edition/
|
Shipping Policy
We can ship to any address in the UK. We are unable to ship to international destinations.
When you place an order, we will estimate shipping and delivery dates for you based on the availability of your items and the shipping options you choose.
Please also note that the shipping rates for many items we sell are weight based. The weight of any such items can be found on its detail page. To reflect the policies on the shipping companies we use, all weights will be rounded up to the next full pound.
All orders placed after midday Friday will be despatched the following Monday
All orders will be delivered Free of charge using Royal mail 2nd class postage unless otherwise requested
Additional postage services are available, and these are detailed when you go to checkout
Returns Policy
You may return most new, unopened items within 30 days of delivery for a full refund.
You should expect to receive your refund within four weeks of giving your package to the return shipper, however, in many cases you will receive a refund more quickly. This time period includes the transit time for us to receive your return from the shipper (5 to 10 business days), the time it takes us to process your return once we receive it (3 to 5 business days), and the time it takes your bank to process our refund request (5 to 10 business days).
If you need to return an item, please Contact Us with your order number and details about the product you would like to return. We will respond quickly with instructions for how to return items from your order.
|
|||||
6282
|
dbpedia
|
3
| 26
|
https://www.amazon.com/Silent-Mystery-Detective-Movies-Comprehensive/dp/0786443502
|
en
|
Amazon.com
|
[
"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/captcha/usvmgloq/Captcha_hnwrzuxqfa.jpg",
"https://fls-na.amazon.com/1/oc-csi/1/OP/requestId=51ZF8YKDPGHBT96ZQS6W&js=0"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[] | null |
en
| null |
Enter the characters you see below
Sorry, we just need to make sure you're not a robot. For best results, please make sure your browser is accepting cookies.
|
|||||||
6282
|
dbpedia
|
3
| 71
|
https://www.abebooks.com/books/30-essential-mystery-authors/
|
en
|
30 essential mystery authors
|
https://assets.brightspot.abebooks.a2z.com/dims4/default/ac2e078/2147483647/strip/true/crop/800x420+0+90/resize/1200x630!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fabebooks-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2F53%2F86%2F180fac5a40b78578cdda3871a79d%2Fmystery-promo-image.png
|
https://assets.brightspot.abebooks.a2z.com/dims4/default/ac2e078/2147483647/strip/true/crop/800x420+0+90/resize/1200x630!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fabebooks-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2F53%2F86%2F180fac5a40b78578cdda3871a79d%2Fmystery-promo-image.png
|
[
"https://assets.brightspot.abebooks.a2z.com/dims4/default/8051fd6/2147483647/strip/true/crop/300x451+0+4/resize/506x760!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fabebooks-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2F96%2F85%2F1776deb1e93acd326c908b0f96b8%2Fagatha-christie.jpg 2x",
"https://assets.brightspot.abebooks.a2z.com/dims4/default/004ee30/2147483647/strip/true/crop/300x451+0+9/resize/506x760!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fabebooks-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2F66%2F88%2F6f3ee717225071ede5ef887c4320%2Farthur-conan-doyle.jpg 2x",
"https://assets.brightspot.abebooks.a2z.com/dims4/default/3e31426/2147483647/strip/true/crop/300x451+0+15/resize/506x760!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fabebooks-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fec%2F28%2F5e9396485c6543ffc0be4dd7590e%2Fdorothy-sayers.jpg 2x",
"https://assets.brightspot.abebooks.a2z.com/dims4/default/0e7d9b9/2147483647/strip/true/crop/300x451+0+6/resize/506x760!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fabebooks-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2F46%2F5d%2F4ab0a252fcffbd306044fdada13b%2Fdashiell-hammett.jpg 2x",
"https://assets.brightspot.abebooks.a2z.com/dims4/default/ac8e477/2147483647/strip/true/crop/300x451+0+8/resize/506x760!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fabebooks-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fe3%2F2b%2F51e9a5a1dccba2a15adee9ddb417%2Fraymond-chandler.jpg 2x",
"https://assets.brightspot.abebooks.a2z.com/dims4/default/46d1c67/2147483647/strip/true/crop/300x451+0+17/resize/506x760!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fabebooks-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2F07%2Fbf%2F08bffe10fcfb403ea7a1c8670a09%2Fpd-james.jpg 2x",
"https://assets.brightspot.abebooks.a2z.com/dims4/default/c3d7099/2147483647/strip/true/crop/300x451+0+4/resize/506x760!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fabebooks-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2F24%2Fbc%2Fdb8b33331ccc92d20568a886d5f4%2Fruth-rendell.jpg 2x",
"https://assets.brightspot.abebooks.a2z.com/dims4/default/a53a73d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/300x450+0+0/resize/506x760!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fabebooks-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2F13%2Fea%2F547794f02a23a2be7de4158888f3%2Fpatricia-highsmith.jpg 2x",
"https://assets.brightspot.abebooks.a2z.com/dims4/default/f638f91/2147483647/strip/true/crop/300x451+0+2/resize/506x760!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fabebooks-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2F7e%2F10%2Fa57dbbaeb4865544d3de64a4b9a8%2Fjohn-le-carre.jpg 2x",
"https://assets.brightspot.abebooks.a2z.com/dims4/default/ad4123d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/300x451+0+14/resize/506x760!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fabebooks-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2F0d%2Fc6%2F60969fd599c751f5b62ce7fa05a1%2Fedgar-allan-poe.jpg 2x",
"https://assets.brightspot.abebooks.a2z.com/dims4/default/321ed17/2147483647/strip/true/crop/285x428+8+0/resize/506x760!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fabebooks-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2F3e%2F92%2Fcb2b208b4a119c7ccc6ad33c94f4%2Fstieg-larsson.jpg 2x",
"https://assets.brightspot.abebooks.a2z.com/dims4/default/6af2b87/2147483647/strip/true/crop/300x451+0+2/resize/506x760!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fabebooks-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2F27%2F15%2Fb717b404fda4637731c88fd09a76%2Felmore-leonard.jpg 2x",
"https://assets.brightspot.abebooks.a2z.com/dims4/default/76b588b/2147483647/strip/true/crop/300x451+0+6/resize/506x760!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fabebooks-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2F9a%2F9c%2Fee8c7f667b842fafe3e8e6b9424c%2Fmickey-spillane.jpg 2x",
"https://assets.brightspot.abebooks.a2z.com/dims4/default/ecbd488/2147483647/strip/true/crop/300x450+0+0/resize/506x760!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fabebooks-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2F11%2Fa0%2Fc2f24aec566fdd26cb6f488da8ac%2Fsue-grafton.jpg 2x",
"https://assets.brightspot.abebooks.a2z.com/dims4/default/aaa8125/2147483647/strip/true/crop/300x451+0+1/resize/506x760!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fabebooks-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Ff2%2F50%2Ff7204caf103311b99fd9d1a2383f%2Fpatricia-cornwell.jpg 2x",
"https://assets.brightspot.abebooks.a2z.com/dims4/default/512571d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/288x432+6+0/resize/506x760!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fabebooks-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fe1%2F33%2F02c9dc55dee51ccb314025b56b77%2Frobert-parker.jpg 2x",
"https://assets.brightspot.abebooks.a2z.com/dims4/default/1f33f70/2147483647/strip/true/crop/300x450+0+0/resize/506x760!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fabebooks-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2F1d%2Fa6%2Ffca08212983dcb29e8043554d5be%2Fjohn-mcdonald.jpg 2x",
"https://assets.brightspot.abebooks.a2z.com/dims4/default/51c9d10/2147483647/strip/true/crop/300x451+0+15/resize/506x760!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fabebooks-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2F80%2F62%2F286ba28049755ee303c03adb19ca%2Fdonald-westlake.jpg 2x",
"https://assets.brightspot.abebooks.a2z.com/dims4/default/7d59b9b/2147483647/strip/true/crop/300x451+0+13/resize/506x760!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fabebooks-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2F7c%2F21%2F626122b3f9fde18c2e9d3191b803%2Fwilkie-collins.jpg 2x",
"https://assets.brightspot.abebooks.a2z.com/dims4/default/720ba18/2147483647/strip/true/crop/300x451+0+21/resize/506x760!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fabebooks-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2F13%2F1f%2F6b283285980b631e36c4bcdc0271%2Fjames-cain.jpg 2x",
"https://assets.brightspot.abebooks.a2z.com/dims4/default/13925d3/2147483647/strip/true/crop/300x450+0+0/resize/506x760!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fabebooks-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2F7e%2F97%2F5114ee431e1c2867956765aab3fe%2Fian-fleming.jpg 2x",
"https://assets.brightspot.abebooks.a2z.com/dims4/default/58988cb/2147483647/strip/true/crop/300x451+0+21/resize/506x760!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fabebooks-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2F5e%2F97%2F22c0676fdd7498f28a6bfec3ef95%2Fjohn-buchan.jpg 2x",
"https://assets.brightspot.abebooks.a2z.com/dims4/default/68c48bd/2147483647/strip/true/crop/300x451+0+9/resize/506x760!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fabebooks-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fba%2F64%2Feada78dd61f37549b299bdeefb0a%2Fgraham-greene.jpg 2x",
"https://assets.brightspot.abebooks.a2z.com/dims4/default/f899ee2/2147483647/strip/true/crop/286x430+7+0/resize/506x760!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fabebooks-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2F7e%2F52%2Fec26bfe763b4b779344f38594095%2Frex-stout.jpg 2x",
"https://assets.brightspot.abebooks.a2z.com/dims4/default/2c83ffa/2147483647/strip/true/crop/296x445+2+0/resize/506x760!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fabebooks-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Ffe%2F24%2F13a238ce3d11a8f7e68316a6082d%2Fngaio-marsh.jpg 2x",
"https://assets.brightspot.abebooks.a2z.com/dims4/default/50f735b/2147483647/strip/true/crop/300x450+0+0/resize/506x760!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fabebooks-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fcc%2F15%2Fbb360de85a20b34c2080654607c4%2Fgk-chesterton.jpg 2x",
"https://assets.brightspot.abebooks.a2z.com/dims4/default/913fdd3/2147483647/strip/true/crop/300x451+0+17/resize/506x760!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fabebooks-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2F92%2F65%2F0e4005db062966fddcfb605c4729%2Ferle-stanley-gardner.jpg 2x",
"https://assets.brightspot.abebooks.a2z.com/dims4/default/a6febf9/2147483647/strip/true/crop/300x451+0+16/resize/506x760!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fabebooks-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2F0b%2F8b%2Fd2da328124b3874529fe6618b48f%2Fcornell-woolrich.jpg 2x",
"https://assets.brightspot.abebooks.a2z.com/dims4/default/8409aca/2147483647/strip/true/crop/300x451+0+1/resize/506x760!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fabebooks-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2F25%2Fc1%2F80c74d6a2e40cbc7febe9f1de222%2Ftana-french.jpg 2x",
"https://assets.brightspot.abebooks.a2z.com/dims4/default/37b189a/2147483647/strip/true/crop/300x451+0+3/resize/506x760!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fabebooks-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2F3b%2F8d%2F1fc445e0d005836c660c897dcaf5%2Flouise-penny.jpg 2x",
"https://assets.brightspot.abebooks.a2z.com/dims4/default/c35df9a/2147483647/strip/true/crop/520x390+0+1/resize/1600x1200!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fabebooks-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2F70%2F1a%2Faa9d8f9c405b83f1966c6ecb4fc9%2Fpromo-cult-books.png 2x",
"https://assets.brightspot.abebooks.a2z.com/dims4/default/bb475a8/2147483647/strip/true/crop/520x390+0+1/resize/1600x1200!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fabebooks-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fe8%2F6d%2Fbba0dce440799c72f6c49cc3d892%2Fparis-books-promo.png 2x",
"https://assets.brightspot.abebooks.a2z.com/dims4/default/3403160/2147483647/strip/true/crop/424x318+165+0/resize/1600x1200!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fabebooks-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2F19%2Fa4%2F47c12dde0b10841d0d4a692306f9%2Fshelf-header-img.png 2x",
"https://assets.prod.abebookscdn.com/cdn/shared/images/common/social/facebook.svg",
"https://assets.prod.abebookscdn.com/cdn/shared/images/common/social/x-twitter.svg",
"https://assets.prod.abebookscdn.com/cdn/shared/images/common/social/instagram.svg",
"https://assets.prod.abebookscdn.com/cdn/shared/images/common/footer/abebooks-footer-logo.png"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
"best mystery authors",
"crime authors",
"crime writers",
"mystery authors",
"mystery writers"
] | null |
[] |
2021-06-21T00:00:00
|
Shopping for mystery books? We've got 30 authors for you to consider. Thrillers, suspense, crime novels, detective fiction - whatever you call them, mystery books make for some of the most exciting literature out there.
|
en
|
https://www.abebooks.com/favicon.ico
|
AbeBooks
|
https://www.abebooks.com/books/30-essential-mystery-authors/
|
We've got 30 mystery authors for you to consider. Thrillers, suspense, crime novels, detective fiction - whatever you call them, mystery books are thrilling to read. The mystery genre has been around for more than two centuries, with pioneers like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Wilkie Collins, Edgar Allan Poe and G.K. Chesterton leading the way.
From former computer analyst Patricia Cornwell to journalist Steig Larsson, mystery authors come from all walks of life and so do their protagonists. From elderly spinster Miss Marple and hard-drinking P.I. Phillip Marlowe and medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta, the mystery genre spans far and wide. Whether it's the Victorian era, classic mysteries from the golden age of crime, or contemporary psychological thrillers, enjoy our list of essential mystery authors.
|
||
6282
|
dbpedia
|
3
| 4
|
https://ew.com/article/1996/04/19/50-greatest-directors-and-their-100-best-movies/
|
en
|
The 50 Greatest Directors and Their 100 Best Movies
|
[
"https://ew.com/thmb/eSJoYBxuN_ASIa22XLZ24SDuqqE=/282x188/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/george-clooney-081324-9daba0b379b94013ac24ca55986161e4.jpg",
"https://ew.com/thmb/eSJoYBxuN_ASIa22XLZ24SDuqqE=/282x188/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/george-clooney-081324-9daba0b379b94013ac24ca55986161e4.jpg",
"https://ew.com/thmb/GRas4agcGj4NSCdzhGLQhq89ebY=/282x188/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/francis-ford-coppola-tout-080224-3078e435100b44bdbbaa8497a2100b2c.jpg",
"https://ew.com/thmb/GRas4agcGj4NSCdzhGLQhq89ebY=/282x188/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/francis-ford-coppola-tout-080224-3078e435100b44bdbbaa8497a2100b2c.jpg",
"https://ew.com/thmb/BDgdRexieFxbcsYzO0JSUCk_DR4=/282x188/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/megalopolis-2-073124-fcb31c9c8a934b86905b6e5ff62ef614.jpg",
"https://ew.com/thmb/BDgdRexieFxbcsYzO0JSUCk_DR4=/282x188/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/megalopolis-2-073124-fcb31c9c8a934b86905b6e5ff62ef614.jpg",
"https://ew.com/thmb/8cYZBANZ-Yg35Ug1F2To_LGpa_Q=/282x188/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/50-first-dates-081224-bf35b246f4614ab0888f4a43aa15c188.jpg",
"https://ew.com/thmb/8cYZBANZ-Yg35Ug1F2To_LGpa_Q=/282x188/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/50-first-dates-081224-bf35b246f4614ab0888f4a43aa15c188.jpg",
"https://ew.com/thmb/j9EQkZYoGEVBCXdlL0Aa1X1z0pI=/282x188/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Doug-Liman-roadhouse-01242437-9a10bb0ed52c4ddcbdf108245375b8c2.jpg",
"https://ew.com/thmb/j9EQkZYoGEVBCXdlL0Aa1X1z0pI=/282x188/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Doug-Liman-roadhouse-01242437-9a10bb0ed52c4ddcbdf108245375b8c2.jpg",
"https://ew.com/thmb/7IZO9pEZ9UEheoh20E85xBGrieY=/282x188/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/shelley-duvall-top-ten-performances-071124-d23fca06e5964fb484342335bb905148.jpg",
"https://ew.com/thmb/7IZO9pEZ9UEheoh20E85xBGrieY=/282x188/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/shelley-duvall-top-ten-performances-071124-d23fca06e5964fb484342335bb905148.jpg",
"https://ew.com/thmb/OI3Lm5UF7y_xjiGHwCq1EMS3goE=/282x188/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/netflix-classic-movies-080124-8aaf157aa0844e15999dd073f35f0fe3.jpg",
"https://ew.com/thmb/OI3Lm5UF7y_xjiGHwCq1EMS3goE=/282x188/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/netflix-classic-movies-080124-8aaf157aa0844e15999dd073f35f0fe3.jpg",
"https://ew.com/thmb/3pUmzJ96BQk4ObzCtpgwSzYDVdQ=/282x188/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Deadpool-and-Wolverine-021124-c911c3e40d0f40a18c1db2d8ae184f73.jpg",
"https://ew.com/thmb/3pUmzJ96BQk4ObzCtpgwSzYDVdQ=/282x188/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Deadpool-and-Wolverine-021124-c911c3e40d0f40a18c1db2d8ae184f73.jpg",
"https://ew.com/thmb/CP1KByiFhLhe5KH9TeAOHK1s9ZE=/282x188/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/cate-blanchett-080824-05943f377c7e4b65905dc47382280bc2.jpg",
"https://ew.com/thmb/CP1KByiFhLhe5KH9TeAOHK1s9ZE=/282x188/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/cate-blanchett-080824-05943f377c7e4b65905dc47382280bc2.jpg",
"https://ew.com/thmb/5C5_JngOplSyWIH-jEqxbzJA1sY=/282x188/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Jeremy-Renner-at-the-premiere-of-Rennervations-Robert-John-Downey-Jr-attends-the-Los-Angeles-Premiere-080124-909d1bec9c224c849ea54165f4144f2f.jpg",
"https://ew.com/thmb/5C5_JngOplSyWIH-jEqxbzJA1sY=/282x188/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Jeremy-Renner-at-the-premiere-of-Rennervations-Robert-John-Downey-Jr-attends-the-Los-Angeles-Premiere-080124-909d1bec9c224c849ea54165f4144f2f.jpg",
"https://ew.com/thmb/HYlDkEYMHdUBaYjV2ZoJcJD-WUQ=/282x188/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Josh-Hartnett-Trap-Oppenheimer-Black-Mirror-080124-e5c78ad971ba408e8d07e7c5ce883e91.jpg",
"https://ew.com/thmb/HYlDkEYMHdUBaYjV2ZoJcJD-WUQ=/282x188/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Josh-Hartnett-Trap-Oppenheimer-Black-Mirror-080124-e5c78ad971ba408e8d07e7c5ce883e91.jpg",
"https://ew.com/thmb/wEb5CPg-rRqo06ALOy6K9x_VL8U=/282x188/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/shelley-duvall-071124-1-17a0aec59b2e4130b06cdde9ec0f3e89.jpg",
"https://ew.com/thmb/wEb5CPg-rRqo06ALOy6K9x_VL8U=/282x188/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/shelley-duvall-071124-1-17a0aec59b2e4130b06cdde9ec0f3e89.jpg",
"https://ew.com/thmb/PTunPQZ1XR2fzFfi_f96HqI0gv4=/282x188/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/best-movies-on-peacock-tout-073024-836836d33b6c4dddbbd028eb6c1f7b3f.jpg",
"https://ew.com/thmb/PTunPQZ1XR2fzFfi_f96HqI0gv4=/282x188/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/best-movies-on-peacock-tout-073024-836836d33b6c4dddbbd028eb6c1f7b3f.jpg",
"https://ew.com/thmb/XKQbhJ6ECefcw_UQ3OH1OkBaTBU=/282x188/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/matt-smith-best-movies-071224-f101bd7a70844caeb6de9507e64ad6ea.jpg",
"https://ew.com/thmb/XKQbhJ6ECefcw_UQ3OH1OkBaTBU=/282x188/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/matt-smith-best-movies-071224-f101bd7a70844caeb6de9507e64ad6ea.jpg",
"https://ew.com/thmb/p_Qk-D6XUeRNY_AFKBukz8dMPG8=/282x188/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/best-documentaries-on-netflix-121223-72487c068bff4237b557fab22f831714.jpg",
"https://ew.com/thmb/p_Qk-D6XUeRNY_AFKBukz8dMPG8=/282x188/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/best-documentaries-on-netflix-121223-72487c068bff4237b557fab22f831714.jpg",
"https://ew.com/thmb/2WRw2NGAXKJlCl72Bm2-V_8iW_M=/282x188/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/rogue-one-01_0-61aabaa3d592490fb379af7469a038f0.jpg",
"https://ew.com/thmb/2WRw2NGAXKJlCl72Bm2-V_8iW_M=/282x188/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/rogue-one-01_0-61aabaa3d592490fb379af7469a038f0.jpg",
"https://privacy-policy.truste.com/privacy-seal/seal?rid=66410a94-db48-4a68-8eae-de35e6397332"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[
"EW Staff",
"www.facebook.com"
] |
1996-04-19T00:00:00
|
From Alfred Hitchock to Tim Burton, we rank the best filmmakers.
|
en
|
/favicon.ico
|
EW.com
|
https://ew.com/article/1996/04/19/50-greatest-directors-and-their-100-best-movies/
|
Decades ago, this story would have been unthinkable. Directors weren't stars in the days of the old Hollywood studio system. Stars were stars. Directors were the employees who made sure everyone did his or her part and got out, within the budget and on time. Any director who insisted on artistic control — that crackpot Welles, say — was a troublemaker.
How did we get from there to here: Scorsese, Spielberg, and Stone inspiring passionate debate among movie lovers, Tarantino garnering as much press as James Dean once did? Some of the credit has to go to film critics who, in the late '50s and early '60s, pioneered the auteur theory — the idea that the director is the primary author of a movie. But the shift has come from the audience, too. These days, when we watch a tape of Jaws or The Birds or Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, we know we are privy to one person's way of seeing the world — one that has the power to change the way we see the world.
And what gets a director on our list of the 50 Greatest? A consistent body of work or a handful of great movies; a compelling vision; a groundbreaking style; above all, a personal stamp that cuts across films, genres, and decades. We tried to balance the home team against directors from other countries and past geniuses against present prodigies. The list may be glaringly made up of white guys — an inescapable fact of movie history — but diverse voices have been resonating louder within Hollywood, setting new standards for directorial excellence.
Here are the artists who made the cut — in every sense of the phrase.
1. Alfred Hitchcock (1899–1980)
Like the nettlesome corpse in The Trouble With Harry, he keeps popping up: in reruns of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, in the pages of the long-running Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, wielded like a billy club by critics whenever a filmmaker apes his style. Hitchcock remains the quintessential brand-name director — a testimony to both his silent-to-swear-word longevity and his prescient gift for publicity. But that's not why he's at the top of this list. Hitchcock stands here for two reasons: the sheer brilliance of his craft and the profound darkness of his themes.
The secret's in the shots. His movies unfold with such confidence that we delight in trusting the teller — even when he betrays that trust by killing off the heroine in the first hour. Hitchcock's outre set pieces — a swooping crop duster in North by Northwest, a sea of umbrellas disgorging an assassin in Foreign Correspondent — have the inevitability of the movies' closest relative: dreams.
Or nightmares. Everybody's a sinner in his movies, especially the characters who haven't done anything. His public persona — that droll ghoul comparing actors to cattle — was a dodge; underneath was a shy fat boy who feared the police, who knew that anyone could be guilty, at any time, of anything. Even us. Hitchcock understood (and showed, in Rear Window) that since we watch movies for voyeuristic thrills, we're implicated in the crime as well. That's a harsh message, but — further proof of genius — we loved the messenger.
Must-sees: Strangers on a Train, Robert Walker (1951, Warner); Rear Window, James Stewart (1954, MCA/Universal, PG)
2. Orson Welles (1915–1985)
He changed the movies. With one genius stroke, his first film, Citizen Kane, inaugurated a new depth — both visually (Gregg Toland's deep-focus camera work made previous movies look 2-D) and emotionally (Charles Foster Kane was the most complex hero-villain in American cinema). Washed up at 27, Welles had one incontrovertible masterpiece left in him (Touch of Evil); a mangled thing of greatness (The Magnificent Ambersons); a bundle of shimmering close calls (The Lady From Shanghai, his Shakespeare films) — and a voice that paid the bills until he died. By then he had become his own Rosebud.
Must-sees: Citizen Kane, Welles (1941, Turner); Touch of Evil, Charlton Heston (1958, MCA/Universal)
3. John Ford (1895–1973)
For all the hardass on-set stories ("If an actor started to ask questions," recalled Henry Fonda, "[Ford would] either take those pages and tear them out of the script or insult him in an awful way"), Ford was the great sentimentalist of Hollywood's classic era. Themes of honor, duty, and patriotism percolate through his war films, dramas, and Lincoln biopic — even a comedy like The Quiet Man. Above all, he codified the Western with the textbook Stagecoach, plumbed the dark side of the genre with The Searchers, and enshrined Utah's Monument Valley as the only playground for an icon like John Wayne.
Must-sees: Stagecoach, Wayne (1939, Warner); The Searchers, Wayne (1956, Warner)
4. Howard Hawks (1896–1977)
You know how it is when you're halfway through an entertaining book, and you realize it's a work of art, too? That's how it is with a film by Hawks. His hallmarks are more thematic than visual: men who adhere to an understated code of manliness; women who like to yank the rug from under those men's feet; a mistrust of pomposity; a love of sly, leg-pulling wit. Yet, there's the ease of the complete filmmaker in his Westerns, dramas, musicals, detective films, and supremely confident comedies. No wonder the French adored the guy: His casual profundity was the studio system's best advertisement for itself.
Must-sees: Bringing Up Baby, Cary Grant (1938, Turner); Rio Bravo, John Wayne (1959, Warner)
5. Martin Scorsese (1942–present)
He was a sickly kid, living in New York City's Little Italy, who threw himself into old movies, creating storyboards for the films he saw in his head. And the greatness of Scorsese is that alone among his peers, his movies still feel hot-wired into his own id. Scorsese may seem to have reached an impasse of late, but who can deny the feverish power of Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, and Goodfellas? There is no other director with more of an interest in the mechanics of sin or with more movie-drunk craft to explore it. I spatter bits of myself all over the screen, he has said. We're still ducking.
Must-sees: Taxi Driver, Robert De Niro (1976, Columbia TriStar, R); Raging Bull, De Niro (1980, MGM/UA, R)
6. Akira Kurosawa (1910–1998)
As tough to pin down as the elusive truth in his masterpiece Rashomon, the Tokyo-born director has moved from genre to genre. Rashomon, a 12th-century crime story told from four viewpoints, established him as an artist, opening up the West for other Asian directors like Yasujiro Ozu and Kenji Mizoguchi. Kurosawa, who grew up watching American films, put his personal stamp on such figures as King Lear (Ran) and Macbeth (Throne of Blood). Hollywood returned the homage — The Seven Samurai inspired The Magnificent Seven, and Star Wars has touches of The Hidden Fortress.
Must-sees: Rashomon, Toshiro Mifune (1950, Sultan); The Seven Samurai, Mifune (1954, Home Vision)
7. Buster Keaton (1895–1966)
Keaton was a great silent comedian, yes — and, until his sad, boozy decline in the '30s, a great director. "He always put his camera in the right place," said filmmaker Richard Lester. "Take THE GENERAL... You can't take a shot away. They're all necessary." More than Chaplin, Keaton understood movies: He knew they consisted of a four-sided frame in which resided a malleable reality off from which his persona could bounce. A vaudeville child star, Keaton grew up to be a tinkerer, an athlete, and a visual mathematician; his films offer belly laughs of mind-boggling physical inventions and a spacey determination that nears philosophical grandeur.
Must-sees: Sherlock Jr., Keaton (1924, Kino); The Navigator, Keaton (1924, Kino)
8. Ingmar Bergman (1918–2007)
"I take the images from my childhood, put them into the 'projector' [to get] new ways of evaluating them," Bergman once said. He had much to evaluate. Born in Sweden, he was raised in a Lutheran home, and the pessimism and introspection in his work have a deeply religious sobriety. In his prolific career — over 40 films — Bergman used surreal dream sequences and Christian allegory to explore family, God, and death. The great exception is 1982's Fanny and Alexander, a tale of childhood that has an adult's perception of pleasure and anguish — it was his last theatrical release before retiring to concentrate on television and stage work.
Must-sees: The Seventh Seal, Max von Sydow (1957, Sultan); Persona, Liv Ullmann (1966, MGM/UA)
9. Frank Capra (1897–1991)
A biography painted him as more Mr. Potter than George Bailey, yet it's a testament to Capra's economy and skill that his films stand as tributes to the American spirit. The Italian immigrant began in comedies (1934's It Happened One Night was the first to sweep the top Oscars), then made relevant films about humble men facing venal capitalists: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Mr. Deed Goes to Town, It's a Wonderful Life. He had a simple style, but his autobiography, The Name Above the Title, reveals that Capra saw himself as an auteur long before the term was coined.
Must-sees: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, James Stewart (1939, Columbia TriStar); It's a Wonderful Life, Stewart (1946, Republic)
10. Federico Fellini (1920–1993)
At first, Fellini's characters used spectacle to hide from loneliness; why else is La Dolce Vita's hero a tabloid reporter but to avoid himself? Later, Fellini fell in love with spectacle for its own sake, with consequences wonderful (Amarcord) and dire (Casanova); still, in the '60s, he primed Americans for other Italian directors. The turning point was 8 1/2, in which he mythologized his creative block and became cinema's ringmaster. Orson Welles said his films "...are a small-town boy's dreams of a big city." If there's childlike indulgence in Fellini, there's the flash of clear-eyed poetry attainable only by the young.
Must-sees: La Dolce Vita, Marcello Mastroianni (1960, Republic); Amarcord, Magali Noel (1973, Home Vision, R)
11. Steven Spielberg (1947–present)
He's a mogul now, running production companies he co-owns (Dreamworks and Amblin Entertainment), but under the surface lurks a 13-year-old kid making war movies in his backyard. Spielberg awes us because he's a natural as if born from the head of D.W. Griffith himself; the fun of Jaws is in rediscovering the joys of storytelling as demonstrated by a gifted 27-year-old. He's dazzled us with craft (the Indiana Jones films), lost himself in never-never land (Hook), and earned respect and Oscars (Schindler's List). Yet, it's Close Encounters of the Third Kind and E.T. that balance skill and meaning in a way closest to Spielberg himself.
Must-sees: Jaws, Roy Scheider (1975, MCA/Universal, PG); E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, Henry Thomas (1982, MCA/Universal, PG)
12. Jean Renoir (1894–1979)
"Everyone has his reasons," said party guest Octave in Rules of the Game. The role was played by the director, and that offhand credo is the source of his movies' democratic, humane gaze. Villains are rare in a Renoir film; even the enemy officer played by Erich von Stroheim in Grand Illusion has a stiff-necked grace. Renoir's films have something of the sunny generosity of his father, French Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir. But there's also a fatalism — even in a comedy like 1932's Boudu Saved from Drowning (remade as Down and Out in Beverly Hills) — that is the son's own.
Must-sees: A Day in the Country, Sylvia Bataille (1936, Nostalgia); Rules of the Game, Marcel Dalio (1939, Sultan)
13. John Huston (1906–1987)
In some ways, his legend was greater than his films. Huston fashioned himself as a Hollywood Hemingway: a cussing, hunting, artistic man's man who tilted a lance at front-office idiocies. The irony is that his best films are so entertaining: The Maltese Falcon is perfect pulp; The African Queen, a fine, purposeful mismatch of stars; The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, a wondrous display of Humphrey Bogart, antihero. When he stretched for art (as in Moby Dick), Huston often grasped at air but when he let his caustic humor bubble up through a film, the results carried a sense of the man.
Must-sees: The Maltese Falcon, Bogart (1941, MGM/UA); The Man Who Would Be King, Sean Connery (1975, FoxVideo, PG)
14. Luis Bunuel (1900–1983)
Spain's greatest, most experimental filmmaker collaborated with Salvador Dali on 1928's Un Chien Andalou and 1930's L'Age d'Or, surrealist masterpieces filled with images powerful enough to incite riots. After 15 years of advising or working on Spanish and American films, Bunuel directed Los Olvidados, a bleak tale of Mexican delinquents, and later made cutting satires of hypocrisy, class, and sex, like 1967's Belle de Jour. His style could be blunt; of Un Chien Andalou's infamous eyeball slashing, he said, "I filmed it because I dreamt it, and I knew it would disgust people."
Must-sees: L'Age d'Or, Gaston Modot (1930, Glenn); The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, Fernando Rey (1972, Media, R)
15. D.W. Griffith (1875–1948)
When we watch Hollywood's latest blockbuster, we're still seeing the visual language that Griffith developed in more than 480 movies and shorts from 1908 to 1925. But while he helped create the art form of the 20th century, Griffith's stories were often purple Victoriana. Worse, the overt, rosy racism of The Birth of a Nation — the birth of the feature film as we know it — is unforgivable. Yet, he cannot be denied his place as cinema's first major artist, as well as its first victim. "He lived too long," said critic James Agee of Griffith's decline in the '30s and '40s, "and that is one thing sadder than dying too soon."
Must-sees: The Birth of a Nation, Lillian Gish (1915, Republic); Way Down East, Gish (1920, Nostalgia)
16. Ernst Lubitsch (1892-1947)
"At least twice a day, the most dignified human being is ridiculous," remarked Lubitsch on his celebrated touch. Imported from Germany by Mary Pickford, whom he directed in Rosita, Lubitsch brought European sophistication to gawky Hollywood. His suave silents were widely imitated, and his musicals and comedies, such as 1932's bubbly heist farce Trouble in Paradise, perfected the formula. They remain delightful concoctions of sly wit, ridiculousness, and expert timing. "Doors!" complained Pickford. "He's a director of nothing but doors!" Ah, but what they opened to!
Must-sees: The Shop Around the Corner, James Stewart (1940, MGM/UA); To Be or Not to Be, Jack Benny (1942, Warner)
17. Robert Altman (1925–2006)
He's the very model of a counterculture director, specializing in formless collisions of characters and dialogue that, as in M*A*S*H and Nashville, can create sparks of haphazard profundity. When the sparks don't fly, though — as in Quintet, Popeye, or Ready to Wear — no director can seem more wearingly self-indulgent. But, there was something exquisitely American in Altman's style — one thinks of pioneers coalescing on a trail, bickering toward the unknown. Hollywood's living rebuke to itself, he floated in and out of fashion — rising gloriously to the occasion when the suits and the material allow.
Must-sees: Nashville, Keith Carradine (1975, Paramount, R); The Player, Tim Robbins (1992, New Line, R)
18. George Cukor (1899–1983)
During a 50-year career that began in 1931, this former stage director made costume dramas, romantic comedies, musicals, melodramas, and even a Western — and yet all are touched by the same cosmopolitan esprit. Under his nurturing eye, actresses such as Greta Garbo and Katharine Hepburn gave some of their best performances — thus Cukor's reputation as a "woman's director" (also a backhanded reference to his homosexuality). Once deemed uncinematic, his style today seems sharp, fluid, and devoid of gimmickry. "A director must never overwhelm a picture," he observed. "He must serve it."
Must-sees: The Philadelphia Story, Cary Grant (1940, MGM/UA); A STAR IS BORN Judy Garland (1954, Warner, PG)
19. Woody Allen (1935–present)
Perhaps it was his humble origins as a gag writer for the likes of Sid Caesar that made Allen such a quintessentially New York nebbish. Whatever the reason, this writer-director-actor's films are less by Woody Allen than about Woody Allen. His early slapsticks (Take the Money and Run, Sleeper) gave way to brilliant romantic comedies (Manhattan, Hannah and Her Sisters) that won him respect. (However, his esteemed reputation has taken a hit following the sexual abuse allegations made by his daughter, Dylan Farrow.) Allen may lapse into self-absorbed homages (Stardust Memories, A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy), but he creates perfect ensemble pieces just as we're ready to write him off.
Must-sees: Annie Hall, Diane Keaton (1977, MGM/ UA, PG); Crimes and Misdemeanors, Mia Farrow (1989, Orion, PG-13)
20. Vincente Minnelli (1903–1986)
He started out as a costume designer, and many of his films are made of such shiny gossamer that one never thinks to look behind it. But if Minnelli is best known for splashy musicals (Meet Me in St. Louis), for the riotous, urgent colors of the Van Gogh biopic, Lust for Life, or for being Liza's dad, his finest work tended to be small-scale and domestic, such as the heartbreaking romance The Clock, in which Judy Garland and Robert Walker fall in love in an enchanted New York. Maybe love did have something to do with it: Minnelli and Garland married several months after the production wrapped.
Must-sees: The Clock, Garland (1945, MGM/UA); An American in Paris, Gene Kelly (1951, MGM/UA)
21. Francis Ford Coppola (1939–present)
Adjectives accrue to him like thistles on a bear: talented, profligate, hapless, visionary, familial, idealistic, and self-indulgent. Of the triumphant triumvirate of California film school grads, Coppola is the only one who has followed his artistic impulses; Lucas has locked himself away with tech toys; Spielberg is too simple a genius to self-destruct. But Coppola has The Conversation, The Godfather, and its sequel, and that truly qualified masterpiece, Apocalypse Now — movies that trouble and gnaw like no others of their time. One watches him uneasily, waiting for greatness.
Must-sees: The Godfather Collection, Al Pacino (1972-1990, Paramount, R); Apocalypse Now, Martin Sheen (1979, Paramount, R)
22. Michael Powell (1905–1990)
He might have become another Hitchcock — instead, Powell stayed in Britain and worked with writer (and co-director) Emeric Pressburger on a series of astounding films that insist on the human need for fantasy and the prices we pay for it: Black Narcissus shows a nunnery disintegrating from sexual tension; The Red Shoes reveals the risk of choosing art over life. His own Peeping Tom equates movie making and murder (and implicates the audience in the deed); British critics' horrified response ruined his career, while the not-dissimilar Psycho took Hitchcock to new fame.
Must-sees: I Know Where I'm Going, Wendy Hiller (1945, Home Vision); Peeping Tom, Karl Boehm (1960, Home Vision)
23. Stanley Kubrick (1928–1998)
"I think he really wants to make a movie that will hurt people," puzzled Stephen King before The Shining came out in 1980. Therein lies the paradox of Kubrick's art: No matter how deeply it cuts, we keep coming back for more. With precise, surgical shock, he creates moments that embed themselves in our consciousness: HAL's all-too-human death throes in 2001: A Space Odyssey, teens pillaging to the strains of "Singin' in the Rain" in A Clockwork Orange. His films pay chilly witness to the joys, terrors, and consequences of one's dehumanization.
Must-sees: Dr. Strangelove, Peter Sellers (1964, Columbia TriStar); A Clockwork Orange, Malcolm McDowell (1971, Warner, R)
24. Billy Wilder (1906–2002)
In praising The Best Years of Our Lives, a William Wyler film that moved him to rare tears, the Austrian-born Wilder said, "I laugh at Hamlet." Alas, poor Billy: He found humor (or humanity) in the darkest foibles, a trait that got him into box office trouble with mean-spirited films like Ace in the Hole, starring Kirk Douglas as a cutthroat reporter, and Kiss Me, Stupid, with Ray Walston as a wily composer. But that brittle sensibility was just as keen when ingeniously leavened for a mass palate in serious masterworks like The Lost Weekend and such ebullient farces as One, Two, Three.
Must-sees: Sunset Boulevard, William Holden (1950, Paramount); Some Like It Hot, Jack Lemmon (1959, MGM/UA)
25. Satyajit Ray (1921–1992)
At a time when most Indian films were dismissed as cheesy, formulaic musicals, Ray's gripping humanist dramas drew worldwide attention. The Calcutta-born filmmaker's debut feature, 1955's Pather Panchali, told the story of a poor boy's life in a Bengali village with breathtaking, universal beauty. It won the Best Human Document award at Cannes in 1956 and encouraged Ray to make two sequels, Aparijito and The World of Apu, which drew comparisons to Chekhov and Renoir. In 1992, Ray accepted a Lifetime Achievement Oscar from his sickbed.
Must-sees: Pather Panchali, Kanu Banerjee (1955, Nostalgia Family); The World of Apu, Soumitra Chatterjee (1959, Hollywood Home Theatre)
26. Roman Polanski (1933–present)
It's Polanski who inherited Hitchcock's mantle as a preeminent director of personalized thrillers. His traumatic childhood in wartime Poland reverberates in films where stability is ravaged by outside forces — as in his Hollywood breakthrough, Rosemary's Baby. Though his output includes black comedy (The Fearless Vampire Killers) and the uncharacteristically romantic Tess, it's the thrillers and dark dramas that have made his reputation. Not prolific, particularly since a 1977 statutory rape conviction, Polanski, in exile, continues to mine his pessimist's psyche with refreshing vigor.
Must-sees: Repulsion, Catherine Deneuve (1965, Video Dimensions); Chinatown, Jack Nicholson (1974, Paramount, R)
27. Francois Truffaut (1932–1984)
With a 13-page diatribe on France's stagnant studio system in Cahiers du Cinema, the shy but insolent Truffaut began a movement that revolutionized film criticism and filmmaking. Stressing that directors should infuse works with personal style, he proffered The 400 Blows, an ultrarealistic look at a boy with uncaring parents — and the Nouvelle Vague bloomed. Seen as the best storyteller of the New Wave directors, he later directed more conservatively and left the experimenting to others. "He justified all our inconsistencies," said director Claude Chabrol, "by his own painstaking consistency."
Must-sees: The 400 Blows, Jean-Pierre Leaud (1959, Home Vision); Jules and Jim, Jeanne Moreau (1962, Home Vision)
28. Preston Sturges (1898–1959)
A screenwriter in the '30s, Sturges wrote and directed seven of the movies' most sublimely anarchic comedies, starting with 1940's The Great McGinty — and stars like Claudette Colbert and Barbara Stanwyck, boosted by a repertory of crackerjack, character actors, got to spout some of the funniest dialogue ever written. But Sturges left Paramount before Hail the Conquering Hero's 1944 release over artistic control. There'd be just one more gem amid a handful of lesser films. "The only amazing thing about my career in Hollywood," he later wrote, "is that I had one at all."
Must-sees: The Lady Eve, Henry Fonda (1941, MCA/Universal); Unfaithfully Yours, Rex Harrison (1948, FoxVideo)
29. Sergei Eisenstein (1898–1948)
Copied in Brian De Palma's The Untouchables and parodied in The Naked Gun 33 1/3, his Odessa-steps sequence in the silent Battleship Potemkin is credited with contributing montage to film language. Hollywood was piqued by the Russian's genius, but when he came in 1930 to direct An American Tragedy, he fought with moguls and didn't shoot any film. Back in the USSR, Eisenstein's stunning Alexander Nevsky, about the hero who saved Russia from the Germans, was withdrawn when the Soviets and Hitler signed a nonaggression pact, and the second part of his last film, Ivan the Terrible, was banned outright.
Must-sees: Potemkin, Alexander Antonov (1925, Republic); Alexander Nevsky, Nikolai Cherkasov (1938, BMG)
30. Fritz Lang (1890–1976)
A director who aimed to shock and horrify, Lang must have felt he was a character in one of his own films when Hitler asked him to oversee German propaganda movies (ironically, after Lang's The Testament of Dr. Mabuse was banned for its subversive messages). Lang, of Jewish descent, declined and fled to Hollywood to helm anti-Nazi thrillers and dramas about persecuted innocents. But Lang's cinematic world was no paradise found: His film noirs were populated with psychopaths, prostitutes, and arch criminals. And his visual mastery gave that dark world a startling, organized veneer.
Must-sees: M, Peter Lorre (1931, Sinister Cinema); The Big Heat, Glenn Ford (1953, Columbia TriStar)
31. Jean-Luc Godard (1930–present)
"Western culture is my country," Godard said in 1983 — a fitting statement from a director who picked over the detritus of cinema history to cobble together a brilliantly original style. Godard's seductive first feature, Breathless, wrapped American pulp conventions around an existential romance; shot like a documentary, with handheld cameras, it has influenced several generations of film brats. In his later films (like Tout Va Bien), Godard — the intellectual godfather of all enfants terribles — became preoccupied with politics and technique, but his attitude endures at the heart of postmodern cinema.
Must-sees: Breathless, Jean-Paul Belmondo (1959, Nostalgia); Band of Outsiders, Anna Karina (1964, Moore)
32. Sam Peckinpah (1925–1984)
Get beyond Bloody Sam's reputation as a hard-living man's man off the set — and a mercurial maverick on it — and you'll find a string of groundbreaking, morally ambiguous action films that plumbed the depths of the male psyche while taking violence to a new level of graphicness. An unapologetic alcoholic who was virtually blacklisted in the mid-'60s for being difficult and uncompromising, Peckinpah made brutal dramas (like The Getaway and Straw Dogs) and genre-redefining Westerns, whose heroes are adrift in psychological terrain far less hospitable than the parched valleys where they ride.
Must-sees: Ride the High Country, Joel McCrea (1962, MGM/UA); The Wild Bunch, William Holden (1969, Warner, R)
33. F.W. Murnau (1888–1931)
What Murnau might have accomplished, had the German-born silent director not died in a car crash at age 42, is one of Hollywood's great what-ifs. But there's nothing iffy about his contribution to the film canon — his gift for storytelling was so profound, you barely notice the absence of spoken dialogue. Although best known for the vampire flick Nosferatu (with its indelible image of a rodentlike bloodsucker), Murnau was anything but a genre director: The Last Laugh traces the decline of a hotel doorman; Sunrise, an honoree at the first Oscars, follows a farmer lured from home by a city vamp.
Must-sees: Nosferatu, Max Schreck (1922, Grapevine); Sunrise, George O'Brien (1927, Grapevine)
34. David Lean (1908–1991)
Forbidden to go to the movies by his Quaker parents, the British director spun a secret passion into a career that went from English class staples (Oliver Twist) to exotic epics (The Bridge on the River Kwai, Doctor Zhivago). A perfectionist indifferent to time and expense, he used camera angles and framing to express characters' inner workings. "When you work with David," said John Mills (Ryan's Daughter), "be prepared to wait." Some critics have dismissed Lean as a technical whiz without a vision — but he had a true gift for placing introspective figures on expansive canvases.
Must-sees: Brief Encounter, Trevor Howard (1945, Paramount); Lawrence of Arabia, Peter O'Toole (1962, Columbia TriStar)
35. Werner Herzog (1942–present)
Once, after losing a bet, the German filmmaker ate his shoe — literally and publicly, recorded on film by Les Blank in Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe. The incident typifies Herzog, driven to such extremes in his work. "I seek planets that do not exist," he has said, "landscapes that have only been dreamed." His strange dreamscapes include Every Man for Himself and God Against All, about a man raised in isolation, and Fitzcarraldo, in which an opera nut tries to build a concert hall in the jungle. For La Soufriere, he descended into a volcano about to erupt. Fortunately, it didn't.
Must-sees: Aguire, The Wrath of God, Klaus Kinski (1972, New Yorker); Every Man for Himself... Bruno S. (1975, New Yorker)
36. Nicholas Ray (1911–1979)
Those who know only Rebel Without a Cause might assume that the film's wounded romantic soul came from James Dean. In fact, it's there in Ray's first movie — 1948's unbearably sad They Live By Night — and in the phrase, he adopted as a personal motto: "I'm a stranger here myself." Ray carved out a niche as a misunderstood Hollywood bad boy, with results that could be turgid but often vibrated with angry, vivid poetry. Little wonder his Rebel cast worshiped him, as did '60s French cineasts, as does anyone who feels the world isn't quite right yet lacks the words to say why.
Must-sees: In a Lonely Place, Humphrey Bogart (1950, Columbia TriStar); Rebel Without a Cause, Dean (1955, Warner)
37. Josef Von Sternberg (1894–1969)
For a time, in the early '30s, he was the epitome of directorial arrogance, yet it's clear that he needed his muse and platonic fetish object, Marlene Dietrich, to fashion wonderful farragoes of cinematic nonsense. Both Von Sternberg and Dietrich made good movies after they parted company, but none have the dizzy allure of the seven they made together, from 1930's The Blue Angel to 1935's The Devil Is a Woman. Masterpieces of lighting and cynicism, they turn the Moroccan sands, Catherine the Great's Moscow, and the passenger cars of the Shanghai Express into opulent soundstage fantasies.
Must-sees: Shanghai Express, Dietrich (1932, MCA/Universal); The Scarlet Empress, Dietrich (1934, MCA/Universal)
38. Douglas Sirk (1900–1987)
A director of Trojan horses: Lurking within his glossy '50s Technicolor soap operas are caustic commentaries that bite the audience that needs them. So in 1959's Imitation of Life "heroines" Lana Turner and Juanita Moore come across as cold and smothering, respectively, while "villainous" Susan Kohner is touchingly messed up. That's the way Sirk, a German theater director who fled the Nazis in 1937, wanted it. His key films (huge moneymakers all) work as melodramatic tripe, conscious camp, and intellectual head trip — and are profoundly moving in the bargain.
Must-sees: Magnificent Obsession, Rock Hudson (1954, MCA/Universal); Written on the Wind, Lauren Bacall (1956, MCA/Universal)
39. Max Ophüls (1902–1957)
Some critics didn't originally appreciate the fatalistic films of German-born, French-raised Ophüls, who focused his lens on idealistic love and the limits faced by women in society (topics many considered frivolous). One of the first directors to use uninterrupted crane shots, Ophüls layered his films' dialogue to convey realism while unbalancing audiences with narration and flashbacks. "If Lola Montes throws viewers off, it's because for 50 years most films have been narrated in an infantile way," said Francois Truffaut of Ophüls' last film. "Ophüls has given us a new kind of realism."
Must-sees: The Earrings of Madame De..., Charles Boyer (1953, Meridian); Lola Montes, Martine Carol (1955, New Line)
40. Louis Malle (1932–1995)
As he tempered his French reserve and New Wave sensibility with eroticism and heart, Malle was a truly sympathetic observer of passion. The director explored the world at a distance (in Murmur of the Heart and Pretty Baby) and kept sentimentality at bay in such documentaries as 1956's Oscar-winning The Silent World. Yet, his restrained sensuality infused even the seemingly static gabfest My Dinner With Andre and lent a piquancy to his tales of French youth Lacombe, Lucien and Au Revoir, Les Enfants. Malle's reflective, inventive style could be called New Wave Goodbye.
Must-sees: Atlantic City, Burt Lancaster (1981, Paramount, R); Au Revoir, Les Enfants, Irène Jacob (1987, Orion, PG)
41. Sergio Leone (1921–1989)
"If Americans [lower their] mythical level, we can evict them," Leone once said. After assisting Italian filmmakers, he invented the spaghetti Western with 1964's A Fistful of Dollars, evicting the Americans from their own genre (though director Clint Eastwood echoes his style). Set to Ennio Morricone's twangy scores, Leone's studied mythologies are spiked with comic cynicism. His Once Upon a Time in America, re-edited for release, helped trigger later calls for director's cuts, but his legacy remains those frame-filling close-ups and the birth of the nihilistic antihero in modern action.
Must-sees: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, Eastwood (1966, MGM/ UA); Once Upon a Time in the West, Henry Fonda (1968, Paramount, PG)
42. Sidney Lumet (1924–2011)
He wasn't the first to shoot in New York, but more than any director pre-Woody Allen, Lumet brought an aggressive Noo Yawk sensibility to film. You can practically smell the steam spewing from the manholes in Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon, and Q&A. Lumet's generosity with actors and respect for the script had given him a rep as one of the few Nice Guys behind the camera. "All I want to do is get better, and quantity can help solve my problems," Lumet said in 1973. True to his word, he's still making movies at 71: Night Falls on Manhattan is due later this year.
Must-sees: Dog Day Afternoon, Al Pacino (1975, Warner, R); The Verdict, Paul Newman (1982, FoxVideo, R)
43. Oliver Stone (1946–present)
Love him or hate him — do you know anybody who's ambivalent? — Stone is the premier movie stylist of our era. He's the Clifford Odets of the MTV generation, enlisting rapid-fire editing, wildly varying film stocks and videotape, and soundtrack hallucinations in agitprop action paintings, both thrilling and discombobulated. A child of privilege, whose views were forged in Vietnam, Stone thrives on overkill (at 19, he wrote a 1,400-page novel about suicide), and his work grips us by the throat in its effort to convince. Either he's Orson Welles with a sociopolitical ax to grind or the most gifted provocateur in the business.
Must-sees: Platoon, Charlie Sheen (1986, LIVE, R); JFK, Kevin Costner (1991, Warner, R)
44. Bernardo Bertolucci (1940–2018)
It's no surprise that this Italian filmmaker started out as a poet. Continuing to write or co-write all of his films, Bertolucci brings a richly lyrical and visually lavish style to period dramas (such as 1900 and The Last Emperor) that dazzle with glorious color, brilliant camera work, and extravagant sets and costumes. He gained early notoriety for pairing revolutionary politics with broken taboos in The Conformist and Last Tango in Paris, a story of obsessive sex, which, though banned in Italy for 15 years, is now universally considered one of the key films of the 1970s.
Must-sees: The Conformist, Jean-Louis Trintignant (1971, Paramount, R); Last Tango in Paris, Marlon Brando (1972, MGM/UA, R)
45. Jonathan Demme (1944–2017)
A graduate of the Roger Corman school of exploitation filmmaking, Demme started out writing and directing affectionate, quirky takes on the biker-and-booty genre, but transcended his beginnings via affectionate, quirky takes on more illustrious genres: the concert film (Talking Heads' Stop Making Sense), the screwball comedy (Something Wild), the crime thriller (Oscar winner The Silence of the Lambs), and the disease drama (Philadelphia). His respect for the marginal and fondness for kitsch mark Demme as a hipster heir to the populist directors of the '30s.
Must-sees: Melvin and Howard, Paul Le Mat (1980, MCA/Universal, R); The Silence of the Lambs, Anthony Hopkins (1991, Orion, R)
46. Jacques Tati (1908–1982)
His father thought Tati would take over his fine-art-framing business — and in a way, he did: As a filmmaker-actor, Tati framed whole communities of French eccentrics in artful compositions. Imagine a live-action Where's Waldo? and you've got the find-the-joke feel of such delights as Jour de Fete and MR. Hulot's Holiday, in which Tati, as his comic alter ego, Mr. Hulot, stumbles through pratfalls with an athlete's grace. (Before turning to film, Tati was a pro rugby player.) Still, Tati's humor wasn't mere slapstick. From the '50s on, his films decried with rising bitterness the strangulation of rural culture by soulless urban architecture.
Must-sees: Mon Oncle, Tati (1958, Moore); Playtime, Tati (1967, New Line)
47. Otto Preminger (1905–1986)
There are many who dismiss everything Preminger directed after his 1944 mystery Laura. But that ignores his other good melodramas at Fox and the strong, taboo-breaking dramas (The Man With the Golden Arm) and epics (Exodus) of the '50s and '60s. Preminger's early years as a legal student and theater director in Vienna were crucial to a body of work distinguished by a probing camera and nuanced performances from actors as diverse as Henry Fonda and Joan Crawford. Intelligent and often outlandish, his spirit resonates today in such provocative films as Dead Man Walking and Nixon.
Must-sees: Laura, Gene Tierney (1944, FoxVideo); Advise & Consent, Fonda (1962, Warner)
48. Spike Lee (1957–present)
Skeptics may scoff that the kid's too young, too current, to make the cut. And they'd have a point if Lee weren't the first director to nail so many black experiences with a consistently rich narrative style. From the scrappy comedy of She's Gotta Have It to the street-scene conundrums of Do The Right Thing to the epic biography of Malcolm X to the mature complexities of Clockers, Lee's world has a moral integrity that belies his in-your-face public persona. If he stopped making movies today, he'd still be on this list; that he's only 39 makes one itchy with anticipation.
Must-sees: Do The Right Thing, Danny Aiello (1989, MCA/Universal, R); Clockers, Harvey Keitel (1995, MCA/Universal, R)
49. Tim Burton (1958–present)
Burton's success tramples the notion that audiences insist on golden twaddle. After 1985's unexpected hit Pee-Wee's Big Adventure led to the smash Beetlejuice, which led to the megazillion-dollar success Batman, the onetime Disney animator really pledged himself to the dark fable. Edward Scissorhands is for every kid who can't stand to look in the mirror, Batman Returns is the blockbuster as a freak show, and Ed Wood is a mainstream valentine to a movie pariah. Multiple features and Burton's wildly visual, startlingly tender sensibility is emblazoned on every frame.
Must-sees: Beetlejuice, Michael Keaton (1988, Warner, PG); Edward Scissorhands, Johnny Depp (1990, FoxVideo, PG-13)
50. Jerry Lewis (1926–2017)
What the French adore about Lewis — his brilliant lowbrow antics and high aspirations — may be what befuddles everyone else. In 1960, after his 10-year partnership with Dean Martin ended, Lewis directed himself in a virtually silent performance in The Bellboy. Several other films followed before he concocted his tour de force, The Nutty Professor, which epitomized his duality by morphing him from lab rat to lounge lizard. Americans have never given him much respect, yet he's taught film at USC and authored a text on film theory. No other filmmaker so nakedly lays out his yearnings on a whoopee cushion.
|
||||
6282
|
dbpedia
|
3
| 67
|
https://www.afi.com/afis-10-top-10/
|
en
|
AFI’s 10 TOP 10
|
[
"https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=404753177081502&ev=PageView&noscript=1",
"https://www.afi.com/wp-content/themes/AFI/images/search_close.png",
"https://prdaficalmjediwestussa.blob.core.windows.net/images/2019/05/AFI-Logo.png",
"https://prdaficalmjediwestussa.blob.core.windows.net/images/2019/05/AFI-Logo.png",
"https://www.afi.com/wp-content/themes/AFI/images/search.png",
"https://www.afi.com/wp-content/themes/AFI/images/white_search.png",
"https://www.afi.com/wp-content/themes/AFI/images/search_close.png",
"https://www.afi.com/wp-content/themes/AFI/images/search_white.png",
"https://www.afi.com/wp-content/themes/AFI/images/toggle.png",
"https://www.afi.com/wp-content/themes/AFI/images/white_toggle.png",
"https://www.afi.com/wp-content/themes/AFI/images/loader.gif",
"https://www.afi.com/wp-content/themes/AFI/images/loader.gif",
"https://www.afi.com/wp-content/themes/AFI/images/loader.gif",
"https://www.afi.com/wp-content/themes/AFI/images/loader.gif",
"https://www.afi.com/wp-content/themes/AFI/images/loader.gif",
"https://www.afi.com/wp-content/themes/AFI/images/loader.gif",
"https://www.afi.com/wp-content/themes/AFI/images/loader.gif",
"https://www.afi.com/wp-content/themes/AFI/images/loader.gif",
"https://www.afi.com/wp-content/themes/AFI/images/loader.gif",
"https://www.afi.com/wp-content/themes/AFI/images/loader.gif",
"https://prdaficalmjediwestussa.blob.core.windows.net/images/2020/02/Donate-to-AFI@2x.png",
"https://www.afi.com/wp-content/themes/AFI/images/top.png",
"https://prdaficalmjediwestussa.blob.core.windows.net/images/2019/08/gdpr-logo.png"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
"American Film Institute"
] | null |
[] | null |
AFI’s 10 Top 10 is a list of the 10 greatest movies in 10 classic American film genres: Animation, Courtroom Drama, Epic, Fantasy, Gangster, Mystery, Romantic Comedy, Science Fiction, Sports and Western.The three-hour special television event, AFI’s 10 TOP 10, was telecast on CBS on June 17, 2008. The show enlisted hosts for each genre including: Jessica Alba for Romantic Comedy; Sean Astin for Fantasy; Gabriel Byrne for Mystery; Kirk Douglas for Epic; Clint Eastwood for Westerns; Cuba Gooding, Jr. for Sports; Jennifer Love Hewitt for Animation; Quentin Tarantino for Gangster; Sigourney Weaver for Sci-Fi; and James Woods for Courtroom Drama.[vc_row_in
|
en
|
https://prdaficalmjediwestussa.blob.core.windows.net/images/2019/09/favicon.ico
|
American Film Institute
|
https://www.afi.com/afis-10-top-10/
|
ANIMATION
AFI defines “animated” as a genre in which the film’s images are primarily created by computer or hand and the characters are voiced by actors.
1. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
As part of her daily beauty routine, the Wicked Queen asks her Magic Mirror, "Who is the fairest one of all?" and is told that Snow White, her blossoming stepdaughter, is now the "fairest one of all." In an envious rage, the queen orders a woodsman to kill Snow White, who has just met the handsome and endearing Prince, in the forest. Once there, however, the woodsman finds he cannot do the deed and admonishes the princess to hide, while he returns to the queen with a pig's heart, which he claims belonged to Snow White. Frightened by the dark, stormy forest, Snow White runs wildly through the trees until she collapses with exhaustion on the forest floor. After her nap, she wakes to find the woods full of friendly, furry animals, who guide her to an empty cottage. Shocked by the decrepit condition of the cottage, Snow White enlists the help of the animals to clean it up, and then falls asleep in an upstairs bedroom, which has been furnished with seven tiny beds. While Snow White sleeps, the owners of the beds, the Seven Dwarfs--Sleepy, Dopey, Doc, Sneezy, Grumpy, Bashful and Happy--return from working at the local diamond mine and discover the snoozing princess. After much confusion, Snow White strikes a deal with the Dwarfs, offering her domestic services in exchange for room and board. To Grumpy's dissatisfaction, Snow White turns the household upside down and instigates positive changes in the Dwarfs' life. The Dwarfs' newly found happiness ends abruptly when the evil queen, who has learned from the Magic Mirror that Snow White is alive, transforms herself into an old hag and, equipped with a poison apple, heads for the Dwarfs' cottage. Lured by the queen, the innocent Snow White bites into the apple and falls into a death-like sleep, which can be broken only when she is kissed by her first true love. Satisfied that Snow White is doomed, the queen rushes back toward her castle but is chased by the Dwarfs and falls to her death off a cliff. While lying in the woods in a glass-domed coffin built by the Dwarfs, Snow White is found by the Prince. Entranced by her tranquil beauty, the prince kisses her back to life and carries her off to eternal happiness.
2. Pinocchio (1940)
Geppetto, a kindly old woodcarver, creates a little puppet boy of pine and names him Pinocchio. Because the old man, who has been generous and good all of his life, loves children and has none of his own, the Blue Fairy brings the marionette to life to be a son to him. She tells Pinocchio, however, that he must earn his right to become a real boy by exhibiting the virtues of truth, courage and selflessness. To aid him in his task, she makes Jiminy, a vagabond cricket who has snuck into Geppetto's workshop to spend the night, Pinocchio's conscience, dubbing him the "Lord High Keeper of the Knowledge of Right and Wrong." Pinocchio's first test comes the next morning, when, on his way to school, he is accosted by J. Worthington Foulfellow, a wily fox also known as "Honest John." Along with his daffy companion Gideon, Foulfellow convinces Pinocchio that he should become an actor in the puppet show belonging to Stromboli, a tyrannical puppeteer. Jiminy's protests that Pinocchio must go to school fall on deaf ears, and the little puppet is soon a big hit with Stromboli's audience. Seeing that Pinocchio is doing well, Jiminy decides that a successful actor does not need a conscience and leaves. All is not well, however, for the cruel Stromboli locks Pinocchio in a bird cage when he tries to leave after the show. After deciding to say goodbye to "Pinoc," Jiminy returns to Stromboli's wagon, where he is horrified to discover the puppet's predicament. Jiminy's efforts to pick the lock do not succeed, and as the companions despair, they are astonished to see the Blue Fairy, who questions Pinocchio about why he did not go to school. The flustered Pinocchio tells lie after lie, and his nose grows with each falsehood. The Blue Fairy rebukes Pinocchio, explaining that "a lie grows and grows until it's as plain as the nose on your face." After Pinocchio promises to reform, the beautiful fairy sets him free, and Pinocchio hastens with Jiminy toward home. Pinocchio is stopped again by Foulfellow, who tempts him to go to Pleasure Island, a magical place where boys can do anything they want. Pinocchio joins the other boys on the coach driven by a mysterious coachman, and soon is indulging in the cigars, beer and billiards offered at Pleasure Island. As Pinocchio plays with his new friend Lampwick, Jiminy discovers that the boys on the island transform into donkeys, which are then sold by the coachman. He then returns to the terrified Pinocchio, who has just seen Lampwick turn into a donkey. Pinocchio sprouts ears and a tail, but escapes with Jiminy before his transformation is complete. Upon their return home, they discover that Geppetto, Figaro, the kitten, and Cleo, the goldfish, have been swallowed by Monstro, a gigantic whale. With no thought for his own safety, Pinocchio voyages to the bottom of the sea, where he finds Geppetto, Cleo and Figaro alive in the whale's belly. After a joyful reunion with his father, Pinocchio hits upon the idea of making Monstro sneeze. After setting Geppetto's boat on fire, the little group escape on a raft when the smoke causes Monstro to sneeze. The irritated whale chases his former captives, and Pinocchio bravely rescues Geppetto at the cost of his own life. Geppetto, Figaro, Cleo and Jiminy sorrowfully return home, and as they are mourning, the Blue Fairy appears and turns Pinocchio into a real boy as a reward for his actions. She also gives Jiminy a gold badge for his services as Pinocchio's conscience, and as Geppetto and his son celebrate, Jiminy sings that "when you wish upon a star, your dreams come true."
3. Bambi (1942)
One April morning, the animal inhabitants of the forest welcome a new fawn, the son of the Great Prince of the Forest. Especially interested in Bambi, the new arrival, is young rabbit Thumper, who watches the fawn take his first awkward steps. Later, Thumper accompanies Bambi on a walk, teaching him how to say "bird" and introducing him to the beauties of the wilderness. While learning to say "flower," Bambi is confused when a young skunk emerges from a patch of blossoms and assumes he is being named, but the skunk is pleased by his new moniker. Bambi and his mother lead an idyllic life, cuddling to ward off April showers and enjoying the protection of the forest. One day, Bambi's mother takes him to the meadow to graze, but warns him that he must be careful as the meadow is without sufficient cover. Bambi and Thumper play and eat clover, although Bambi is overcome with shyness upon meeting a pretty little girl fawn named Faline. The Great Prince then walks through the meadow, and Bambi is awed by his father's majestic bearing. The Great Prince senses danger, however, and helps Bambi and his mother reach the forest as a gunshot echoes through the meadow. Bambi is mystified by the occurrence, and his mother explains that "Man was in the forest." Later, in the winter, Thumper and a clumsy Bambi ice skate on a pond covered with "stiff water." The season is harsh, however, and Bambi's mother diligently forages for food for her hungry son. Soon the grass begins to grow again, and Bambi and his mother return to the meadow to graze, but there, Bambi's mother becomes alarmed and orders him to run. Bambi races ahead as gunshots ring out, and upon reaching the thicket, is terrified to realize that he is alone. The Great Prince arrives and tells the grieving fawn that his mother cannot be with him anymore, then urges his son to follow him. Later, Spring comes again to the forest, and the adolescent Bambi, Thumper and Flower are scornful of the silly antics of the birds. Friend Owl warns them that all animals become "twitterpated" during the Spring, and soon his words are proven true as a pretty girl skunk and a lovely little bunny mesmerize Flower and Thumper. Left on his own, the disgruntled Bambi is drinking from the stream when he once again meets Faline. Faline flirtatiously licks Bambi, and the young couple chase each other and play. Bambi is challenged by another young buck but triumphs in battle, and soon is gamboling across the meadow with Faline. Later, Bambi is disturbed by the sound of hunting horns, and the Great Prince warns him that Man has returned in great numbers, and that they must retreat deep into the forest. Faline is separated from Bambi during the confusion, but when she is cornered by a pack of dogs, Bambi rushes to rescue her. Faline escapes from the dogs, but Bambi is shot as he jumps across a ravine. He falls unconscious as a fire, sparked by the hunters' campfire, begins to spread, but the Great Prince arrives and urges Bambi to flee. The animals dash through the forest as the fire races along behind them, but eventually the Great Prince and Bambi reach safety, and Bambi is reunited with Faline. More time passes as new growth appears in the burned-out areas, and one day, Flower and Thumper, who have families of their own, proudly watch as Faline introduce her twin fawns to the other forest animals. Bambi, who is standing with his father, oversees the gathering, then takes his father's place as the Prince of the Forest.
4. The Lion King (1994)
King Mufasa, a lion who rules over the Pride Lands of Africa, and his queen, Sarabi, present their newborn son, Simba, to a gathering of the animal kingdom. Poised to take his father’s place, Simba is taught the responsibilities of his role, and about the “circle of life” that joins all living things. As Simba grows, Mufasa’s jealous younger brother, Scar, plots to overtake his brother’s throne. He sends Simba and his girl friend, Nala, to wander around an elephants’ graveyard, where they are ambushed by three hyenas—Banzai, Shenzi, and Ed. Mufasa’s aide, a tropical bird named Zazu, alerts him of the attack, and Mufasa comes to Simba’s and Nala’s rescue. Afterward, Mufasa explains to his son that the stars in the night sky are past kings who watch over them. Scar hatches another scheme to defeat his brother. This time, he lures Simba into a stampede of hyenas and wildebeest. Scar tells Mufasa about the stampede, so that Mufasa will go to save Simba, thereby putting himself in peril. The plan works: Scar manages to kill Mufasa, then convinces Simba it was all his fault. Simba escapes another attempt on his life, and ends up in exile in the jungle, along with new friends, Timon the meerkat and Pumbaa the warthog. They teach the young lion their motto, hakuna matata, which means “no worries.” Time passes, and one day Simba rescues Timon and Pumbaa from a lioness attack. The hungry hunter turns out to be Nala. She and Simba reconnect, and she convinces him to return to the Pride Lands, which has languished under Scar’s tyrannical rule. In a standoff between uncle and nephew, Scar reveals to Simba that he purposely killed Mufasa. Simba overpowers Scar, who then tries to save himself by blaming his actions on the hyenas. Simba takes mercy on him, but bans him from the Pride Lands. However, when Scar attacks again, Simba throws him from the heights of Pride Rock. After surviving the fall, Scar is killed by the hyenas, who overheard his betrayal. Peace is restored, and the Pride Lands once again flourish under Simba’s rule. One day, from the top of Pride Rock, Simba and Nala proudly present their newborn cub, and the circle of life continues.
5. Fantasia (1940)
This film consists of animation set to eight musical pieces. Deems Taylor, the narrator, introduces himself and conductor Leopold Stokowski, then describes the three different kinds of music in the program. The first type tells a definite story, and the next, while having no specific plot, suggests a series of definite pictures. The last type is referred to as "absolute" music, that which suggests abstract images and exists solely for its own sake. The first number, "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor," represents the last type of music. In this segment, animated shadows of the orchestra gradually give way to more abstract images. The second number, "The Nutcracker Suite," is an example of the second type of music, and this segment features ballets performed by the fairies who bring the seasons, Hop Low and his fellow mushrooms, goldfish and flowers. The third selection tells a definite story, that of "The Sorcerer's Apprentice." The music is based on a poem by Goethe, which was in turn based upon a 2,000 year old legend. In this number, Mickey Mouse is the young, ambitious apprentice of a powerful sorcerer. When the sorcerer retires for a nap, Mickey takes up his magic hat and acquires his powers, using them to enchant a broom to carry in water. Mickey falls asleep, and while he dreams of enchanting the universe, the broom carries in more and more water until Mickey is awakened by a flood. Mickey's efforts to correct the situation result in catastrophe, but finally the sorcerer appears and restores order. The fourth number, "Rite of Spring," illustrates the story of evolution, showing how the Earth was formed and how life grew from one-celled sea creatures to mighty dinosaurs. The dinosaurs eventually die, and evolution continues. The next segment, "The Pastoral Symphony," presents a lovely day on Mt. Olympus, where cherubs, fauns, unicorns, pegasuses, centaurs and centaurettes frolic. Bacchus, the god of wine, arrives with his trusty steed Jacchus, and a bacchanal begins, only to be interrupted by Zeus and Vulcan, who shower lightning bolts on the merrymakers. Zeus eventually wearies of his game and peace is restored as Isis, the goddess of the rainbow, spreads a rainbow over the land. Apollo drives his sun chariot across the sky, and as he disappears, Morpheus, the god of sleep, draws his blanket of night over everyone. The mythic creatures fall asleep as Diana shoots an arrow of fire and covers the sky with stars. The sixth selection is "Dance of the Hours." This ballet, depicting the passage of time, is performed by a talented corps of ostriches, hippos, elephants and alligators, who represent morning, day, evening and night. The final two numbers, "Night on Bald Mountain" and "Ave Maria," are, according to Taylor, a picture of the struggle between the profane and the sacred. The segment begins on Walpurgis night, when Chernabog, the black god, who lives in Bald Mountain, casts a spell on the sleeping town and raises up ghosts from their graves and demons from the fiery depths. The evil creatures dance for Chernabog's pleasure until dawn comes and the church bells, calling the faithful to worship, begin to ring. The ghosts and demons return to their origins, while Chernabog folds himself back into the top of the mountain. The faithful begin their candlelit procession through the forest as they sing "Ave Maria," and the film ends as the sun rises.
6. Toy Story (1995)
Unbeknown to young Andy Davis, his toys come to life when he is not around. Woody, a cowboy sheriff figure, is Andy’s longtime favorite toy and the unofficial leader of the group, which includes a Bo Peep doll, Mr. Potato Head, a Slinky Dog, a piggy bank named Hamm, and Rex, a neurotic dinosaur. With Andy’s birthday party about to take place a week early, in advance of the Davis’ move to a new home, Woody overseas a mission to spy on the party, concerned that Andy might receive superior new toys. Lo and behold, Andy is given an impressive action figure called Buzz Lightyear. Unlike the others, who understand that they are toys, Buzz Lightyear believes himself to be a real-life astronaut. The other playthings are wowed by his features, and Andy appears to favor Buzz over Woody. One day, as Andy’s family prepares for an outing to Pizza Planet, his mother tells him he can only take one toy to the restaurant. Woody tries to hide Buzz so that Andy cannot choose him, but in doing so, he accidentally pushes Buzz out the window. To many of the toys, Woody’s actions appear intentional. Accusing him of wanting to murder Buzz, they turn against him. However, Andy unwittingly defuses the situation by scooping up Woody and taking him to Pizza Planet. On the way, they stop at a gas station. Buzz appears, having snuck onto the van before they left. Woody and Buzz argue outside the car as the family drives away without them. They make their way to Pizza Planet by jumping onto a delivery truck. Upon arrival, they are deposited inside an arcade game in which a mechanical claw plucks toys from a pile. Andy’s mean-spirited neighbor, Sid, plays the game and retrieves both Woody and Buzz. In the meantime, Woody attempts to disabuse Buzz of the notion that he is a real astronaut. Trapped in Sid’s home, Buzz observes a television advertisement for dolls just like him and realizes Woody is right. Sid, who likes to terrorize toys, develops a scheme to attach Buzz to a firework and launch him into the sky. Woody helps Buzz accept himself as a toy by assuring him how much Andy relies on his playthings. Sid’s abused, mutant toys help Woody rescue Buzz. Before they leave Sid’s house, the two frighten Sid into submission, warning him never to mistreat his toys again. They make it back to the Davis home just in time to see the moving truck pulling away. Sid’s dog, Scud, prevents them from hitching a ride on the truck. Buzz rescues Woody from the dog, allowing Woody to board. Woody attempts to repay the favor by saving Buzz with a radio-controlled car. The other toys still do not trust Woody’s intentions and throw him back onto the street. Buzz and Woody reunite just as the other toys realize they misjudged Woody. Buzz, who still has Sid’s firework attached to his back, successfully executes a return mission by lighting the rocket, and launching them into the Davis’ van, in a box next to Andy. Sometime later, the Davises celebrate Christmas in their new home. Woody and Buzz oversee a spy mission to observe the unveiling of Andy’s new toys. To their surprise and concern, Andy receives a real-life puppy.
7. Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Once upon a time, a spoiled young prince turned away an old beggar woman when she offered him a rose in exchange for shelter. The woman warned him not to be deceived by appearances, then transformed into a beautiful enchantress. The prince apologized, but it was too late. The enchantress turned him into a beast, and put a spell on his castle and its inhabitants. She gave him the rose and told him it would wilt by his twenty-first birthday. If he did not fall in love with someone, and win her love in return, by that time, the spell would never lift and he would remain a beast forever. Sometime later, in rural France, a bookworm named Belle dreams of finding adventure outside her small town. She is seen as a misfit, as is her inventor father, Maurice. However, because she is the prettiest girl in town, she is pursued by a handsome, brutish man named Gaston, who intends to marry her. One day, Gaston follows Belle home from the library, and suggests they go to the tavern to view his hunting trophies, but she rejects the offer. Belle finds her father, Maurice, working on his latest invention, an automated wood-cutter he plans to unveil at a fair the next day. Belle’s father leaves for the fair that evening, but gets lost in a forest. He and his horse, Philippe, are chased by wolves to the gates of a dark castle. He wanders inside and is startled by Lumiere, a talking candlestick who invites Maurice to warm himself by the fire. Maurice soon discovers a host of household objects that talk, including a clock named Cogsworth, a teapot named Mrs. Potts, and her son, Chip, a teacup. Although they are very welcoming, the servants cower at the sight of their master, the Beast, a hulking monster who reprimands Maurice for trespassing and takes him captive. The next day, Gaston surprises Belle with a marriage proposal, but she turns him down. Maurice’s horse returns home alone, and Belle panics. She instructs Philippe to take her to her father, and they ride back to the Beast’s castle. There, Belle is frightened by the Beast, but offers to take her father’s place as his prisoner. The Beast complies, and throws Maurice out. Belle weeps over her father’s abrupt departure. The Beast tries to control his temper as he shows Belle to her quarters. He invites her to explore the castle but forbids her from going to the west wing. That evening, Belle is supposed to join the Beast for dinner, but she refuses. In turn, he forbids Lumiere, Cogsworth, and Mrs. Potts from serving her dinner. Meanwhile, Maurice goes to the tavern and announces his daughter has been taken prisoner by a beast. Gaston and the other patrons ridicule him and ignore his pleas for help. In his quarters, the Beast regards the magical rose, which has begun to wilt. He looks into his magic mirror and asks it to show him Belle. In the mirror’s reflection, he sees Belle saying she wants nothing to do with him. Although Belle is his only hope for breaking the spell, he worries she could never fall in love with a Beast. Late at night, a hungry Belle wanders into the kitchen, and although the Beast instructed them not to, the servants treat her to an elaborate meal. Afterward, Belle sneaks into the west wing. In the Beast’s quarters, she sees a torn portrait of a handsome young man and discovers the magical rose. The Beast appears and flies into a rage. He immediately regrets losing his temper, but Belle has already fled the castle. She rides Philippe into the forest, but they are cornered by wolves. The Beast appears and fends them off, but is wounded in the fight and loses consciousness. Back at the castle, Belle tends to his wounds. They argue over his temper, but Belle eventually thanks the Beast for saving her life. Gaston bribes Monsieur D’Arque, owner of an insane asylum, to commit Maurice, and release him only if Belle agrees to marry Gaston. In the meantime, the Beast begins to fall in love with Belle. As a romantic gesture, Lumiere suggests he take her to the castle library. There, Belle admires the collection of books, and the Beast tells her the library is hers. When they dine together, Belle is appalled, then amused, by Beast’s lack of table manners. They play outside in the snow, and she realizes she is growing fond of him. He plans a romantic evening, and the two dress up and dance together in the ballroom while the servants look on, hopeful that Belle and the Beast will fall in love and break the spell. Later that night, the Beast asks Belle if she is happy. She tells him yes, except she wishes she could see her father again. He grants her wish by offering her the magic mirror. Belle sees Maurice in the mirror’s reflection, alone in the woods and looking unwell. She frets over his safety, and the Beast tells her she is free to go. He gives her the magic mirror so she will always have a way to remember him. After Belle leaves the castle, Cogsworth asks why the Beast let her go. He explains that he had no choice because he loves her. Belle finds Maurice and takes him home. There, she discovers Chip, the teacup, among her things. Outside, Gaston arrives with Monsieur D’Arque and an angry mob. When D’Arque throws Maurice into his carriage, Gaston offers to have him released in exchange for Belle’s hand in marriage. Belle defends her father’s sanity, but the townspeople insist he is crazy for claiming she was held captive by a Beast. Using the magic mirror, Belle proves the Beast exists. Gaston senses that she cares for him, and incites the angry mob to storm the castle. Belle and Maurice are locked in the basement of their home, but Chip frees them with the help of Maurice’s wood-cutter. Gaston and his cohorts attack the castle, and the household items fight back. Heartbroken and resigned to failure, the Beast does nothing when Gaston forces him onto a ledge. Just then, Belle arrives, giving Beast the inspiration to fight for his life. He overpowers Gaston, but takes pity on the brute when he begs for mercy and lets him go. Belle summons the Beast to a balcony, but just as she grabs his hand, Gaston stabs him in the back. Gaston falls to his death, and Belle embraces the Beast as he loses consciousness. Believing he is dead, she cries and says she loves him. At that moment, the magical rose loses its last petal, and the Beast is transformed back into a handsome prince. The castle is returned to its former glory, and the servants become human again. Maurice joins them in celebration as they watch Belle and the prince dance in the ballroom.
8. Shrek (2001)
One night, Shrek, a large ogre who lives in a cozy cottage in a swamp, has his solitude interrupted by torch-carrying villagers from a nearby town. After Shrek politely frightens the villagers away, he picks up a dropped piece of paper that reads: “Wanted Fairy Tale Creatures Reward.” The next day, as dozens of terrified fairy tale creatures are being brought in for rewards, an Old Woman turns in a Donkey, saying that he talks. Donkey refuses to speak, but when a tiny fairy crashes into him, sprinkling him with magic dust, he starts to fly and gleefully boasts out loud. Crashing to earth, Donkey escapes and runs into Shrek. They are soon approached by guards, who order them to halt by order of Lord Farquaad, but Shrek scares them away. The jive-talking Donkey, who immediately warms to his new acquaintance, decides to tag along with Shrek, despite the ogre’s gruff insistence that he likes to be alone. Back at the swamp, Shrek refuses to allow Donkey to stay inside his cottage, but soon finds his dinner interrupted by the appearance of three Blind Mice, a nightgown-clad wolf and a myriad of other fairy tale creatures. Shrek loudly orders them to leave his swamp and return home, but they reply that they cannot because Farquaad has evicted them. The disgusted Shrek determines to remedy the situation by finding Farquaad and demanding that the creatures be sent back. Amid the gleeful cheers of the creatures, Shrek, accompanied by the unshakable Donkey, sets off to find Farquaad. Meanwhile, in a castle in Duloc, the diminutive Farquaad tortures a Gingerbread Man, then asks a Magic Mirror how he can become king. Magic Mirror advises him to marry a princess and shows him three choices, Snow White, Cinderella and, finally, Princess Fiona, who is locked in a castle guarded by a Dragon. Farquaad does not listen to Magic Mirror's warning that something happens to the beautiful Fiona at night and chooses her, then determines to find a champion to free her. When Shrek and Donkey arrive at the immaculately maintained Duloc, the town is deserted, but they find everyone in the stadium listening to a speech by Farquaad, who is holding a tournament to determine a champion. Seeing Shrek, Farquaad announces that the person who kills the ogre will be the champion. Shrek easily bests his attackers and so impresses Farquaad that he names Shrek his champion and agrees to give him the deed to the swamp and send the fairy tale creatures back home in exchange for freeing Princess Fiona. As Shrek and Donkey journey toward the princess’ castle, Shrek philosophizes that ogres are usually misunderstood but actually have many layers, like onions. Once at their destination, Shrek and the frightened Donkey successfully navigate a rope bridge suspended over a lava pit and enter the castle. Donkey comes face to face with the Dragon, who snaps to attention and goes after him, but Shrek dons armor and saves him. In the process, though, Shrek is flung into Fiona’s tower room. She is impressed by Shrek’s entrance and pretends to be asleep so that her “knight so bold as to rescue her” can kiss her awake. Instead, Shrek gives her a shake and is uninterested in her talk of romance. Dragging Fiona through the castle, Shrek finds Donkey, who has inadvertently awakened amorous feelings in the female Dragon. She tries to prevent them from leaving, but Shrek effects their escape and ensnares the Dragon in chains. Once safely on the road to Duloc, Fiona demands to see Shrek’s face and is disappointed by his appearance until he assures her that Farquaad has sent him. When she stubbornly insists that only her true love can rescue her, Shrek hoists her over his shoulder and continues on. During the journey, Donkey seeks Fiona’s advice on how to discourage the Dragon’s romantic interest, and Shrek and Donkey joke about Farquaad’s size. When Fiona realizes that it will soon be nightfall and Duloc is some distance away, she adamantly refuses to go farther and spends the night alone in a cave. Later, as Donkey sympathizes with Shrek’s regret that the world “has a problem” with a big ugly ogre, Fiona eavesdrops. Next morning, a very cheerful Fiona emerges from the cave and makes breakfast for Shrek. When the three resume their journey, Fiona and Shrek playfully tease each other and start to realize that they have a lot in common. When they see Duloc in the distance, both Fiona and Shrek come up with excuses to delay reaching Duloc. During dinner, Shrek and Fiona look dreamy-eyed at each other, but at sunset Fiona retreats, alone, into a deserted windmill. Donkey comments that Shrek and Fiona are “digging on each other,” but Shrek thinks that a princess would never be interested in an ogre. Donkey then sneaks into the windmill and is astonished to find that Fiona has turned into an ogre. She tells him that because of a curse she will spend her days beautiful, but at sunset turn into the ugly creature she is now, until the curse is removed by love’s first kiss. She then starts to cry, saying that she must marry Farquaad before sunset. Just as Fiona expresses doubt that anyone could love someone so ugly, Shrek, who has gathered flowers and practiced loving endearments to tell Fiona, approaches the door of the windmill and thinks that she is speaking of him. The next morning, Shrek angrily tells Fiona he heard what she said the previous night, and she assumes that he knows about the curse but does not care for her because she is ugly. Just then, Farquaad and his entourage arrive, and he proposes to Fiona, who immediately accepts and suggests that they marry that day. After Fiona rides off with Farquaad, Shrek angrily rejects Donkey’s advice and the two part. During the ensuing hours, Fiona pines for Shrek as she prepares for her wedding, while Shrek sadly returns to his lonely swamp and Donkey encounters the lovesick Dragon, who has followed him. Later, Shrek hears something outside and finds Donkey building a wall with some branches. Donkey chastises Shrek for building his own walls and for pushing away Fiona, who likes—and may even love him. Shrek then apologizes to Donkey, who forgives him because "that is what friends are for," and the two determine to stop Fiona’s marriage to Farquaad. With the aid of the happily smitten Dragon, Shrek and Donkey arrive at the Duloc cathedral just as Fiona and Farquaad are pronounced man and wife. Shrek rushes up the aisle and tells Fiona he wants to talk with her, incurring Farquaad’s contempt for being an ogre in love with a princess. Just then the sun begins to set and Fiona turns into her ogre self. When Shrek tells her he loves her, she admits that she loves him, too, and they kiss, apparently breaking the curse. Fiona does not understand why she has not transformed into her beautiful self, but Shrek assures her she is beautiful. Some time later, in the swamp, Fiona and Shrek marry, with all of their fairy tale creatures in attendance, then ride off on their honeymoon in an onion magically transformed into a coach.
9. Cinderella (1950)
In a mythical kingdom, Lord Tremaine remarries so that his beloved young daughter Cinderella can have a mother. Tremaine's new wife is a seemingly kind widow with two daughters, Anastasia and Drizella, but after his death, Lady Tremaine's true, greedy nature emerges. Banishing Cinderella to the attic and forcing her to become their servant, Lady Tremaine squanders the family fortune on Anastasia and Drizella. Growing up to be a lovely young woman, Cinderella patiently bears the cruelties of her family while continuing to believe in her dreams and comforting herself with the friendship of her dog Bruno, horse Major and the chateau's mice and birds. One morning, mouse Jaq informs Cinderella that a new mouse has been caught in a trap, and after rescuing the chubby newcomer, Cinderella names him Octavius, or Gus for short. Cinderella then begins her chores while Gus, who calls himself Gus-Gus, listens to Jaq's warnings about Lady Tremaine's evil cat Lucifer. Meanwhile, at the palace, the King is infuriated that his son, Prince Charming, has not yet married. Longing for grandchildren, the King orders the Grand Duke to arrange a ball to celebrate the return of Prince Charming, who is arriving that day after an extended absence. The King hopes that the prince will find a bride if all the maidens in the kingdom are present, and so the Grand Duke begins the preparations. Cinderella is thrilled when an invitation arrives at the chateau, but, knowing that her stepdaughter will outshine Anastasia and Drizella, Lady Tremaine cannily promises that she can attend only if she finishes her work and finds something suitable to wear. Cinderella begins re-fashioning a gown that belonged to her mother, but is interrupted by her stepsisters' excessive demands. Determined to help their friend, the mice and birds labor on the dress, while Jaq and Gus-Gus retrieve a sash and string of beads discarded by Anastasia and Drizella. Lady Tremaine and her daughters keep Cinderella so busy that she cannot work on her dress, and when the coach arrives to take them to the ball, she stoically tells them that she will not be attending. When she retreats to her attic, however, Cinderella is astonished to see that the old dress is ready. Cinderella changes and joins her family as they are leaving, but the jealous Drizella and Anastasia recognize their beads and sash and tear Cinderella's gown to shreds. After the women leave, the broken-hearted Cinderella cries in the garden, but her tears are quieted by the arrival of her Fairy Godmother. Telling the unhappy girl that she is going to the ball, the fairy uses her wand and the magic phrase "bibbidi-bobbidi-boo" to transform a pumpkin into a glorious coach. The mice are then transformed into horses, and Major and Bruno become the coachman and footman. The Fairy Godmother then transforms Cinderella's rags into an exquisite gown, complete with glass slippers. The fairy instructs Cinderella to leave the ball before midnight, at which time the spell will be broken. At the castle, meanwhile, the King watches in frustration as a bored Prince Charming greets his guests, including Drizella and Anastasia. The prince's attention is captured by Cinderella, however, and the King arranges for the couple to be alone. Prince Charming and Cinderella fall in love as they waltz, although they do not know each other's names. Just as the prince is about to kiss his new love, the clock begins to strike twelve and Cinderella flees. Prince Charming and the Grand Duke chase her as she races away but succeed only in finding one of her glass slippers, which fell off during her flight down the grand staircase. Cinderella is in rags again when the final chime is heard, but still has one glass slipper as a souvenir of her magical evening. The next morning, Cinderella overhears Lady Tremaine inform her daughters that no one knows the identity of the girl loved by the prince, and that the King has ordered him to marry whomever the slipper fits. Realizing her sweetheart's identity, and that he is searching for her, Cinderella goes to get her shoe. Seeing the dreamy look on Cinderella's face, Lady Tremaine deduces that she is the mystery woman and locks her in the attic. Just then, the Grand Duke arrives and offers the slipper to Drizella and Anastasia. While the two big-footed women attempt to don the dainty shoe, Jaq and Gus-Gus steal the key to Cinderella's door from Lady Tremaine's pocket. After dragging the heavy key up the stairs to the attic, Jaq and Gus-Gus succeed in freeing their friend despite interference from Lucifer. Before Cinderella can try on the slipper, however, the vindictive Lady Tremaine trips the lackey carrying the slipper and it shatters. The Grand Duke is devastated until Cinderella happily shows him the slipper's mate and dons it. Soon after, Cinderella and the prince are married.
10. Finding Nemo (2003)
In Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, a clownfish named Marlin and his wife Coral take up residence in an anemone at the edge of the coral reef. Although Marlin frets that his four hundred as-yet-unhatched children will not like him, Coral assures him that he will be a wonderful father. Just then, however, a barracuda attacks the anemone, knocking Marlin unconscious, and he awakens to discover that Coral and all the eggs, except one, have been eaten. Cradling his remaining son, Nemo, Marlin vows to protect him forever. Soon, Nemo is a happy, curious boy, who lets neither a malformed fin nor his father’s overprotectiveness dampen his energy. On Nemo’s first day of school, Marlin embarrasses him at the schoolyard by anxiously fussing over him and insisting on cautiousness. To prove that he does not need coddling, Nemo accepts the other kids’ dare to swim out to a ship just past the reef drop off. Although he bravely swims into the open sea, which his father has taught him is perilous, touches the boat and turns back in triumph, a scuba diver nets him before Nemo can reach safety. Horrified, Marlin rushes to his son’s aid, but the boat speeds away too quickly for Marlin to keep up with it, and when he begs for help, only a cheerful blue tang named Dory responds. She offers to help him follow the ship, which she saw pass by, but after several minutes, Marlin realizes they are swimming aimlessly. As Dory explains that she suffers from short-term memory loss, a menacing shark named Bruce forcibly escorts the pair to a twelve-step meeting designed to cure fish-eating addictions. Chanting “Fish are friends, not food,” the three group members welcome Marlin and Dory, and while Bruce recounts the tale of his father’s abandonment of the family, Marlin spots a diver’s mask and, sure it belongs to the human who captured Nemo, inadvertently cuts Dory in his excitement. The scent of her blood mesmerizes Bruce, who chases the fish into a wrecked ship, and although Marlin and Dory escape, the chase sets off a mine explosion. Meanwhile, Nemo is transported to a fish tank in the Sydney office of dentist P. Sherman. The other aquarium inmates, including Jacques the shrimp, Deb, a starfish named Peach and Bloat the blowfish, welcome the boy, but when he becomes stuck in a filter, their gruff leader, Gill, insists that Nemo escape without help, demonstrating his own damaged fin as proof that a handicap need not impede him. The tank members soon “initiate” Nemo into their society and form an escape plan to save Nemo from being given to the dentist’s niece, Darla, a notorious fish abuser. Gill’s plan calls for Nemo to swim into the filter and jam it with a pebble, after which the dentist will clean the tank, transferring them to plastic bags in which they plan to hurl themselves out the window and into the harbor below. Back in the sea, Marlin swims, with Dory’s encouragement, to the ocean depths to find the fallen mask. In the dark, both are spellbound by the light of a predatory angler fish, but manage to spot the mask. While Marlin distracts the angler, Dory slowly reads the dentist’s address on the mask, and is thrilled to discover that she can remember it. Soon annoyed by her blithe chatter, enthusiasm and memory lapses, Marlin informs Dory that he would like to travel alone, and her subsequent sobs attract the chivalry of a school of fish, who scorn Marlin but provide Dory with direction to the Sydney harbor. Now aware that he needs Dory’s help, Marlin apologizes and swims off before he can hear the school’s advice to avoid the upcoming trench. Although Dory tries to warn Marlin, she forgets the details and follows him above the trench, which serves as a jellyfish bed. Marlin is resistant to the stings, but Dory is not, so to save his oblivious friend, Marlin pretends to play a “game” with Dory in which she bounces harmlessly over the jellyfish tops, thus avoiding the dangerous tentacles. Before they reach the end, however, Dory is stung and lies unconscious. As they both recover in open waters, Nemo continues his getaway attempts, sure that his timid father would never risk the open water to rescue him. He fails to achieve the dangerous task, however, and the tank fish sink into dejection. Meanwhile, Marlin awakens on the back of a sea turtle named Crush, who explains that his school is riding the East Australian Current into Sydney. Dory is nearby, playing games with the turtle children, including Squirt, whose independence while swimming the rapid current impresses Marlin. The youngsters idolize Marlin, as does Dory, as she listens enraptured to his tales of their own travels through the ocean. Marlin’s astounding stories soon spread throughout the ocean until they reach the pelicans in Sydney Harbor, one of whom, Nigel, regularly visits the dentist’s office and recognizes Nemo’s name. When he informs Nemo of his father’s courageous search, Nemo is overjoyed and, inspired, flings himself into the tank filter and jams it. At the same time, Marlin and Dory leave the turtles to brave the current alone, and Marlin finds himself invigorated by the adventure. They swim toward shore but are soon lost in the vast ocean, and after Dory tries to ask a whale direction in its own language, the whale swallows them both. Inside its mouth, Marlin rages at his friend. After he states that he must keep his promise to Nemo never to let anything happen to him, Dory points out that this promise cannot be any fun for the child. Dory then assures Marlin that the whale has told her “it’s time to let go,” and although Marlin is frightened, he does so, allowing the whale to expel them via his blowhole into the harbor. The next morning, the tank fish awaken to discover that a new filtration system has cleaned the aquarium. The dentist then nets Nemo, and although the others try to wrench him free, the dentist succeeds in capturing Nemo just as Darla arrives. Outside, a pelican tries to eat Marlin and Dory, whose struggles attract the attention of Nigel. Upon hearing Marlin say Nemo’s name, Nigel offers to carry them in his mouth to the dentist’s office. Marlin is suspicious, but when hungry seagulls approach, he readily agrees. They reach the office in time to see Nemo feigning death, hoping to be flushed down the toilet, as Gill has assured him that all drains lead to the sea. When Darla grabs Nemo, Gill jumps onto her head, and pandemonium erupts in the office. Soon, the dentist is unconscious and Gill has sacrificed his own chance for escape by tossing Nemo down the spit bowl. As Nemo is flushed into the Sydney water treatment pipes, he calls for his father, who is despondent at this missed opportunity to save his son. Believing Nemo to be dead, he mournfully bids goodbye to Dory, and when she begs him to stay with her so she can continue to regain her memories, Marlin states that he wants only to forget his. Soon, Nemo struggles out of the pipes, and although he meets Dory, she fails to remember that she is on a quest to find him. Suddenly, however, her memory returns, and she brings Nemo to his father, who embraces him joyously. Within moments, the trio is caught up in a fisherman’s net along with a huge school of fish. Marlin tries to hold Nemo back but finally relents when the boy asserts that he can remedy the situation, coaching the fish to swim downward as one. The combined force of their movement breaks the net from its rope, and all are freed. When Marlin searches for Nemo, however, he finds him dazed beneath the fallen net. Marlin cradles his son, who soon regains consciousness. Later, back on the reef, Marlin urges Nemo to get to school on time, and once there, jokes easily with the other fathers, proud to see his son leave to explore his ocean home. At the same time, the tank fish achieve their goal and throw themselves into the ocean, where they float in perfect happiness, though still unsure how to escape their plastic bags.
ROMANTIC COMEDY
AFI defines “romantic comedy” as a genre in which the development of a romance leads to comic situations.
1. City Lights (1931)
At an outdoor dedication ceremony, a tramp is discovered sleeping in the arms of a statue as it is being unveiled before a crowd. He is chased into the city, where he meets a beautiful, blind flower girl, and buys a flower with his last coin. That night, he stops a drunken man from drowning himself. Gratefully, the man invites him to his mansion, which is presided over by a snobby butler named James and they begin to drink. The millionaire and the tramp continue their revels at a nightclub. Early the next morning, when they return home, the millionaire drunkenly offers the tramp money and the use of his Rolls Royce. The tramp uses his windfalls to help the flower girl. Because she cannot see his shabby clothes, the girl thinks her benefactor is a wealthy young man. Determined to help her, the tramp returns to the mansion, but the millionaire has sobered up and does not recognize him, so the tramp takes a job cleaning streets and gives the girl and her grandmother what money he can. By accident the tramp finds out they are behind in their rent and that there is a doctor in Vienna who can cure blindness by an expensive operation. Needing money in a hurry to help his friends, the tramp agrees to participate in a crooked boxing match for a cut of the winning purse, but his crooked partner is replaced by a legitmate fighter, who knocks him cold. Out on the streets, the tramp runs into the millionaire, who is back from Europe. Drunk again, he gladly gives the tramp $1,000 for the operation, but two crooks see the transaction and rob them. The tramp calls the police, but by the time they arrive, the crooks have vanished and the police arrest the tramp. He runs away and manages to give the money to the girl before he is taken off to jail. The girl gets her operation and opens up a successful flower shop, imagining her benefactor in every rich young man who comes into the shop. When the tramp gets out of jail, he wanders into the shop by accident. Naturally, she does not recognize him, and laughingly offers him a flower and a coin. He refuses the money, but when she presses it into his hand, she recognizes him by the feel of his skin and is moved.
2. Annie Hall (1977)
Raised in Brooklyn, New York, Alvy Singer grows up to become a well-known comedian. As an adult, he encounters relationship problems with his girl friend, Annie Hall, when she starts to withdraw her affection. Annie claims she is only going through a phase and reminds him of how he used to be “hot” for Allison, but then his ardor cooled off. Alvy recalls meeting Allison, an ex-girl friend, at a 1956 benefit performance for Adlai Stevenson’s presidential campaign. By 1964, Alvy has lost interest in the relationship. While making love to Allison, he obsesses over conflicting evidence related to the John F. Kennedy assassination, and Allison accuses him of using his fixation to avoid intimacy with her. Alvy reflects that there is some truth in what Allison says—that, like the old Groucho Marx joke, he really does not want to be in any club that would have him as a member. In a happier moment in their relationship, Alvy and Annie Hall vacation at the seashore, and delight in each other’s company as they attempt to cook live lobsters for dinner. Alvy asks Annie if he is her first love. She says no, and reminisces about old boyfriends. When Alvy suggests that Annie is lucky he came along, she responds, “Well, la-dee-dah." Alvy is unimpressed with her choice of words, and Annie suggests that he prefers intellectual women because he married two of them. However, Alvy’s memories of his earlier marriages are not particularly happy. He recalls meeting Annie in 1975, on a tennis date with his friend, Rob, and Rob’s girl friend, Janet. Annie, a sometime actress from Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, offers Alvy a ride home and invites him up to her apartment for a drink. She makes him uncomfortable when she observes that he is what her “Grammy” Hall would call a “real Jew,” and goes on to explain that her grandmother hates Jews. As they engage in a pretentious conversation about Annie’s photography, they are both distracted by their own insecure inner monologues. Annie reveals that she is auditioning to sing at a local nightclub on Saturday night. Alvy tells Annie he would love to hear her sing and she overcomes her shyness by allowing him to attend. At the nightclub, the audience is restless. Afterward, Annie is embarrassed, believing that the crowd hated her. Alvy assures her that she has a good voice and the audience loved her. He proposes that they kiss before dinner, to get over the awkwardness of a first kiss. The cultural divide between them is revealed at a delicatessen when he orders corned beef on rye, and she orders pastrami on white bread. They make love that night, and afterward Annie smokes marijuana. Soon she moves in with Alvy, although he believes she should maintain a separate apartment. Later, at the beach house, Annie wants to smoke a joint before making love, and suggests that Alvy might not need a psychiatrist if he resorted to marijuana. Upset that Annie needs to get high in order to make love, he takes the joint away. As he starts to kiss her, Annie’s bored spirit separates from her body and searches for her sketchpad so she can draw while her dispirited body has sex with Alvy. When she argues that she needs marijuana to feel comfortable, he again tells her that it upsets him. As a comedian, he is not interested in getting laughs from people who are high, because they are always laughing anyway. Early in his own career, Alvy was reluctant to perform and wrote material for other comics, but now he has overcome his fears and is successful. One night, he performs at the University of Wisconsin and Annie is impressed with his reception by the students. She tells him she is beginning to understand some of the cultural references in his act. Alvy and Annie go to Chippewa Falls to spend Easter with her family. The anti-Semitic Grammy Hall cannot help but see Alvy as an orthodox Hasidic Jew—with spring curls, a beard, and a black suit and hat. Alvy makes a mental comparison between the Hall family’s dinner table etiquette and that of his own raucous New York Jewish family. Later, Annie’s brother, Duane Hall, invites Alvy into his room and confesses that when he is driving at night he sometimes has the urge to drive head-on into oncoming cars. Later, Duane drives Alvy and Annie to the airport, and Alvy is petrified with anxiety. Back in New York, Annie accuses Alvy of following her. He denies the charge and says that he was spying on her and saw her kissing David, her Russian literature professor. Later, Annie enters into psychoanalysis, and notes that Alvy’s last name is “Singer” and that she wants to be a singer. She accuses Alvy of not wanting to be in a committed relationship because he does not think she is smart enough. He counters that encouraging her to take adult education courses is a way to broaden her horizons. He then contradicts himself by saying that such classes are empty and shallow. After Alvy and Annie have broken up, he muses that he has always been attracted to the wrong kind of women. His friend, Rob, introduces him to Pam, a reporter for Rolling Stone magazine. Although they have little in common, they end up having sex and Pam describes the experience as Kafkaesque. During their post-coital conversation, Annie calls Alvy for help, and he rushes over to her apartment. Arring there at 3:00 a.m., he discovers the crisis is merely that there are two spiders in her bathroom. After Alvy kills the spiders, Annie tells him she misses him and asks him to stay. She inquires if someone was in his room when she called, but he denies it. Later, in bed, Annie suggests that she and Alvy never break up again, and they are reunited. After singing again at the nightclub, Annie is approached by record producer Tony Lacey, who invites her and Alvy to his room at the Hotel Pierre. At Alvy’s insistence, Annie turns down the invitation. Instead, he takes her to watch the somber documentary The Sorrow and the Pity, about French anti-Semitism during World War II. With their respective analysts, Annie and Alvy come to similar but different conclusions. She views a day they spent in Brooklyn as the last time they had fun together. He feels that they never have any laughs anymore. Asked how often they have sex, Alvy says, “Hardly ever—three times a week,” while Annie responds, “Constantly! Three times a week.” At a get-together with friends, Annie and Alvy are offered cocaine. Annie urges Alvy to try it, and mentions that they will soon be going to California. Alvy dips the tip of his finger in the white powder, puts it to his nose, then sneezes into the container, sending the drug up in a puff around the room. In California to present an award, Alvy becomes offended when Rob instructs an editor to add fake laughs to the latest episode of his hit comedy series. Alvy is suddenly taken ill and is unable to appear on the awards show. Rob takes him and Annie to Tony Lacey’s Christmas party, and Tony suggests to Annie that they record an album in about six weeks. Flying back to New York, Annie realizes that she liked California, and Alvy that he enjoyed flirting with other women. Each fears breaking up for fear of hurting the other, but ultimately they decide to separate. Later, leaving a movie theater alone, Alvy mentions to himself that he misses Annie, and a passing couple stops to tell him that she is living in California with Tony Lacey. Another stranger asks why he doesn’t go out with other women. Attempting to prepare lobsters at the beach house with another woman, things are not the same as with Annie, and the magic is gone. Alvy calls Annie on the phone, saying that he wants her to come back. In desperation, he travels to Los Angeles and calls her from the airport. They agree to meet at a Sunset Strip health food café, where Alvy asks Annie to marry him and she refuses. Being a New Yorker, Alvy is unused to driving. Leaving the restaurant in his rented car, he smashes into several other cars and ends up in jail. Back in New York, Alvy watches a rehearsal of his new play. Two actors recite dialogue from his last meeting with Annie, but art does not imitate life: the girl in the play agrees to return to New York with the protagonist. In the rehearsal hall, Alvy turns to the audience and says he wanted to have his first play turn out perfectly, the way life seldom does. He mentions running into Annie again, after she returned to New York and moved in with another man. He saw her coming out of a screening of The Sorrow and the Pity and considered it a personal triumph. Sometime later, they had lunch and talked about old times and then parted. He is reminded of an old joke about a guy who goes to a psychiatrist complaining that his brother thinks he is a chicken. The doctor asks, “Why don’t you turn him in?” and the man replies, “Because we need the eggs.” Alvy recognizes that relationships are difficult, but we keep putting ourselves into them “because we need the eggs.”
3. It Happened One Night (1934)
Spoiled heiress Ellie Andrews escapes from her millionaire father Alexander's yacht when he kidnaps her after she elopes with and marries King Westley, a playboy aviator whom Andrews thinks is a fortune hunter. She boards a bus headed for New York and meets Peter Warne, a reporter who has just been fired. Despite their dislike for each other, Peter attempts to catch the thief who steals Ellie's suitcase, but he fails. At their next stop, Ellie misses the bus after going to a nearby hotel to freshen up, and when she returns, discovers that Peter has waited for her, both to return the ticket she left behind and to show her a newspaper article revealing her identity, which she was trying to conceal. After another quarrel, they meet on the next bus, which is forced to stop due to a washed-out bridge. Peter and Ellie spend the night in an auto lodge where they pretend they are married and rent one cabin to save money. Peter informs her that he will help her reach Westley only if she will give him her exclusive story, which he needs to redeem himself, and that if she does not cooperate, he will call her father. She reluctantly accepts his terms while he strings a rope between their beds and hangs up a blanket, which he dubs "The Walls of Jericho." The next morning, they are preparing to leave when they hear her father's detectives approaching. They put on an excellent act of being married, and their fighting convinces the detectives to leave, after which Peter and Ellie board the bus. Meanwhile, Andrews has offered a $10,000 reward for information concerning his daughter. Oscar Shapeley, an obnoxious fellow passenger on the bus, reads about the reward and offers to split it with Peter, but then threatens to go to Ellie's father himself. Peter then convinces Shapeley that he is a gangster who has kidnapped Ellie, and the terrified man flees. Still worried that Shapeley will go to the authorities, Peter and Ellie leave the bus. They try to hitchhike the next morning, and after Peter's technique meets with no success, Ellie quickly stops a car by showing off her legs. Peter sulks as they drive, but his petulance turns to anger when the driver steals his suitcase, rousing Peter to chase the car, tie the driver to a tree and then return for Ellie. Back in New York, Andrews resigns himself to accept Westley to get Ellie back, and they issue a press release. Ellie sees the newspaper article with Westley's pleas for her return, but she hides it from Peter. She insists that they check into another auto lodge for the night, even though they are only three hours away from New York. That night, Ellie confesses her love for Peter, begging him to take her with him, but he rejects her. Later, seeing that Ellie is asleep, Peter rushes to New York, writes his story and sells it to his editor, Joe Gordon, so that he will have enough money to begin a life with Ellie. In his absence, however, the owners of the auto lodge throw Ellie out when she can explain neither Peter's absence nor give them money for the room. Ellie then telephones her father and gives herself up because she thinks Peter has deserted her. As her car goes toward New York, Peter passes it, going in the opposite direction, but Ellie does not see him. On the day of Ellie and Westley's formal wedding, Andrews confronts Ellie, and she confesses that although she loves Peter, she will go through with the wedding because Peter despises her. Her father inadvertently shows her a letter he received from Peter about a financial matter, which both of the Andrews mistakenly assume refers to the reward. Andrews summons Peter to the house, and when he arrives, he presents Andrews with an itemized bill for $39.60, the amount he spent during the trip. He refuses any reward, which impresses Andrews, and Andrews makes Peter admit that he loves Ellie as well. Moments later, as Andrews walks Ellie down the aisle, he tells her of his meeting with Peter and that her car is waiting by the gate if she changes her mind. She does, and runs off again, but this time much to the pleasure of her father. Andrews pays Westley $100,000 for not contesting the annulment of his and Ellie's marriage, then notifies Peter and Ellie that they may marry. The newlyweds go to another auto lodge, where they ask the owners for a rope, a blanket and a trumpet. That night, the trumpet sounds as The Walls of Jerico tumble down.
4. Roman Holiday (1953)
While in Rome, Italy, during a multi-city goodwill tour, Princess Anne, the youthful heir to a European crown, impresses the guests of an embassy ball with her charm and poise. Later, as she is preparing for bed, Anne, feeling overwhelmed by her tedious, endless schedule, starts to scream uncontrollably at her efficient secretary, Countess Vereberg. To calm her, Anne's doctor injects her with a sedative, but before the drug takes effect, Anne sneaks out of the palatial embassy and hides in the back of a truck. Anne jumps out when the truck reaches a lively part of town, but is already starting to yawn from the sedative. Soon after, American reporter Joe Bradley spots her prostrate on some stairs and hears her mumbling in English. Joe is unaware of her identity and assumes she is drunk, but reluctantly drags her into a cab. When Joe asks the increasingly groggy Anne for an address, she insists that she lives in the Colosseum. Not knowing what else to do, Joe takes Anne to his tiny apartment. There, while trying to undress herself so that she can don Joe's pajamas, Anne admits that she has never been alone with a man and begins to recite poetry. Frustrated, Joe goes out for coffee after instructing her to sleep on his couch. When he returns, however, he finds her curled up in his bed and rolls her onto the couch. The next day, Joe, who was scheduled to interview the princess that morning, wakes up late and rushes out, leaving behind the still sleeping Anne. At his newspaper office, Joe, unaware that the princess' activities for the day have been cancelled, lies to Hennessy, his editor, that he conducted the interview. When Hennessy shows him a newspaper report about the princess' sudden "illness," Joe stares at the accompanying photograph and realizes that the princess is the woman on his couch. Seeing his opportunity, the perpetually broke Joe gets Hennessy to agree to pay him $5,000 if he produces an exclusive, revealing interview with the princess, complete with photographs. Back at Joe's apartment, Anne finally wakes up and introduces herself as Anya. After drawing Anne a bath, Joe slips out and telephones his photographer friend, Irving Radovich, telling him only that he needs him for an important story. Now bathed and dressed, a grateful Anne borrows 1,000 lire, or $1.50, from Joe and leaves on foot. Joe follows her, watching with amusement as she buys a pair of shoes from a street vendor. Anne then enters a barbershop and insists that the barber, Mario Delani, cut her long hair into a stylish bob. Mario is taken with the transformed Anne and invites her to a barge dance that night. With her last bit of money, Anne buys a gelato and at the Trevi fountain, is joined by Joe, who pretends he has run into her. Anne, in turn, claims she is a runaway schoolgirl and admits that her only desire is to spend the day having fun. Anxious to please, Joe takes her to a nearby cafe, where she meets Irving, who, unaware of Joe's scheme, almost reveals Joe's identity. After Joe fills him in, Irving, using a miniature camera hidden inside a cigarette lighter, snaps pictures of Anne smoking her first cigarette. The three then go sightseeing, and Anne, whom Irving nicknames "Smitty" after she states that her last name is Smith, jumps on a motorscooter Joe has rented and takes a wild ride around the plaza. The ride gets them arrested, but when Joe claims that he and Anne were on their way to get married, the police let them go. Anne and Joe test their truthfulness at the ancient sculpture Bocca della Verità, or Mouth of Truth, and then visit a wall on which passersby post their hopes and wishes. Having made her wish, Anne asks to be taken to the barge dance near the Castel Saint Angelo and there enjoys a romantic dance with Joe. When Mario shows up and cuts in, Joe and Irving become excited imagining the publicity potential of the headline "The Princess and the Barber." Just then, secret service agents from Anne's homeland grab her and start to drag her away. Anne screams for Joe, who races to the rescue and instigates a brawl. Anne gleefully joins in the fracas and jumps in the Tiber River with Joe to escape capture. After swimming to safety, Joe and Anne embrace and kiss, then return to Joe's apartment. There, Anne hears a radio report about the distress her "illness" is causing her people and sadly tells Joe she must leave. Stopping near the embassy, Joe and Anne share a final, passionate kiss before Anne runs off into the night. In the embassy, Anne's advisors scold her for neglecting her duty, but Anne silences them by stating that duty was the only reason she came back. The next day, Hennessy drops by Joe's apartment, anxious to collect his story, and is dismayed when Joe insists he does not have one. Irving then shows up with the photographs he took of Anne, but Joe refuses to use them. Later, Anne appears at the previously scheduled press conference and is pleasantly surprised to see Joe and Irving there. After Joe lets her know through his public comments that her secrets are safe with him, Anne deviates from protocol and shakes hands with the reporters. Irving then gives her the photos he took, and with tears in her eyes, she tells Joe how much she has enjoyed meeting him. Heartbroken, Joe watches Anne retreat with her advisors and walks out of the embassy alone.
5. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
The wealth and position of the socially prominent Lord family of Philadelphia has made Tracy, the eldest daughter, into an imperious and haughty shrew. Tracy's attitude causes a marital rift with her childhood sweetheart, sportsman and recovering alcoholic C. K. Dexter Haven, leading to a divorce. Two years later, Tracy is poised to wed the pompous and politically ambitious self-made man George Kittredge when Dexter returns from an extended absence accompanied by scandal sheet reporters Macaulay "Mike" Connor and Elizabeth Imbrie. Because Sidney Kidd, the powerful publisher of the scandal magazine Spy , has embarassing information on Tracy's father Seth's affair with a dancer, Dexter agrees to allow Mike and Liz access to Tracy's wedding in exchange for not printing the story on Seth. Although Dexter introduces Mike and Liz as old friends of Tracy's brother Junius, who is living in South America, Tracy realizes that Mike and Liz are reporters. She allows them to stay, however, and puts on an exaggerated performance of a society girl for them when Dexter tells her about Kidd. Tracy is angry at Dexter for coming back after two years, but her mother Margaret and sister Dinah are delighted at his presence, complicating Tracy's attempts to have a dignified wedding. Because Tracy is angry at her father for his affair and doesn't expect him at the wedding, she pretends that her uncle Willie is her father, hoping to make Mike and Liz think that everyone is happy. Though she at first has nothing but contempt for Mike, she gradually comes to admire him when she finds a book of poetry he has written at the local public library. Mike, too, comes to admire Tracy, whom he realizes is more than just a superficial society girl. Liz, who thinks that Tracy and Dexter are still in love, begins to get jealous when she realizes that Mike is starting to fall for Tracy. When Seth unexpectedly returns home and Margaret is happy to see him, Tracy chastises them. Seth then lectures her about her heartlessness, as does Dexter, who gives her a model of the yacht they used for their honeymoon, The True Love , as a wedding present. Confused and hurt over things that Seth and Dexter have said to her, Tracy becomes very drunk at her engagement party and starts kissing Mike after a middle-of-the-night swim at home. The next morning, a very hung over Tracy doesn't seem to remember what happened the night before, but as Dinah and the others start to remind her, she becomes even more confused. When Dexter and Kittredge arrive and Kittridge's pompous reaction to Tracy's seeming indiscretion the night before is revealed, Tracy realizes that she doesn't love him, and Kittridge leaves. The guests have gathered for the wedding, however, and the entire family is waiting for Tracy to do something. As the orchestra plays the strings of the wedding march, Dexter advises Tracy on what to say to the guests and, as he feeds her the lines, she tells them that they were cheated out of seeing her marry Dexter the first time, but they will be able to see her marry him this time. Now realizing that Dexter is proposing, Tracy happily accompanies him down the aisle. Harmony seems to be restored in the Lord household until a flashbulb pops and the bride and groom are surprised by a photographer and Kidd places their picture in the next issue of Spy .
6. When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
In 1977, University of Chicago students Sally Albright and Harry Burns arrange to share a ride to New York City, where Sally plans to study journalism and Harry will attend law school. While Sally waits impatiently in her car, Harry and his girl friend, Amanda Reese, engage in a prolonged goodbye kiss. Harry finally gets into Sally’s car and begins to snack on grapes. He mistakenly assumes the window is rolled down, spits out a grape seed, and it hits the glass. Disgusted, Sally refuses his offer of a grape, explaining that she does not eat between meals. As they get to know each other, Harry reveals his dark outlook on life, and they disagree over the ending of the film Casablanca. Sally insists that Ingrid Bergman’s character made the right choice by leaving Casablanca at the end of the movie, asserting that all women prefer stability over romance. The two stop for dinner, and Harry is amused by Sally’s picky way of ordering food. He compliments her on her good looks, but she takes offense, reminding him that he is dating her friend, Amanda. Returning to the car, Sally suggests that she and Harry become friends. However, Harry does not believe men and women can be friends, as “the sex part always gets in the way.” Sally laments that Harry was the only person she would have known in New York, and shakes his hand when they part ways in the city. Five years later, Sally kisses her boyfriend, Joe, at the airport. Harry interrupts, recognizing Joe from law school, but he cannot place Sally. She and Harry board the same flight, and he finagles the seat beside her after finally remembering her from the University of Chicago. Harry guesses that Sally and her boyfriend, Joe, are at an early stage in their relationship, and claims he would never take a girl friend to the airport to avoid setting a precedent. Sally is surprised to hear that Harry is engaged to a lawyer named Helen Hillson, with whom he claims to be madly in love. When they land, Harry invites Sally to dinner, but she reminds him of his theory that men and women cannot be friends. Harry argues that a friendship would work since they are both involved with other people, but contradicts himself by predicting their significant others would become jealous. The two part ways. Five years later, Sally meets her friends Marie and Alice for lunch and announces that she and Joe have broken up. The women are impressed by how well Sally is handling the heartbreak, but when Marie suggests setting her up on a date, Sally refuses. Elsewhere, at a football stadium, Harry tells his friend, Jess, that his wife, Helen, just left him for another man. Harry runs into Sally at a bookstore, and the two commiserate over their breakups. Sally asks him to dinner, and he asks, “Are we becoming friends now?” Soon, Harry and Sally’s friendship blossoms, and they begin to rely on each other for emotional support. When discussing their dating lives, Harry reveals that he sleeps with women even if he dislikes them, and Sally is appalled. At a batting cage, Harry’s friend, Jess, asks if he is attracted to Sally and likes to spend time with her, and Harry says yes. Jess does not understand why Harry refuses to become romantically involved with Sally, but Harry claims the friendship is helping his personal growth. At a delicatessen, Sally criticizes Harry’s casual approach to sex. He responds that the women he sleeps with have a good time, implying that they achieve orgasms when they are with him. Sally counters that women fake orgasms all the time, and when he does not believe her, she pretends to have one at the table. Moaning, shouting, and pounding on the tabletop, Sally draws everyone’s attention and prompts an older female patron to order whatever Sally is having. On New Year’s Eve, Harry and Sally go to a party, and Harry vows that if they are still single next year, he will be her date again. At midnight, they watch other couples kiss and give each other an awkward peck on the lips. Later, Harry and Sally set each other up with Marie and Jess on a double blind date. However, Marie prefers Jess over Harry, and vice versa, and the two hop into a cab together after dinner, leaving Harry and Sally alone. Four months later, while shopping for a housewarming gift for Marie and Jess, Harry and Sally run into Harry’s ex-wife, Helen. Upset by the encounter, Harry takes out his anger on Marie and Jess as they bicker over a coffee table in their new apartment. Sally leads Harry outside and discourages him from expressing every emotion he feels whenever he feels it. Harry accuses Sally of burying her emotions and reminds her that she has not slept with anyone since her ex-boyfriend, Joe. Hurt by the accusations, Sally tells Harry he sleeps with too many women, and he quickly apologizes, offering her a hug. Sometime later, Sally calls Harry in tears, relaying the news that Joe is getting married. Harry rushes over to Sally’s apartment. She cries on his shoulder, and he gives her a friendly kiss. She kisses him back, and the two make love. Afterward, Sally nuzzles Harry, while he lies nervously in her bed. In the morning, she wakes up to find him getting dressed. Before hurrying out, Harry asks Sally to dinner that night. The two spend the day fretting over what happened, and Sally announces at dinner that they made a mistake sleeping together. Harry is relieved. Later, Harry tells Jess that he and Sally must have passed a point in their relationship when it became too late to have sex. Weeks pass, and Harry and Sally are reunited at Marie and Jess’s wedding. Harry attempts to apologize, telling Sally he did not plan to make love to her when he went to her apartment, but he did not know how else to comfort her. She shouts at him for suggesting that he took pity on her and slaps him. Over Christmas, Sally ignores Harry’s phone calls. One day, he sings a song on her answering machine and she picks up. Harry apologizes, but Sally refuses to be his “consolation prize” when he asks her to be his date for New Year’s Eve. Sally goes to the New Year’s Eve party with Marie and Jess, but she cannot face the idea of being alone at midnight and decides to leave the party early. Meanwhile, Harry walks around the city, ruminating over his relationship with Sally. He runs to the party and finds Sally on her way out. Harry tells Sally he loves her, but she assumes he is only saying it because he is lonely. Harry lists off the personality traits that have endeared him to Sally and tells her that he wants to spend the rest of his life with her. Sally shouts that she hates Harry, then kisses him. Sometime later, Harry and Sally discuss their wedding, which took place three months later, and recall the coconut wedding cake served with chocolate sauce on the side, per Sally’s instructions.
7. Adam's Rib (1949)
Doris Attinger, a mother of three who is fed up with her husband Warren's philandering, arms herself with a gun, follows her husband to his mistress Beryl Caighn's Manhattan apartment and clumsily fires shots at the couple. Beryl manages to escape without injury in the shooting, but Warren is wounded. The following morning, attorney Amanda Bonner reads a sensational newspaper story about the details of the shooting to her husband Adam, an Assistant District Attorney, and an argument over who is at fault ensues. Adam, who is lovingly called Pinky by Amanda--he, in turn, calls her Pinkie--disagrees with the assertion that the woman was acting out of a desire to keep her family intact, and that society uses a double standard between the sexes in infidelity cases. Amanda and Adam are soon afforded the opportunity to argue their differing opinions in a courtroom when Adam is assigned to defend Warren, and Amanda decides to represent Beryl. Following the first day of a contentious jury selection process, Adam and Amanda return home and settle into their daily routine until Adam tries to persuade Amanda to bow out of the case. Amanda reacts angrily, but their quarrel is interrupted by the arrival of singer Kip Lurie. Kip, a friend of the Bonners, quickly sides with Amanda and leaves after singing a new song he wrote for her entitled "Farewell, Amanda." The trial gets off to an explosive start when Amanda tests her husband's patience, first by calling attention to every prejudicial remark he makes, and then by coaxing his client to admit that he struck his wife and stopped loving her because she got fat. Later, when Adam tells Amanda that he is ashamed of her, Amanda decides to fight her husband with even greater intensity. Amanda's presentation of the case for the defense includes testimony from a number of female witnesses who are called to the stand to prove Amanda's point that there are many accomplished women in society. When Amanda signals one of the women, a circus performer, to demonstrate her skills on Adam, she does a spectacular series of backflips across the courtroom and then lifts Adam off the floor and over her head. The trial comes to a close with a verdict in Doris's favor, and Adam appears crushed about the outcome. Adam's reaction troubles Amanda and prompts her to visit Kip seeking comfort and advice. Kip, however, takes advantage of Amanda's vulnerability and makes a pass at her. Adam, waiting on the street below, sees the silhouette of Kip and Amanda's loving embrace and bursts into Kip's apartment with a gun pointed at both of them. After forcing Amanda to admit that he, like Doris, is wrong to use a gun to try to prove his point, he points the barrel of the gun, which is made of candy, to his mouth and takes a bite out of it. Adam and Amanda soon reconcile, but when Adam tells Amanda that he will be running for the post of County Court Judge on the Republican ticket, Amanda asks if the Democrat opponent has been chosen yet.
8. Moonstruck (1987)
Italian-American widow Loretta Castorini walks to her bookkeeping jobs in New York City. That evening, at Grand Ticino restaurant, businessman Johnny Cammareri nervously proposes to the thirty-seven-year-old Loretta, who insists he bend on one knee and present her with his pinky ring. However, she warns that her previous marriage was cursed with bad luck because there was no proper ceremony. Loretta then drives Johnny to the airport, where he is leaving to visit his dying mother in Sicily, Italy. While Loretta insists on setting a wedding date, Johnny is unsure when he will return, but they agree to wed in exactly one month. Before getting on his plane, Johnny gives Loretta the business card of his estranged brother, Ronny Cammareri, whom he wants to invite to the wedding. Returning to her family home in Brooklyn with a bottle of champagne, Loretta tells her father, Cosmo, about the engagement, but he warns that Loretta is unlucky in love. Although she insists her luck will change if she has a proper ceremony, Cosmo is suspicious of Johnny and refuses to support the marriage. When Cosmo awakens his wife, Rose, to tell her the news, she is relieved to learn that Loretta does not truly love her future husband. The following day, Cosmo’s aged father walks his five dogs to a local cemetery and regales his comrades with family woes, since Cosmo still refuses to pay for the wedding. One friend chimes in that there will be a full moon that evening, and the elder Castorini declares that the lunar event will provoke romance. In the morning, Johnny telephones Loretta from his mother’s deathbed in Sicily and reminds her to find Ronny. However, Loretta is more concerned about Johnny’s failure to announce the marriage to his mother. Still, she telephones Ronny at the family business, the Cammareri Bros. Bakery, but is unable elicit his sympathy. She walks to the bakery and finds Ronny in the cellar, stoking the oven fires. Seething with rage, Ronny reports that his brother, Johnny, robbed him of his life and reveals his prosthetic left hand. Five years ago, Ronny was also engaged, but Johnny distracted him with a bread order, and Ronny accidentally ran his hand through a slicer. In turn, his fiancée left him for another man. Although Loretta points out that Johnny was not at fault, Ronny fumes that his brother should not be entitled to the same joy of marriage that he was denied. However, he agrees to talk to Loretta in his apartment above the bakery. There, Loretta cooks him a steak and reveals that her deceased husband was hit by a bus. Loretta argues that Ronny is not a victim, but rather a wolf that felt trapped by his pending marriage five years ago; he mangled his hand intentionally, just as a wolf would chew off its own foot, to break free from a snare. Ronny counters that Loretta is losing her head by marrying Johnny out of convenience instead of love. He knocks over the kitchen table, kisses Loretta passionately, and carries her to his bed to make love. Meanwhile, Loretta’s philandering father, Cosmo, presents his mistress, Mona, with a gold bracelet. Sometime later, at the Castorini home, Loretta’s uncle, Raymond Cappomaggi, reminisces about a moonlight courtship he witnessed years ago, between Cosmo and his sister, Rose. However, Cosmo dismisses the conversation, and Rose senses her husband’s infidelity. In the morning, Loretta awakens in Ronny’s bed but insists on going through with her marriage to Johnny. When Ronny declares his love, she slaps his face, ordering him to “snap out of it.” Ronny promises to stay away from Loretta on condition she join him at the Metropolitan opera that evening. After confessing her sins in church, Loretta sees her mother praying. Rose reveals her belief that Cosmo is having an affair. On her way home, Loretta stops at a salon to have her grey hair dyed and her face made up. She then purchases an evening gown and red stiletto-heeled shoes. That night, at Lincoln Center, Loretta and Ronny watch La Bohème while Rose dines alone at Grand Ticino restaurant. There, a regular customer named Perry is humiliated when his date throws her drink in his face. Rose sparks a conversation with Perry, invites him to join her table, and declares that men chase women because they fear death. As Perry walks Rose home arm in arm, they run into Cosmo’s father, who does not acknowledge his daughter-in-law but assumes she is having an affair. Although Perry propositions Rose, she remains loyal to Cosmo. Back at the Met, Loretta catches her father with his mistress, Mona. Cosmo is equally distressed to see his daughter with a man other than her fiancé. After the opera, Ronny walks Loretta home and reflects that she is unwittingly attracted to his wolf-like qualities; a safe marriage to Johnny will kill her bold spirit. Realizing that Ronny has led her back to his apartment, Loretta insists on staying true to Johnny because the wedding will reverse her bad luck. In response, Ronny declares that love is not an ideal of perfection, but rather a purveyor of pain, heartbreak, and ruin. Unable to restrain her passion, Loretta reaches out for Ronny’s prosthetic hand. Meanwhile, Johnny returns to New York City and takes a taxicab to Loretta’s home. Discovering Loretta missing, Johnny tells Rose that his mother miraculously recovered. Rose is still pondering her husband’s affair and asks Johnny why men chase women? In response, he refers to the Bible; ever since God took a rib from Adam to create Eve, men have felt a void near their hearts, and long to recover the loss. When Rose demands to know why men need more than one woman, Johnny confirms her belief that men fear death. The next morning, Loretta saunters home to receive the alarming news of Johnny’s return. Ronny arrives at the Castorini brownstone unexpectedly, and insists on meeting Loretta’s family as they convene at the breakfast table for oatmeal. When Rose asks Cosmo to stop seeing his mistress, he hits the table in anger, but agrees. Soon after, Johnny comes to the house and is shocked to see his brother; he assumes Ronny is there to “make peace.” Johnny announces that his mother revived as soon as she learned about the pending marriage, but now he cannot go through with the wedding because he is suspicious that the ceremony will provoke his mother’s death. Loretta is furious about the broken promise and grudgingly returns Johnny’s pinky ring. Just then, Ronny proposes to Loretta. She demands the ring back from Johnny, and declares her love for Ronny. Champagne glasses are filled for a toast to “the family.”
9. Harold and Maude (1971)
After another in a series of mock suicides staged by 20-year-old Harold Chasen fails to gain the attention he craves from his wealthy, socialite mother, the sullen young man stages a bloody scene in her bathroom, finally driving her to send him to a psychiatrist. During a therapy session, Harold explains that he finds "fun" in attending funerals. Soon after, Harold buys a hearse and goes to a funeral for a stranger, where he spots another casual observer, the 79-year-old Maude. At home that night, Mrs. Chasen, outraged by Harold's "amateur theatrics," sends him to his uncle, Gen. Victor Ball, a one-armed veteran who urges him to join the military and then salutes a portrait of his hero, Nathan Hale, using his mechanically rigged sleeve. Days later, after Harold fails to shake his imperturbable mother by floating face down in her lap pool, Mrs. Chasen announces that Harold must assume "adult responsibilities" by marrying and arranges for a series of dates. During a funeral for another stranger, Maude offers Harold licorice and then suggests that the deceased, who was 80, died at the perfect age. As the mourners exit the church, the affable Maude introduces herself, tells Harold they will be "great friends" and then steals the minister's car. Later, while Mrs. Chasen recites the dating service survey question "Do you have ups and downs without obvious reason?" Harold fakes shooting himself in the head. At the end of the next funeral Harold attends, Maude steals his hearse for a joy ride, then turns the wheel over to him after he informs her that it is his vehicle. Harold then drives Maude to her home, a converted railroad car full of art and memorabilia. Later, at the psychiatrist's office, Harold admits that he might have one friend, Maude. During his first date with Candy Gulf at the Chasen home, Harold pretends to set himself on fire within sight of young woman, who flees the house in terror. On his next visit to Maude, he finds his friend modeling in the nude for ice sculptor Glaucus. After he agrees with her that the nudity is permissible, Maude shows Harold her paintings, sculpture and “olfactory machine,” demonstrating it with a scent called "Snow on 42nd Street." Entranced by Maude's creativity and her insistence on experiencing something new each day, Harold shares with her his favorite activities: watching building demolitions and picnicking at a metal junkyard. Later, at a nursery, Maude explains that she likes to watch things grow and picks a tall solitary sunflower as her favorite flower. After Harold, in turn, chooses a ground cover daisy, saying that all daisies are alike, Maude notes observable differences between them. She advises him that all humans are special; the problem lies in the fact that they allow themselves to be treated all the same. On another outing, Maude, in her zeal, drives over a curb to show Harold a tree being suffocated by the city's smog. When the car is ticketed by police officers, Harold and Maude steal a different vehicle and race through a stop sign, defying the awe-struck police. Later at her home, Maude reminisces metaphorically about her past as a political protestor and explains that now she attempts more idiosyncratic strategies toward change. After playing a song on her player piano for him, Maude gives Harold a banjo. Harold returns home to find his mother has replaced his hearse with a new Jaguar sports car, which he quickly transforms into a mini-hearse with the help of a blowtorch. Days later, when Harold and Maude rush through a tollbooth while delivering the smog-ridden tree to its new home, a motorcycle officer pulls them over. Maude speeds off during the officer's interrogation and drives around in circles until the motorcycle breaks down. Later, when the same officer pulls them over again and reads a list of offenses, Maude and Harold steal his motorcycle. The officer aims his gun at them, but finds his efforts foiled by his unloaded gun. After sharing a hashish pipe at Maude's home, Harold admits that he has not lived, but does enjoy dying and recounts his first "death:" After a school physics lab experiment blows a hole in floor, police mistakenly report to Mrs. Chasen that her son has died in the explosion. Seeing his mother faint and relishing her attention, Harold decides to continue dying. Maude enthusiastically coaches Harold to live in the present and begins to waltz with him. Days later, during a date with Edith Phern, Harold, who has placed a fake plastic arm in the sleeve of his jacket, takes out a meat cleaver and chops off his hand arm, sending Edith fleeing from the room. Learning that his determined mother plans to induct him into the military, Harold and Maude scheme to foil her. Asking Victor to take a walk, Harold endures a minutely detailed account of his uncle's war adventures during another military pep talk. Harold then excitedly enumerates ways to kill and finally reveals a shrunken head, asking if Victor keeps souvenirs. When Maude suddenly appears carrying a peace sign and grabs the head, Harold pretends to start a brawl with her and pushes the elderly woman down a hole in the stone landing. A shocked Victor is convinced Harold killed the protestor and stops talking about the young man's induction. At the close of the day, Harold tells Maude she is beautiful and holds her hand, revealing a number tattoo indicating that she is a Holocaust survivor. During a date with actress Sunshine Doré, Harold performs a mock hara-kiri, but instead of being shocked, the actress recites the suicide scene from "Romeo and Juliet," pretends to stab herself and falls to Harold's side. That night, as Harold gives Maude a gift with the inscription "Harold loves Maude," she throws it in the sea, explaining with a smile that she will always know where it is. After spending the night with Maude, an ebullient Harold announces to his mother that he is marrying her and shows Mrs. Chasen Maude's picture. Horrified by their age difference, Mrs. Chasen sends Harold to see Victor and the psychiatrist, who caution him against the marriage. Finally, Harold is sent to a priest, who suggests that the idea of Harold "commingling" his "firm" body with the elderly woman is perverse. On Maude's 80th birthday, Harold fills her room with paper sunflowers and plans to propose to her, but Maude announces that she has taken enough sleeping tablets to kill her by midnight and wishes him farewell. Harold screams in outrage and calls for an ambulance. On the way to the hospital, as he professes his love to her, Maude looks on approvingly and suggests that Harold "go love some more." A grief-stricken Harold races from the hospital after Maude dies. When his car careens over an ocean cliff, Harold, standing high above on the cliff's edge, plucks at his banjo and skips to the music, celebrating life as Maude would have wanted.
10. Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
Recent widower Sam Baldwin decides he and his eight-year-old son, Jonah, need a change. They uproot from Chicago, Illinois, to a floating home on Lake Union in Seattle, Washington. On Christmas Eve, Jonah calls into the “You and Your Emotions” radio show hosted by Dr. Marcia Fieldstone, and tells her his Christmas wish: a new wife for his grieving father. Fieldstone urges the boy to put Sam on the phone. Meanwhile, in Baltimore, Maryland, Annie Reed listens to the show on her way to visit her fiancé Walter’s family, and is brought to tears when Sam reveals the deep love he had for his wife, and the magic he felt when first holding her hand. Learning that Sam suffers from insomnia, Fieldstone refers to him as “Sleepless in Seattle.” After the holiday, Annie returns to work at the Baltimore Sun. At a staff meeting, her co-worker, Becky, mentions that 2,000 women called in to Dr. Fieldstone’s radio show to get “Sleepless in Seattle’s” number. Annie admits she was also swept up by Sam’s story, and Becky suggests she write about it. On New Year’s Eve, Annie celebrates with Walter, who suggests a Valentine’s Day trip to New York City. Meanwhile, in Seattle, Sam puts Jonah to bed, then daydreams a conversation with his late wife, Maggie. He returns to work on a house he is designing, and is embarrassed to learn that his client, Claire, heard him on the “You and Your Emotions” show. Soon, Sam receives letters from many interested women, sent to him via Dr. Marcia Fieldstone. Jonah excitedly reads the letters, but Sam prefers to meet a woman on his own terms. In Baltimore, Annie barges in on her brother, Dennis, at his office, and admits to having fantasies about a stranger in Seattle. She is relieved when Dennis debunks the idea of fate, and confesses that he too had “cold feet” before his wedding. Later, Annie and Becky watch the 1957 film, An Affair to Remember, in which two lovers agree to meet at the top of the Empire State Building. Becky looks on as Annie writes a letter to Sam, then crumples it up and tosses it. Unable to shake her obsession, she hires a private detective to perform a background check and snap Sam’s photograph. Jonah receives Annie’s letter in the mail. Convinced she is the right woman for his father, he reads the letter aloud, noting that Annie’s favorite baseball player, Brooks Robinson, is also Sam’s favorite. Sam argues that Baltimore is too far away, and leaves for a dinner date with an interior designer named Victoria. Jonah interrupts the date by calling Sam to tell him that Annie wants to meet at the top of the Empire State Building on Valentine’s Day. Sam reprimands his son for interrupting him, and hangs up. Later, Sam introduces Victoria to Jonah, who vehemently dislikes her. The boy spies them kissing and calls into the “You and Your Emotions” show in a panic. Becky calls to alert Annie that Jonah is back on the show, rousing both Annie and Walter from a deep sleep. Annie sneaks downstairs and turns on the radio. Later, Jonah shares Annie’s letter with his girl friend, Jessica, who agrees that Annie is the perfect match for Sam. She encourages Jonah to write back, and they draft a letter together. Meanwhile, Annie tells Becky she wants to write a story about Sam, and Becky authorizes her to travel to Seattle for “research.” When Annie gets off the airplane, she happens to pass Sam and Jonah, who are at the airport to drop off Victoria. Sam notices Annie and stares at her as she passes. She arrives at Sam’s house just as he and Jonah paddle off in a boat. Annie follows them to a beach, but cannot muster the courage to approach them. The next day, she finds them at a marina, but stops short when she sees Sam and Jonah embracing Sam’s visiting sister, Suzy. Mistaking Suzy for Victoria, Annie is crestfallen. Sam notices her in the middle of the road and says “Hello.” Annie responds, but is nearly hit by a car. Back in Baltimore, she tells Becky about the encounter, telling her, “All I could say was ‘hello.’” Becky recalls the heroine in An Affair to Remember saying the same line, and tells Annie it must be a sign. Annie receives Jonah’s letter, in which the boy, posing as his father, agrees to meet her in New York. Becky confesses to sending Annie’s crumpled-up letter. However, having seen Sam embracing another woman, Annie no longer wants to pursue him. When Sam continues to refuse to go to New York, Jonah decides to go on his own. He enlists the help of Jessica, whose parents own a travel agency. She books him on a flight and they pool their money for taxi fare. Having recommitted herself to the idea of marrying Walter, Annie goes to meet him in New York. While registering for wedding gifts, Walter gives Annie his mother’s engagement ring. It is just what she would have picked, and she praises Walter’s predictability. On Valentine’s Day morning, Sam packs for a weekend getaway with Victoria. The babysitter arrives, but Jonah is nowhere to be found. Sam goes to Jessica’s house, and Jessica informs him that Jonah is on a flight to New York. The panicked Sam rushes to the airport and gets on the next flight to New York. That evening, Annie goes for drinks with Walter. Noticing the Empire State Building in clear view, she returns his mother’s ring, and tells him about Sam. Walter remains even-keeled and tells Annie that he never wants to be “settled for.” The Empire State Building windows light up red, forming a heart, and Annie decides it is a sign. She hails a taxi to the Empire State Building, where Jonah has spent the day looking for her, but gets caught in traffic. Sam finally catches up to Jonah on the observation deck, and is relieved to find him unharmed. Minutes later, Annie coaxes a security guard to let her up to the observation deck after closing, but finds it empty. She notices Jonah’s abandoned backpack, and rifles through it just as Sam and Jonah come back for it. Annie and Sam lock eyes. She introduces herself, and he takes her hand. Admiring each other in silence, Annie and Sam board the elevator with the contented Jonah. Finally, Annie tells Sam it is nice to meet him.
WESTERN
AFI defines “western” as a genre of films set in the American West that embodies the spirit, the struggle and the demise of the new frontier.
1. The Searchers (1956)
Martha Edwards opens the door of her cabin to the arid Texas landscape outside just as her brother-in-law, Ethan Edwards, approaches on horseback. Although it is 1868, Martha, her husband Aaron, their children Debbie, Lucy and Ben, and their adopted son, Martin Pawley, have not seen Ethan since he left them to fight for the Confederacy during the Civil War. Because Martin, an earnest but friendly young man, is part Cherokee, Ethan treats him coldly, even though it was he who rescued the lad when his parents were massacred in an Indian raid years earlier. Soon after Ethan's arrival, Rev. Samuel Johnson Clayton, a captain in the Texas Rangers as well as an old family friend, announces that the cattle of local rancher Lars Jorgensen have been stolen. Although Ethan is somewhat contemptuous of Sam, he joins Martin and a posse in pursuit of the thieves. When they find that the bulls have been killed with Comanche lances, Ethan declares that what the Indians really wanted was to lure the
|
||||
6282
|
dbpedia
|
3
| 88
|
https://www.space.com/best-ai-movies
|
en
|
Best AI movies of all time
|
[
"https://mos.fie.futurecdn.net/uyhgawbmc02uaww6-16455340654394.png",
"https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wp93NBzVF2MHQz6jrBu2bg-320-80.jpg",
"https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/MGbR5DNAtjKqbrvr8Y33ih-320-80.jpg",
"https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QeFY7S6Hb5yZvdbg9xMb3i-320-80.jpg",
"https://images.fie.futurecdn.net/logos/networks/i2sugv8sipbctrqt-15470432987395-100-80.png",
"https://images.fie.futurecdn.net/logos/networks/i2sugv8sipbctrqt-15470432987395-100-80.png",
"https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/YYcJSUA8XxUyWTfibtWKWh-320-80.jpg",
"https://images.fie.futurecdn.net/logos/label_options/1zjxvpqkwtr2xfnr-16148765076361-100-80.png",
"https://images.fie.futurecdn.net/logos/label_options/1zjxvpqkwtr2xfnr-16148765076361-100-80.png",
"https://images.fie.futurecdn.net/logos/label_options/1zjxvpqkwtr2xfnr-16148765076361-100-80.png",
"https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5RCGen4cJNezNDGfknWcsh-320-80.jpg",
"https://images.fie.futurecdn.net/logos/networks/4jux2ksyaejjbfha-15470429625709-100-80.png",
"https://images.fie.futurecdn.net/logos/networks/4jux2ksyaejjbfha-15470429625709-100-80.png",
"https://images.fie.futurecdn.net/logos/networks/4jux2ksyaejjbfha-15470429625709-100-80.png",
"https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HHufJoHHaYvHt6SivCoyKh-320-80.jpg",
"https://images.fie.futurecdn.net/frpunaoc3wibrao4-16860651105185-100-80.png",
"https://images.fie.futurecdn.net/frpunaoc3wibrao4-16860651105185-100-80.png",
"https://images.fie.futurecdn.net/frpunaoc3wibrao4-16860651105185-100-80.png",
"https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wYqyndVuCdry96Tss96xzg-320-80.jpg",
"https://images.fie.futurecdn.net/logos/networks/x4mavtpdopla3hjg-15735685231975-100-80.png",
"https://images.fie.futurecdn.net/sw60jadkrsd9luir-17115787918917-100-80.png",
"https://images.fie.futurecdn.net/sw60jadkrsd9luir-17115787918917-100-80.png",
"https://imp.pxf.io/i/221109/1617618/9358",
"https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kRjQMtxn3ti9Sd6TEtnEAh-320-80.jpg",
"https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/W6A9c9LAwYKgRhok7SUdrg-320-80.jpg",
"https://images.fie.futurecdn.net/logos/label_options/1zjxvpqkwtr2xfnr-16148765076361-100-80.png",
"https://images.fie.futurecdn.net/logos/label_options/1zjxvpqkwtr2xfnr-16148765076361-100-80.png",
"https://images.fie.futurecdn.net/logos/label_options/1zjxvpqkwtr2xfnr-16148765076361-100-80.png",
"https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/q35Bq7Fgc6mmNRuzy5CcRg-320-80.jpg",
"https://images.fie.futurecdn.net/frpunaoc3wibrao4-16860651105185-100-80.png",
"https://images.fie.futurecdn.net/frpunaoc3wibrao4-16860651105185-100-80.png",
"https://images.fie.futurecdn.net/frpunaoc3wibrao4-16860651105185-100-80.png",
"https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XksxkfVvG3pKscXFToy4jg-320-80.jpg",
"https://images.fie.futurecdn.net/frpunaoc3wibrao4-16860651105185-100-80.png",
"https://images.fie.futurecdn.net/frpunaoc3wibrao4-16860651105185-100-80.png",
"https://images.fie.futurecdn.net/frpunaoc3wibrao4-16860651105185-100-80.png",
"https://vanilla.futurecdn.net/cyclingnews/media/img/missing-image.svg",
"https://vanilla.futurecdn.net/cyclingnews/media/img/missing-image.svg",
"https://vanilla.futurecdn.net/cyclingnews/media/img/missing-image.svg",
"https://vanilla.futurecdn.net/cyclingnews/media/img/missing-image.svg",
"https://vanilla.futurecdn.net/cyclingnews/media/img/missing-image.svg",
"https://vanilla.futurecdn.net/cyclingnews/media/img/missing-image.svg",
"https://vanilla.futurecdn.net/cyclingnews/media/img/missing-image.svg",
"https://vanilla.futurecdn.net/cyclingnews/media/img/missing-image.svg",
"https://vanilla.futurecdn.net/cyclingnews/media/img/missing-image.svg",
"https://vanilla.futurecdn.net/cyclingnews/media/img/missing-image.svg",
"https://vanilla.futurecdn.net/cyclingnews/media/img/missing-image.svg",
"https://vanilla.futurecdn.net/cyclingnews/media/img/missing-image.svg",
"https://vanilla.futurecdn.net/cyclingnews/media/img/missing-image.svg",
"https://vanilla.futurecdn.net/cyclingnews/media/img/missing-image.svg",
"https://vanilla.futurecdn.net/cyclingnews/media/img/missing-image.svg",
"https://vanilla.futurecdn.net/cyclingnews/media/img/missing-image.svg",
"https://sb.scorecardresearch.com/p/?c1=2&c2=10055482&cv=4.4.0&cj=1"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[
"Fran Ruiz"
] |
2024-01-29T14:00:01+00:00
|
From ChatGPT to self-driving cars, AI is a controversial but extremely fascinating subject that's been the focus of many a sci-fi movie.
|
en
|
Space.com
|
https://www.space.com/best-ai-movies
|
AI is a hot topic at the moment, something which a fair few sci-fi works have dabbled with, so we've collected the best AI movies you can watch right now.
Much is being done and written about AI, but artists have always been ahead of the curve when it comes to these ideas and the discussion surrounding them. It started with literary works, but nowadays we're used to watching movies and TV shows about artificial intelligence and how it can change (or destroy) our lives.
One big issue with media that explores the matter of AI and its future uses is that, most of the time, it's strictly linked to robots so that audiences can follow (or fear) physical characters. However, many works go above and beyond to make us really think about the implications of human-made consciences and whether they can truly be like us.
In the case of movies, we can expect action most of the time (which doesn't erase the points being made when the scripts are good), yet some famous AI movies have allowed themselves to be brainier and create suspense without resorting to expensive, flashy sequences. In our AI movies ranked list, we've included a bit of everything.
If you're looking for more of the finest sci-fi movies ever made, we suggest exploring our best alien invasion and space horror movies of all time lists. On top of that, gamers can enjoy plenty of sci-fi and space-set goodness with the best alien invasion games and space settlement games available now.
10. Westworld
Release date: October 24, 1973
Cast: Yul Brynner, Richard Benjamin, James Brolin
Yes, the HBO show-remake of "Westworld" of sorts was much better, but we're talking about movies here. Now, the original feature written and directed by Michael Crichton (author of "Jurassic Park") remains a very interesting exploration of both artificial intelligence and the transition into the modern conception of amusement parks.
It's also a nice, off-beat Western flick, with actor Yul Brynner delivering an iconic performance that informed much of the earlier episodes of the HBO series. Mind you, the 88-minute runtime didn't allow for a proper exploration of themes such as creation and evolution, but it's a pulpy romp that doesn't sacrifice its brain to be entertaining.
Unlike most of Crichton's works that made it to the big screen, this movie was born from an original screenplay he wrote and chose to direct. It was also the first feature film to use digital image processing to "pixelate photography to simulate an android point of view" (an idea that James Cameron's "Terminator" would later expand on).
9. The Creator
Release date: September 26, 2023
Cast: John David Washington, Gemma Chan, Ken Watanabe
Gareth Edwards' "The Creator" is the most recent movie in this list, and it's one we'll be recommending for a while to make up for its poor box office performance. Amidst far too many empty sequels and nostalgia-bait franchise revivals, it's the kind of ambitious, original sci-fi feature that rarely happens anymore.
The movie is largely set in 2070, years after a nuclear detonation destroyed Los Angeles and a war against AI started. An ex-special forces agent is brought back into the fight to find and kill the man who has supposedly created a weapon which can end the war and give the AIs and their New Asia allies the win. While its elements may be too familiar for some, the final result is engaging, emotional, and even surprising at times, plus it looks stellar despite a constrained $80 million budget.
8. A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Release date: June 29, 2001
Cast: Jude Law, Haley Joel Osment, Frances O'Connor
"A.I." was often brought up as one of Steven Spielberg's lesser works, but it has gained a following over the years. Eventually, it became a modern classic, with many now calling it one of the director's best movies. In our honest opinion, this is a movie ahead of its time, and it's aging like a fine wine.
Unsurprisingly, Stanley Kubrick was originally attached to the project; he acquired the rights to Brian Aldiss' sci-fi short story "Supertoys Last All Summer Long" in the early 1970s. Around the mid-1990s, the project hit development hell, but Spielberg picked up the baton and eventually made the movie and dedicated it to Kubrick.
In broad strokes, the story is a modern retelling of sorts of "Pinocchio," with David, a very advanced robotic boy, hoping to become a "real boy" in order to win back his human mother's love after being abandoned. If this sounds really sad to you, that's because, well, it's a really sad movie.
7. The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Release date: April 23, 2021
Cast: Danny McBride, Abbi Jacobson, Maya Rudolph
"The Mitchells vs. the Machines" is a movie you might have thrown into your Netflix watchlist without doing much research, but it's genuinely one of the streaming platform's best recent releases. It was a project they acquired from Sony Pictures Animation after the theatrical release was dropped in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and it's a shame we never got to see it on the big screen, because it's a looker.
On the surface, this animated flick looks charming and quirky as we follow the dysfunctional Mitchell family on their journey after a global uprising of robots. This movie has plenty of heart and some very interesting thoughts about how we interact with each other in modern times and the importance we give to the latest technologies.
6. Ex Machina
Release date: April 24, 2015
Cast: Domhnall Gleeson, Alicia Vikander, Oscar Isaac
Everyone loves a good psychological thriller which also happens to be an easy-to-digest sci-fi tale. "Ex Machina" was Alex Garland's (of "28 Days Later" and "Sunshine" fame) directorial debut, and it remains one of the most memorable takes on the matter of artificial intelligence and robotics in recent memory.
The lean script and tight runtime allow the story to move at a rapid pace despite its calm setting and more philosophical tone. But, of course, the secret sauce here was a small but stellar cast led by Domhnall Gleeson, Alicia Vikander, and Oscar Isaac. It follows a shy programmer invited by his CEO to a remote location to study and connect with Ava, a humanoid robot who has passed the Turing test. Things get weird and dangerous fast, and aren't as predictable as they may at first seem.
5. WALL-E
Release date: June 27, 2008
Cast: Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Sigourney Weaver
Widely considered to be one of Pixar's greatest movies ever, as well as one of the best animated space movies for kids, "WALL-E" also easily earns a top spot on our list of the best AI movies. The studio was brave enough to let a solitary robot carry a good chunk of the movie and explore the topics of consumerism, corporatocracy, and human environmental impact, all through the lens of a seemingly innocent kids' movie about cute little robots.
While "WALL-E" doesn't feature a super deep exploration of robots' consciousness in a hypothetical future or anything like that, it's an excellent adventure that highlights how AI doesn't have to eventually "replace us," with the most likely outcome being that AI and robots will allow humans to become "more" of what we already are. As a bonus, we also got a fantastic (and unexpected) space odyssey.
4. Blade Runner & Blade Runner 2049
Release date: June 25, 1982 / October 6, 2017
Cast: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young / Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Ana de Armas
It's impossible to do a best AI movies list without mentioning the two excellent "Blade Runner" movies. It all started with Ridley Scott's adaption of Philip K. Dick's famous 1968 novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" and culminated with Rutger Hauer becoming a sci-fi icon with a killer monologue recited under an unforgettable rain.
Against all expectations, Denis Villeneuve's "Blade Runner 2049" successfully brought back the replicants as well as the secrets and conspiracies that shaped the same world decades later. Harrison Ford was as good as always as Rick Deckard, but it was Ryan Gosling's nuanced performance as K and his relationship with the holographic AI Joi (Ana de Armas) which elevated the sequel to new heights and gave it a voice of its own.
Humans take two steps back here because the plot and worldbuilding demand so, yet there are heaps of humanity to be found in K's "artificial" role in the larger story.
3. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Release date: July 3, 1991
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Robert Patrick
There are many Terminator movies, and only two remarkable ones: James Cameron's. Why have we ignored the first one for this list? Because it wasn't about AI, how Skynet was created, or the evolution of Arnold Schwarzenegger's T-800. The sequel, however, subverted most expectations by giving the killer robot – now turned ally – humanity and warmth in order to face a more dangerous threat.
The reprogrammed Terminator, played once again by Schwarzenegger, is at the center of the story alongside Sarah and John Connor, and not just as an almost perfect killing machine from the future; he also becomes John's father figure and a progressively human-like companion. If the first "Terminator" was an ambitious sci-fi twist on the slasher formula, "Terminator 2" is an all-timer of an action movie with a beating heart in the most unexpected of places.
2. 2001: A Space Odyssey
Release date: April 3, 1968
Cast: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester
Circling back to Stanley Kubrick, we can't ignore the massive impact of "2001: A Space Odyssey" not just on science fiction and cinema as a whole, but also on the topic of AI on the big screen. HAL, the computer with a human-like personality, has often been considered the true star of the movie given his layered role and prominent presence during most of the runtime.
The screenplay was written by Kubrick and renowned science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke, and was inspired by Clarke's 1951 short story "The Sentinel" and a handful of others. While most cinephiles and more casual viewers have always praised it for its impressive sets, pioneering special effects, masterful use of music, and ambiguous imagery, there was something really special and foreboding about its depiction of a rogue AI messing with human jobs and lives. That's also why it's earned a spot on our best sci-fi movies based on books list.
1. The Matrix
Release date: March 31, 1999
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss
"The Matrix" (as in the first movie) was a lot to digest at first. Beyond establishing a distinct audio-visual style that would impregnate countless sci-fi and action movies in the 2000s, it presented several big questions and themes weaved together using the trippiest worldbuilding mainstream fiction had seen in years. Things were taken up a notch in The Matrix sequels, but the 1999 original is virtually perfect and feels like a once-in-a-lifetime miracle.
There's a "Terminator"-like dystopian future in which humanity lost a war against the machines and are trapped inside a simulated reality also populated by AI designed to monitor and control the illusion of free will. Then we also have a traditional and messianic story of good vs. evil, rebels vs. an empire, in a real world that looks like a metal nightmare hellscape. Somehow, Hugo Weaving's Agent Smith and the Matrix's Agents, a bunch of secret service-looking men in black, are the perfect embodiment of an oppressive artificial system looking to squash the human element.
|
|||||
6282
|
dbpedia
|
0
| 65
|
https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-power-of-the-whistler-am40877
|
en
|
Music Search, Recommendations, Videos and Reviews
|
[
"https://cf.allmusic.com/images/logo_tower_whiteonblack.svg",
"https://b.scorecardresearch.com/p?c1=2&c2=6685975&cv=2.0&cj=1"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[] | null |
AllMusic provides comprehensive music info including reviews and biographies. Get recommendations for new music to listen to, stream or own.
|
en
|
AllMusic
|
https://www.allmusic.com/updated
| ||||||
6282
|
dbpedia
|
3
| 30
|
https://www.afi.com/afis-100-years-100-thrills/
|
en
|
AFI’s 100 YEARS…100 THRILLS
|
[
"https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=404753177081502&ev=PageView&noscript=1",
"https://www.afi.com/wp-content/themes/AFI/images/search_close.png",
"https://prdaficalmjediwestussa.blob.core.windows.net/images/2019/05/AFI-Logo.png",
"https://prdaficalmjediwestussa.blob.core.windows.net/images/2019/05/AFI-Logo.png",
"https://www.afi.com/wp-content/themes/AFI/images/search.png",
"https://www.afi.com/wp-content/themes/AFI/images/white_search.png",
"https://www.afi.com/wp-content/themes/AFI/images/search_close.png",
"https://www.afi.com/wp-content/themes/AFI/images/search_white.png",
"https://www.afi.com/wp-content/themes/AFI/images/toggle.png",
"https://www.afi.com/wp-content/themes/AFI/images/white_toggle.png",
"https://www.afi.com/wp-content/themes/AFI/images/loader.gif",
"https://prdaficalmjediwestussa.blob.core.windows.net/images/2020/02/Donate-to-AFI@2x.png",
"https://www.afi.com/wp-content/themes/AFI/images/top.png",
"https://prdaficalmjediwestussa.blob.core.windows.net/images/2019/08/gdpr-logo.png"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
"American Film Institute"
] | null |
[] | null |
AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills is a list of the 100 most thrilling American films of all time.Regardless of genre, the total adrenaline-inducing impact of the artistry and craft of these films create an experience that engages our bodies and our minds. The
|
en
|
https://prdaficalmjediwestussa.blob.core.windows.net/images/2019/09/favicon.ico
|
American Film Institute
|
https://www.afi.com/afis-100-years-100-thrills/
|
This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.
You can adjust all of your cookie settings by navigating the tabs on the left hand side.
|
||||
6282
|
dbpedia
|
1
| 29
|
https://mhud.na.iiivega.com/search/card%3Fid%3Dd08a503c-c2a1-11ea-97d5-fb900f645a31%26entityType%3DAgent
|
en
|
https://mhud.na.iiivega.com/search/favicon.ico
|
https://mhud.na.iiivega.com/search/favicon.ico
|
[] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[] | null |
en
|
favicon.ico
| null | ||||||
6282
|
dbpedia
|
2
| 1
|
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038917/
|
en
|
The Secret of the Whistler (1946)
|
[
"https://fls-na.amazon.com/1/batch/1/OP/A1EVAM02EL8SFB:138-6133017-0508022:AVWY8GS268KTV9GN9CX9$uedata=s:%2Fuedata%2Fuedata%3Fstaticb%26id%3DAVWY8GS268KTV9GN9CX9:0",
"https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTAzNWY1NGItMWI4MS00ZWM3LTgzZWUtYmU5OWM3MjMzN2Q3L2ltYWdlL2ltYWdlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMDMxMjQwMw@@._V1_QL75_UY281_CR20,0,190,281_.jpg",
"https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTYxZGY0YzUtNWI5Ny00ZWJiLTgwOWUtZWI1NGEwNWZiNjFhXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX295_.jpg",
"https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNmJkNDU4NTQtYjJkMS00ZGZhLWFiMWEtY2FjYzM4Yzk2NWY5XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX295_.jpg",
"https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNjQ3OWE5MjAtM2Y5Yy00ZjU4LWJkMDYtOTk1ZDFjNTAzYTM5XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX295_.jpg",
"https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZmM5Njc0YWUtOGNhZi00ZjYxLTliYjktMTAwNDQzODJiYzg1XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg",
"https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTQ0OGQ2ZDEtY2E2Ny00ZmUyLWI2NmItNjQxNTQ1YjNlM2QxXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX296_.jpg",
"https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZjdkOWRmYzEtNzY5Ni00NGM0LTlkZTktYjFiNDc1NTYwMzkwXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX294_.jpg",
"https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNTRjOTQ4MmYtYjdiNC00ZjEyLTg2OTAtODU2Njk3NDYwMDk0XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX168_.jpg",
"https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTg4NDY3ODg2Ml5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNTA0MTg2OA@@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,0,140,140_.jpg",
"https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTU5OTY2MDY3Ml5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMTI5ODkyMQ@@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,6,140,140_.jpg",
"https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BY2VmZWI5MmItM2VhZC00NWRlLTk3NjAtY2EwYjc1NzU2ZTY1XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMzI5NDcxNzI@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,4,140,140_.jpg",
"https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNzA4ZjkwODItNzI2ZS00MTliLThkYzUtNTZlNzY4YzM4NjhlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTI3MDk3MzQ@._V1_QL75_UY140_CR24,0,140,140_.jpg",
"https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNWUwMjBmYWYtNjgxOC00NTllLWI3MzgtNzc5MTQyZmM3ODQ1XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMzI5NDcxNzI@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,0,140,140_.jpg",
"https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNjMwNGJiODAtMjg1MS00YWE5LWE0NTMtOWNjN2IxMGQ0ZDc1L2ltYWdlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTk2MzI2Ng@@._V1_QL75_UY140_CR24,0,140,140_.jpg",
"https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNjRhYWZlZWItNGVhMy00NWFjLWFmZTMtYTI0YjI3ZTc2YzIxXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMzI5NDcxNzI@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,0,140,140_.jpg",
"https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BN2FlMzFmZDUtODY2MS00MGFhLWJjMDktNzY2YzE4MzJhMGE3XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMzI5NDcxNzI@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,0,140,140_.jpg",
"https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjE4OTI2MTU5N15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMTcyNDY2MjE@._V1_QL75_UY140_CR24,0,140,140_.jpg",
"https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjM1M2E0Y2ItOGU1NC00OWVkLTliMTUtNjhkOTdlZDYxMjMyXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMzI5NDcxNzI@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,0,140,140_.jpg",
"https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjA4NzY5NjMyM15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNTc5NzUyMjE@._V1_QL75_UY140_CR24,0,140,140_.jpg",
"https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNDY2NDViM2EtODMxOC00NDhiLWIwODQtNmVkYWI2YjNhNDZiXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTcyODY2NDQ@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,0,140,140_.jpg",
"https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOTcxOWQwOWYtOWUyNS00NTY4LWE4NTktYWM4YjAyNDRmNjZhXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMzI5NDcxNzI@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,5,140,207_.jpg",
"https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZTY5NDM0MjktN2RhMi00YzJhLTg0ODQtNmVmZWYyMzAzMTM5XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMzg1ODEwNQ@@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,34,140,207_.jpg",
"https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNWE1ZjVlNTQtNjgwMS00MmIzLTk5NTctMzY2NWY1MTVhMzhjXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTY5Nzc4MDY@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,6,140,207_.jpg",
"https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNWVlNDk1ODEtODEwYS00YzE1LWE5MzQtNjM4NjFkOThmNWNlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjUxODE0MDY@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,3,140,207_.jpg",
"https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTkzMzM3Mjk5MV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwOTAzMTE4MzE@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,6,140,207_.jpg",
"https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNWE4NTBkNDgtZWM1Ni00ZmU2LWFmNmEtYjk1M2VhY2FlYmNlXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,5,140,207_.jpg",
"https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNjU0YjQ2YWYtOGQ3NC00MmU4LWJmYzItODc3MWE2MmJkZDdmXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTYzNTE3NDA@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,6,140,207_.jpg",
"https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZGNjMDI5YmEtN2JmNy00ZmRjLThlY2UtYzZiYmI3NGI1YWIzXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyOTI2MjI5MQ@@._V1_QL75_UY207_CR4,0,140,207_.jpg",
"https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNjA3NDg5YWUtZWIyZC00NDk0LWJmODAtZmFlOThlNDBiYTU2XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,36,140,207_.jpg",
"https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZTFjNTNkNTYtMzFhNi00MWY3LTg0MDctYTk1NzMxNTY2NGNiXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMzU0NzkwMDg@._V1_QL75_UY207_CR5,0,140,207_.jpg",
"https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOTQ4NzY1MmMtYzg0Yi00Mzg1LWI1NGYtMGY0NGVjNzNkOWViXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,1,140,207_.jpg",
"https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZTlhMjdlMGUtZjM3OS00ZDIxLTg2ZmYtYzM1NGI3NDVjYTU4XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNDg2NDcyMQ@@._V1_QL75_UY207_CR6,0,140,207_.jpg",
"https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTAzNWY1NGItMWI4MS00ZWM3LTgzZWUtYmU5OWM3MjMzN2Q3L2ltYWdlL2ltYWdlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMDMxMjQwMw@@._V1_QL75_UY133_CR10,0,90,133_.jpg",
"https://m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/IMDb/Mobile/DesktopQRCode-png.png",
"https://fls-na.amazon.com/1/batch/1/OP/A1EVAM02EL8SFB:138-6133017-0508022:AVWY8GS268KTV9GN9CX9$uedata=s:%2Fuedata%2Fuedata%3Fnoscript%26id%3DAVWY8GS268KTV9GN9CX9:0"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
"Reviews",
"Showtimes",
"DVDs",
"Photos",
"User Ratings",
"Synopsis",
"Trailers",
"Credits"
] | null |
[] |
1946-11-07T00:00:00
|
The Secret of the Whistler: Directed by George Sherman. With Richard Dix, Leslie Brooks, Michael Duane, Mary Currier. A wealthy wife suspects her artist husband's affair with his model. He poisons his wife for inheritance but faces unexpected consequences after her death. A thriller exploring greed, betrayal, and the consequences of criminal actions.
|
en
|
IMDb
|
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038917/
|
Secret of the Whistler, The (1946)
*** (out of 4) T
he sixth film in Columbia's series and the last to feature Richard Dix. In the film Dix plays an artist who begins dating a younger woman (Leslie Brooks) while waiting for his wife to die. After the wife dies he marries the younger woman but soon she starts to fear that he might have killed the first wife. This is another good entry in the series that manages to build some nice suspense with its very entertaining story and another fine performance by Dix. Not only is Dix very good in his role but the supporting cast is great as well. Brooks turns in a very good performance as the woman who begins to suspect the worst. Michael Duane and Mary Currier co-star as a newspaper man and Dix's first wife. The story goes by at a very fast pace and there's some nice twists and turns along the way. The film focuses on a psychological horror aspect, which is where the suspense comes from.
|
|||||
6282
|
dbpedia
|
3
| 47
|
https://ultimatepopculture.fandom.com/wiki/Mystery_film
|
en
|
Mystery film
|
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/ultimatepopculture/images/b/b0/Jeremy_Brett.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20160829222307
|
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/ultimatepopculture/images/b/b0/Jeremy_Brett.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20160829222307
|
[
"https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/ultimatepopculture/images/b/b0/Jeremy_Brett.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/180?cb=20160829222307",
"https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/6a181c72-e8bf-419b-b4db-18fd56a0eb60",
"https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/6c42ce6a-b205-41f5-82c6-5011721932e7",
"https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/464fc70a-5090-490b-b47e-0759e89c263f",
"https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/f7bb9d33-4f9a-4faa-88fe-2a0bd8138668"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[
"Contributors to Ultimate Pop Culture Wiki"
] |
2024-07-29T22:27:06+00:00
|
Mystery film is a sub-genre of the more general category of crime film and at times the thriller genre. It focuses on the efforts of the detective, private investigator or amateur sleuth to solve the mysterious circumstances of a crime by means of clues, investigation, and clever deduction. The...
|
en
|
/skins-ucp/mw139/common/favicon.ico
|
Ultimate Pop Culture Wiki
|
https://ultimatepopculture.fandom.com/wiki/Mystery_film
|
Mystery film is a sub-genre of the more general category of crime film and at times the thriller genre. It focuses on the efforts of the detective, private investigator or amateur sleuth to solve the mysterious circumstances of a crime by means of clues, investigation, and clever deduction. The plot often centers on the deductive ability, prowess, confidence, or diligence of the detective as they attempt to unravel the crime or situation by piecing together clues and circumstances, seeking evidence, interrogating witnesses, and tracking down a criminal. This genre has ranged from early mystery tales, fictional or literary detective stories, to classic Hitchcockian suspense-thrillers to classic private detective films. A related film sub-genre is spy films.[1]
Mystery films mainly focus with solving a crime or a puzzle. The mystery generally revolves around a murder which must then be solved by policemen, private detectives, or amateur sleuths. The viewer is presented with a series of likely suspects, some of who are "red herrings," - persons with motive to commit the crime who didn't actually do it - and attempts to solve the puzzle along with the investigator. At times the viewer is presented with information not available to the main character. Intensity, anxiety, and suspense build to an exciting climax, often with the detective (or protagonist) using his fists or gun to solve the crime. The central character usually explores the unsolved crime, unmasks the perpetrator, and puts an end to the effects of the villainy. [2]
The successful mystery film adheres to one of two story types, known as Open and Closed. The Closed (or whodunit) mystery conceals the identity of the perpetrator until late in the story, adding an element of suspense during the apprehension of the suspect, as the audience is never quite sure who it is. The Open mystery, in contrast, reveals the identity of the perpetrator at the top of the story, showcasing the "perfect crime" which the audience then watches the protagonist unravel, usually at the very end of the story, akin to the unveiling scenes in the Closed style.
Suspense is often maintained as an important plot element. This can be done through the use of the soundtrack, camera angles, heavy shadows, and surprising plot twists. Alfred Hitchcock used all of these techniques, but would sometimes allow the audience in on a pending threat then draw out the moment for dramatic effect.
Mystery novels have proven to be a good medium for translation into film. The sleuth often forms a strong leading character, and the plots can include elements of drama, suspense, character development, uncertainty and surprise twists. The locales of the mystery tale are often of a mundane variety, requiring little in the way of expensive special effects. Successful mystery writers can produce a series of books based on the same sleuth character, providing rich material for sequels.
Until at least the 1980s, women in mystery films have often served a dual role, providing a relationship with the detective and frequently playing the part of woman-in-peril. The women in these films are often resourceful individuals, being self-reliant, determined and as often duplicitous. They can provide the triggers for the events that follow, or serve as an element of suspense as helpless victims.
History[]
Literary influences[]
The earliest mystery films reach back to the silent era. The first detective film is often cited as Sherlock Holmes Baffled, a very short Mutoscope reel created between 1900 and 1903 by Arthur Marvin. It is the earliest-known film to feature the character of detective Sherlock Holmes, albeit in a barely recognisable form.[3][4][5]
The earliest true mystery films include The Gold Bug (1910) from France and The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1914). Both are derived from Edgar Allan Poe stories, which is appropriate as Poe created detective fiction as well as the first private detective character, C. Auguste Dupin. In 1932, Universal Pictures renamed him Pierre Dupin in Murders in the Rue Morgue, an atmospheric horror-mystery starring Bela Lugosi. The film was remade twice more in 1953 and 1971. Poe's second Dupin story, The Mystery of Marie Rogêt, was filmed in 1942.
Mysteries had their start in the early days of silent film. The most primitive serials, such as the well-known The Perils of Pauline (1914), possessed a degree of mystery. This film type blossomed as a full film category in the talking films of the 1930s, often borrowing from characters in popular literature. Detective films were widely popular during the 1930s and 1940s in B-series films.
Charles Dickens' unfinished 1870 novel The Mystery of Edwin Drood was completed by another author and eventually adapted to the screen. Two films, now believed lost, were made in 1909 and 1914. Universal produced The Mystery of Edwin Drood in 1935. The story was remade again in 1993. Universal, known mostly for its long list of classic horror films, also created perhaps the first supernatural horror-whodunit hybrid with Night Monster in 1942.
American author Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876–1958), is credited with inventing the "Had-I-But-Known" school of mystery writing (as well as the phrase, "The butler did it"). Her 1920 "old dark house" novel (and play) The Bat was filmed in 1926 as The Bat, again in 1930 as The Bat Whispers, and a third time in the 1959 remake, The Bat, starring Vincent Price.
Undoubtedly the most famous of the amateur detectives to reach the silver screen was the archetypal Sherlock Holmes. He first appeared in 1903, and has been portrayed in scores of films by a multitude of actors. Perhaps the earliest detective comedy is Buster Keaton's Sherlock, Jr. from 1924. Until recently, the only American-made series starred Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce as Holmes and Dr. Watson. Together they made 14 highly popular films between 1939 and 1946. The first two, at 20th Century Fox, were period piece mysteries set in the late-Victorian era of the original stories. By the third film, Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942), now at Universal Studios, Holmes was updated to the present day. Several films dealt with World War II and thwarting Nazi spies.
Warner Bros. Pictures has introduced a new film series with Sherlock Holmes (2009 film) and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) which mark a sharp departure from the original stories as well as the previous film adaptations. Here the cerebral detective, played by Robert Downey Jr., has been transformed into an athletic action hero in a steampunk fantasy version of Victorian England.
Other famous literary sleuths who were brought to the screen include Charlie Chan, Ellery Queen, Nancy Drew, Nero Wolfe, and Agatha Christie's Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot. To date, 32 films and dozens of television adaptations have been made based on Christie's novels alone. British private detective and adventurer Bulldog Drummond was featured in no less than 24 films from 1922 to 1969 and was the prototype for Ian Fleming's James Bond character.
Classic period: the 1930s[]
A few silent Charlie Chan films, now lost, were produced in the 1920s. Starting in 1929, the B-picture unit at Fox Film Corporation (soon to become 20th Century Fox) began a series of 28 highly popular Charlie Chan films. (Monogram Pictures continued the series from 1944 to 1949 with 17 more entries.) The success of the Chan films led Fox to hire German actor Peter Lorre to play Japanese sleuth Mr. Moto in 8 films from 1937 to 1939. Monogram responded by creating their own gentlemanly Oriental detective, Mr. Wong, adapted from a Hugh Wiley story. Starting with Mr. Wong, Detective, Boris Karloff played Wong in 5 of 6 films produced from 1938 to 1941.
Over at Warner Brothers studios, the Perry Mason novels by Erle Stanley Gardner were faithfully adapted into a series of six films from 1934 to 1937. Most of these placed the crusading attorney in a standard murder mystery whodunit story. Warner Bros. also created the Torchy Blane films which were notable for featuring one of the few female sleuths in a series. Starting with Smart Blonde, Glenda Farrell played the brassy, mystery-solving news reporter in 8 of 9 films made between 1936 and 1939.
In 1932 RKO Pictures (known then as RKO Radio Pictures Inc.) purchased the rights to a Hildegarde Withers story by Stuart Palmer and launched a six-film series starting with The Penguin Pool Murder. Edna May Oliver played Withers, a schoolteacher with a yen for sleuthing who becomes involved with a police inspector. The last film was released in 1937.
William Powell starred in a series of detective films as the suave Philo Vance — the most successful example being The Kennel Murder Case (1933). Powell also played the equally debonair "Nick Charles" opposite Myrna Loy as his carefree wife "Nora" in the hugely popular Thin Man series from 1934 to 1947. Based on The Thin Man novel by Dashiell Hammett, these were witty, sophisticated romps that combined elements of the screwball comedy film within a complex murder mystery plot.
Many of these films concluded with an explanatory detective dénouement that quickly became a cinematic (and literary) cliche. With the suspects gathered together, the detective would dramatically announce that "The killer is in this very room!" before going over the various clues that revealed the identity of the murderer.
The 1930s was the era of the elegant gentleman-detective who solved drawing-room whodunit murders using his wits rather than his fists. Most were well-to-do amateur sleuths who solved crimes for their own amusement, carried no weapons, and often had quirky or eccentric personality traits. This type of crime-fighter fell out of fashion in the 1940s as a new breed of tough, "hard boiled" professional private detectives based on the novels of Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, and an ensuing slew of imitators were adapted to film.
The 1940s-1950s[]
During World War II, film noir came into style and proved a popular medium for darker, more violent stories featuring cynical, trenchcoat-wearing private detectives who were almost as ruthless as the criminals they pursued. The wealthy, aristocratic sleuth of the previous decade was gradually replaced by the rough-edged, working-class gumshoe. Humphrey Bogart became the definitive cinema shamus as Sam Spade in Hammett's The Maltese Falcon (1941) and as Philip Marlowe in Chandler's The Big Sleep (1946). Dick Powell also made an indelible impression as Marlowe in the classic Murder, My Sweet (1944), adapted from Chandler's Farewell, My Lovely. The Falcon Takes Over (1942), starring George Sanders, was also based on the same novel.
Chandler's The Lady in the Lake was filmed in 1947 with Robert Montgomery starring and directing. This film is most noteworthy for the revolutionary way it is filmed entirely from Marlowe's viewpoint. The audience sees only what he does. Montgomery only appears on camera a few times, once in a mirror reflection. Also in 1947, Chandler's novel The High Window was made into the film The Brasher Doubloon starring George Montgomery. This was essentially a remake of Time to Kill (1942), a Michael Shayne adventure starring Lloyd Nolan.
Raymond Chandler also wrote an original screenplay for The Blue Dahlia (1946) starring Alan Ladd. The Glass Key (1942), also starring Ladd, was the second film adaptation of Hammett's novel.
Another standout film of the period is Out of the Past (1947) starring Robert Mitchum, who would go on to play Philip Marlowe three decades later. Otto Preminger's Laura (1944) is also a classic murder mystery featuring Dana Andrews as a lone-wolf police detective.
The popular radio show The Whistler was turned into a series of 8 mystery films from 1944 to 1948. Richard Dix would introduce the stories and alternate between playing a hero, a villain, or a victim of circumstance. In Mysterious Intruder (1946), he was a private eye. It was one of the few series to gain acceptance with the public and critics alike.
Chester Morris played Boston Blackie, a former jewel thief turned detective, in fourteen films from 1941 to 1949. Produced by Columbia Pictures, many were mysteries laced with comic relief such as Meet Boston Blackie (1941), Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion (1945), The Phantom Thief (1945), and Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture (1949). Columbia also turned the Crime Doctor radio show into a series of mystery films starring Warner Baxter. Most of them followed the standard whodunit formula. Ten features were produced beginning with Crime Doctor in 1943 and ending with Crime Doctor's Diary (1949).
Another popular series featured George Sanders as the suave Falcon. Sixteen films were made from 1941 to 1949. Sanders decided to leave the series during the fourth entry, The Falcon's Brother. His character was killed off and replaced by his real-life brother, Tom Conway. Comedian Red Skelton played inept radio detective "The Fox" in a trio of comedies, Whistling in the Dark (1941), Whistling in Dixie (1942), and Whistling in Brooklyn (1943).
Brett Halliday's "Michael Shayne" detective novels were made into a series of 12 B-movies between 1940 and 1947 (starring Lloyd Nolan and later Hugh Beaumont). Mickey Spillane's equally rugged Mike Hammer character was adapted to film with I, the Jury (1953), My Gun is Quick (1957), and the influential Kiss Me Deadly (1955). Spillane even played Hammer once in the 1963 film The Girl Hunters.
With Spellbound (1945), director Alfred Hitchcock created perhaps the first psychological mystery thriller. This film, along with Fear in the Night (1947), explores the effects of amnesia, hypnosis, and psychoanalysis. Both films also feature surreal dream sequences which are essential to the plot.
Provisional detectives[]
A frequently used variation on the theme involved an average person who is suddenly forced to turn ad hoc detective in order to solve the murder of a friend or clear their own name. Prime examples include Ella Raines in Phantom Lady (1944), Lucille Ball in both The Dark Corner (1946) and Lured (1947), Alan Ladd in the aforementioned The Blue Dahlia, George Raft in Johnny Angel (1945), and Humphrey Bogart in Dead Reckoning (1947).
Perhaps the last word in this sub-genre is D.O.A. (1950), where a man dying from a slow-acting poison has to solve his own murder in the hours he has left. This film was remade in 1969 as Color Me Dead.
Also among this group, the issue of racism as motive for murder is central to Crossfire (1947), Bad Day at Black Rock (1954), and A Soldier's Story (1984).
Ten Little Indians[]
Agatha Christie's highly influential 1939 novel Ten Little Indians (originally Ten Little Niggers, later changed to And Then There Were None) presented the concept of a mysterious killer preying on a group of strangers trapped at an isolated location (in this case, Indian Island). This was made into a classic film And Then There Were None in 1945. Three more films, all titled Ten Little Indians, were released in 1965, 1974, and 1989 along with the 1987 Russian film Desyat Negrityat.
This premise has been used countless times, especially in "old dark house" genre horror films. A few examples include Five Dolls for an August Moon (1970) directed by Mario Bava, Identity (2003), Mindhunters (2004), made-for-television films (Dead Man's Island, 1996), a miniseries (Harper's Island, 2009), and episodic television such as The Avengers ("The Superlative Seven"), The Wild Wild West ("The Night of The Tottering Tontine") both from 1967, and Remington Steele ("Steele Trap") in 1982.
Revival and revisionist era: 1960s-1970s[]
The Sixties and Seventies saw a neo-noir resurgence of the hardboiled detective film (and gritty police drama), based on the classic films of the past. These fall into three basic categories: modern updates of old films and novels, atmospheric period piece films set in the '30s and '40s, and new, contemporary detective stories that pay homage to the past.
Classics made contemporary[]
Philip Marlowe returns as a modern-day sleuth in 1969's Marlowe played by James Garner (based on Chandler's The Little Sister), and in Robert Altman's revisionist The Long Goodbye (1973) played by Elliott Gould. Robert Mitchum is Marlowe in the 1978 remake of The Big Sleep set in contemporary London. Paul Newman portrays a modernized Lew Archer (changed to Harper) in Harper (1966) and The Drowning Pool (1976), based on Ross Macdonald's 1949-1950 novels.
Gunn, set in the mod millieu of 1967, is an update of the Peter Gunn TV series (1958–1961) starring Craig Stevens. Bulldog Drummond returned as a contemporary sleuth in Deadlier Than the Male (1967) and Some Girls Do (1969). And the 1982 remake of I, the Jury brought back Mike Hammer (revived again in the 1984-1987 television series, Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer). And Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005) was a modernized adaptation of Brett Halliday's 1941 Michael Shayne novel Bodies Are Where You Find Them.
The old-fashioned whodunit was given a fresh update in Sleuth (1972), The Last of Sheila (1973), and the comedy Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978). And Brian De Palma's Obsession is a 1976 remake of Hitchcock's 1958 classic Vertigo.
Period piece films[]
The many period piece films set in the Thirties and Forties are led by Roman Polanski's classic Chinatown (1974) starring Jack Nicholson and its belated sequel, The Two Jakes (1990), which Nicholson also directed. Robert Mitchum played Marlowe once again in Farewell, My Lovely (1975), perhaps the most faithful adaptation of this often-filmed book. The obscure Chandler (1972) is set in the 1940s but has nothing to do with Raymond Chandler's writings. The television film Goodnight, My Love (1972) with Richard Boone and two short-lived TV series, Banyon (1972–73) and City of Angels (1976) were also set in the 1930s and pay tribute to the Sam Spade/Philip Marlowe model. And the 1975 telefilm Who Is the Black Dahlia? recreates the true unsolved murder case from 1947.
Agatha Christie's elegant Murder on the Orient Express (1974) and Death on the Nile (1978) were colorful, lavish productions rich in '30s period detail. Also a series of lighthearted Miss Marple mysteries were loosely adapted from Christie's novels. Margaret Rutherford starred in Murder, She Said (1961), Murder Most Foul (1964), Murder Ahoy! (1965), and did a cameo appearance as Marple in The Alphabet Murders (1965).
And the evergreen Sherlock Holmes was given the first of many revisionist treatments in Billy Wilder's The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970) and The Seven Percent Solution (1976).
The new wave[]
The New Wave of modern detective films may well begin with Jean-Luc Godard's offbeat Alphaville (1965) with its traditional, raincoat-and-fedora private eye placed in a futuristic, science fiction-based story. The film is part homage and part parody of the detective genre.
Frank Sinatra is a cynical, Bogart-like gumshoe in Tony Rome (1967) and its sequel Lady in Cement (1968) — and a tough police investigator in The Detective (1968). John D. MacDonald wrote 21 Travis McGee novels, but only one, Darker Than Amber (1970) was filmed. George Peppard is a traditional private detective in P.J. (1968). Robert Culp and Bill Cosby are hard-luck private eyes in the downbeat and violent Hickey & Boggs (1972). Burt Reynolds plays a tongue-in-cheek Shamus (1973), and Burt Lancaster is a retired cop turned sleuth in The Midnight Man (1974). Two of the finest examples star Gene Hackman in The Conversation (1974) and Night Moves (1975).
The blaxploitation B-movie industry adopted the standard private detective format for several action-mysteries such as Trouble Man (1972), Black Eye (1974), Sheba, Baby (1975) starring Pam Grier, and Velvet Smooth (1976).
Noteworthy police detective dramas of the period include: In the Heat of the Night (winner of five Academy Awards, including Best Picture in 1967), Bullitt, Madigan (both 1968), Klute (1971), Electra Glide in Blue (1973), and two non-mysteries: Dirty Harry, and The French Connection (both from 1971).
Italian Giallo thrillers[]
In Italy, a new type of controversial horror-based thriller called the Giallo film (which began in the Sixties) became a popular and influential genre by the early Seventies. Most of these films center around grisly murder sequences with shocking grand guignol style gore, sometimes mixed with sadistic eroticism (the victims often being beautiful women). The villains are usually mysterious serial killers (often wearing masks or disguises) who are eventually hunted down by the police and/or an average person turned sleuth. The first important film in this genre is Blood and Black Lace (1964) directed by Mario Bava.
Giallo films that follow a murder mystery format include Five Dolls for an August Moon (1970) by Mario Bava, three by director Dario Argento: The Cat o' Nine Tails, Four Flies on Grey Velvet (both 1971), and Deep Red (1975) – as well as A Lizard in a Woman's Skin (1971), Black Belly of the Tarantula (1971), Who Saw Her Die? (1972), and What Have You Done to Solange? (1972).
The Giallo style has had an enduring influence on horror films in general as well as the subgenre slasher and splatter films that would soon follow. Early examples include the 1967 British film Berserk! and the American mystery-thrillers No Way to Treat a Lady (1968), Klute (1971), Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971), based on an Italian novel, Eyes of Laura Mars (1978), and Hitchcock's Frenzy (1972).
From Blowup to Blow Out[]
One mystery film stands out in a category by itself. Michelangelo Antonioni's provocative Blowup (1966) is a unique anti-whodunit symbolizing the aimless hedonism of the Sixties. A swinging London photographer uncovers clues to a murder, but solving the crime is rendered irrelevant in a society where no one really cares. This contrasts sharply with the ending of The Maltese Falcon where Sam Spade solves the murder of his partner, Miles Archer. He sacrifices the woman he's fallen for, not because he was fond of Archer (he wasn't), but because it's the right thing to do.
In 1981, Brian De Palma remade this as Blow Out, turning it into a more traditional political thriller. In the DVD audio commentary for The Conversation, director Francis Ford Coppola revealed that Blowup was a major source of inspiration for that film.
The 1980s to the present[]
Since the mid-Seventies, only a handful of films with private detectives have been produced. These include I, the Jury, Angel Heart, Hollywood Harry, The Two Jakes, Devil in a Blue Dress, Pure Luck, Under Suspicion, Twilight with Paul Newman, and Ben Affleck's Gone Baby Gone.
Films with female detectives have not fared well. Kathleen Turner as private eye V.I. Warshawski (1991), was to be the start of a new franchise based on the book series, but the film was a box-office failure. Plans to turn Honey West into a film have been in and out of development for over a decade with no film in sight.
Since 1980, ten films based on the ever-popular novels of Agatha Christie have been released. Two with eccentric sleuth Hercule Poirot, Evil Under the Sun (1982), Appointment with Death (1988), and one with Miss Marple The Mirror Crack'd (1980). Christie herself became the subject of a mystery film in 1979's Agatha starring Vanessa Redgrave. The film was a fictional speculation on her famous 11-day disappearance in 1926.
Blue Velvet (1986), by David Lynch, combined strong sexuality, violence and suspense into its plot, which revolved around a murder mystery in a small American town.
Neo-noir erotic thrillers[]
In the Eighties, filmmakers began to take a revisionist approach toward 1940s film noir (aka neo-noir). The implied sexuality of the vintage films was enhanced and made explicit in a new wave of erotic thrillers. The most influential of these are Body Heat (1981), and two from Brian De Palma: Dressed to Kill (1980) and Body Double (1984).
Many of these films, such as the 1981 remake of The Postman Always Rings Twice, Angel Heart (1987), Basic Instinct (1992), and Sliver (1993) gained more notoriety for their explicit sex and nude scenes than for anything else. The frontal male nudity in Color of Night (1994) was controversial, as was Body of Evidence (1993) with Madonna and Meg Ryan's image-changing nude scene from In the Cut (2003). None of these films were well-received by the critics.
One of the few noteworthy films to successfully balance sexuality and suspense is the Al Pacino thriller Sea of Love (1989).
Military mysteries and police procedurals[]
Complex murder mysteries related to military men began with Crossfire (1947). More recent examples include A Soldier's Story (1984), No Way Out (1987), The Presidio (1988), A Few Good Men (1992), Courage Under Fire (1996), The General's Daughter (1999), and Basic (2003).
The police procedural film, often with a surprise twist ending, has also remained a vital format with Cruising (1980), Gorky Park (1983), Tightrope (1984), The Dead Pool (1988), Rising Sun (1993), Striking Distance (1993), The Usual Suspects (1995), Lone Star (1996), Murder at 1600 (1997), Under Suspicion (2000), Blood Work (2002), Mindhunters[6] (2004), and Righteous Kill (2008).
Psychological thriller[]
In the 1990s, a new trend, sometimes called Psycho-noir (psychological thriller and film-noir combined), emerged. This blends mystery, horror and suspense into stories centered around clever, sociopathic serial killers. The Hannibal Lecter novels by Thomas Harris have inspired four films, Manhunter (1986), the Academy Award-winning The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Hannibal (2001), and Red Dragon (2002).
Other films in this category include Seven (1995), Kiss the Girls (1997), The Bone Collector (1999), Mercy (2000), Along Came a Spider (2001), Insomnia (2002), and Taking Lives (2004).
The 2007 film Zodiac is an account of the real hunt for a serial killer in the San Francisco area in the late-Sixties and early Seventies. Other real-life serial killings have been portrayed in The Alphabet Killer, Ed Gein, Gacy, Ted Bundy and Dahmer.
In many modern day mystery-thrillers, everyday characters (such as teens, mothers, fathers, businesspeople, etc.) are dragged into a dangerous conflict or a mysterious situation, either by fate or their own curiosity. Common elements in these stories include searching for a missing person (a friend or family member) as in Flightplan (2005), while being surrounded by red herrings, espionage, criminal or political conspiracies, and friends/relatives with a secret past or a double life. Also contemporary stories such as The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996), Memento (2000)[7], and Shutter Island (2010), where discovering the lead character's true identity and/or past history forms the core of the mystery.
Other films in this category include the Scream franchise (1996–2011), Saw franchise (2004–2010), The Orphanage (2006), What Lies Beneath (2000), Cry_Wolf (2005), Devil (2010), Secret Window (2004), The Ring (2002), The Machinist (2004), The Forgotten (2005), The Number 23 (2006),[8] Identity (2003), and The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (2010).
Revisionist period piece films[]
Period-piece L.A. police detective stories (set in the 1940s and '50s) returned — with a harder edge and a contemporary sensibility — in Mulholland Falls (1996), and L.A. Confidential (1997) which was nominated for nine Academy Awards and won two. Both True Confessions (1981) and De Palma's The Black Dahlia (2006) are based on an actual unsolved Hollywood murder case from 1947. Hollywoodland (2006) explores the mysterious 1959 death of actor George Reeves, who is portrayed by Ben Affleck.
Raymond Chandler's final unfinished novel, Poodle Springs, from 1958, was completed by another author and made into an HBO cable film in 1998. Set in 1963, it stars James Caan as Philip Marlowe.
Coming full circle, Robert Altman's nostalgic Gosford Park (2001), set in an English mansion in 1932, is an original story that revives the old-fashioned murder mystery format.
Notable mystery films[]
In 2008, the American Film Institute ranked the top 10 mystery films of all time:
# Film Year 1 Vertigo 1958 2 Chinatown 1974 3 Rear Window 1954 4 Laura 1944 5 The Third Man 1949 6 The Maltese Falcon 1941 7 North by Northwest 1959 8 Blue Velvet 1986 9 Dial M for Murder 1954 10 The Usual Suspects 1995
Genre blends: horror, fantasy, science fiction, historical[]
By the Seventies and Eighties, detective and mystery stories began to appear in other genres, sometimes as the framing device for a horror, fantasy or science fiction film or placed in an earlier, nontraditional time period.
Escape to Witch Mountain (1975), Return from Witch Mountain (1978) and Race to Witch Mountain (2009), created by Alexander Key and produced by The Walt Disney Company are about two children from another world searching for their origins.
Eyes of Laura Mars (1978) is a Giallo-inspired murder mystery thriller that involves the paranormal.
Looker (1981) is a science fiction murder mystery film involving futuristic computer technology.
Angel Heart (1987), set in 1948, begins as a retro detective yarn but soon becomes a supernatural horror shocker. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992), and the cult TV series of which this is a prequel, also blends murder-mystery forensic work with supernatural horror.
Faceless (1988) is a gory Jess Franco private-eye horror-mystery.
Lord of Illusions (1995), Clive Barker story of supernatural horror with New York P.I. Harry D'Amour, who has an affinity for the occult.
Cast a Deadly Spell (1991) is a cable film with gumshoe Harry P. Lovecraft (a reference to horror/fantasy author H. P. Lovecraft) set in a fantasy version of 1948 Los Angeles where sorcery and voodoo abound. This was followed by Witch Hunt in 1994, a mock fantasy/mystery set in 1953. Private eye Lovecraft (Dennis Hopper) uncovers witchcraft and murder in Hollywood.
Hec Ramsey, a 1972-74 television series starred Richard Boone as a Sherlock Holmes-type detective in the Old West at the turn-of-the-century.
The Name of the Rose (1986), from the Umberto Eco novel, features a 13th century Sherlock Holmsian monk. The medieval era Brother Cadfael series of television mysteries also took the form of historical fiction.
Sleepy Hollow (1999), set in 1799, this features a constable who uses Holmsian scientific methods and forensic science to solve a series of murders in this horror-fantasy film from Tim Burton.
The science fiction films Soylent Green (1973), Outland (1981), Minority Report (2002), and I, Robot (2004) all involve futuristic police detectives solving a murder that leads to a larger conspiracy.
The Harry Potter films (2001–2011) are fantasy stories that contain many mysteries concerning the main characters, especially in the first three entries: The Philosopher's Stone (2001), The Chamber of Secrets (2002) and The Prisoner of Azkaban (2004).
Blade Runner (1982) is a neo-noir science fiction classic set in the future. This comes closest to capturing the spirit of Raymond Chandler's Marlowe with Harrison Ford's sardonic, voice-over narration.
Someone Behind You (2007), is a South Korean supernatural thriller/murder mystery based on a comic book.
Parodies and homages[]
Who Done It? (1942), an Abbott and Costello comedy, is one of the first film spoofs of the genre.
Lady on a Train (1945) is a murder mystery comedy starring Deanna Durbin that also satirizes film noir.
In My Favorite Brunette (1947), Bob Hope is a cowardly baby photographer who is mistaken for a private detective (played by Alan Ladd in a brief cameo). Later that year, The Bowery Boys released Hard Boiled Mahoney with the same mistaken-identity plot.
Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951), A&C are detectives out to save a man framed by mobsters.
Private Eyes (1953), The Bowery Boys open up a detective agency after Sach develops the ability to read minds.
Underground sexploitation filmmakers also spoofed the genre. Nature's Playmates (1962) is one of exploitation producer H.G. Lewis' many "nudie-cutie" flicks. A beautiful female private eye tours Florida nudist camps in search of a missing man with a distinctive tattoo. Take It Out In Trade (1970) is Ed Wood's softcore porn take on the Philip Marlowe films. Cry Uncle! (1971) is another sex comedy inspired by vintage private eye films. Ginger (1971), The Abductors (1972), and Girls Are for Loving (1973) are softcore sexploitation comedies featuring Cheri Caffaro as tough private-eye Ginger. England also produced the sex comedy Adventures of a Private Eye (1977).
The Pink Panther (1964) is the first in a series of comedies featuring Peter Sellers as the bumbling Inspector Clouseau.
They Might be Giants (1971) stars George C. Scott as a mental patient who believes he is Sherlock Holmes. He and his female psychiatrist (Dr. Watson) go on a Don Quixote-type odyssey through New York.
Gumshoe (1971) is a crime comedy about a man so inspired by Bogart's films he decides to play private eye.
The Black Bird (1975), critically panned comedy sequel to The Maltese Falcon starring George Segal as Sam Spade Jr. and Elisha Cook, Jr. reprising his role of Wilmer Cook.
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975), a Gene Wilder comedy.
Murder by Death (1976) is Neil Simon's broad spoof of mystery films and Sam Spade, Charlie Chan, and Miss Marple. This was followed by The Cheap Detective (1978), an even broader spoof starring Peter Falk as a Bogart-like private eye.
The Late Show (1977), quirky, contemporary detective story is largely an affectionate tribute to the classic Hammett/Chandler era.
A trio of Chevy Chase comedies, Foul Play (1978), Fletch (1985), and Fletch Lives pays homage to vintage detective films and Hitchcock.
The Man with Bogart's Face (1980), a detective has his face changed and becomes involved in a mystery that resembles The Maltese Falcon.
The Private Eyes (1980) is a detective comedy with Tim Conway and Don Knotts.
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982), set in the 1940s and filmed in black and white, Steve Martin plays a traditional hard-boiled detective who interacts with vintage film clips in Carl Reiner's cut-and-paste film noir farce.
Hammett (1982), fictional account of Dashiell Hammett involved in actual mysteries that inspired his novels.
Trenchcoat (1983), comedy about a female mystery writer who has to solve a real crime.
Clue (1985), set in 1956, a period-piece whodunit spoof based on the popular board game.
The Singing Detective (1986), a British miniseries about a mystery writer named Philip Marlow who is confined to a hospital bed. There his vivid fantasies of being an old-fashioned gumshoe are brought to life. Later remade as a feature film The Singing Detective in 2003.
In 1987 Robert Mitchum was the guest host on Saturday Night Live where he played Philip Marlowe for the last time in the parody sketch, "Death Be Not Deadly". The show also ran a short film he made called Out of Gas, a mock sequel to his 1947 classic Out of the Past. Jane Greer reprised her role from the original film.
Without a Clue (1988) comedy about an actor (Michael Caine) hired to impersonate Sherlock Holmes.
The Naked Gun (1988) and its sequels features Leslie Nielsen as an inept police lieutenant. Based on the short-lived Police Squad! TV series.
The Gumshoe Kid (1990), an adolescent obsessed with Bogart gets his chance to be a detective in this R-rated comedy with Tracy Scoggins.
A Low Down Dirty Shame (1994), comedy with Keenen Ivory Wayans as a private detective.
The Naked Detective (1996), an R-rated softcore parody of film noir with fetish model/actress Julia Parton.
The Scream franchise (1996)-(2011), which is a satire of the horror genre, has heavy elements of the detective, mystery and crime fiction genres, and is often self-referential.
A Gun, a Car, a Blonde (1997), a paraplegic's fantasy (filmed in black and white) of being a tough private eye in a '50s film noir world.
Brown's Requiem (1998), detective story based on James Ellroy's Chandleresque first novel.
Zero Effect (1998) updates the Sherlock Holmes concept with a detective who is brilliant when working on a case but an obnoxious cretin when off duty.
Where's Marlowe? (1998) drama about film makers following a low-level L.A. private detective.
Camouflage (2000), private-eye comedy with Leslie Nielsen.
Woody Allen's nostalgia for film noir, mysteries, and Bogart's tough-guy persona is evident in Play it Again, Sam (1972), Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993), and The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001).
Twilight (1998), Paul Newman stars in this old-fashioned private eye yarn that's reminiscent of earlier films in the genre as well as his two Lew Harper films.
I Heart Huckabees (2004) offbeat philosophical comedy involves two "existential detectives" (Dustin Hoffman and Lily Tomlin) hired to uncover the meaning of life.
Broken Lizard's Club Dread (2004) is a murder mystery film that spoofs slasher films.
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005), crime-noir comedy inspired by hardboiled detective fiction and vapid L.A. culture.
A Prairie Home Companion (2006), film of Garrison Keillor's radio show features the recurring character Guy Noir, a hardboiled detective whose adventures always wander into farce.
In the season 6, episode 11 of Married... with Children, Al Bundy dreams he's a private detective who's being framed for the murder of a rich woman's father.
Movie sleuths[]
Mystery films have portrayed a number of notable fiction sleuths. Most of these characters first appeared in serialized novels.
Sleuth(s) Author/Creator First film Lew Archer Ross Macdonald Harper (1966) Boston Blackie Jack Boyle Boston Blackie's Little Pal (1918) Torchy Blaine Louis Frederick Nebel Smart Blonde (1937) Charlie Chan Earl Derr Biggers The House Without a Key (1926) Nick and Nora Charles Dashiell Hammett The Thin Man (1934) Alex Cross James Patterson Kiss the Girls (1997) Hugh Drummond Herman Cyril McNeile Bulldog Drummond (1922) Mike Hammer Mickey Spillane I, the Jury (1953) Nancy Drew Carolyn Keene Nancy Drew, Detective (1938) Sherlock Holmes Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes (1908) Michael Lanyard Louis Joseph Vance The Lone Wolf (1917) Philip Marlowe Raymond Chandler Murder My Sweet (1944) Miss Marple Agatha Christie Murder, She Said (1961) Mr. Moto John Phillips Marquand Think Fast, Mr. Moto (1937) Hercule Poirot Agatha Christie Alibi (1931) Ellery Queen Frederick Dannay
and Manfred B. Lee The Spanish Cape Mystery (1935) Easy Rawlins Walter Mosley Devil in a Blue Dress (1995) Michael Shayne Brett Halliday Michael Shayne, Private Detective (1940) Sam Spade Dashiell Hammett The Maltese Falcon (1931) Simon Templar Leslie Charteris The Saint in New York (1938) Dick Tracy Chester Gould Dick Tracy (1937) Philo Vance S. S. Van Dine The Canary Murder Case (1929) Bruce Wayne Bob Kane Batman (1943) Hildegarde Withers Stuart Palmer Penguin Pool Murder (1932) Nero Wolfe Rex Stout Meet Nero Wolfe (1936) James Lee Wong Hugh Wiley Mr. Wong, Detective (1938)
References[]
Michael R. Pitts, Famous Movie Detectives, 1979, Scarecrow Press, ISBN 0-8108-1236-3.
Ted Sennett, Great Hollywood Movies, 1986, ISBN 0-8109-8075-4.
See also[]
List of mystery films
Conspiracy thriller
Crime fiction
Film noir
List of film noir
List of female detective characters
Thriller film
Neo-noir
Film genres By style Action (Arthouse • Heroic bloodshed • Hong Kong action) • Adventure (Survival) •
Art • Biographical • Christian • Comedy (Black • Commedia all'italiana • Commedia sexy all'italiana • Bromantic • Dramedy • Gross out • Horror • Parody • Mo lei tau • Thriller • Remarriage • Romantic • Sex • Screwball • Silent • Slapstick) • Documentary (Animated • Docudrama • Mockumentary • Mondo • Pseudo • Semi • Travel) • Drama (Dramedy • Historical • Legal • Melodrama (Korean) • Erotic (Commedia sexy all'italiana • Pink • Sexploitation • Thriller) • Educational • Social guidance • Epic (Sword-and-sandal) • Experimental • Exploitation (see Exploitation film template) • Fantasy (Comic • Contemporary • Dark • Fairy tale • Fantastique • High • Historical • Magic realism • Science) • Film noir (Bad girl • Neo-noir • Occult detective • Pulp noir • Tech noir) • Gothic (Romance • Southern • Space • Suburban • Urban) • Horror (Body • Cannibal • Comedy • Eco • Fantastique • Found footage • German underground • Ghost • Giallo • Japanese • Korean • Mumblegore • Natural • New French Extremity • Occult detective • Psycho-biddy • Psychological • Religious • Science Fiction • Slasher • Splatter • Satanic) • Mumblecore (Mumblegore) • Musical (Backstage • Jukebox • Musicarello • Operetta • Sceneggiata) • Mystery (Giallo • Occult detective) • Pornographic (Hardcore pornography • Softcore pornography) • Propaganda • Reality • Romantic (Comedy (Bromantic)) • Gothic • Paranormal • Thriller) • Science fiction (Comic • Cyberpunk • Fantastique • Fantasy • Gothic • Horror • Military • Mundane • New Wave • Parallel universe • Planetary romance • Space opera • Steampunk • Western) • Thriller (Comedy • Conspiracy • Erotic • Financial • Giallo • Legal • New French Extremity • Political • Psychological • Romantic • Techno) • Transgressive (Cinema of Transgression • New French Extremity) • Trick
By theme Animals • Beach party • Blaxploitation • Body swap • Bourekas • Buddy (Buddy cop • Female) • Cannibal • Chicano • Colonial • Coming-of-age • Concert • Crime (Gentleman thief • Gong'an • Heist • Hood • Gangster • Mafia • Mafia comedy • Poliziotteschi • Yakuza • Gokudō) • Dance • Disaster (Apocalyptic) • Drug (Psychedelic • Stoner) • Dystopian • Economic • Ethnographic • Extraterrestrial • Food and drink • Funny animal • Gendai-geki • Ghost • Goona-goona epic • Gothic (Romance • Southern • Space • Suburban • Urban) • Ecchi • Girls with guns • Harem • Hentai (Tentacle erotica) • Lolicon • Kaitō • Magical girl • Mecha • Shotacon • Yaoi • Yuri • Homeland • Jidaigeki • LGBT • Luchador • Martial arts (Bruceploitation • Chopsocky • Girls with guns • Gun fu • Kung fu • Wuxia) • Mecha • Mexploitation • Monster (Giant monster • Jiangshi • Kaiju • Vampire • Werewolf • Zombie) • Mountain • Mouth of Garbage • Muslim social • Nature (Environmental issues) • Opera • Outlaw biker • Ozploitation • Partisan film • Pirate • Prison (Women) • Race • Rape and revenge • Road • Rubble • Rumberas • Samurai • Sexploitation (Bavarian porn • Commedia sexy all'italiana • Mexican sex comedy • Nazi exploitation • Pornochanchada • Nunsploitation • Sex report) • Shomin-geki • Slavery • Slice of life • Snuff (Crush) • South Seas • Sports • Spy (Eurospy) • Superhero • Surfing • Swashbuckler • Sword-and-sandal • Sword and sorcery • Travel • Trial • Vigilante • War (Anti-war • Euro War • Submarine) • Western (Acid • Florida • Meat pie • Northern • Ostern • revisionist • Space • Spaghetti • Weird) • Zombie (Zombie comedy) By movement
or period Absolute • Australian New Wave • Auteur films • Berlin School • Bourekas • Brighton School • British New Wave (Kitchen sink realism) • Budapest school • Cannibal boom • Cinéma du look • Cinema Novo • Cinema of Transgression • Cinéma pur • Commedia all'italiana • Documentary Film Movement • Dogme 95 • Erra Cinema • European art cinema • Film gris • Free Cinema • French New Wave • German Expressionist • German underground horror • Nigerian Golden Age • Grupo Cine Liberación • Heimatfilm • Hollywood on the Tiber • Hong Kong New Wave • Iranian New Wave • Italian futurist • Italian neorealist • Japanese New Wave • Kammerspielfilm • L.A. Rebellion • Lettrist • Mumblecore • Neorealist • New French Extremity • New German • New Generation • New Hollywood • New Nigerian • New Queer • No wave • Nuevo Cine Mexicano • Parallel Cinema • Persian Film • Poetic realist • Polish Film School • Poliziotteschi • Praška filmska škola • Prussian film • Pure Film Movement • Remodernist • Romanian New Wave • Spaghetti Western • Socialist realist • Social realist (Kitchen sink realism) • Soviet Parallel • Structural • Surrealist • Sword-and-sandal • Telefoni Bianchi • Third Cinema • Yugoslav Black Wave By audience Chick flick • Children's • Cult (midnight movie) • Guy-cry • Teen • Woman's By format,
technique,
approach,
or production 3D • Actuality • Animation (anime • cartoon • computer • stop-motion • traditional) • Anthology • Art • B movie • Black-and-white • Blockbuster • Bollywood • Cinéma vérité • Classical Hollywood cinema • Collage • Color • Compilation • Composite • Database cinema • Docufiction • Ethnofiction • Experimental (Abstract) • Feature • Featurette • Film à clef • Film noir • Film-poem • Found footage • Grindhouse • Hyperlink cinema • Independent (Guerrilla filmmaking) • Interstitial art • Live action (animation) • Low-budget • Major studio • Making-of • Masala • Message picture • Meta-film • Mockbuster • Musical short • Mythopoeia • Neorealist • No budget • Paracinema • Participatory • Poetry • Postmodernist • Sceneggiata • Semidocumentary • Serial • Shinpa • Short • Silent • Socialist realist • Sound • Underground
Lists of films by genre Action (Martial arts) • Adventure (Pirate) • Animation • Avant-garde • Biographical • Blaxploitation • Children's • Christian • Comedy • Crime • Disaster • Documentary • Drama (Historical) • Economics • Erotic • Fantasy • Ghosts • Horror (Eco • Kaiju • Giant-monster • Natural) • Independent short • LGBT • Mockumentary • Monster (Clowns • Toys) • Musical • Mystery • Noir • Neo-noir • Religious • Romance • Romantic comedy • Science fiction • Sports • Slavery • Superhero • Teen • Thriller (Legal) • War (anti-war) • Western (Spaghetti)
Template:Crime fiction
|
||
6282
|
dbpedia
|
3
| 10
|
https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/mystery-movies
|
en
|
12 Best Mystery Movies That Will Put Your Detective Skills to Work - Netflix Tudum
|
[
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQQNthQHX__SPCNOrxMUpXWWxFD4C6EF6gvITmpoFn47JQp8giFrbE0n9MvoN08KiK0tN65OXKAcPl75CrUAzjc83UJQnaCcJSSA9iVe6J2QrtPxLoPQc6XSRCNsKDNV07NvjbMLhcseAKhOtH08wS1C9Wp0.jpg?r=f2e",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQcrxeqIIcFKB302jZz6RRwAutv_Ics5OvfmaIlOiv4l4NSnrJFVQjakXjRLIZlTuulAPhfzX2NMZD0EJIiUyl8VnFiYKtMlRnhLiqt6tnwSWJzxe4REcuoQgRME4sVfAb7mVBkGpgZkTYEPFERl5WPVBxxA.jpg?r=f2e",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQRcNLRPfhQxgQprf-Q-10HEFJFlTzVpni2IJBJOKTrjMP-GIjj_512xu26qrAyOIDvvxpKvQI4I0WTXxAMHLW3tuMAWEuq1m2YRqwiSOaWbFOjalkHx5R_qEv1S7tfPJpPXweCFe_fCYllsPjXxAdMJ7QqI.jpg?r=f2e",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQeiWIxR1Hv3FN4oHecB-9RCYqfd2HnKiJswCOzQoxeaXHM_QprcskHlNSWC0MR1rmIBlzQyVKGGHyM6vQO17LH3U2vwPNLQ8noCa3Wdi2RmGRqK34TG7Uf1M5iInOGBkt1uQekrCAiISgm1MHg.jpg?r=878",
"https://occ-0-2773-2774.1.nflxso.net/dnm/api/v6/WNk1mr9x_Cd_2itp6pUM7-lXMJg/AAAABeNBfpM1DPMKk5TgSLrIKNBjBinWR7X3p3KA7mxLSAOjqRIU4fC3KyUa8Wn3pRnvg5rElSmj2UdK9-C-7f8_pun7x8QPxHoKsnhyPx0d5opYjMQBve_DjFOoQWnozXOEHXGY.webp?r=f49",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQQWKefBdDy8G3PHKpe6fJ7OhyF3_jb8Ecj4M18FJAcAmZMZS_xfuotFPDFW6gVpfeiHi9PWucRBUeF8Op0tsOPu3L59E8C-CPjxwrVAbKtDgJdpxEgcXNbHulbETakqYWp7TNIyHqtoLzd_6mA.jpg?r=534",
"https://occ-0-2773-2774.1.nflxso.net/dnm/api/v6/WNk1mr9x_Cd_2itp6pUM7-lXMJg/AAAABe3vHnGuUpwgAykMosTQ3gSSehy7zqGtvftUE1h4aGMz7wWZeU-RJd28GpOuht4peSFKr3ZvKna_L97xj5lxRfgN7igDucGX-Qena4yT5YAmRA4t8Eo6jOlGnIV7AH6sL9_c.webp?r=a89",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQYT1kOs0Ub0RrMkbaUo690pMZijnkN5vKNLgxzMeH6L8KBHwVKYXLzG-MH0FToQnDUNcLuyMuTfVGTyYu-iOAC9v3R_p_pWMEC1e2rqjX37jDEZ-BlONIGIflIVPUXIcbOthLF0vT9l0ZPZWFA.jpg?r=366",
"https://occ-0-2773-2774.1.nflxso.net/dnm/api/v6/WNk1mr9x_Cd_2itp6pUM7-lXMJg/AAAABTkFavutKuhH8pgnia69tX1f6niKqxodfVrnOX_mG8iBzDZpfsMpfwnkI_mgNeDoL5aY43lWU8ZYS0VhrbMhQ3p3dsndQXJrjrU.webp?r=77c",
"https://occ-0-2773-2774.1.nflxso.net/dnm/api/v6/U6_eu_lw5TPOkLCYXBHQsUANDp0/AAAABY_2vlFkOZjB6cWOBSwik4svPpxWmx6pq0YKH8Snbu5IXGZoIzDOldzYFwigCC6S4bWWX9I.webp",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQVtcCaQcvWA72Hbq08b-WBoKsX3oxezTLfLd6KpiT_gezE5iFLrUIDkOY33guCuHXQG56zO7GDEgijkSOjhx47LA9RnYsSn9TUxpflD0uEDGlorq-a7hzgQBi678BWjccn5LgNKc1DWWs_k3DA.jpg?r=270",
"https://occ-0-2773-2774.1.nflxso.net/dnm/api/v6/WNk1mr9x_Cd_2itp6pUM7-lXMJg/AAAABUl84GFgJfH_r2QCNXt3G7aZHVao1Ubj6jKy_P2yRxdg87Hpg9hqb5l3xizBj6Jd-jgaM2ZOk2WUbmvL0LVeT_0EMmiVkTOiSY8.webp?r=a32",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQTVJfMxrg5-gTqqeD9iXgTu5OrBCpRZJe3YjHZQjh_HoUGhbaxSUAIFaj7pDvCNHqydPi1XSjg82CDz1ihWGR7wKohZXUG5SpqGJpOZZqV_HVFt9f7EIx0LZYqnRvsOv-OcwRZtXVm_0BSddpA.jpg?r=e6b",
"https://occ-0-2773-2774.1.nflxso.net/dnm/api/v6/WNk1mr9x_Cd_2itp6pUM7-lXMJg/AAAABe5GIbo-dh3V33RMZHHv5WTjlE11xVHltZh9wmAjzUuQZ1fgk23L3PY-iAVdOqE_KhNVWEnVgffn9IHO2AFikgc_igqvhT-MvSLTTFj9llQRglfuJabhU2y-At0iueycNu7H.webp?r=392",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQTW66Wh8Avv4xaiUwbOWgjpz0J205LaYITIsLfdhX-bUw6OCSoPQFBaczze6jvvuntEmtpapoyNII47cycSuM-e1kVGS0G7EVU0wqXM9_TaFK_P-l5RjR7hnsMoDdm95aleBJvtGaohS9UXefA.jpg?r=0f6",
"https://occ-0-2773-2774.1.nflxso.net/dnm/api/v6/WNk1mr9x_Cd_2itp6pUM7-lXMJg/AAAABQ15meXiuhnoBkCBG5brKFyBLd6kbb89mq7xHoyZUfR6MttNyTU2fps2BzYallfmBeyG7tb2prfNsxwBpEffosSG45HwJykUHyGtH9fTv-A6o3QPqMxIRQHHzHCGEHSgvfsN.webp?r=cb7",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQcFCeDeMQ-fiIA4p0ZU3uRsKXoeeIxf5t8eJqa40JQvLLr7tbn11GWjbZJTKwj2uEto6cFkO_EzbrW92hmjMH-19bMpUbb_6tnEdHnTCQizb9vIg7kq8n83xK95zXqVUDvg9dCHceCTg0YFuSQ.jpg?r=e48",
"https://occ-0-2773-2774.1.nflxso.net/dnm/api/v6/WNk1mr9x_Cd_2itp6pUM7-lXMJg/AAAABcb9w71331L6xm5pHPjcrorNGEvFCaE0BdlfGLe9bZoodOCRLdR8_IrxQ8dAUK-YZrkzj47v0rwgDWgPnLD8ZiwbtUdf25F7FVo9VqfBRapPw2zEpYTJ4Y_7ZalxLDuotzUZ.webp?r=e89",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQVknlXEsYXyMPcziN-I3RSzGpAOIVpwxqXud0knQ5G7ANLURES3g4S6spP536-kx8vU2vwFAhStHuC93Yc2nLmNpKxpRSIbaMra2f5coekiaCiWNTehBxIBp46xzR3DvW2-3iEUW2ypJDfj-SA.jpg?r=8af",
"https://occ-0-2773-2774.1.nflxso.net/dnm/api/v6/WNk1mr9x_Cd_2itp6pUM7-lXMJg/AAAABSSg-CluVPK9P9515dqjuAjvbXKi4Mt4OTQCruL4M5zTp_JLgrnSkBDpaSR8DgGQ8DoJHxoKiIN4iIbqwh7WMPbAmwb8JeEMx3TWTGRGczKjmiDnA0yR44bYEBlcVc399r3L.webp?r=766",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQQ6IKZ21gpHWF8tVA8vqOfPxiogylC8t8DWXh3N4_1PGVbd2x-iOKlYTrzJrv5JA5PBR_w8ZPRo00z3ioTw42GOc3hRAzXis28U1UYV7cOlv3OLqnAyYAVTmYyg0kqLO791x97jYOe78bRzzwg.jpg?r=6f7",
"https://occ-0-2773-2774.1.nflxso.net/dnm/api/v6/WNk1mr9x_Cd_2itp6pUM7-lXMJg/AAAABcbIJZsJxPjy3lJzGSAP6HLRvyY9XbJ6oWfDPDNxzKmGguFw4eofVNiJWH3c1sGyqdZoSpMuU72ab_YeH6hXBFp6Q4eBgWL7rto.webp?r=8c4",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQWvRqOqa4GJxZN6cMUturIVTGpOQkFYm2PhJ8KsoHJYIRVGWk12MD8sgHXphoL1PIZjno0K5uL0axkeMSozS3OBfMARIK8ljTON7bhYu8fKSErSCpiZXj-wETylDRoZW405OL8HF2U_hy02orQ.jpg?r=6cf",
"https://occ-0-2773-2774.1.nflxso.net/dnm/api/v6/WNk1mr9x_Cd_2itp6pUM7-lXMJg/AAAABZCn0Hjsop7Nw8Ez5OwkCt290sipwpgwWyk_CNRWKGwSvQRtqGL1ZAiLVXhd8nnoR12HthOZDzTXRxdyreV9B_xCXyEp-4qI_is.webp?r=8ff",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQRPWW3vCwOPA6Y6Pz-r30ethLj69H1Vidho9raHM-ISAT0FfdedJekG60iMHBxiSwrR_Lg-B69kQ2VwMebjMhpGZTtZF12_P-S_U33_FnzJmhufm7GmDdrF7zdTe5HL_LeYbfOktjYEqKSzO4A.jpg?r=17b",
"https://occ-0-2773-2774.1.nflxso.net/dnm/api/v6/WNk1mr9x_Cd_2itp6pUM7-lXMJg/AAAABZpGf2tnjTrtCZVWFy5RbH9lg7oNLPBPnP4vC6VHBOFJHEj_pk2VGuTzPM9misP_d4otnE6Aes4haOPett3W_5CxmYV33b0wHQMXZ5zAn_04uEvweb7Cwiuj0cXxRlR-N44n.webp?r=7db",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQXV7I3Cx8pwVn2nQSHeG6QeZYRI2ue-x5Uh9PzzqnIUKQ-1yxpRsFR5mmxoma_I1MS6mMzCnJIr5U4daovnyebCEssGM-jw8lC6WNZkq60Em6wQORbPJDgTCRyEmg1xkri6KU1KxBK1DMO_omrgKYLDr.jpg?r=a26",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQaZEpQ2Db2wL1oqx_OUXDD_fJHK7R4t2owSC3qe-sU3v2FdcymGCSTXMNFj6S5htTBoGnoJ5H26Gb3WoC72sCTDYwtrlBpEKQ5Dd3ArO3XhJ1_l3MAZwPEB5MBY6lbMWZSGAo-Kv1sqxiteahFoxkvjvlCQ.jpg?r=d2f",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQQ5cC2cIkTEIdBK_9ivOvNykHv9k9QfY9X8-uAMcQMCJuWJnjT_vt2NbsdMwH0seoPbZdr0HAbS2whPtuqYiqPvKO-pDCAk7hgQyFkQZHeC08PqJNQtyJJwefzs8SGeKe-gZJ74vLIMKIr32xzlFlanPi80.jpg?r=d2f",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQc_oCDeVQPZWISOpJvMctKUHZFLi8SgEUbbqsAPVOVbI8ttdqfdVMPUjrH8T9F84IiirRdhLtf-tqgVAGcCZxTbgnBX9BFY5w1si68mYjWu1yiMl3mMfRJaEaWncupySkKT8_aJ2iKNDvb0_ivM4OhfIkfc.jpg?r=d2f",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQXO__yKomkYDyfMR6K7SAl8-c-8StEjhctFlvHwhackDwI4k2gVDOHJTdojSRmCLbSGIXE7ENbPeVd_VSBmhTqOcY5RK39qP1jVMgRUpPSwbIQSak6gZhADdBkhRlHSWzVk0mgysUpeF0tfM6OLjeIcl8B4.jpg?r=550",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQaldt5G-B147q3_Xjw--lhjU8JNCAxW8fhQjdOPr36ufha4CuW905ZNIw76yv_IfHL2zTsV248a5YhBSDBv8GECCDasOIhoTCxRQPRdmJXZWHwM7TmNWzDK735ck1XqOFP1VHANLB207ojv7OBpDcX3G5iI.jpg?r=550",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQSwLo5e67bDOi5lLr_eCKS2TSQrVMK8CEcECDjVQk01QjAR9wF9lLnegpv7gdMP58KS770Ca9dTHowgVAAoL97TKJn_F5dJT_HxKh38yk0P13TsFqkIaXhhltKVSMT3Sw3Zs79EsRjMXiryEGSDA4hylbFc.jpg?r=550",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQVkXrSVyxw05Vi8eGMA13K0DzCJhYNj5Kmfj38fsc0vH6ED51zrwCyAIcu20MiweHaEppPUujEkKkN7PokzncPsMDhVPq97g3xh_w6FXQkVV5Zq8pDIf37owkmTC_0heOZrJnE2UnpxmXMVJKConuJAbYpM.jpg?r=1f7",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQedPRnGWcI82kxpj4nDOnvDtJc6NPyayi7xco6OwXrRdxFT1rGz-Ew55ruN0a6wu23aT5SIs5W3R1uGjbxZoDmwlIHPTe_gyc9Z-jpGVFkQw10RxaL3Me0fYiLRx_Dlc0LQlRaIvMcHZSMuFgresB0eX6yM.jpg?r=1f7",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQSe00_iWyt7FieLQM0heCTlg5EVuMrnNqnHI2KLeeSqJwDSW2p1VXawOYrjeUu6XhWKhH5V_t0jFyOXhdvESFwMtCrYBKbJD_SKk09TrZLqXhDuI5D_hyGP6xtYf2aBkrVaOTgGbqK50fg9ruEQet2IOmHE.jpg?r=1f7",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQdRuwZbh9WDlDYGsfr47yj1UhL6eMEcABODwqaZQG88I8JCUgAFira9ZsaDjkuMV2HuYinlmn1XFWHnOyQw4CPSY_GcfqgZmzMbbAaexSnd2jWTFHc7pzmPrCXk0IRHeizHlkHfa_V97JJs1xxbeUysDhqQ.jpg?r=a03",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQayJi7-xAxszTG93NCtKvgbQsPopVsDgKxrRs09Ts1fJHeJj6I2haxvJooN1ceihgKHRbjDg9yI5hEa6wBElbYSVbqZGTiV7_5RyPpFxVZKbKWVlfu4HNweOrdXtCY8BwBs5D9GHPaLLhEKl32WXafq5KXo.jpg?r=a03",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQYwEo2awBhFllFfse2zsYGcAkkPM4dekXMw5BHYSIB1D9wdDhR5jj6uiyFLqRjPG0WIB1XDVviCx0nEO2FgKeZBILwZvk3umk_sP8krE0ET_PsYM8aCe110_jLzlU4BBur9PEbSXuTSHv8U7RD1LZSBej08.jpg?r=a03",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQRZVG0AYhqMKVCCnpa_QCy8ifOIVsqoIpck8YZPyCxOSODPG2UIvCLQw8TCHb9OFC3l7drfKujRyYmS1dvQcgxKNIbZoP8gKHvBbW6LHrD17_xLnHbEI6Yoj5N2ocmNnlR0LPNPVnh943jj4jP3ehDA2f2o.jpg?r=dc6",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQV6MhAuqHOneTNAIQC9E6PzNCDJuxlQbDW05xQJtbdp2MG6GtRvUuOYa510TInLlkYwIg32dYjDD8KFzQbcPtSmGAMWUUdMa-En_JrdGsuw6ZMfw39wAmJgRNvo6ZDM8ijPEiJqQgy-sQ6F4Pjyll_BPg9g.jpg?r=dc6",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQXBVM5gyYLPA5TAFbOag3_KD1xiEXhLkiR0DWCCYIV1_1AzcBSHdgExrQij0oligJaVjsJZuaRBmPPB388UNqDZinyszcuzdlnX3J3Q-OYzXOBePs6FBMSSpfzNUd6bNtuonHOkXNVzFgHK8CsjhdYy3yug.jpg?r=dc6",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQXDlCZHHGyfwYS2pbcP2W_W4HFPp_y-nItXPBfLBhXlueCrbZeUNbIhsOOLnMiOT9_9EH0LTc2QQAkYu4bzgfPQgK5zSTIpQHfELxu3vx0YMVqmTbg6c4p4xBRkVO88oEOoo5qXTnMUmXb-bo6KR-Bfeabg.jpg?r=40e",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQXFTtlL2HU6WCOm4bfNjFx7Jj8mB2a0S8DniJcxtroMD-QpIGKm7PEJBQD0KRoiqw5PGfYunzJx6urTSLW6dvNGWqxEySImFsNi-hH6CAx_4-YIAgPLv02k7smDVHeiwKP8HSW62gKmKBpOJ2WTJg0Rgx7I.jpg?r=40e",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQdyYYYXDGWErIbSz8WLIxRUWEbhd3VCVAVri0aSMTfCjG7aE0nUCFBpZbgIseQ-nXF_WvF3ena0PusvXp-qUBOygvhHjx4kJ57f0zOqmxyz99w6P6ZD7t8eujS1PKYmYx5V6_CHS90lNhIY5-nx7vxz357g.jpg?r=40e",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQanNNwWjeTkuRPHSSLY8d8pAi6ZCefkvV4SbI31e1I4V1ko8pHETuiBtBcrkxqHUZP6Zfx7bqSVyCyqHKaW8L3wgjWBFI3iDtS90WGbgsKk5Ne0AOpIZ55lmlb3dFcPDv4oam_J7RH8E_sUK-Nbvpq6z0h8.jpg?r=6ec",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQXrGQscBBuUCEpqbXEX79zOHIMAHtZelWMHKAXYYmVSxaZhx2EbWWv7fEP_kza5DrXD8mcPJF4SkunFU4E-6caaAubtEj81TQzRCV8v6rGVUI32TrNisnxTAT7OORZ_7qDLy8n2-CNfCh84iupR6-XwQWJI.jpg?r=6ec",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQcHo9O7fDBO998m4pZfIHkcWJkLnK4PWSLtC2CQr9wQGQw0fPNl_4K52hrbv9xQGMjd1jUA-Jci3NkjXewZMuOBMBjPvGm1R1zX8aNhffbm8cV6QbJCuNzjXiqDf7Pg-s6drlKhJcA5OgHGRFGQNxHQsf3Q.jpg?r=6ec",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQaGY8ZHfYYraw8HhmL8iEAVmkjtx_3luLieVZik4BEuHsakhE-hIZLiyQs7mBiQIJvUv3QE2b3FLCZ439T-nWroTC2tuaVmwEkIMUvohXGdwsxmq9-d8u7KPedw93Jf2Z5T5whBTuQgNJbPGSZ06C8fudS0.jpg?r=de5",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQRyruy3VX74B3clZV0KK5jLrLj2Vm6psEVkCqjAsigi61oaNXHbiGmtrzpjaIPIhymS0Q_tKn4utqIZ3yGWVG6W72SxS70pihwk1xCrJqlei1x-Og8gz-WFjqzFO8P6V8YqrlQkV_UiS4diHLTyOUI5P7b0.jpg?r=de5",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQavW2NsPoRMpRHtA9QrkRartIDbya5GDWj9uAjmtlkC7PSIMKoQ5QJ3k8SnlnKScjniyV7H0Owxjd7-CVxX3BCawy4K-8b0z_h8sEqbi4Rh1nMGhqVWa1RLbUXlW3SzGLnruqO1sjjiw5oeLqri7MtL3HDU.jpg?r=de5",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQf8ZFcZFE3gz24H0jA-haHzQFk9j4i3H0XaKmAlEy9C42oAh0lgQKvO-Dq2IeLo2EFp8ZjEzuCPIe7QTJ05SGsq_rWiq_h39NgrjUue35pTnTvcL_tt90nvFeZzmu7wrhs9Uz4JQeVBvTBHUggYPBhwRbdc.jpg?r=8d9",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQU188n78trunYnm50OE1kCLQ94t_IBJkScSjmjvplGuRuWSO4eKEnO5CufpEoVVwlkRggYxbdTZ1YXEY5zMrmuh4RmZnGbZcQblKpf-oUSwjI2ffvXOAt1pyfHEmQtY3J79n_lZuBTowkAaFqWvCChgchHM.jpg?r=8d9",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQUY03yXPJ59LP6_v4irp45ha2ii5yG9nSanm3xk7aRh9sWXiW1F4Hx7RMBh-nhvCIyTM0NR5VrMpYHB02i5xIjf6R41FOsEFhkLqxT_0qz7kcjMqL6VEqOJMDx1m_jnIvoSH6SGkCessqLOnbbcvIeAa2GE.jpg?r=8d9",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQcuDSifwWWziDKELuqme2qWAco6cti4syRNkDkQueUXkrGpCK1rgxbJkOYO0AYNYqhbxqJGLB7-mlHvPQ3QsMY-0glPhNibsCCsauTmNgoIIZd0LtL1t-BKisCVlr42WaqXpJNcEB-iZ0CNX_uG6M9XWX14.jpg?r=30b",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQfREh2dHTbB9i-0TMHjpT3fFLotpnfba1jwbWrn_yf0hmraDA38KONolRc9EszH7ByZTDbs9dWOnpOBOHbF5AZ2J7ZnH_z3P8tfIq7KyuQSKartMOuoywXFvvrBrhUX8IrwapSwvx7wx-sthn8bUVAlMdOc.jpg?r=30b",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQWxjpgOIncDC_AENRI3svP901E7wYZzOT_CxpuKXXa_lrKbpaRfQzgS1m7wMbJObswsDPk-jKna-T5OqIF7Q_3YBHzBYNnXCGj8ziuewPatLZMTV2IGAoZRgUMjpNu3tDwY0nWUj_VrS9a7VXMzMia10Rdc.jpg?r=30b",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQXiX2iilMaMqIL6of1iwlmZ1g2UUhW7mmTIU8GbHUEIDJ1M9lS-qdrDGghMvrfrfwRGTYd94rMdwsHsaRB-110rqlJ_9esy153kU1KUJhfluHOjEmIhiVEdgyGsIS9b39izOopJW5-0xgossdEqBvXgUsic.jpg?r=1ec",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQVppyzJ72b3Io0WbAHkZahiHdxct_PXsEuMkKdiK08pK3ZSKOlkySGr_WvlvbIBJGe_wQOrhJxDFvHqeCVZP24f6OliNqf411oJx5knlg8NwpQQH9reIaPBhkB1ihUbeFLidcERKMiabkoXfN70JtpKzddA.jpg?r=1ec",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQZOoHmeJ9mDAmPvB-pZzrB66yqSieSGi8R8CSVjPJQBbgVe9wvTg-e7qgjJ2w5FAnXxWiChiEcC87QU4ibZWGK3_IzgvXdR9fGTlcicXIxKG7hK-rY9nbg3Zq-qQF2KWoKZCgQEUn3-XoDahbNeJZMOKSRM.jpg?r=1ec",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQUNs221aT0en7_HSzbXiJg9q4mIbhHXDKFbRil93GYL_P8DYuNSzczcS3KMqzYjh8nzApL-EJpAm9HMpT8xBWkjHD8zgagz0Ws_hLVfnwMzJV-PuSnAlSCwJvvS1EGA9TIRBuq9VP3vFGnJu_8xEoAIyV9g.jpg?r=3c4",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQYm8zcQWOIEbtlqvnFKaByQJ-hPDcb9ZNRoYfFfO4O268hyqO9FuL9LOyfIDU3c-9EQjCboywxv-K2L8DcMVRaDtvgr4wZD3CNpxKobmShDT8T0VBB8_2FfVr7WgXbwoXyUUVu0zVzMVENrkXEh3MRCmFys.jpg?r=3c4",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQbU-V0eFKio_lE78cHnhytdPik4Pi1tlkr_8X1P5aPaiXLbzrPoDWJrU7Srtwp5doDjQr5wvTk-8VdLDxXtF5uJDZf1uR35ypVnxuQpYpeglIjLhluJb7xxWY7JW6O2YKUmtb5w5YGGZ3hHaFeQhWGpCa90.jpg?r=3c4",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQWNhHdUWUSYLRUUimb-2cvR4_EVQjkO1ICgs0-iAyzz733JfYIKjUbeHiEsV4EwkcRVuFYLCUQkbRdpZpr5fOkVrQgO1Xchy9r2I9MtB2UdBlsxNqR94aGfqry2ceITilJ5lDR1_6rKNTemeOpTDbgw367Q.jpg?r=81d",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQYZDZM-n2GXn4rFBBPTqvzHn-VSyi2q6kmgwHYuZEEAEeWxfngZz4DOkjWGSaBJkXQ0KcNXC42PYci5_2nBtj3Fn6HCTMvsOiLRzVLmnItTA4rG6ZedbHE1umqylgWhto7L5pEErWRE2uakU6KDjgMEL3Qw.jpg?r=81d",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQaBGFb_2qQXOBgCTBYHWbH9l4btm2aAza6N_RJ1FWgBdT9gMFJzlPDm2lJLBRI2bf8gxdxJiN-BkJ69q5TyXz7m7k7qyf66seSapFghwsmAOE9ff0hvHjHOIU_m5DZdYEWAvBq4l58M1zUb3AmmvWwXUsew.jpg?r=81d",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQVj5QBrP05xYjoW-ayELHkc_hRwTxFqnjulYRWv-bofv6ex7en37Gtsq6F5yK1r_1vN4_gcmABbU7HFRiesZTrLVgk7y1rN_xNbWzLl5snHyM1CD1mpL4foSE0VT2NQi_W96ldB62gvdqc_2jj90mj7Rzo0.jpg?r=988",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQXtcSL_AHLd-lPhARmxDWid9ZuK5J44I8APJ_HrsbxLgKkQM8gdgvLtum6-jhtSGDSvuS6llN7cMqAGDssqzNh9sdYV1hkL_Sy6UWjLxCy72CbY4YMiOr-7IXGRnCvenbBpPksh8NuCBt6e-szDCNQ1fFY4.jpg?r=988",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQTero5ffoZrE3gb3azOzpnWBg9d8iMQbWgRQy2_9qxLsM0qbHS9GoWxfZZyekyShtkokQjEFFBv2FD0vaFR-FkqD0U5LU-YLrUnt_tDgXxt-MxHvX2QWgiYrgU7x6gUGkaufKAfKymUEFGOrBA-GM_r5RLo.jpg?r=988",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQas568aF1YjkEgsQe31bnc85G6_YiRaLMZhY26j5A0O4ArchKoovPGtHjTs9DbeDoHLkX1FUDiTF6QFrAGFb4xA59BgyLA4nRyV0Kvbiv1rGJM8GOvVeeHyXL6Rn8wGxUETH8ElCSPgAVVaNaGdMqwHbQ4A.jpg?r=72c",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQUgj8PWPXlGAnqo5N8v5X490Emun8U2WIVxkB_qXcRKsIkUWqr29UKYCfZwSXQX3vn8SMrAPzf0Oim2EPfK7F3YVPYZejCS9mIPPGOIJ9JTYZBJtAeiTvy6wNCEbYzb3aWsQz1pH_KKUZ7gGVkgML8J80d4.jpg?r=72c",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQTCSZH5PSDYJxifET1ucWrwXi7yhzUv2HYIqXctxStENEvCIHJQvd1Rr8pwcLyvuezrTDtyEVeyN2o2pg9YlVP7t78SK9ehLgNhyTV_m0axY8tDfS6zyRfcpOi6G8xyl_uFuPYw7FAE_Q-IQmBPguZ5DES0.jpg?r=72c",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQSWzAj-Nb4KL5KHb2vjX5AbUCaVcnJQ9KGiVRHV1N6ux1jLWbWajooUVN7a2J8k9jzWp7mvfAKENMC_g_M7YcWfyVqYSSQocGbUEk8PxrFJa13xgyFFb6XXrx6v5cuGKa2sHbb94W4WttITOEGXfabKKVxU.jpg?r=be7",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQdUunmKJYnMlY7G6ZfNY78PY8ybd930-h5qlyG7KQ_onBdi_o8h_YPbnzD2kM3O886Jub-2ZS2GUK0Zm1mScpsaMWukuVjZMVpPH6Fo4um5oi6b9bWhmvvVuIbHjl2t1hOTDU1RJiuV0QczkaIR7D2lFRmc.jpg?r=be7",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQaRdb5U4AwpbPK_S-B8Z_zX_qXyDa_mbM0MzqwI8bUJxX4kU6zYIwaIGpambRXIRu4_XeFw_DenvUfsIyCCLqDVCdvLttGIde2Hn2dfCNC4OfB-HRvLcq00vX4p5clm1_MiU4j7gzJlfJwMmt-HAgI5rPoU.jpg?r=be7",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQe2R_6KOL1uNoEHzWF4PiDqYghzpjCbGm4vdoV2S8fVPbzEigYeADdkhYK6OZFuLCMO31DkDb-AIiqCL9XzTiS90FBRTfuQN2mK1a8X545FEo8fC42i0mIgSTl23FvXy75-rQyWOKTuBdMBDBagxXkaGo28.jpg?r=6b4",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQVlT2tyI0F6SXtMmM6jKsF2hCrrtVcR7X_Ebag-whZpavXK1ZgnN9Qfjwno4AbYsdAtuEtCJv5XEvmfsIDk_x5bgU5Gx5kjPROSt5EynaONSx9lkEHi-bJ1dKOOryfC-FcPPQYQ4WcmdKozsqpzpk6gE4L0.jpg?r=6b4",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQTaA2kTflsLnnvDvMoTtsE1eVCAHGT-C-hSMyyRA6Dj86qVZ5Y5sg47SDJUVHbphOs6ahDZRQSUEDvcapybPFkh8Yuzv7JTb0uIm2N6OKcGW5Ggr6pg8dsjAG7Z7wMw2T4LYav-D_YN34jLO1_Dcjzyzz8Y.jpg?r=6b4",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQTXLdT1HWCSqlYLX7UbU3HlOHaaMmhq7o56UxedMG5uA65i6om1rKpWGnOuVrm2Lney9UV65M5Stn3xHSn55cA5TOvtYZ87_zmNmHKYz9z4QMptXwsP3CN-Obx1C_MvqK0p1BqetsxGIHYAthGKF1D9kwFI.jpg?r=109",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQar9ly3j3t1_r8mhB2UKwMfGpIjCTVL_Emd2dvPxkgylkkoOXENbdio3B0VJmav0XGKW39Xj8FtAVQHRXRA19ZFhO5GRl2bMdED3VUGFPHN2kWHM2W5bdKet-0_c4OnMxrhcJo7iiJeg7kjHnkut8Z_VZ9E.jpg?r=109",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQcEGrUaRWEIqkHu-1bSDPLrY2h3MPtsNry8AI_UKItIf0H3zVmrxyyW9wpnavqSJ6ZBOv_QY9gceQ8Zx6qcGSiXvhjZQ8bzDL2NOsK2uZT9XbEa9eyVxmmW-28oMszrqTaTUKFk8yviyf6AORFIgcONRA2s.jpg?r=109",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQWGfgWLXhLPpGH0NuggM38CTW5kNfF1EqeljijqWRr93TakrBPbgD_5ufHF8kornwJFGzOYiTMw-6iPtg1-7IvaWgxodKhlnFADr7uXyGPkulfbyEbVWhO3OpncEx8l5W0t-EC67PDxH0muPo6NsL2Awws8.jpg?r=569",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQRrqJivLqDRdaItmIWqOTOkhG5xIYFWwa0mbNL2unuk9IebpPU9-F-ZJOTjQdn9UcHLK1qY0TcgvYmSyRrA3ExHyrzbtBaeXl6xup8lH4OwnjD1qQFWHjuB95884RH2XKvvSTseuRUDE-fbJ290-H1KUAGs.jpg?r=569",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQSAiqeC5WaFWyfXUUazjOVWioS0zASrwIvIXpTgno-faf7lG-hEbU491crzmb9RJnEnTfEREBnuLX7hsfmf9xMU0as5RYxIjUeQ7ZRb3wsJz6gRx7u_lI0bRgg3PHfTHxziPeyfQxB9jhjRxt6td3mXjvfI.jpg?r=569",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQfMmTMwiJP17IobtulxZgg_hOS48RT7afIC_O9MUY1yU89rf1NyoFnDRYHLYwbsuLRjePs8L4NvPgx4LBe2O7cLZFzFU_oEfUOERw4_-OM2TxL4l3WcBUeKFd5rwhviCuWHYBXbbS1Yb4EihidSgFBFGJFM.jpg?r=759",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQWaV3TXHLUz_yzCMY8na5ZGO0wLsCo4i52BC4UtnfxOvk6cPZCfqN4WMR0NKFhxWs90I9gEkLkVWdkju6R0xA_9Qjg15i71X26RPeYfO24CNESpyWbGccDJri5G6fjbg5JmhJm_Cf9ENkEmO5J3xMBoJOiI.jpg?r=759",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQcgMaX3jkUDzElfJUx5ssPPiUEpi5Q0k9sfvFcwYv20E_pJQdeYhqT4-rlttm5zZLdCR2I0U0I8lYOF72c4kPAT1lhGJP4KwrX0zCXWlLH7LBlXiXrzZ1Pp-qzxLUEuDK8fnulkJ2oMLyQehJQB7bPfysGo.jpg?r=759",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQcXlYjHUPGgggqOmGadKTHkus7vqN0eMM5_uVvCundqrfbYfq4yftmK7G-b3EnkrlDtnE9UIrxDIVm2aH3_zalcwYmU765siBFpZE0zHDxyg1mSgPR9Fp1pSzp5rkqak8DYcMbjd1Lrn6y6zYl8AwlbXikY.jpg?r=5ff",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQdn18s8sGaQCLzu0tucRDEaXh16Vqt3z8d_JkmtorFmglBVCR5-ap_gzONtji6PzpGev_r4nGq53BpuJBeHkFkx4fOCYXzsOQYrs_Jo_yuL5mAkWig8TcU6OXQ_I6Uow66JVhhoiEyfs4FMSXJ-YVq0tS0o.jpg?r=5ff",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQRyD2NB1IJXzw-0Z_E0iCmHknBWoyEZj95l6na1mPaeb0WSiW8h9-gB2NVqj0cFNl1O_OcDQFWkrkB_0s_7q1UWmgeSgATyHo1UCLIzQPrjwsgA4XZCnj0S4rwfR40cawCkyRWjiv62I5RR3m9PqpOdJGE0.jpg?r=5ff",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQbECNvZlvCKouWAwbOo2GgXQxcz7i32joNa8gEXQ79D68J9Pk2RJDLaGHgnVsQDobBqHSntjLl-p-B2B5vdTxyM0w9XPX8PuJNoIlV2HAf3u7bodIlDGnF2cKE6vDrU4cHT6UZ77XD8wRcTDFK6C1NBBn3Y.jpg?r=18a",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQVQ6bn6k7Se6LATCSEQFt5JpDG-rLe9KVY_8AKu-Zb5LNCTQakLwa8xqmTn72di-N_990qZA-67vhSGZBGY8KApaS5iYxk1F4mzq6VsAPHqOAiqGbbcVWUWHwd5tAs4RHwUInPp6h5sAg_lULWjzZrIW7bo.jpg?r=18a",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQQf1DZAWpnnGCchuxKF24hUWGtrqYEZhhpABjRZxGt76BEjdGCany45bSz7ZajGjRxqwelMAOu7V5EpO3wo1lA-43Ag1pRmLWSKtSAPGDLHd5N2CTxGVTOELmM3m_bs0RshOWmGBiJjQ-6AJCy6-WkDCzi8.jpg?r=18a",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQeenERZhfkXspSgBn6Cs6SH18RCicAVS79Ux3rWoafCYOL_gvd_6YLWe1lJR2oDluu-AG2OWAf4Dqgu1_aLL69zbDI0LRcgMljAYfFKCLRf5LfRIWFUjA3uDm5mLo_9icgH6tqWl1nGjuYsWKgSZW5LNukI.jpg?r=559",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQeyJob9Uv1WuPKmTqO2QmTwlrV4Scuy8gY0RP3-T-lwpz62ONQPMlUv-7suFTM40CaiIXLx3om3isGiSTh2e0js4tsPvdKlWx6IUxQV1WikMmeOVUfzCQ5rhDkSGA02Zo5TPn3c69lNH5sEf049pqiF4W9A.jpg?r=559",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQeyq0IM8HpVCbIq4RXsVTnXnkQP81FLjH520gODTUxaDIu0Cq8Gz59wITpOuTtpXxsAeSy0vdIj9GiLBgpKrJ2wRiaHU-hhJPZVPNdnzeH0qXyWVz_j3MZ8sXUp8_cuORC7xPvGVJR0sK2ml7xDI0bDgHh0.jpg?r=559",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQTB9Td0Tzr1NXAQiGlZrV_AQIN8lXxR_ZV6AhskZ3y3nceKAbOJepswvu44MAOYbZnVuWnIVFAGKR_94AwjWiIwIhEoOF39fkE-920xGLgDyWAWEmFLRvKsP4XEB06aD5-rdBCx5YWT3TmG07AIj75bQ--4.jpg?r=271",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQfPAUCY6bWAIOls5Eg41tQT7hHn0DdEl4vBDusSSwZ_pfkhc29Fr-OUIDxHlSMeGyCb4BXXOx051e5uLPNw9rfcd3wJom9NaD-jyjoM1kFj4RABQ-9SkxbggS0Wc9NBK34G-DeC1fq5Ohyb2xY5buDfYJTQ.jpg?r=271",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQc4nlRotDGehhzfq6e-H4ybNiQujKP3emLlZCNjM9Av3afoutpnzLrYJoO5TtiQWPj-O8nOkDepOdRMmeShcP4wlDG7YfMV1fbcR_gZ1K2MBS6feQjvvb8uJk79PcfbOJ9o911KmB37cFMncUB_8T7qDIDE.jpg?r=271",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQQQ3Busf2Bob5jX2kC0-Iit0ou66h0paTUC7ZH1onu5IBeRbbpT8R6aWNIANZcL55hSxUuGkWNhV-SrRL3r4YDgtvKhwNJJ1fCK_aO45qttVp9BnjPlZ__OpW_ZxzVkWbJ0OgArRXvP1NPJ6MVObVQg_.jpg?r=85a",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQT5zkuuinHhuh6l5DTYhai7K2gaD6e-jWgLyFu4SobWQOm7LmYwDR1ft5-sJnyaEGmluq0_AOyfRhvUqWgGR91Kc_NJzdD73ExPyvmfc4gYTzzh7aQcTpJE0mB13UeOmiNpa_LOeKSS7PA3_gEItFpET.jpg?r=6f3",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQb1R3U9W9TMJXTgd5Cq6gKuxfB444tHtlYPw9FLEI-nZuo4mlexBJNWRhd9Zq96ib651_Fk2aS0Rb2SBOrjmwWZ9lidjXv8-wUgppTc39j1VYH9A6qkKifpod4mQrCcfJ8oPjLOMtfEyoRw8w67511ZU.jpg?r=864",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQSGPyvrnABVE7kEBj6QyXqk5iGVTN9yHj_C-E7mXbzq7NLa7s2NEbpUV37u_rUbLP7fKzs_LM1QWx9ad4vWHkxYKSK4_XgkTUn8kAGOgvLr_KLa8liTDAgS1rqIpNvzc4JOhkF1ZJvXcU81wFeR6pHJR.jpg?r=0c4",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQYkuWsyr8MV3CKP3wykWgR68p06QDJLiSZJw1vrdg2MSR3VQOsTC7GV1IOUEYIeR6aj1FE57-GHPyhWaNjJ7Is9mIczV5dNBgZWZfFi8VKsqpMVsYGLz8wkEpFBvzfe-rnPKpTaW3PK7796dM7kaa5Zz.jpg?r=904",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQc7Z84mbw13PxSivnJ14D9q88G1SMUXuDJ68AIm9-G1un23d56E6O08LHgBloy0y6PzDs5QPkCxTut86ZSIxkTvavKhzb7sznRA8zQJGaTxj7wT8n4KdYsDefzJbZdqGA1RseItMERt-_vf3PQ.jpg?r=7b8",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQSjCuIzDUlk4ei1eZAdPnq7GGKsvJCrqPSPcXR5X9OlaqFgwMzj3lJLEI4oFt5Dow5lLkboJ2DBByM6BKt0N22yWD8KNS27zAXRUWcBBFmhHUflv7Gl3Npt-ZMKYOYgGIRpQTVspj48cr84mNPuhYlWQXgk.jpg?r=cc1",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQZVJb0-ZU3Hj83vyBqTdgJRXEwFD18warYnmv6-XrSi_z0PjweoomUkTBtdUdnpN5-z61viaBVNYHIE5YETRUAk0Krjry06biOprAvPTBMlV1tbG-kSmI7HH-7x8zaa7OUzvBnz4aD4NBc5MXVBJLIwhKWE.jpg?r=cc1",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQQVumcAdFIF0Bi6Zyb8ny8yyDd2niZ0-F9jBnyhxkyU_O1eNC05-cv5rsFCXnKM9KcPYgywAmOswfUBcg16ikFgXV7sGZMpLcgaeelX--ImgpAQMsJeZc43oZSHRM02TgDtK8f1JSsszXLXS8E2LV6YpORc.jpg?r=cc1",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQcHdwE_hNfphB76T6RN8ch8Ldd0VTq5EZCAr2-nAMvDuXXCw4s8ySgycPNIv6yamY8dGrrTpikTzK5HneRRneX2fxTQGI6-PUoICALbJA7iX0xN5zcsCuiplL5qxMJsbJ49rh0hQLwBo70CdPoZ5-5pHhs8.jpg?r=368",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQeJ5pKNQ-rrxesX-Foeqy3loo3ynNrAdI7CL9F334uY1f-3OdLK9iOJc99qVImokG6CNb7fEFPOpSA_cO49VJ6y1QnepfirFE1QUUfTJFyINO5t0rIrFSvLiFLUGEvumzYBGiiSSWOo8hs0OViQ-wEgDvA0.jpg?r=368",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQcfE_e6PtXTlbL2yOHPMnncXYw9xuL4jNYY3MVMyiZ0YbPSZtBmYGqCkbpUxsCrd3lPa3l3jc-yRHZfaiSN8h2E23dpUZH-E0J8jjF_jcy-20Of1XPr9DvJnhP9NAOt70qllLW5tPKqlNLCyFebBRDWYQjc.jpg?r=368",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQQ9SnBXaEfgBt4LioiJ6Hphq9eKuK4yB9_mCsBThm2aXr2HdksAlxFpBAksALJBysgziQgDwYK--tFMW45mKb-Ip5qTdWILZDIQHtrjZ80LIci0bIVfwXufzuwTPPcS4VdsfX-FS2ONKWB9bTkeF.jpg?r=235",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQdxx1YMdVpr31RivG4-WrKUudq8iF90fSDCpLrkYiaLPTnn45lTegSlDAh1nSWMVz-cEjrOj7fzFu2ESzUWV_GyDt04CHxlnOy382hY9TA7wHCRguk7wwNuV4TUJCy7dV1G_T1WFT5dKTartaDul.jpg?r=235",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQQZtAGR7923GKtOLwO8JZj0tEDRymz80xcHF8Aj5CCH5pBDuoxt7XMHQ02vlUeK3XCe3zPNh5Z9GPKYrldIt9NHfHcrbbYxRIM0QCKyU3jbHxMRjuPor9sIZ2sbGgFuHWRxwY-VzzxD4zTpnwb7w.jpg?r=235",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQS1_lnq6h6Q991budhJuZqAUeOYydY0J9b4cXH5t7_N5peOG6_8f_V5Guf9uMpMm7oqPFP1jBeJNLsxNaRnA-ZEYtDpXHggt2TAqrYBFsl9BOCaf_YndUJwcsVUjdbynDaOeeQxOcF_0QR6k6PKUICtJSqs.jpg?r=6b9",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQWvy4VRdPIPpp6xhdbNyKHqEnyxNpAPZ6ncbsIv0gCPMjbH9JnL-PlIRvT4GFIfxtuYHGYOjL1mWTEBpCJWUyFy4rvePbz1vctuxODM9ErtLz2xMN50V3AYHc1zv6MKM5lOWcgyLvJW_Wt9pNCDP9Kk_sPQ.jpg?r=6b9",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/BvVbc2Wxr2w6QuoANoSpJKEIWjQ/AAAAQX8d4z_7ZoVAzn1r02Op7vSJ6Y2zcviOH2Fv2l5FaFm77G2zA8guvGfdE3ZNb8js0DQ6bfE5Rosp-uCh0poQJwqvODNQp6ld35wD0DXconD6un--GjiGv7O-qrsxqq31Qtu4f-ZHscfM4H6Zw15VCAxSTxg.jpg?r=6b9",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/ALnfVbMvPhqZAIuQMLkxmdJcXYk/AAAAQXFnOdFfZQa62_PogSyn4tN9d_V521qTXQ1emAn8X79TySt4dRDEj9yBt6gDAN3_lIq1UX0PRl2hnxXEO7LDzGnv0C4yuTJeQFlCb5gYBKdssi0qVr7CW86ztCoJQ_v4J6MR7mChqS8RQRGm-1hwMEVf6bJXy9xsshyaP0EA88Z4XxqEORYaYd7upiVi5szN5sADRO0_gbi8DvAt9RHojgTBG6kXtTynnGGMBZpqqLg3ib-71sFZFHC2SvOZmu2krtSaed_D8Zy1_kvPSg.jpg?r=07a",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/ALnfVbMvPhqZAIuQMLkxmdJcXYk/AAAAQUNKT1untiYodN-Uu6J6QVfNjLeEFkR42QibBFxhWZsznGj-rJzOtbHgqx8h14kGPi9WU9lDQD3NoypQ-vYBjUYbstVje3TL22g7z7UQqecMGrQIq_8Z6Ki2BkJAAKuW3Fze9GMhFqm6oWkuhn_4Md8HiASRTa9zSm7DItqpVCAuLj3yjR96pAiHyJhy2oE4A3i6CXkoguLSbaQu6f0d--buq--grrZ04XQP2MNZYISEitj6ZpO4LbQ5GhztIjQiJgUNNISFzHoFnXuSqA.jpg?r=0bc",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/ALnfVbMvPhqZAIuQMLkxmdJcXYk/AAAAQSfI6-BCPQFTTAsx_wczd8og18ww2Bi27JD31rWoExzeIdssI8IgmHqpnB3MTi80Sq9_hu9Xv_eEK-prdBD_2q8wv4KwlfkUodewUT1rFEerborCKFhnzCWbvMDf-MbCKNAyEpgw18HT-lfKHLwZLTL4dAs-3f0mc1NLf6KgGC3EpjS4boVrGUnBMi6aIgg6YUZsouAwthYrz4ZbURCax6XdNM95N9FONf9kPBE5oUwWSgLp8lNHR27JpegXLOcLNcNCKAM1gVpr6iy1.jpg?r=170",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/ALnfVbMvPhqZAIuQMLkxmdJcXYk/AAAAQaiArIsGkDX3WRAABxrC9GuR_FnJ-JMZ6yQqQhnyyq3eIKLxT7ySnhA0B527Y82UUBKPy1vZ2o10_WsLtj0GM71366A6MRVGXf68Ar4t-oVve22DFmkly6Zt9YH6VeXXJU1rlfWa5dioKK88huRnRPB086SKO4fIalzriGQro4Pc9ZGhnymS3nas6kklFLcbCdwNqHHaAUjsOA0fZxiHGesSoeruB2uRpNQmcPUsByjxQdRGsyGRao6MDDBr1nn_2MP2yzZxmuzYPty24w.jpg?r=516",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/ALnfVbMvPhqZAIuQMLkxmdJcXYk/AAAAQRryzoQsKJxSYKGQXehOoUP9im2j03BGJJGnsBOMeQ6Y_iKo5XVoyGyCCmdydb1YT1iS6yCcHOIiRRGHEKrDN5F4hJ07wSeMH4HM329u9ip7U_LNA6r9Y2F8uwEi5_FVFla8I1VWRBjt3NzczECpZieTdmrDRbrpKzGU5Z9Tw6ZsASAZnJ2GZ_Tz5WVpRtGnu7qaC2qHPScVVnjgGyh_PUEYbSAKm3xdQ0y2ECtU4H2UDuqVeraimjd5oV54-J4ouY1kYQyM48y4SNBECw.jpg?r=6ba",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/ALnfVbMvPhqZAIuQMLkxmdJcXYk/AAAAQcbj7d0HYgAqs6SAkObb8HhzupHvttIOBDYfHzZljTx2X8hiqTAra-SpYXzHaEanCWALlA13U0rUDI2ZQQfOHobzXsN5-_ddZdtkxTO3gS2ClXZsxUbHbXxEJ0HrI0mpm0YvCFmgP-VDJDh2fFeOg-rbrfyaXfPzmw_Qhml2JRbKG-IM9b5hvl12Zs-hlNWKJKHpvbVXUsVSZ417zYNiZBt5tV_EJY9wmsLzeTo2bZNfaUON1PIr9tpSsUoteh-R-mI3pSKrf4y_nGfrZQ.jpg?r=3b7",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/ALnfVbMvPhqZAIuQMLkxmdJcXYk/AAAAQfQlsC82XAWWV1tu5NOnEfSBDSYbtLCF0_ZFT1yDStmSVQhXyOp0S0-_ZrLT3m_kHTvqSyir5RfUJhNttTjQMhkuspfek0HDg8GUOY9LfqUQkKmqKVQfJ_B_SQxuVvmP2NgvO4thEU3s22KdipnqjanLQkWbKK7SAkHrM27kURPjpv0cFRw58PrAsgQqdlFBf49dgoBnTRgLn3m1wIJDFekFzx3nefTpc6iqdR6tacF3_irAi59nEh4pEuhVngjaAEVAH_Dn0KUE9wEYcg.jpg?r=7eb",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/ALnfVbMvPhqZAIuQMLkxmdJcXYk/AAAAQSkTuRo_uk4ZC0VMlkb8R-NOfS2sl97dzuNbBtn8kWxkbflDEUcbNRkZKVovoom1jXJ9p6ei0yKyIfTovLtMZWkwQrkBfYM5OBmovoBmCP0QT1sgFZ7PiTVnZFhTfF1RBeIQ2XCU5ifCap34wP0GDnMEVA_LsDL-EwAgOGdBP2PZLvxIee7MBJdcBh_m12v7fEwzI6H0h4t7uajRcNYNZDMLyhCo4yc0XPtOSSBqth7h1ty1bDw8XbKfDr7TWc1BlAK8KQZo-hr2r1NRzJLbDRZqkhpigzKihO2xzbP7VO5v.jpg?r=645",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/ALnfVbMvPhqZAIuQMLkxmdJcXYk/AAAAQcDvP2JsqsKBstWlpdcaiiRJHHoJ4IujIXt6npJZdCN16ma5Yu_qpxfB_jgtN04PwKGWoOt7X1-29vhCIEYG_r8dvGA2Ew18khctl5OuZMg1_-uGWELNeX5jOQUtovgwtsjC99IP9uWVf8jTzgChtA4SXCZjO8TdKXOkzbC19n4z2QuvkHXj1bqRuCNtelP4FJBY7hIxHRZPxUPo3QzvG07zBlU0v2jMwB72LjccVMuor3YCH9ilr_S2n88ofM2mCq8Rx06s9CBPO8gJuw.jpg?r=317",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/ALnfVbMvPhqZAIuQMLkxmdJcXYk/AAAAQbTsPPpQxSGAO8m17sS1zfMq_uPSnAGtzocnDBgjDZowHxXOYAomFKJ0UnMuOKEQYJw4Q7XXVTsFUv92R3sAiAYX-MRWca2BOFzHxGdKdUMdahcIFjctS7IjA9bNeicBzWblXckfcoVOmwzxV2qEczVR6_lqZLTX10Uq0MYCZLPMSIu5UbQdqlGq3Y62OyLqY9_L7Uos70LY1ceXFYaIZV9CUSGAnr9pXTHGhfrZTcIzaGamrNiGtKG981lOKg79AAsY5EsCMDmsEogLsw.jpg?r=c79",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/ALnfVbMvPhqZAIuQMLkxmdJcXYk/AAAAQT5go9nlHZ-KxWuHjgIyWrTHCqay7WsIkyuKnsYMPuikTX_FDITyyPeTN3vh9oHdiE0ZnSR28jAcMwRTjIkq5s33qvbogcH-nkeJK8Bap7Niw-MhCv0bFltExVUJeYuCS_j_IqByMAvH2_hU17eWzwAAiMVhIocMNc1Qq8pENnfPJE1gFY_9Z1P7AObTO9hXzWxmuKYrFmsHu0LYkL9CMaxNMrf753eDNLsfbrzwd-664vXtYVxU9HVY2FlCHvTzpOyzFZCS3dMz9gpwyA.jpg?r=8d3",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/ALnfVbMvPhqZAIuQMLkxmdJcXYk/AAAAQTJ3IgcGjD5XhKTbrt3A1QzngAb-vGLnO_5-h_pzctOPC5EBsO0vih9eZmtF3C9-Flhh0HJwK9SR_j2zttob-8iWS2aTC63QCYmc-RGy1YKvg9bzKo4S5mYcOosxPeouiBJ6LMvPwpRS8eyrRhD76sNjm4nF_5Vei2oWPpsGoj_6VqiR-cN-0YLDp2oR35w-IRe1k5-wMzkIanTzCf2m93cGBuWKuCitoFcrXIGEoIoDtkdtVL88i3Su0Mv8Ug7aV0WMLHXdzvCDQYitcA.jpg?r=477",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/ALnfVbMvPhqZAIuQMLkxmdJcXYk/AAAAQRIxaFxdYEAo09P1YPiseeFSOdY5WMCJji_FYFrtYYOO4BRXPJ2ypOnHXy3GrP60jZCLNngZ4oMEFRow8UFQXhwLstaRCW8d7HmMgnDEiRPAEs-pvwWcjMk9z0JT1upJw2xaxc6-exut84C8rsidNCWdvmkJU-OOSBKQTZoHEtznPUcCxFZc4ifr8_MYFNnD3uqiknN0UVgCrPk4a6X47v_0uWBdDDce3eJ_l9VAS1d1GfDEKvkVPmVEEPKFx1FJlDsugd2W7lgTDjXThQ.jpg?r=0fd",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/ALnfVbMvPhqZAIuQMLkxmdJcXYk/AAAAQUuRu1Bq1pGMTnV2bS3rZPCBuhDclmVHiAR_ZgwYvMyE_nNexPbrTjqz-eFgWBiZIkAUjmEcyQnltsZUxd_q0qJFNvP-jpIjC-jUn7szNn6sJB3Pnlt1783wdaiQt0P9Fll-ubCSrAyYlrCecJPnjzqtrxCYNx6t7KY_qv3hLYFFgggh5hnLBepxgg-SO5JgUX2oniKYKpfT6mAiraOiiUyfp715UT_Fr2HDh_G8UL7aykSm17S8xMuR3Gh4L7mQ7It7cJf4cIWUzSPjGg.jpg?r=451",
"https://dnm.nflximg.net/api/v6/ALnfVbMvPhqZAIuQMLkxmdJcXYk/AAAAQbrvNrKQxa52YsNuGgtaOgt3NZvXgdjjLhhw1kl0c6EpotP-V4g3nP9B-hz1Q1sYY7q6goCNoETS0Zj19C4omyjrWm0g3KUBzvHcGAfQLk5kU8TRB-hJQHR-bjD2pt2ODIF9EYE0Ls_PMmc1asC9KvHaloMKssIy0qVrFVJaujKyiEEryYTgSt7pvZnvfWha9r-TlFdwnvUXothh8wErQexPwOGWt35mkRnjf5y9O3ERBxwqVlU4kXKKBfTmghfrYDF34eB5n_-WBNNdvmZAAksYg9V0NpJ4eGBr8Ep_WQ950040FA.jpg?r=7c0"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[
"Matthew Jacobs"
] |
2023-07-07T16:00:00+00:00
|
Crack the case on mysteries like Glass Onion, Enola Holmes and Murder Mystery — they'll have all the clues you'll need for your next movie night.
|
en
|
https://assets.nflxext.com/ffe/siteui/common/icons/nficon2023.ico
|
Netflix Tudum
|
https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/mystery-movies
|
Hollywood genres tend to wax and wane, but not mysteries. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, The Thin Man and The Maltese Falcon introduced early moviegoing audiences to the thrills of a riddle, popularizing a model that could be tweaked for horror (Hitchcock, Se7en), comedy (Charade, Clue), noirish drama (L.A. Confidential, Memento, Gone Girl) and beyond. Today, mysteries are as popular as ever.
We all love to play armchair detective, and trying to deduce the outcome before it arrives is what keeps the genre fresh. So whether you want an all-star laugh riot or a brooding psychodrama, here are 12 worthwhile mystery movies that’ll put your puzzle-solving skills to good use.
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Even before Knives Out became a monster hit in theaters, writer-director Rian Johnson started brainstorming sequels. His slick Southern-fried detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) could be the second coming of Hercule Poirot, the famed Agatha Christie private eye who solved mysteries across 33 novels and even more short stories. The first of Johnson’s sequels is Glass Onion, a starry comedy about a tech billionaire (Edward Norton) who invites his friends — played by the likes of Kate Hudson, Janelle Monáe, Kathryn Hahn and Dave Bautista — to participate in a remote murder-mystery getaway that soon turns deadly. The funny, tightly plotted movie earned an Oscar nomination for best adapted screenplay, and you don’t have to be a sleuth to see why.
Murder Mystery
Just Go With It co-stars Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston reunited for a good cause: to solve a Murder Mystery on a billionaire’s yacht. They play a married couple — he’s an NYPD officer, she’s a hairdresser — traveling to Europe with modest means. En route, the pair meet a suave aristocrat (Luke Evans) who suggests they join his Mediterranean cruise, only to find themselves accused of killing his uncle (Terence Stamp) aboard the boat. Murder Mystery is like a rowdier Clue, with Sandler and Aniston surrounded by a rogues’ gallery of eccentric suspects. They’re so good at puzzling out the murder that they decide to start their own detective firm in Murder Mystery 2.
Missing
Technology has long been central to the horror genre, most notably in the found-footage fad and the newer screenlife trend, in which action unfolds on computers, smartphones and similar devices. Thrillers like Unfriended, Searching and Host have filtered characters’ frights through screens, proving what a terrifying place the internet can be. Missing is an anthology sequel to Searching, meaning it borrows the same technique with different characters. A Wrinkle in Time’s Storm Reid plays an 18-year-old convinced her mother (Nia Long) has been kidnapped after she fails to return home from a vacation with her boyfriend (Ken Leung). Fast-paced and full of twists, Missing is an absolute adrenaline rush.
Enola Holmes
Millie Bobby Brown trades her Stranger Things telekinesis for the powers of deduction with this eponymous role as Sherlock Holmes’ plucky 16-year-old sister, who got her own book series in the 2000s. Enola, far scrappier than the typical Victorian-era woman, takes after her investigative brother (Henry Cavill) when their mother (Helena Bonham Carter) goes missing. Her search leads Enola through London, where she encounters other mysteries and proves that sexist social mores won’t interrupt her quest. Brown, who won raves for her comic timing, reprised the character in a rollicking 2022 sequel that finds Enola turning her detective skills into a lucrative career.
The Nice Guys
Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe are a perfect odd couple in Shane Black’s groovy noir comedy about a hapless private eye and a tough-guy enforcer teaming up to find a supposedly dead porn star whose aunt (Lois Smith) swears she’s still alive. Gosling squeals his way through the funniest performance of his career thus far, with Crowe serving as his gruff foil. Their mission leads the men to one of the actor’s colleagues (Margaret Qualley), who’s involved in an elaborate activist scheme befitting the film’s ’70s setting. The Nice Guys, which felt like a welcome throwback when it was released in 2016, is the epitome of a fun hang.
The Wonder
Florence Pugh headlines this fascinating slice of historical fiction adapted from Room author Emma Donoghue’s 2016 novel of the same name. Pugh plays a 19th-century English nurse enlisted to inspect an 11-year-old Irish girl (Kíla Lord Cassidy) who says she’s been fasting for four months, subsisting on the manna God sends her from heaven. Is she a divine apostle enacting penance? A medical enigma? A strong-willed young woman seeking bodily autonomy? Pugh’s self-possessed Lib Wright is determined to find out. Sebastián Lelio, the Oscar-winning director of Gloria and A Fantastic Woman, made this sumptuous drama, which features one of Pugh’s best performances.
Luckiest Girl Alive
Jessica Knoll’s debut novel of the same name was a hot property when it became a bestseller in 2015, three years after Gone Girl jump-started a wave of popular female-centered crime thrillers. The film adaptation stars Mila Kunis as a magazine editor who survived a school shooting and other horrific incidents as a teenager. But the past is never dead, and hers starts to rear its head when her wealthy fiancé (Finn Wittrock) suggests they relocate to London. Luckiest Girl Alive is about confronting demons, with Kunis’ Ani piecing her own history together as everything looks picture-perfect from the outside.
The Woman in the Window
Another product of the Gone Girl gold rush, The Woman in the Window is adapted from a book that topped The New York Times bestseller list in 2018. Faithful to its title, Amy Adams plays a boozy agoraphobe in New York City who spies on her neighbors, specifically a troubled family that recently moved in across the street. Convinced she sees the patriarch (Gary Oldman) stab his wife (Jennifer Jason Leigh) one night, she keeps a watchful, paranoid eye on what may or may not be happening outside her door — which gets complicated when the man shows up with an entirely different wife (Julianne Moore). The twists in this Rear Window-esque thriller directed by Joe Wright (Atonement) and written by Tracy Letts (August: Osage County) pair well with a tall glass of red wine and all the lights turned out.
Velvet Buzzsaw
Jake Gyllenhaal went through a gloriously zany phase in the 2010s, starting with Nightcrawler, peaking with Okja and concluding with Velvet Buzzsaw. In the latter, he plays Morf Vandewalt (what a name!), a pompous art critic writing a biography about a dead artist whose newly unearthed paintings kill the interlopers who try to commodify them. Gyllenhaal’s decadent, bespectacled performance in this satirical thriller rounds out a sterling cast that includes Toni Collette, Rene Russo, Daveed Diggs, John Malkovich and Stranger Things’ Natalia Dyer.
Prisoners
Gyllenhaal is much more no-nonsense in Prisoners than he was in Velvet Buzzsaw, but he still turns in a twitchy, idiosyncratic performance. This time, he plays a detective investigating the kidnapping of two young girls belonging to a distraught father (Hugh Jackman) in small-town Pennsylvania. The search brings Gyllenhaal’s gumshoe face-to-face with various suspects played by Viola Davis, Terrence Howard, Paul Dano and an unrecognizable Melissa Leo. The reason the girls disappeared leads to a shocking third-act twist that makes Denis Villeneuve’s movie a chilling thrill.
Where the Crawdads Sing
When it hit theaters in 2022, Where the Crawdads Sing was a mammoth hit, grossing $144.4 million worldwide. No surprise there: It’s based on one of the bestselling novels of the 2010s, brought to the big screen courtesy of Reese Witherspoon’s production company. The story kicks off with a dead body found in the marshland of North Carolina — primo mystery fodder. Daisy Edgar-Jones plays an orphan accused of committing the murder, seeing as the corpse belongs to her former fiancé (Harris Dickinson). Part swampy thriller and part courtroom saga, Crawdads is a Southern Gothic melodrama.
Lost Girls
This particular mystery is more harrowing than most: It’s based on the true story of an activist named Mari Gilbert (Amy Ryan) who pressed law enforcement in Long Island, New York, to search for a string of dead sex workers that included her own daughter. Lost Girls was adapted from the revered nonfiction book by journalist Robert Kolker, and it’s steeped in raw details about the hunt for a serial killer believed to have murdered between 10 and 18 young women. Ryan is gripping in the lead role. She’s a passionate foil for the jaded police commissioner (Gabriel Byrne) reluctant to give the case the treatment it deserves.
|
||||
6282
|
dbpedia
|
0
| 45
|
http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film5/dvd_reviews_64/secret_of_the_whistler.htm
|
en
|
The Secret of the Whistler
|
http://www.dvdbeaver.com/banners/Essential_Noir_on_Blu-ray800.jpg
|
[
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/2/become_a_patron_button-50.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/ads/banner_top.gif",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/ads/top-main1.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/banners/main-bann.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/ads/bottom-main.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/ads/banner_but.gif",
"http://www.google.com/images/poweredby_transparent/poweredby_999999.gif",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film5/dvd_reviews_64/secret_of_the_whistler_dvd_/The_Secret_of_the_Whistler-Richard_Dix-Title.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film5/dvd_reviews_64/secret_of_the_whistler_dvd_/The_Secret_of_the_Whistler-Richard_Dix-Poster1.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film5/dvd_reviews_64/secret_of_the_whistler_dvd_/The_Secret_of_the_Whistler-Richard_Dix-Poster2.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film5/dvd_reviews_64/secret_of_the_whistler_dvd_/The_Secret_of_the_Whistler-Richard_Dix-Poster3.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film5/dvd_reviews_64/secret_of_the_whistler_dvd_/The_Secret_of_the_Whistler-Richard_Dix-Poster4.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film5/dvd_reviews_64/secret_of_the_whistler_dvd_/The_Secret_of_the_Whistler-Richard_Dix-Poster5.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/banners/Essential_Noir_on_Blu-ray800.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film5/dvd_reviews_64/secret_of_the_whistler_dvd_/The_Whistler_Collection-Richard_Dix-DVD_Onesmedia-Cover.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/releasebuttons/button.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/releasebuttons/amazone_ca.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/releasebuttons/amazone_uk.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/releasebuttons/amazone_fr.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film5/dvd_reviews_64/secret_of_the_whistler_dvd_/The_Secret_of_the_Whistler-Richard_Dix-DVD_Choice_Collection-Cover.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/releasebuttons/button.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/releasebuttons/amazone_ca.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/releasebuttons/amazone_uk.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/releasebuttons/amazone_fr.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film5/dvd_reviews_64/secret_of_the_whistler_dvd_/The_Whistler_Collection-Richard_Dix-DVD_Onesmedia-bitrate_Film6.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film5/dvd_reviews_64/secret_of_the_whistler_dvd_/The_Secret_of_the_Whistler-Richard_Dix-DVD_Choice_Collection-bitrate.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/banners/Essential_Noir_on_Blu-ray800.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film5/dvd_reviews_64/secret_of_the_whistler_dvd_/The_Whistler_Collection-Richard_Dix-DVD_Onesmedia-MainMenu_Disc3.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film5/dvd_reviews_64/secret_of_the_whistler_dvd_/The_Secret_of_the_Whistler-Richard_Dix-DVD_Onesmedia-00133.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film5/dvd_reviews_64/secret_of_the_whistler_dvd_/The_Secret_of_the_Whistler-Richard_Dix-DVD_Choice_Collection-00133.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film5/dvd_reviews_64/secret_of_the_whistler_dvd_/The_Secret_of_the_Whistler-Richard_Dix-DVD_Onesmedia-01522.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film5/dvd_reviews_64/secret_of_the_whistler_dvd_/The_Secret_of_the_Whistler-Richard_Dix-DVD_Choice_Collection-01521.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film5/dvd_reviews_64/secret_of_the_whistler_dvd_/The_Secret_of_the_Whistler-Richard_Dix-DVD_Onesmedia-02002.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film5/dvd_reviews_64/secret_of_the_whistler_dvd_/The_Secret_of_the_Whistler-Richard_Dix-DVD_Choice_Collection-02002.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film5/dvd_reviews_64/secret_of_the_whistler_dvd_/The_Secret_of_the_Whistler-Richard_Dix-DVD_Onesmedia-03244.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film5/dvd_reviews_64/secret_of_the_whistler_dvd_/The_Secret_of_the_Whistler-Richard_Dix-DVD_Choice_Collection-03243.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film5/dvd_reviews_64/secret_of_the_whistler_dvd_/The_Secret_of_the_Whistler-Richard_Dix-DVD_Onesmedia-04957.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film5/dvd_reviews_64/secret_of_the_whistler_dvd_/The_Secret_of_the_Whistler-Richard_Dix-DVD_Choice_Collection-04957.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film5/dvd_reviews_64/secret_of_the_whistler_dvd_/The_Secret_of_the_Whistler-Richard_Dix-DVD_Onesmedia-05435.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film5/dvd_reviews_64/secret_of_the_whistler_dvd_/The_Secret_of_the_Whistler-Richard_Dix-DVD_Choice_Collection-05434.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film5/dvd_reviews_64/secret_of_the_whistler_dvd_/The_Secret_of_the_Whistler-Richard_Dix-DVD_Onesmedia-05803.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film5/dvd_reviews_64/secret_of_the_whistler_dvd_/The_Secret_of_the_Whistler-Richard_Dix-DVD_Choice_Collection-05802.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film5/dvd_reviews_64/secret_of_the_whistler_dvd_/The_Whistler_Collection-Richard_Dix-DVD_Onesmedia-Cover.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/releasebuttons/button.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/releasebuttons/amazone_ca.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/releasebuttons/amazone_uk.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/releasebuttons/amazone_fr.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film5/dvd_reviews_64/secret_of_the_whistler_dvd_/The_Secret_of_the_Whistler-Richard_Dix-DVD_Choice_Collection-Cover.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/releasebuttons/button.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/releasebuttons/amazone_ca.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/releasebuttons/amazone_uk.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/releasebuttons/amazone_fr.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/images/warner%20archive/archive_banner.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/ads/banner_top.gif",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/ads/top-main1.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/ads/bottom-main.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/ads/banner_but.gif",
"http://www.google.com/images/poweredby_transparent/poweredby_999999.gif",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/_vti_bin/fpcount.exe/?Page=film5/dvd_reviews_64/secret_of_the_whistler.htm|Image=3",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/banners/follow_us_on_twitter_sample.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/1/warner_archive/newsletter_subscribe_sample.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/2/2017_blu-ray_of_the_year_/BD-DVD-2017_click-here-980.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film6/silent_films_on_blu-ray_/pre-code-980-banner.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film6/blu-ray_reviews_78/blu-rays_in_france_/silent-980-banner.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film6/blu-ray_reviews_79/creature_features_blu-ray_/run-amok-980.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film6/blu-ray_reviews_76/50s_science_fiction_classics_/banner-sci-fi-980.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film6/blu-ray_reviews_77/hammer_films_blu-ray_/hammer-on-blu-ray-banner_980.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/2005/bannoir_ad2-large.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/2005/large_apocalypse.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film6/blu-ray_reviews_76/neo_noir_blu-ray_/DesertIsland-click.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film6/blu-ray_reviews_76/neo_noir_blu-ray_/banner-neo2.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film6/blu-ray_reviews_76/best_100_westerrns/main-click_western_banner.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film6/blu-ray_reviews_76/giallo_blu-rays_/giallo-blu-ray-banner.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/banners/amazon-fr_guide-banner.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/banners/dvdbeaver-amazon-germany.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/banners/Essential%20Noir%20on%20Blu-ray3.jpg",
"http://www.dvdbeaver.com/2005/banner_TOS31.jpg",
"http://wms.assoc-amazon.com/20070822/US/img/noscript.gif?tag=dvdbeaver-20"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[] | null | null |
The Whistler 8-film series has been released on Blu-ray - reviewed / compared HERE
The Whistler series of eight movies was probably the most requested film series from Columbia library to get a DVD release and it was missing from authorized digital media until now. There were many questionable releases from various companies, like from Onesmedia compared here, a company specializing on radio compilation CDs and DVDs that also releases some film series based in radio plays. Their early release of The Whistler series also includes a DVD of over 235 hours of The Whistler radio mystery plays, but it's no longer available on Amazon. While it was nice to see all eight films collected in one made-on-demand package, the quality of transfers is poor and new made-on-demand discs from Sony Pictures blows the transfers in all regards. The excellent contrast, grain structure and lack of any damage on the print, including annoying watermarks with a company logo seen on Onesmedia releases, make releases from Sony easy to recommend. So far Sony skipped the second entry in the series, The Mark of the Whistler, which was based on Cornell Woolrich's story, Dormant Account, likely due to clearance. 4 releases from Sony Pictures have already been reviewed here at DVDBeaver - The Whistler, The Power of the Whistler, Voice of the Whistler and Mysterious Intruder. The final three features were released in July 2015 - The Secret of the Whistler, The Thirteenth Hour and The Return of the Whistler - all enjoyable and each has its own merits, but are lacking compared to the first films in the series. They are a nice way to finish the series, and we are comparing them here for completeness sake. The films get our recommendation for any film noir fan and hopefully we will see a better priced boxset release that includes The Mark of the Whistler.
|
|||||||
6282
|
dbpedia
|
0
| 53
|
https://www.cbc.ca/books/30-canadian-books-for-the-thriller-horror-mystery-and-crime-fan-this-holiday-season-1.6673815
|
en
|
30 Canadian books for the thriller, horror mystery and crime fan this holiday season
|
[
"https://www.cbc.ca/a/images/nojsimg.gif",
"https://i.cbc.ca/1.6674765.1670264108!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_300/louise-penny-a-world-of-curiosities.jpg 300w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6674765.1670264108!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_460/louise-penny-a-world-of-curiosities.jpg 460w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6674765.1670264108!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_620/louise-penny-a-world-of-curiosities.jpg 620w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6674765.1670264108!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_780/louise-penny-a-world-of-curiosities.jpg 780w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6674765.1670264108!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_1180/louise-penny-a-world-of-curiosities.jpg 1180w",
"https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1.6676108,1717370353869/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C1180%2C663%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29",
"https://i.cbc.ca/1.6539501.1670419801!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_300/please-join-us.jpg 300w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6539501.1670419801!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_460/please-join-us.jpg 460w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6539501.1670419801!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_620/please-join-us.jpg 620w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6539501.1670419801!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_780/please-join-us.jpg 780w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6539501.1670419801!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_1180/please-join-us.jpg 1180w",
"https://i.cbc.ca/1.6295012.1683921297!/fileImage/httpImage/image.png_gen/derivatives/original_300/things-we-do-in-the-dark-by-jennifer-hillier.png 300w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6295012.1683921297!/fileImage/httpImage/image.png_gen/derivatives/original_460/things-we-do-in-the-dark-by-jennifer-hillier.png 460w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6295012.1683921297!/fileImage/httpImage/image.png_gen/derivatives/original_620/things-we-do-in-the-dark-by-jennifer-hillier.png 620w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6295012.1683921297!/fileImage/httpImage/image.png_gen/derivatives/original_780/things-we-do-in-the-dark-by-jennifer-hillier.png 780w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6295012.1683921297!/fileImage/httpImage/image.png_gen/derivatives/original_1180/things-we-do-in-the-dark-by-jennifer-hillier.png 1180w",
"https://i.cbc.ca/1.6505986.1670419887!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_300/composite-of-cold-cold-bones-by-kathy-reichs.jpg 300w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6505986.1670419887!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_460/composite-of-cold-cold-bones-by-kathy-reichs.jpg 460w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6505986.1670419887!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_620/composite-of-cold-cold-bones-by-kathy-reichs.jpg 620w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6505986.1670419887!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_780/composite-of-cold-cold-bones-by-kathy-reichs.jpg 780w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6505986.1670419887!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_1180/composite-of-cold-cold-bones-by-kathy-reichs.jpg 1180w",
"https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1.6576914,1717389347303/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C1920%2C1080%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29",
"https://i.cbc.ca/1.6297470.1640353270!/fileImage/httpImage/image.png_gen/derivatives/original_300/the-maid-by-nita-prose.png 300w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6297470.1640353270!/fileImage/httpImage/image.png_gen/derivatives/original_460/the-maid-by-nita-prose.png 460w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6297470.1640353270!/fileImage/httpImage/image.png_gen/derivatives/original_620/the-maid-by-nita-prose.png 620w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6297470.1640353270!/fileImage/httpImage/image.png_gen/derivatives/original_780/the-maid-by-nita-prose.png 780w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6297470.1640353270!/fileImage/httpImage/image.png_gen/derivatives/original_1180/the-maid-by-nita-prose.png 1180w",
"https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1.6339139,1717350797611/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C640%2C360%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29",
"https://i.cbc.ca/1.6442133.1662130173!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_300/daniel-kalla.jpg 300w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6442133.1662130173!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_460/daniel-kalla.jpg 460w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6442133.1662130173!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_620/daniel-kalla.jpg 620w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6442133.1662130173!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_780/daniel-kalla.jpg 780w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6442133.1662130173!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_1180/daniel-kalla.jpg 1180w",
"https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1.6443605,1717356514456/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C640%2C360%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29",
"https://i.cbc.ca/1.6569166.1669061489!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_300/the-other-ones-by-jamesie-fournier-illustrated-by-toma-feizo-gas.jpg 300w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6569166.1669061489!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_460/the-other-ones-by-jamesie-fournier-illustrated-by-toma-feizo-gas.jpg 460w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6569166.1669061489!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_620/the-other-ones-by-jamesie-fournier-illustrated-by-toma-feizo-gas.jpg 620w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6569166.1669061489!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_780/the-other-ones-by-jamesie-fournier-illustrated-by-toma-feizo-gas.jpg 780w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6569166.1669061489!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_1180/the-other-ones-by-jamesie-fournier-illustrated-by-toma-feizo-gas.jpg 1180w",
"https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1.6426858,1717355785154/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C640%2C360%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29",
"https://i.cbc.ca/1.6496221.1655834926!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_300/22-murders-by-paul-palango.jpg 300w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6496221.1655834926!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_460/22-murders-by-paul-palango.jpg 460w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6496221.1655834926!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_620/22-murders-by-paul-palango.jpg 620w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6496221.1655834926!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_780/22-murders-by-paul-palango.jpg 780w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6496221.1655834926!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_1180/22-murders-by-paul-palango.jpg 1180w",
"https://i.cbc.ca/1.6569145.1662021922!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_300/midnight-storm-moonless-sky-by-alex-soop.jpg 300w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6569145.1662021922!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_460/midnight-storm-moonless-sky-by-alex-soop.jpg 460w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6569145.1662021922!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_620/midnight-storm-moonless-sky-by-alex-soop.jpg 620w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6569145.1662021922!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_780/midnight-storm-moonless-sky-by-alex-soop.jpg 780w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6569145.1662021922!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_1180/midnight-storm-moonless-sky-by-alex-soop.jpg 1180w",
"https://i.cbc.ca/1.6424567.1650465978!/fileImage/httpImage/image.png_gen/derivatives/original_300/mindful-of-murder-by-susan-juby.png 300w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6424567.1650465978!/fileImage/httpImage/image.png_gen/derivatives/original_460/mindful-of-murder-by-susan-juby.png 460w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6424567.1650465978!/fileImage/httpImage/image.png_gen/derivatives/original_620/mindful-of-murder-by-susan-juby.png 620w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6424567.1650465978!/fileImage/httpImage/image.png_gen/derivatives/original_780/mindful-of-murder-by-susan-juby.png 780w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6424567.1650465978!/fileImage/httpImage/image.png_gen/derivatives/original_1180/mindful-of-murder-by-susan-juby.png 1180w",
"https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1.6389922,1717353604913/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C640%2C360%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29",
"https://i.cbc.ca/1.6278559.1685390946!/fileImage/httpImage/image.png_gen/derivatives/original_300/sarah-weinman-is-the-author-of-scoundrel.png 300w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6278559.1685390946!/fileImage/httpImage/image.png_gen/derivatives/original_460/sarah-weinman-is-the-author-of-scoundrel.png 460w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6278559.1685390946!/fileImage/httpImage/image.png_gen/derivatives/original_620/sarah-weinman-is-the-author-of-scoundrel.png 620w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6278559.1685390946!/fileImage/httpImage/image.png_gen/derivatives/original_780/sarah-weinman-is-the-author-of-scoundrel.png 780w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6278559.1685390946!/fileImage/httpImage/image.png_gen/derivatives/original_1180/sarah-weinman-is-the-author-of-scoundrel.png 1180w",
"https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1.5567761,1717230359876/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C780%2C438%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29",
"https://i.cbc.ca/1.6539487.1680095432!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_300/are-you-sara.jpg 300w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6539487.1680095432!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_460/are-you-sara.jpg 460w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6539487.1680095432!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_620/are-you-sara.jpg 620w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6539487.1680095432!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_780/are-you-sara.jpg 780w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6539487.1680095432!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_1180/are-you-sara.jpg 1180w",
"https://i.cbc.ca/1.6310495.1651573287!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_300/take-your-breath-away.jpg 300w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6310495.1651573287!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_460/take-your-breath-away.jpg 460w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6310495.1651573287!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_620/take-your-breath-away.jpg 620w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6310495.1651573287!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_780/take-your-breath-away.jpg 780w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6310495.1651573287!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_1180/take-your-breath-away.jpg 1180w",
"https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1.6500011,1717360235802/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C640%2C360%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29",
"https://i.cbc.ca/1.6297474.1685542734!/fileImage/httpImage/image.png_gen/derivatives/original_300/deep-house-by-thomas-king.png 300w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6297474.1685542734!/fileImage/httpImage/image.png_gen/derivatives/original_460/deep-house-by-thomas-king.png 460w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6297474.1685542734!/fileImage/httpImage/image.png_gen/derivatives/original_620/deep-house-by-thomas-king.png 620w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6297474.1685542734!/fileImage/httpImage/image.png_gen/derivatives/original_780/deep-house-by-thomas-king.png 780w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6297474.1685542734!/fileImage/httpImage/image.png_gen/derivatives/original_1180/deep-house-by-thomas-king.png 1180w",
"https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1.6435216,1717356274691/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C640%2C360%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29",
"https://i.cbc.ca/1.6119289.1627405940!/fileImage/httpImage/image.png_gen/derivatives/original_300/hell-and-gone-by-sam-wiebe.png 300w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6119289.1627405940!/fileImage/httpImage/image.png_gen/derivatives/original_460/hell-and-gone-by-sam-wiebe.png 460w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6119289.1627405940!/fileImage/httpImage/image.png_gen/derivatives/original_620/hell-and-gone-by-sam-wiebe.png 620w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6119289.1627405940!/fileImage/httpImage/image.png_gen/derivatives/original_780/hell-and-gone-by-sam-wiebe.png 780w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6119289.1627405940!/fileImage/httpImage/image.png_gen/derivatives/original_1180/hell-and-gone-by-sam-wiebe.png 1180w",
"https://i.cbc.ca/1.6520192.1657789121!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_300/the-don-lorna-poplak.jpg 300w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6520192.1657789121!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_460/the-don-lorna-poplak.jpg 460w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6520192.1657789121!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_620/the-don-lorna-poplak.jpg 620w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6520192.1657789121!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_780/the-don-lorna-poplak.jpg 780w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6520192.1657789121!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_1180/the-don-lorna-poplak.jpg 1180w",
"https://i.cbc.ca/1.6320100.1642600126!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_300/last-one-alive.jpg 300w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6320100.1642600126!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_460/last-one-alive.jpg 460w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6320100.1642600126!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_620/last-one-alive.jpg 620w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6320100.1642600126!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_780/last-one-alive.jpg 780w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6320100.1642600126!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_1180/last-one-alive.jpg 1180w",
"https://i.cbc.ca/1.6569144.1662021752!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_300/blackwater-falls-by-ausma-zehanat-khan.jpg 300w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6569144.1662021752!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_460/blackwater-falls-by-ausma-zehanat-khan.jpg 460w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6569144.1662021752!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_620/blackwater-falls-by-ausma-zehanat-khan.jpg 620w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6569144.1662021752!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_780/blackwater-falls-by-ausma-zehanat-khan.jpg 780w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6569144.1662021752!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_1180/blackwater-falls-by-ausma-zehanat-khan.jpg 1180w",
"https://i.cbc.ca/1.6506210.1656538374!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_300/vicious-creatures-by-ashton-noone.jpg 300w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6506210.1656538374!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_460/vicious-creatures-by-ashton-noone.jpg 460w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6506210.1656538374!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_620/vicious-creatures-by-ashton-noone.jpg 620w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6506210.1656538374!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_780/vicious-creatures-by-ashton-noone.jpg 780w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6506210.1656538374!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_1180/vicious-creatures-by-ashton-noone.jpg 1180w",
"https://i.cbc.ca/1.6298261.1640441826!/fileImage/httpImage/image.png_gen/derivatives/original_300/an-unthinkable-thing-by-nicole-lundrigan.png 300w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6298261.1640441826!/fileImage/httpImage/image.png_gen/derivatives/original_460/an-unthinkable-thing-by-nicole-lundrigan.png 460w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6298261.1640441826!/fileImage/httpImage/image.png_gen/derivatives/original_620/an-unthinkable-thing-by-nicole-lundrigan.png 620w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6298261.1640441826!/fileImage/httpImage/image.png_gen/derivatives/original_780/an-unthinkable-thing-by-nicole-lundrigan.png 780w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6298261.1640441826!/fileImage/httpImage/image.png_gen/derivatives/original_1180/an-unthinkable-thing-by-nicole-lundrigan.png 1180w",
"https://i.cbc.ca/1.6138477.1657110625!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_300/watch-out-for-her-by-samantha-m-bailey.jpg 300w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6138477.1657110625!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_460/watch-out-for-her-by-samantha-m-bailey.jpg 460w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6138477.1657110625!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_620/watch-out-for-her-by-samantha-m-bailey.jpg 620w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6138477.1657110625!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_780/watch-out-for-her-by-samantha-m-bailey.jpg 780w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6138477.1657110625!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_1180/watch-out-for-her-by-samantha-m-bailey.jpg 1180w",
"https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1.5502666,1717230644588/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C640%2C360%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29",
"https://i.cbc.ca/1.6285205.1640879528!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_300/in-the-dark-we-forget-is-by-sandra-sg-wong.jpg 300w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6285205.1640879528!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_460/in-the-dark-we-forget-is-by-sandra-sg-wong.jpg 460w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6285205.1640879528!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_620/in-the-dark-we-forget-is-by-sandra-sg-wong.jpg 620w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6285205.1640879528!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_780/in-the-dark-we-forget-is-by-sandra-sg-wong.jpg 780w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6285205.1640879528!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_1180/in-the-dark-we-forget-is-by-sandra-sg-wong.jpg 1180w",
"https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1.6467846,1717358055485/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C640%2C360%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29",
"https://i.cbc.ca/1.6569154.1662023656!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_300/cold-snap-by-maureen-jennings.jpg 300w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6569154.1662023656!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_460/cold-snap-by-maureen-jennings.jpg 460w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6569154.1662023656!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_620/cold-snap-by-maureen-jennings.jpg 620w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6569154.1662023656!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_780/cold-snap-by-maureen-jennings.jpg 780w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6569154.1662023656!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_1180/cold-snap-by-maureen-jennings.jpg 1180w",
"https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1.6655978,1717369327033/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C640%2C360%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29",
"https://i.cbc.ca/1.6677755.1670445090!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_300/noonday-dark-by-charles-demers.jpg 300w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6677755.1670445090!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_460/noonday-dark-by-charles-demers.jpg 460w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6677755.1670445090!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_620/noonday-dark-by-charles-demers.jpg 620w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6677755.1670445090!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_780/noonday-dark-by-charles-demers.jpg 780w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6677755.1670445090!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_1180/noonday-dark-by-charles-demers.jpg 1180w",
"https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1.6606991,1717366568966/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C1920%2C1080%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29",
"https://i.cbc.ca/1.6630198.1686750157!/fileImage/httpImage/image.png_gen/derivatives/original_300/composite-queer-little-nightmares-edited-by-david-ly-and-daniel-zomparelli.png 300w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6630198.1686750157!/fileImage/httpImage/image.png_gen/derivatives/original_460/composite-queer-little-nightmares-edited-by-david-ly-and-daniel-zomparelli.png 460w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6630198.1686750157!/fileImage/httpImage/image.png_gen/derivatives/original_620/composite-queer-little-nightmares-edited-by-david-ly-and-daniel-zomparelli.png 620w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6630198.1686750157!/fileImage/httpImage/image.png_gen/derivatives/original_780/composite-queer-little-nightmares-edited-by-david-ly-and-daniel-zomparelli.png 780w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6630198.1686750157!/fileImage/httpImage/image.png_gen/derivatives/original_1180/composite-queer-little-nightmares-edited-by-david-ly-and-daniel-zomparelli.png 1180w",
"https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1.6635284,1717368129024/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C1920%2C1080%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29",
"https://i.cbc.ca/1.6295000.1640185543!/fileImage/httpImage/image.png_gen/derivatives/original_300/a-rip-through-time-by-kelley-armstrong.png 300w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6295000.1640185543!/fileImage/httpImage/image.png_gen/derivatives/original_460/a-rip-through-time-by-kelley-armstrong.png 460w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6295000.1640185543!/fileImage/httpImage/image.png_gen/derivatives/original_620/a-rip-through-time-by-kelley-armstrong.png 620w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6295000.1640185543!/fileImage/httpImage/image.png_gen/derivatives/original_780/a-rip-through-time-by-kelley-armstrong.png 780w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6295000.1640185543!/fileImage/httpImage/image.png_gen/derivatives/original_1180/a-rip-through-time-by-kelley-armstrong.png 1180w",
"https://i.cbc.ca/1.6569190.1662027353!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_300/five-moves-of-doom-by-a-j-devlin.jpg 300w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6569190.1662027353!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_460/five-moves-of-doom-by-a-j-devlin.jpg 460w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6569190.1662027353!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_620/five-moves-of-doom-by-a-j-devlin.jpg 620w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6569190.1662027353!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_780/five-moves-of-doom-by-a-j-devlin.jpg 780w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6569190.1662027353!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_1180/five-moves-of-doom-by-a-j-devlin.jpg 1180w",
"https://i.cbc.ca/1.6569184.1682446831!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_300/i-m-the-girl-by-courtney-summers.jpg 300w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6569184.1682446831!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_460/i-m-the-girl-by-courtney-summers.jpg 460w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6569184.1682446831!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_620/i-m-the-girl-by-courtney-summers.jpg 620w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6569184.1682446831!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_780/i-m-the-girl-by-courtney-summers.jpg 780w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6569184.1682446831!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_1180/i-m-the-girl-by-courtney-summers.jpg 1180w",
"https://i.cbc.ca/1.6569177.1662026548!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_300/we-spread-by-iain-reid.jpg 300w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6569177.1662026548!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_460/we-spread-by-iain-reid.jpg 460w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6569177.1662026548!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_620/we-spread-by-iain-reid.jpg 620w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6569177.1662026548!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_780/we-spread-by-iain-reid.jpg 780w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6569177.1662026548!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_1180/we-spread-by-iain-reid.jpg 1180w",
"https://i.cbc.ca/1.6635228.1690476015!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_300/ainslie-hogarth-motherthing.jpg 300w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6635228.1690476015!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_460/ainslie-hogarth-motherthing.jpg 460w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6635228.1690476015!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_620/ainslie-hogarth-motherthing.jpg 620w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6635228.1690476015!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_780/ainslie-hogarth-motherthing.jpg 780w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.6635228.1690476015!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_1180/ainslie-hogarth-motherthing.jpg 1180w",
"https://subscriptions.cbc.ca/newsletter_static/images/1570813701407-cbcbooks-logo.svg"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[
"CBC Books"
] |
2022-12-07T21:00:00+00:00
|
Books make great gifts for everyone! If you know someone who loves a good scare or a page-turning read that keeps them up all night, check out these titles.
|
en
|
/a/apple-touch-icon.png
|
CBC
|
https://www.cbc.ca/books/30-canadian-books-for-the-thriller-horror-mystery-and-crime-fan-this-holiday-season-1.6673815
|
Books make great gifts for everyone! If you know someone who loves a page-turning read that keeps them up all night, check out these 30 Canadian titles.
A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny
A World of Curiosities is Louise Penny's 18th book in the Armand Gamache series, which takes place in a warm, eccentric, tight-knit community known as Three Pines. This time out, Inspector Gamache gets caught up in a story involving two young siblings who have appeared in the village. The pair were young when their troubled mother was murdered, leaving them damaged. Gamache must uncover why they have arrived in town — before it's too late.
Louise Penny shares 5 books that inspired her to write the Armand Gamache mystery series
Louise Penny, a former CBC broadcaster and journalist, is the bestselling author of the Inspector Armand Gamache mysteries.
LISTEN | Louise Penny and École Polytechnique shooting survivor Nathalie Provost discuss A World of Curiosities:
Please Join Us by Catherine McKenzie
Please Join Us is a novel with themes of identity, belonging and the power of community. Soon to be 40, a woman named Nicole is at a crossroads. Her career and marriage are both ending and she is faced with being evicted from her home. But an invitation from a secret organization leads her to a retreat in Colorado, where she soon discovers the group might be a cult.
Catherine McKenzie on the hard work and luck it takes to be a successful writer
Catherine McKenzie is a former Montreal lawyer and author of several bestselling books, including the thrillers Forgotten, Hidden, Smoke and The Good Liar.
Things We Do in the Dark by Jennifer Hillier
When Paris Peralta is arrested in her bathroom covered in blood with her celebrity husband dead in the bathtub, she knows she will be charged with murder. Twenty-five years earlier, Ruby Reyes was convicted of a similar murder in a trial that riveted Canada in the early 1990s. When Reyes is unexpectedly released from prison, she threatens to expose all of Paris's secrets and Paris must confront the dark past she left behind.
Jennifer Hillier's dark fiction: 'I'm fascinated with who people really are when they think nobody's watching'
Jennifer Hillier is the author of eight psychological thrillers, including Little Secrets. Hillier lives in Toronto.
Cold, Cold Bones by Kathy Reichs
Kathy Reichs' bestselling mystery books featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan return with the 21st novel in the series. This time around, Temperance is caught up in a case involving a box with a human eyeball and a series of nasty killings that resemble past murders she has solved. Things are further complicated when her own daughter goes missing in the middle of the case.
Bones author Kathy Reichs talks about how Montreal shaped her approach to writing bestselling crime fiction
Reichs is a forensic anthropologist, academic and bestselling crime writer with more than 20 novels to her credit. Her bestselling mystery series about forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan was adapted into the hit television show Bones.
LISTEN | Kathy Reichs reveals her favourite writers:
The Maid by Nita Prose
Molly Gray relies on her gran to interpret the world for her, as she struggles with social skills and misreads the intentions of others. When her gran dies, Molly is left to navigate life's complexities all by herself and dives deep into her work as a hotel maid. But her orderly life is upended when she enters the suite of the infamous and wealthy Charles Black, only to find him dead. Caught up in a web of deception and suspicion, Molly unites with her friends to find out what really happened to Mr. Black.
Toronto author's bestselling novel The Maid started as an idea on a napkin
Nita Prose is an Toronto author and editor. She is currently the Canadian vice president and editorial director for publishing company Simon & Schuster. The Maid is her debut novel.
LISTEN | Nita Prose discusses The Maid:
The Darkness in the Light by Daniel Kalla
The Darkness in the Light is the latest thriller from internationally bestselling author and physician Daniel Kalla. The novel follows the aftermath of the suicide of Brianna O'Brien, a patient of Dr. David Spears, who blames himself for potentially missing crucial warning signs.
When David suspects Brianna's friend, Amka Obed — whom he's also been treating virtually — is in crisis, he flies to her remote Arctic community in Alaska, only to discover that she has disappeared. What begins as a missing persons inquiry and suspicion over a pharmaceutical cover-up quickly spirals into a dangerous investigation.
Why Daniel Kalla wrote about a modern pandemic
Based in Vancouver, Kalla is an emergency-room physician and the bestselling author of 13 novels, which have been translated into 11 languages to date, and his Shanghai trilogy has been optioned for film.
LISTEN | Daniel Kalla takes The Next Chapter's Proust questionnaire:
The Other Ones by Jamesie Fournier, illustrated by Toma Feizo Gas
The Other Ones is a novella with elements of horror set in the North. Featuring vibrant illustrations, the tales include a story about eerie occurrences on a frozen lake, supernatural creatures and foreboding notions of travelling to otherworldly realms.
Inuk author Jamesie Fournier's work has appeared in Inuit Art Quarterly, Red Rising magazine, Northern Public Affairs, and the anthology Coming Home: Stories from the Northwest Territories. Jamesie was guest author at the 2018 & 2020 Northwords Writers Festivals and a runner up for 2018 Sally Manning Award for Indigenous Creative Non-Fiction. He lives in Thebacha/Fort Smith between Salt River First Nation, Smith's Landing First Nation, and the South Slave Metis Nation.
Toma Feizo Gas is a Canadian artist and illustrator who has spent 10 years working in entertainment arts, with experience in production art, creative direction and concept design.
LISTEN | Jamesie Fournier discusses The Other Ones:
22 Murders by Paul Palango
A nonfiction book about the shooting rampage in the small community of Portapique, Nova Scotia in April 2020, 22 Murders peels away the layers of this true-life crime thanks to author Paul Palango's long background as an investigative journalist.
Palango, who spent much of his career reporting on the RCMP, digs into the complex story behind the headlines to try to understand the police response — including why the gunman was still on the loose after his initial killings. 22 Murders unearths the failures and malfeasance that cost a quiet community 22 lives.
The police resources behind the Nova Scotia shooting
Palango is an Ontario-born, Nova Scotia-based retired Canadian investigative journalist who began his career at the Hamilton Spectator before joining the Globe and Mail in 1977 as a reporter. Between 1983 and his resignation in 1990, he served as the paper's sports editor, Metro editor and national editor.
Midnight Storm Moonless Sky by Alex Soop
Midnight Storm Moonless Sky is a collection of Indigenous horror short stories involving the eerie and supernatural. The work melds First Nations legends, dark fantasy, apocalyptic and the paranormal enchantment to explore themes of racism and injustice.
Alex Soop is a Calgary writer of the Blackfoot Nation. His stories focus on identity and the legacy of residential schools.
Mindful of Murder by Susan Juby
In Mindful of Murder, butler Helen Thorpe is about to start her career serving one of the wealthiest families in the world when she is called back to her previous workplace, a spiritual retreat on one of British Columbia's gulf islands.
Her former employer, Edna, has left instructions for Helen to settle her affairs — but in carrying out the instructions in her will, Helen begins to think someone had reason to want Edna dead.
Susan Juby: 6 books that shaped my life
Susan Juby is a Nanaimo, B.C.-based writer who has published books in several genres. Her first novel was the YA book Alice, I Think, the first in a popular series about a lovable oddball teenager named Alice MacLeod. Other books include the memoir Nice Recovery, which chronicles Juby's battle with alcoholism, and Republic of Dirt, winner of the Leacock Medal for Humour. Juby is also a columnist for CBC Radio's The Next Chapter.
LISTEN | Susan Juby talks about Mindful of Murder:
Scoundrel by Sarah Weinman
Scoundrel is a nonfiction account of the real-life story of convicted killer Edgar Smith, who was saved from Death Row in the 1950s thanks to an unlikely correspondence with National Review founder William F. Buckley, one of the most notable figures in the American neo-conservative movement. Both Buckley and book editor Sophie Wilkins, with whom Smith would have an epistolary affair, advocated for Smith's freedom. He went on to become a bestselling author and an expert on prison reform — before once again going to jail for another attempted murder in 1976.
Sarah Weinman's Scoundrel looks at how a killer charmed his way off death row — and the women left in his wake
Sarah Weinman is a Canadian-born journalist and author based in New York City. Her other books include The Real Lolita, which tells the tale of the life of 11-year-old Sally Horner, whose story inspired Vladimir Nabokov's seminal novel Lolita. The Real Lolita won the Arthur Ellis Award for best nonfiction crime book in 2019.
LISTEN | Sarah Weinman on her true-crime thriller Scoundrel:
Are You Sara? by S.C. Lalli
The thriller novel Are You Sara? revolves around a case of mistaken identity. When two women, each named Sara, get into separate rideshares one fateful night, one of them is murdered. But when the surviving Sara realizes that she might have actually been the target, it sets off a mystery involving race, class and ambition.
17 Canadian books to read for Asian Heritage Month
Sonya Lalli is a Punjabi and Bengali romance fiction author based in Vancouver. She's written the novels A Holly Jolly Diwali, Serena Singh Flips the Script, Grown-Up Pose and The Matchmaker's List. Her books have been spotlighted in publications including Entertainment Weekly, NPR, the Washington Post, the Toronto Star and the Globe and Mail.
Take Your Breath Away by Linwood Barclay
After his wife Brie vanishes without a trace while he is away on a fishing trip, Andrew Mason is suspected of murder. Six years after hitting rock bottom, Andy has finally put his life back together, but one day, a woman bearing a striking resemblance to his late wife appears at his former home. As old questions and suspicions resurface, Andy's future depends on discovering what is really going on — if he can stay alive long enough to unearth the answers.
Linwood Barclay talks about the art of writing crime fiction
Linwood Barclay is a bestselling American-born, Canadian-based thriller writer with more than 20 books to his credit. His books include the adult thrillers Broken Promise, A Noise Downstairs, Elevator Pitch and the middle-grade novels Escape and Chase.
Barclay has won multiple Arthur Ellis Awards for his work over the years, and his 2021 thriller Find You First was nominated for best crime novel at the 2022 Crime Writers of Canada Awards.
WATCH | Linwood Barclay on the art of crime fiction:
Deep House by Thomas King
In the latest book in Thomas King's ongoing DreadfulWater mystery series, Cherokee ex-cop turned photographer Thumps DreadfulWater is trying to find some peace in the small town of Chinook, in the northwestern U.S. But when Thumps discovers a body at the bottom of a treacherous canyon, he becomes entangled once again in an inexplicable mystery. As more puzzling details come to the surface, Thumps begins to question whom he can truly trust — especially when an unexpected visitor walks back into his life.
Thomas King is hopeful that his writing has changed the world — but he's still not sure
Thomas King is a Canadian-American writer of Cherokee and Greek ancestry. He delivered the 2003 Massey Lectures, The Truth About Stories. His books include Truth & Bright Water; Green Grass, Running Water, which was a finalist on Canada Reads 2004; The Inconvenient Indian, which was on Canada Reads 2015; and The Back of the Turtle, which won the Governor General's Literary Award for fiction in 2014. He also writes the DreadfulWater mystery series.
LISTEN | Thomas King talks to Shelagh Rogers about Deep House:
Hell and Gone by Sam Wiebe
The third novel in Sam Wiebe's Wakeland series finds private investigator Dave Wakeland dealing with the aftermath of an attack on an office building in Vancouver's Chinatown. Both the police and the leader of the Exiles motorcycle gang want Wakeland's help, and the deeper he investigates, the more connections he uncovers — including ties to organized crime and the police.
When the shooters themselves start turning up dead, Wakeland realizes the only way to guarantee his own safety, and that of the people he loves, is by finding out who hired the shooters — and why.
Why crime writer Sam Wiebe has learned to love editing
Vancouver-based Sam Wiebe is the award-winning author of the Wakeland detective series, including Invisible Dead, Cut You Down and Hell and Gone.
Wiebe's debut, Last of the Independents, won the Arthur Ellis Award for best unpublished first novel and the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize. His work has also been shortlisted for the Edgar Awards, Hammett Prize, Shamus Awards and City of Vancouver Book Awards.
The Don: The Story of Toronto's Infamous Jail by Lorna Poplak
This nonfiction look at Toronto's notorious Don Jail examines the prison's history from its inception through jailbreaks and overcrowding to its eventual shuttering and rebirth. Initially conceived as a "palace for prisoners" and based on 19th-century progressive penal reform and architectural principles, the institution quickly deteriorated into a place of infamy. Its 20th-century replacement, the New Don, also failed to live up to expectations.
South Africa-born, Toronto-based Poplak is a writer, editor, and researcher with a fascination for the stories behind the facts of Canadian history. The Don, her second book, was shortlisted for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario's 2021 Speaker's Book Award, which recognizes nonfiction works by Ontario authors, and for best nonfiction crime book at the 2022 Crime Writers of Canada Awards.
Last One Alive by Amber Cowie
In the latest psychological thriller from author Amber Cowie, Penelope, a novelist looking for inspiration for her second book, embarks on a trip with a motley crew of researchers to investigate the myth of a witch on Stone Point on the coast of the Pacific Northwest.
They're headed there to look into the disappearance of the young owners of an eco-lodge on the site of a cabin where a violent death occurred decades ago. Penelope is sure there's a story to be found in the isolated region, but when bodies turn up, she and the remaining members of the team must solve the mystery of the Stone Witch before the killer is the only one left alive.
Amber Cowie's Last One Alive is a psychological thriller about myth and murder
Cowie is a novelist based in British Columbia. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Salon, The Globe and Mail and CrimeReads. Her debut novel, Rapid Falls, was a Whistler Book Awards nominee.
Blackwater Falls by Ausma Zehanat Khan
Blackwater Falls is the first in a crime fiction series featuring detective Inaya Rahman. When girls from immigrant communities go missing in the American town of Blackwater Falls, Rahman must act to find justice before more go missing or are murdered. The book features themes of isolation, race and belonging as the search for the true culprit involves various twists and turns.
How Ausma Zehanat Khan crafted a mystery based on Canadian and international real-world events
Ausma Zehanat Khan grew up in Toronto and now lives in Denver, Colo. She's a former adjunct law professor and former editor-in-chief of Muslim Girl magazine. She's the author of several crime fiction and fantasy novels. Her debut novel, The Unquiet Dead, won the Arthur Ellis Award for best first novel. Her subsequent mystery novels include The Language of Secrets, Among the Ruins and A Dangerous Crossing.
Vicious Creatures by Ashton Noone
Vicious Creatures is a novel that merges thriller and horror fiction. Ava is in the middle of a violent breakup with her spouse and flees town with her daughter. She soon learns that you can't go home again and Ava's repressed memories resurface — and the town's troubled and supernatural past comes to light.
Ashton Noone is a Calgary writer and author. Noone has been a finalist in the In Places Between: The Robyn Herrington Memorial Short Story Contest and has been published in Across the Margin, Bosie Magazine and Poydras Review. Her short story The Garden of Impossible Flowers was on the 2019 CBC Short Story Prize longlist.
An Unthinkable Thing by Nicole Lundrigan
Eleven-year-old Tommie Ware's life is turned upside down after his aunt is found murdered. Tommie is forced to return to his mother, who works as a live-in housekeeper for the wealthy Henneberry family. While his mother works around the clock, Tommie becomes enmeshed in the secrets and games of the Henneberrys and eventually, a cold-blooded murder.
The secret to a successful story for novelist Nicole Lundrigan? 'Love, authenticity and (a bit of) madness.'
Nicole Lundrigan is the author of eight novels including The Substitute, The Widow Tree and Glass Boys. Her book Hideaway, was shortlisted for the Arthur Ellis Award. Lundrigan lives in Toronto.
Watch Out for Her by Samantha M. Bailey
Watch Out for Her is about a young mother named Sarah who thinks her problems are solved when she hires a young babysitter, Holly, for her six-year-old son. Her son adores Holly and Holly adores Sarah. But when Sarah sees something that she can't unsee, she uproots her family to start over. Her past follows her to this new life, raising paranoid questions of who is watching Sarah now? And what do they want?
Samantha M. Bailey's next thriller, Watch Out for Her, is inspired by the anxiety and fear of motherhood
Samantha M. Bailey is a journalist and editor in Toronto. Her first thriller, Woman on the Edge, was released in 2019.
LISTEN | Samantha M. Bailey discusses Watch Out for Her with Shelagh Rogers:
In the Dark We Forget by Sandra SG Wong
When Cleo Li wakes up alone with amnesia beside a mountain highway, she fights to regain her identity. She learns that her parents have disappeared after her mother bought a winning lottery ticket worth $47 million. As her memories resurface and the police uncover more details regarding the disappearance of her parents, Cleo finds herself under increasing suspicion and begins to question her reality.
Sandra SG Wong is an up-and-coming Chinese-Canadian crime writer. Her debut novel, Die on Your Feet, was a finalist for the Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence for Best Crime First Novel.
LISTEN | Sandra SG Wong discusses In the Dark We Forget:
Cold Snap by Maureen Jennings
Private investigator Charlotte Frayne is pulled into a dangerous international plot when her boss, Mr. Gilmore, provides shelter to a relative in grave danger. Stephen, a refugee from Germany, is privy to information that could change the very future of a country still reeling from the devastation of the War to End All Wars — and at his heels are powerful forces that will do anything to ensure his intelligence never sees the light of day. Meanwhile, Charlotte's estranged mother reappears, wanting her help to find a child she gave up at birth 20 years ago. Despite her turbulent feelings, Charlotte agrees to investigate, not knowing that the two cases will connect in surprising ways.
Murdoch Mysteries author Maureen Jennings just can't do without iced lattes
Maureen Jennings is best known as the author of the Detective Murdoch series — a collection of novels that follow Toronto detective William Murdoch as he attempts to solve the city's most gruesome crimes. Murdoch Mysteries is the CBC television drama based on Jennings's books.
LISTEN | Maureen Jennings takes The Next Chapter's Proust Questionnaire:
Noonday Dark by Charles Demers
Noonday Dark is the second instalment of the Doctor Annick Boudreau Mystery series. When the Vancouver police inform Dr. Boudreau that her patient Danielle is missing and there is a suicide note, Dr. Boudreau is shaken. Danielle, who was being treated for depression, was doing well and just finished a job as a speechwriter for a successful mayoral campaign. Joining forces with Danielle's estranged father, a radical journalist turned right-wing blogger, Dr. Boudreau discovers a city embroiled in politics in her quest to bring Danielle home.
Charles Demers tackles the stigma of mental illness in his mystery series
Charles Demers is a Juno Award-nominated comedian and author from Vancouver. He is also the author of the crime novels Property Values and Primary Obsessions.
LISTEN | Charles Demers recommends some of his favourite mysteries:
Queer Little Nightmares, edited by David Ly and Daniel Zomparelli
Queer Little Nightmares is a collection of fiction and poetry that reexamines monsters through a queer lens. Monsters associated with horror and marginalization are now cast as creatures worth celebrating and including. Contributors include Amber Dawn, Hiromi Goto, jaye simpson and Kai Cheng Thom.
David Ly is a poet who lives in Vancouver. He is also the author of the collections Mythical Man and Dream of Me as Water. CBC Books named him a writer to watch in 2020.
Daniel Zomparelli is a writer and editor from Vancouver. He is the editor-in-chief of the magazine Poetry Is Dead, co-edits the poetry project After You. He is also the author of the short story collection Everything Is Awful and You're a Terrible Person.
LISTEN | Queer Little Nightmares contributor David Demchuck discusses the anthology:
A Rip Through Time by Kelley Armstrong
In this time-traveling novel, a homicide detective named Mallory finds herself transported 150 years in the past after she is attacked and left unconscious in an alley. Mallory wakes up in the body of housemaid Catriona Thomson, who was also attacked in the same spot in 1869. Mallory must put aside her shock and find a way to catch her murderer, which hopefully leads her back to her modern life before it's too late.
4 books that influenced YA author Kelley Armstrong
Kelley Armstrong is a bestselling author of YA and middle grade books, horror novels and thrillers. Her standalone novels include Aftermath and Missing, but she is best known for her Darkest Powers and Darkness Rising series and her Cainsville and Otherworld series.
Five Moves of Doom by A.J. Devlin
In the third book of the Hammerhead Jed mystery series, a mixed martial arts trainer hires pro-wrestler PI "Hammerhead" Jed to extract answers from the tight-knit MMA community. As Jed infiltrates an exclusive fight club, he finds himself pushed to his absolute limit, relying on his closest allies to survive, and forced to make choices he never thought he'd have to make.
A.J. Devlin's mystery series stars a former pro wrestler who is now a detective
A.J. Devlin is an author and screenwriter from British Columbia. Cobra Clutch, the first book in the Hammerhead Jed professional wrestling mystery-comedy series, was released in spring 2018. It was nominated for a Lefty Award for Best Debut Mystery and won the 2019 Crime Writers of Canada Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel.
I'm the Girl by Courtney Summers
When Georgia stumbles across the dead body of 13-year-old Ashley James, she teams up with Ashley's older sister Nora to find the killer before he strikes again. Georgia's investigation launches her into a world of unimaginable wealth and privilege, something she has always dreamed about. But as Georgia and Nora close in on the killer, they discover that when money, power and beauty rule, it's not always a matter of who is guilty, but who is guiltiest.
Courtney Summers is the bestselling author of several novels for young adults, including Cracked Up to Be, All the Rage and Sadie. She won the 2019 Edgar Award for Best Young Adult literature and the 2019 Odyssey Award.
LISTEN | Courtney Summers on what inspired her book, I'm the Girl:
We Spread by Iain Reid
Penny, an artist, finds herself in a long-term care residence after she's had one too many incidents. Initially surrounded by peers, conversing and painting, Penny begins to lose her grip on time and her place in the world. We Spread explores questions of conformity, art, productivity and what it means to grow old.
How Iain Reid wrote I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Iain Reid is an Ottawa-born author. His debut novel, the 2016 psychological thriller I'm Thinking of Ending Things, was adapted into a film by American writer and director Charlie Kaufman for Netflix.
LISTEN | Why Iain Reid writes psychological thrillers:
Motherthing by Ainslie Hogarth
Abby Lamb is finally putting the darkness from her childhood to rest after meeting her wonderful husband Ralph. But when they move in with Ralph's mother Laura, Laura's depression and cruel ways start to weigh on Abby. After Laura takes her own life, her ghost haunts them and Abby must make the ultimate sacrifice to save her family.
Ainslie Hogarth is an author from Windsor. She has published two YA horror novels, The Lonely and The Boy Meets Girl Massacre, and her short fiction has appeared in Hazlitt, Black Static and elsewhere.
|
||||
6282
|
dbpedia
|
3
| 51
|
https://www.sundance.org/about/us/
|
en
|
About Sundance Institute
|
[
"https://www.sundance.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/sundance_logo-pdxzk3468mn8ty6zscade7v9vm7ddmz9car66j5qf4.png",
"https://www.sundance.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/sundance_logo-pdxzk3468mn8ty6zscade7v9vm7ddmz9car66j5qf4.png",
"https://www.sundance.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1981group-1024x387.png",
"https://www.sundance.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/2014group-1.png"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[] |
2021-09-08T17:51:44-07:00
|
As a champion and curator of independent stories, the nonprofit Sundance Institute provides and preserves the space for artists in film and episodic storytelling to create and thrive.
|
en
|
sundance.org - sundance.org
|
https://www.sundance.org/about/us/
|
Eugene Hernandez is the Director of the Sundance Film Festival and head of public programming. Going into the Festival’s 40th edition, he is responsible for guiding and overseeing the Festival’s overall vision and strategy while collaborating with the programming and leadership team to further the inspiring artistic impact of the Sundance Film Festival. He also leads the Institute’s year-round public programming globally, championing the social and cultural role of artists while developing programs to foster dialogue and community with Sundance-supported work at the center.
Before Sundance, Eugene led the New York Film Festival as the Festival Director. He began the position in 2020 and brought NYFF back to cinemas at Lincoln Center and around New York during COVID. He joined Film at Lincoln Center in 2010 as the Director of Digital Strategy and, in 2014, became the Deputy Director, where he led strategy and special programs for the organization. Before joining the FLC, Hernandez was the co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of IndieWire, which he helped build over 15 years into the leading editorial publication for independent and international films, filmmakers, industry, and audiences. He is a Member-at-Large of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and serves on the board of advisors for SXSW, SeriesFest, and Art House Convergence, which Sundance has supported. Additionally, he has worked extensively as a consultant for several nonprofits, written for major print and online publications, and annually participates in the international film festival circuit as a panelist and juror.
LULU WANG is a director, producer and writer. With the rare ability to captivate audiences with her sincere storytelling and global perspective, Wang continues to establish herself as a writer and filmmaker to watch.
Most recently, Wang released her second feature The Farewell, which she both wrote and directed.
It premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival in the U.S. Dramatic Competition, earning Wang a nomination for the Grand Jury Prize. After its success at Sundance, A24 picked it up for worldwide distribution. Since then, Variety named Wang among its “Top Ten Directors To Watch in 2019”. The film won Best Feature at the 2020 Film Independent Spirit Awards, as well as a Best Actress Golden Globe for Awkwafina and a Best Supporting Actress Spirit Award for Zhao Shuzhen. Other nominations included “Best Feature” and “Best Screenplay” at the 2019 Gotham Independent Film Awards, AFI’s Top Ten Films in 2019, as well as “Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language” at the 2020 Golden Globe Awards.
Wang’s debut feature film, Posthumous, was released by The Orchard in 2014. Wang was awarded with the Chaz and Roger Ebert Directing Fellowship at the 2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards for the film.”
SHRIPRIYA MAHESH is an investor, experienced technology executive, and a filmmaker. She is the Founding Partner at Spero Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in mission-driven founders building the things that make life worth living.
Previously, Shripriya ran global emerging technology investing at Omidyar Network and helped launch First Look Media. Before that, Shripriya spent several years at eBay in multiple roles including Vice President and head of global Product Management and Strategy, Vice President of US Product Marketing and Platform, and Vice President of Corporate Strategy. She also led product at fintech startup NextCard and worked in manufacturing in India. In the midst of her tech career, Shripriya took a hiatus to study film at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, where she made short films and a collaborative feature film starring James Franco and Jessica Chastain.
In addition to serving on the boards of several of the technology companies in which Spero Ventures has invested, Shripriya also serves on the Board of Directors of Turo. Shripriya holds an MBA from Harvard Business School; an MFA in Film from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts; and a BA in Economics from Stella Maris College, University of Madras, India.
PATRICK GASPARD is the president and CEO of the Center for American Progress and CEO of the Center for American Progress Action Fund.
Gaspard was born in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, to Haitian parents. He grew up in New York City where he started as a union organizer and rose to become executive vice president for politics and legislation and then national political director of the Local 1199 branch of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), one of the largest unions in the United States.
Gaspard most recently served as the president of the Open Society Foundations (OSF), one of the largest private philanthropies in the world, where he confronted significant threats to open societies around the globe, including the rise of authoritarian regimes and the spread of COVID-19 worldwide. He also shaped the foundation’s $220 million commitment to civil rights groups in the wake of the national reckoning on race following the murder of George Floyd.
During his tenure as U.S. ambassador to the Republic of South Africa, from 2013 to 2016, Gaspard led the effort to redesign PEPFAR and integrate it effectively into the South African health care system. He also successfully led the trade negotiations that led to an unprecedented 10-year renewal of the bilateral African Growth and Opportunity compact between the trading partners.
Gaspard attended Columbia University and is the recipient of honorary doctorates from Columbia University and Bard College. He has also been awarded the Spingarn Medal, the highest honor bestowed by the NAACP.
Joana Vicente joined the Sundance Institute as CEO in November 2021. She is a producer and a passionate supporter of independent storytellers who has extensive experience running nonprofits that support artists.
Prior to joining Sundance Institute, she spent three years as Executive Director and Co-Head of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) and the TIFF organization. Before that, she spent nearly a decade as the Executive Director of the not-for-profit Independent Filmmaker Project (now the Gotham Film & Media Institute).
Vicente has produced/executive produced over 40 feature films by acclaimed directors such as Jim Jarmusch, Nadine Labaki, Brian De Palma, Amir Naderi, Hal Hartley, Nicole Holofcener, Katherine Dieckmann, Alex Gibney and Todd Solondz.
She is recognized as a leading figure of the digital film revolution, having co-founded pioneering digital production companies Blow Up Pictures and HDNetFilms, which she launched with partners Jason Kliot, Mark Cuban, and Todd Wagner. These companies ushered in a new era of digital filmmaking that transformed the landscape of American independent film production and distribution.
Vicente was named one of Variety’s Women That Have Made an Impact in Global Entertainment and Gotham 60: Most Influential New Yorkers in Entertainment and Media and has been listed multiple times in Variety’s Women’s Impact Report. She is a recipient of the Made in New York Award©, which recognizes those who have made significant contributions to the growth of NYC’s media and entertainment industries. Vicente has taught The Business of Film at NYU Stern Business School.
Before turning her attention to film, Vicente served as a press attaché at the European Parliament for former Prime Minister and Portuguese delegate Maria de Lourdes Pintassilgo and was a radio news producer/host for the United Nations.
Michelle Satter is the Founding Senior Director of Sundance Institute’s Artist Programs. As a key executive of the Leadership Team, Satter has been one of the chief architects of the Institute’s programs since 1981 and has created and leads all programs supporting scripted storytelling. Under Satter’s tenure, the Feature Film Program has provided year-round and in-depth support to the ground-breaking and award-winning filmmakers A.V. Rockwell (A Thousand and One), Roger Ross Williams (Cassandro), Charlotte Wells (Aftersun), Nikyatu Jusu (Nanny), Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (Swiss Army Man), Mounia Akl (Costa Brava, Lebanon), Radha Blank (The 40-Year-Old Version), Edson Oda (Nine Days), Lulu Wang (The Farewell), Boots Riley (Sorry to Bother You), Ryan Coogler (Fruitvale Station), Reinaldo Marcus Green (Monsters and Men), Dee Rees (Pariah), Marielle Heller (Diary of a Teenage Girl), Gina Prince Bythewood (Love and Basketball), Damien Chazelle (Whiplash), Chloe Zhao (Songs My Brother Taught Me). Benh Zeitlin and Lucy Alibar (Beasts of the Southern Wild), Ritesh Batra (The Lunchbox), Robert Eggers (The Witch), Taika Waititi (Boy), Rick Famuyiwa (The Wood), Cary Fukunaga (Sin Nombre), Paul Thomas Anderson (Hard Eight), Kimberly Peirce (Boys Don’t Cry), John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig and the Angry Inch), Quentin Tarantino (Reservoir Dogs), and Miranda July (Me and You and Everyone We Know), among many others. Satter also created and led the Institute’s international initiatives in Latin America, Europe, Japan, the Middle East, and India, the Producing Program and the Episodic Program. More recently, Satter founded and is charged with creative oversight and vision for Sundance Collab, a global digital storytelling and learning platform, and the Institute lead for the Sundance Artist Program Group. In recent years, Satter has been recognized with the Women in Film Business Leadership Award, the ACLU Bill of Rights Award, the Golden Eddie Award from ACE, the Horizon Award for her contribution to Female Filmmakers, the Indian Film Festival Los Angeles U.S.-based Industry Leadership Award, the MPAC Media Award, the Coral de Honneur at the Havana Film Festival, and a tribute celebrating her 30 years leading the Feature Film Program at the Sundance Institute. Prior to joining the Sundance Institute, Satter was a Partner and Program Director of ArtiCulture, Inc, responsible for producing hundreds of events in the Boston area and the Director of Public Relations for Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art. Additionally, Satter co-produced the Academy Award-nominated documentary Waldo Salt, A Screenwriter’s Journey.
Amy Redford has an esteemed career in the creative arts that spans over three decades as a Director, Producer, and Actor in film, television, and theatre.
Amy’s current narrative directing and producing projects include the upcoming feature ROOST (working title) and The Town that Jack Built, in development, to be shot in Oklahoma in 2022.
She made her directorial debut with The Guitar, starring Saffron Burrows, and went on to produce the feature films Professor Marston and The Wonder Women and Claude and the Birthday Cake, co-written with Jude Falaise.
Amy produced the documentary series The Lincoln Project, sold to Showtime, and is in pre-production on two docuseries; Encircle House for LGBTQ+ youth in Utah and The Other Side Academy (TOSA).
Amy is currently developing the podcast series, Scrappy Broads, as both host and producer. She has directed and produced several music videos, including “I Am A Wolf You Are The Moon” for the Netflix series Wet Hot American Summer.
In addition to her work behind the scenes, Amy has acted in multiple film and television projects, and has acted and directed in Off-Broadway and regional theatres across the country and abroad to critical acclaim.
Her on-camera credits include Runners, Hate Crime, Sunshine Cleaning, First Person Singular, and The Understudy, Law and Order: Criminal Intent, Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, The Sopranos, Sex and the City, Dellaventura, and Wonderland, among others.
Theatre credits include Daisy Foote’s play Bhutan, The Golden Ladder, Touch My Face, The Shape of Things, Hello and Goodbye, The Crowd You’re In With and, The Book Club Play.
Amy has worked at New York Stage and Film, Williamstown Theatre Festival, the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center, the Sundance Filmmaker and Theatre Labs, the Dorset Theatre, and the Tectonic Theatre Company. She also co-created Switch Track with Yael Farber and Darrill Rosen, developed at Mabou Mines and then the Sundance Playwrights Lab.
Amy did her postgraduate work at LAMDA, studied at ACT, The Actors Center, Circle Rep, CU, and earned her BA from SFSU. She’s continued to further her experience in directing and acting at prestigious national theater and film labs, including the Sundance Institute, Eugene O’Neil Theater Center, Williamstown, and NY Stage and Film.
Amy is both a social and environmental activist, serving on the Board of Directors for several creative arts and community organizations, including Sundance Institute, the Opportunity Agenda, Spy Hop Digital Media Arts For Youth, and Encircle – Salt Lake City.
She currently resides in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Bill Plapinger is Senior Counsel (and previously was a partner for almost three decades) at the global law firm Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, and has dedicated most of his time since 2012 to the not-for-profit sector, primarily education, as well as conservation and the arts.
Plapinger’s practice at Sullivan & Cromwell focused on corporate finance and M&A in a wide variety of industries in more than 30 countries, with particular emphasis on large, complex, financial transactions, many of which were the first, largest or most significant of their kind. He was resident in the firm’s London office for more than 25 years, before and after which he was resident in its New York office. He had both firm-wide and regional management responsibilities, including as managing partner of the London office, the firm’s largest branch office, coordinator of the firm’s four European offices, and a member of the firm’s Managing Partners Committee. Plapinger has been named repeatedly by more than a dozen U.S. and international publications as, variously, one of the world’s leading IPO, equity and debt capital markets, privatization and M&A lawyers.
He has extensive experience in not-for-profit education, where he is a member of the national board of directors of The Posse Foundation (and chairs its Governance Committee and is a member of the Executive Committee), a member of the board of directors of Global Citizen Year, and a director of The Fulbright U.S.-U.K. Foundation. He was the chair of the board of trustees of Vassar College for 12 years (and prior to that was a trustee for another 10 years), was a Commissioner on the U.S.-U.K. Fulbright Commission (having been appointed by the U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain to two three-year terms), and was a member of the board of trustees of the American School in London for 16 years (and subsequently, the board of directors of the American School in London Foundation). He was also a member of the board of directors of the Conference of Board Chairs of Independent Liberal Arts Colleges, and the President’s Commission of Wheaton College (Norton, MA). He has spent the last several years working with partners on an innovative market-based venture to provide affordable financing to African students at the world’s leading universities.
In the conservation sector, he is a member of the board of directors of Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation, the largest private land trust on Martha’s Vineyard, MA, and in the arts sector, he is a member of the board of trustees of the Sundance Institute, and was a co-founder and member of the board of directors of the American Friends of the British Museum.
Plapinger was a Fellow in 2013, and a Senior Fellow in 2014, in the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University, a joint program of five graduate schools dedicated to preparing experienced leaders to address national and global social problems.
He grew up in Washington, D.C., where he attended public schools, and is a graduate of Vassar College, earned his J.D. from New York University School of Law, and also attended Westfield College, University of London. He and his wife of almost 40 years, Cassie Murray, split their time between Martha’s Vineyard and New York City, and have three grown children–two in the entertainment industry and one in management consulting.
Ann Lewnes served as Chief Marketing Officer and Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy & Development of Adobe, one of the world’s largest and most diversified software companies, until her retirement in 2023. During her 16 years of leadership, the Adobe brand became synonymous with creativity, digital marketing and the design and development of digital experiences. In addition to its consistent focus on creativity, Adobe’s marketing organization pioneered the company’s shift to digital—deploying advanced digital marketing technology, establishing an insight-driven culture, and setting a template for marketing’s impact on business. As EVP of Corporate Strategy & Development, Ann also led Adobe’s transformative corporate strategy and strategic M&A efforts globally.
Prior to Adobe, Ann spent 20 years building the iconic Intel Inside brand as VP of Marketing. Ann was named one of the world’s most influential CMOs by Forbes, was elected into the American Advertising Foundation’s Hall of Achievement and was inducted into the American Marketing Association’s Hall of Fame in 2019. In 2020, she received the New York Women in Communications Matrix Award.
Ann received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and Journalism from Lehigh University, where she is currently vice chairman of the Board of Trustees. Ann also serves on the boards of Mattel and Sundance Institute. Believing everyone has a story to tell, Ann is a strong supporter of increasing diversity in the film industry and other creative fields.
Lyn Davis Lear is an Emmy nominated filmmaker, celebrated environmentalist, and political activist. Shining a light on society’s most urgent issues drives Lyn’s creative and activist endeavors. She has produced, executive produced and advised documentary films on topics ranging from climate change, investigative journalism to new frontiers in modern medicine and Technology.
Her films include the Emmy® and BAFTA-nominated films The Great Hack, The Fight, HBO’s The Vow, Fantastic Fungi: The Magic Beneath Us, and Where’s My Roy Cohn? She had three films premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival: Bring Your Own Brigade, Rita Moreno: Just A Girl Who Decided To Go For It, and Rebel Hearts.
In 2014, Lyn produced What’s Possible, the opening film for the UN Climate Summit with UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon that reached 127 million people worldwide. The film was a collaboration with director Louie Schwartzberg, writer Scott Burns, actor Morgan Freeman and composer Hans Zimmer. Lyn also produced a sequel, A World of Solutions.
Lyn has been a Trustee of the Board of Directors of the Sundance Institute for ten years. She also serves on the Board of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), the Norman Lear Center’s Hollywood, Health & Society at USC, and The National Academy of Medicine’s Healthy Longevity Advisory Council.
To fulfill the UCLA Grand Challenge plan for Los Angeles to be fully sustainable by 2050, Lyn serves on the Board of the LA Sustainability Leadership Council. She previously served on the President’s Council of CERES and was a founder and advisor for Project Drawdown.
Lyn and her husband, Norman Lear, received the 2017 Hollywood Icon Award at the Women’s Guild Cedars-Sinai 60th Anniversary Diamond Jubilee Gala. In 2016, Lyn and Norman received the Amicus Award from the International Documentary Association (IDA), and Lyn was honored alongside Vice President Al Gore by UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability. In 2008, she received the Global Green Millennium Award for Entertainment Industry Environmental Leadership.
In 2000, Lyn and Norman purchased an original Dunlap copy of the Declaration of Independence. The Lears created the Declaration of Independence Road Trip which brought the document to every state in the nation, followed by Declare Yourself which registered over one million voters.
In 1989, Lyn and Norman, along with Alan and Cindy Horn founded the Environmental Media Association. EMA’s founding mission was to educate the entertainment industry on environmental issues and award films with environmental messaging that impacted the public.
Lyn holds a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and a license in Marriage and Family Therapy. She is the mother to three children and resides in Los Angeles with her husband.
Cindy Harrell Horn is an advocate for education, public health, and the environment. She has worked with the UCLA School of Public Health in California and the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in New Mexico in their new effort to combat emerging infectious diseases. She has also helped secure bipartisan funding and support for the UCLA/LANL High Speed, High Volume Laboratory Network.
Horn is a cofounder and member of the Board of the Environmental Media Association (EMA), a nonprofit organization created to inspire and coordinate an entertainment industry response to global environmental crises. Horn was a founding trustee of Heal the Bay and The Archer School for Girls. She has also served as a board member for The Coalition for Clean Air, Tree People, The Natural Step, the Center for Environmental Education, the UCLA School of Public Health, and is a member of the Painting Conservatory Council for the J. Paul Getty Museum. In 1991 she was appointed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator, William Reilly, to serve on the National Education Advisory Council and was awarded the State of California Legislative Woman of the Year. Horn has been honored by American Oceans Campaign, Heal the Bay, The Archer School for Girls, EMA, and the UCLA School of Public Health. Horn and her husband Alan reside in Los Angeles.
Prior to having children, Donna Gruneich’s work focused on the financial industry. She worked for North Carolina National Bank from 1985 through 1987, trading for the Trust Division. In 1987, she relocated to New York City and worked for Oppenheimer and Company as a Convertible Bond Sales/Trader.
Donna is passionate about education and the arts. She is the past Chairman of the Board at Park City Academy and is a founding trustee of the Park City Day School Board. The bulk of her work on both boards has centered on long-term sustainability, finance and governance. She is a past board member of the Park City Institute, and she is the past Chairman of the Sundance Institute’s Utah Advisory Board.
Donna and her husband, Kevin, are members of Impact Partners which brings together philanthropists and filmmakers so that, together, they can create great films that entertain audiences, enrich lives, and ignite lasting social change. Through Impact Partners, Donna has been involved with films such as Children of Invention, No Impact Man, Secrecy, Meet The Patels and the Oscar-winning films, The Cove and Freeheld. Donna and Kevin are also part of Gamechanger Films which aims to shift the gender disparity in the film marketplace by tapping into the enormous yet undervalued talent pool of women directors and providing the financing necessary to bring their work to audiences worldwide. Independently of these groups they Co-Executive Produced the Oscar nominated documentary Cartel Land and Executive Produced The Bad Kids.
After having a second home in Park City for over eight years, the Gruneichs moved to Park City from Connecticut permanently in 2005. They have three children—Allison, Alex and Anna—the two girls attend school on the East Coast and Alex on the West Coast.
Caterina Fake is an American entrepreneur and social media innovator. Ms. Fake was cofounder of Flickr, the seminal social photo sharing site; and Hunch, which created the ‘taste graph of the internet’. They were acquired by Yahoo and eBay respectively. She is founder and CEO of Findery, a mobile app about places for social and local sharing. For eight years she served as Director and Chairman of the Board of Etsy, the marketplace of unique goods. She was named to the Time 100, Time Magazine’s list of the world’s 100 most influential people, and received the Aenne Burda Award for Creative Leadership. Ms. Fake is a Founder Partner at Founder Collective, advises startups and new businesses, and has served on the Boards of Directors of many non-profits and startups, including Creative Commons and Creative Live, as well as on the Advisory Board of the UC Berkeley School of Information. She attended Smith College, and graduated from Vassar College in 1991. She is the cofounder of Sesat School, and serves on the advisory board of Rarecancer.org. Ms. Fake has received Honorary Doctorates from the Rhode Island School of Design (2009) and The New School (2013).
Kimberlé Crenshaw is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of the African American Policy Forum, and the founder and Executive Director of the Center for Intersectionality and Social Policy Studies at Columbia Law School. She is the Promise Institute Professor at UCLA Law School and the Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor at Columbia Law School. She is popularly known for her development of “intersectionality,” “Critical Race Theory,” and the #SayHerName Campaign, and is the host of the podcast Intersectionality Matters!, a columnist for The New Republic, and the moderator of the widely impactful webinar series Under The Blacklight: The Intersectional Vulnerabilities that the Twin Pandemics Lay Bare. She is one of the most cited scholars in the history of the law, and was named Ms. magazine’s “No. 1 Most Inspiring Feminist,” honored as one of the ten most important thinkers in the world by Prospect Magazine, and included in Ebony’s “Power 100” issue.
Her groundbreaking work on “intersectionality” has traveled globally and was influential in shaping the South African Equality Clause. She has been a Visiting Professor at the Sorbonne and University of Paris; Centennial Professor at The London School of Economics; Fellow at the Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University; and taught at universities in South Africa, Brazil, and Italy. She received her J.D. from Harvard, L.L.M. from University of Wisconsin, and B.A. from Cornell University, and sits on the boards of Sundance, VDay, and the Algorithmic Justice League.
Jason Blum, founder of Blumhouse Productions, is a three-time Academy Award ® – nominated and two-time Primetime Emmy Award and Peabody Award-winning
producer. His multimedia company is known for pioneering a new model of studio filmmaking: producing high-quality micro-budget films. Blumhouse is widely regarded as a driving force in the current horror renaissance.
The 2019 film Glass from M. NIght Shyamalan; 2017 blockbusters Split from M. Night Shyamalan; and Get Out from Jordan Peele, with combined budgets of less than $35
million, went on to gross more than $730 million worldwide. Glass was also Blumhouse’s 11th film to open at No. 1. In addition, Get Out was nominated for four Academy Awards ® in 2018—including Best Picture—and won the Oscar ® for Best Original Screenplay. In October, the company’s Halloween posted the second-highest opening ($76 million) for a horror movie after IT.
Blumhouse has also produced the highly profitable The Purge, Insidious, Sinister and Paranormal Activity franchises, which together have grossed more than $1.6 billion at the global box office. Paranormal Activity, which was made for $15,000 and grossed close to $200 million worldwide, launched the Blumhouse model and became the most profitable film of all time. Blum, who was nominated for an Academy Award ® for producing Whiplash, has appeared on Vanity Fair’s “New Establishment List” each year since 2015, received the 2016 Producer of the Year Award at CinemaCon and was named to the TIME 100 list of the world’s most influential people in 2017.
In television, Blum won Primetime Emmy Awards for producing HBO’s The Normal Heart and The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst and two Peabody Awards—for The Jinx and the documentary How to Dance in Ohio. Recent television projects include Sharp Objects, a miniseries for HBO based on Gillian Flynn’s best-selling novel of the same name, and The Loudest Voice in the Room, a miniseries for Showtime based on journalist Gabriel Sherman’s reporting on former Fox News Chief Roger Ailes.
Blum is a member of the Sundance Institute’s Board of Trustees. He also serves on the Board of the Public Theater in New York and the Board of Trustees for Vassar College. Before founding Blumhouse, Blum served as co-head of the Acquisitions and Co-Productions department at Miramax Films in New York. He began his career as the producing director of the Malaparte Theater Company, which was founded by Ethan Hawke.
He is married to journalist and screenwriter Lauren Blum and they have a daughter, Roxy, and a son, Booker.
Sean Bailey is President of Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture Production and oversees all aspects of live-action development, film production and physical production for Walt Disney Pictures. Upcoming titles include Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie; Oz The Great and Powerful, directed by Sam Raimi and starring James Franco, Rachel Weisz, Mila Kunis and Michelle Williams; and The Lone Ranger, starring Johnny Depp, directed by Gore Verbinski and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. Prior to joining The Walt Disney Studios in 2010, Bailey produced Disney’s TRON: Legacy, directed by Joseph Kosinski, starring Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund and Olivia Wilde, developing it in tandem with other media ranging from the Grammy-nominated, RIAA Gold-certified soundtrack by Daft Punk to a multi-platform video game and an upcoming Disney XD television series.
In 2008, he founded Idealogy, Inc., with a focus on the evolution and future of creative content, developing high-quality stories that can live across media. Bailey worked as a writer-producer under an exclusive deal with ABC Studios from 2004 to 2008, during which time he continued in his capacity as chairman and board member of LivePlanet, the production company he co-founded in 2000 with Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and Chris Moore. While at LivePlanet, he executive-produced the innovative LivePlanet/HBO/Miramax series Project Greenlight, nominated for three Emmy Awards, and co-created the LivePlanet/ABC series Push, Nevada with Affleck.
A 20-year industry veteran, Bailey has created, packaged and developed film, television and new media concepts for Walt Disney Pictures, Miramax, 20th Century Fox, Columbia Pictures, DreamWorks, New Line Cinema, Paramount, Sony Pictures, Universal Pictures, Warner Bros., all major television networks, MSN and Yahoo. His feature film producing credits include Miramax’s Gone, Baby, Gone, directed by Ben Affleck and starring Casey Affleck, Ed Harris, Morgan Freeman and Amy Ryan; Matchstick Men, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Nicolas Cage; The Core; and Best Laid Plans. His screenplay Solace, co-written by Ted Griffin, is in preproduction at New Line Cinema. Bailey’s first job as a producer in the entertainment industry was developing the game show Debt for Buena Vista Television, which aired on Lifetime from 1996-1998.
Ebs Burnough is a filmmaker, writer, producer, and marketing and communications executive.
He is the former White House Deputy Social Secretary and Senior Advisor to First Lady Michelle Obama in brand strategy and strategic communications. With nearly two decades of strategic leadership in politics, public policy, the private sector and the arts.
Burnough serves as the Managing Director of Hatch House Media, a production company focusing on film, television and theatre.
Additionally, he serves as the President and founder of Ebs Burnough Solutions International (EBSI); a firm dedicated to providing clients with an interdisciplinary approach to marketing, communications and event production.
In 2019, Burnough made his directorial debut with the documentary THE CAPOTE TAPES. The film explores the impact of iconic writer Truman Capote’s explosive unfinished novel “Answered Prayers,”using never before heard audio archive and interviews with Capote’s friends and enemies. THE CAPOTE TAPES received its World Premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2019. Greenwich Entertainment will release THE CAPOTE TAPES in the U.S. in the summer of 2021.
Prior to founding EBSI, Burnough served as Director of Communications for AERIN, a global lifestyle brand founded by cosmetics entrepreneur Aerin Lauder.
Before AERIN, Burnough served as Deputy White House Social Secretary where he developed and executed hundreds of events on behalf of President and Mrs. Obama, including the G-20 Global Summit, numerous White House State Dinners, as well as producing “Broadway at the White House” televised on PBS.
Prior to joining the Obama Administration in the White House, Burnough served as Political Director to Mrs. Obama on the 2008 Presidential Campaign. He also served as the Director of Politics and Legislation managing Maryland and the District of Columbia for SEIU Local 1199.
Burnough is a graduate of Northwestern University and serves as Vice-Chair of the board of the
Sundance Institute, as well as on the board of Steppenwolf Theatre Company.
Jeanne Donovan Fisher is a producer, investor, and philanthropist living in New York City. Fisher is president of True Love Productions, a theater and film production company in New York that she formed in 2001. Prior to the producing venture, Fisher’s professional background was in strategic communications. From 1992 until 1998, she was a managing director and founding partner of Sard Verbinnen & Co., a financial public relations and crisis communications consulting firm in New York. Before joining SVC, she was vice president and director of global corporate communications at Morgan Stanley.
Fisher is an active philanthropist who serves on the boards of Sundance Institute, Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), and the Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard (chair). She also supports numerous other nonprofit institutions, particularly in the areas of arts, education and the Environment.
Fisher was born in Boston and grew up in Hudson, Ohio. Her interests include theater, film, art and design, fiction, golf and all kinds of outdoor activities. She is the wife of the late Richard B. Fisher, former chairman and chief executive of Morgan Stanley.
Pat Mitchell is a lifelong advocate for women and girls. At every step of her career, Mitchell has broken new ground for women, leveraging the power of media as a journalist, an Emmy award-winning and Oscar-nominated producer to tell women’s stories and increase the representation of women onscreen and off. Transitioning to an executive role, she became the president of CNN Productions, and the first woman president and CEO of PBS and the Paley Center for Media. Today, her commitment to connect and strengthen a global community of women leaders continues as a conference curator, advisor and mentor.
In partnership with TED, Mitchell launched TEDWomen in 2010 and is its editorial director, curator and host. She is also a speaker and curator for the annual Women Working for the World forum in Bogota, Colombia, the Her Village conference in Beijing, and co-chairs the US board of Women of the World (WOW). She partners with the Rockefeller Foundation to curate, convene and host Connected Women Leaders (CWL) forums, focused on collective problem solving among women leaders in government and civil society.
In 2014, the Women’s Media Center honored Mitchell with its first-annual Lifetime Achievement Award, now named in her honor to commend other women whose media careers advance the representation of women. Recognized by Hollywood Reporter as one of the most powerful women in media, Fast Company’s “League of Extraordinary Women” and Huffington Post’s list of “Powerful Women Over 50,” Mitchell also received the Sandra Day O’Connor Award for Leadership. She was a contributor to Enlightened Power: How Women Are Transforming the Practice of Leadership, and wrote the introduction to the book and museum exhibition, 130 Women of Impact in 30 Countries. In 2016, she received a Congressional appointment to The American Museum of Women’s History Advisory Council, and in 2019 was named to the Gender Equality Top 100 list of women leaders by Apolitical.
Mitchell is active with many nonprofit organizations, serving as the chair of the boards of the Sundance Institute and the Women’s Media Center. She is a founding member of the VDAY movement and on the boards of the Skoll Foundation and the Acumen Fund. She is also an advisor to Participant Media and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Mitchell is a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Georgia and holds a master’s degree in English literature and several honorary doctorate degrees. She is the author of Becoming a Dangerous Woman: Embracing Risk to Change the World. She and her husband, Scott Seydel, live in Atlanta and have six children and 13 grandchildren.
Robert Redford is somewhat of an anomaly in the entertainment industry. Though he has been world-famous for some 30 years, he remains a highly private individual. He is an ardent conservationist and environmentalist, a man who stands for social responsibility and political involvement and an artist and businessman who is a staunch supporter of uncompromised creative expression. His passion remains to make films of substance and social/cultural relevance, as well as to encourage others to express themselves through the arts.
He is recognized the world over for the roles he has played and the projects he has directed or produced throughout a distinguished stage and film career. Believing that it is the unexpected and uncommon, which ultimately enlivens the cultural ecology of a society, Redford has nurtured more than a generation of innovative voices in independent film through his non-profit Sundance Institute and Film Festival. Harvard Business Review observed, “Sundance has become to Hollywood what Silicon Valley has been to the high-tech industry.” His life-long passion for nature and issues of justice has resulted in Redford being widely acknowledged as a highly effective and dedicated political and environmental activist.
|
|||||
6282
|
dbpedia
|
3
| 92
|
https://www.investopedia.com/articles/personal-finance/082015/10-must-watch-movies-finance-professionals.asp
|
en
|
The 10 Best Finance and Wall Street Movies
|
[
"https://www.investopedia.com/thmb/fjO9Gdn2ZNdNV7MPMCK6JFlrOYs=/90x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/picture-53759-1425056216-5bfc2a8f46e0fb0051bdb293.jpg 90w",
"https://www.investopedia.com/thmb/w8OvjoPPyYalhgreB4TiUbkjAgg=/90x200/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/picture-53759-1425056216-5bfc2a8f46e0fb0051bdb293.jpg",
"https://www.investopedia.com/thmb/OSY8twTLn-G1Jf5tQC6fqPSRrQQ=/90x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Pic1-KhadijaKhartit-cc5b57fba2bd46ed87bdb3ddbcd2ef69.jpg 90w",
"https://www.investopedia.com/thmb/959od8Bp2qcE0Y3H1GTBkNq-w70=/90x200/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Pic1-KhadijaKhartit-cc5b57fba2bd46ed87bdb3ddbcd2ef69.jpg",
"https://www.investopedia.com/thmb/5mW5IB9BobHXJ7XWOUsjsk0VGBI=/90x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/YariletPerez-d2289cb01c3c4f2aabf79ce6057e5078.jpg 90w",
"https://www.investopedia.com/thmb/q-NudbPA-6T3EaVYLf7zSPiwNZ8=/90x200/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/YariletPerez-d2289cb01c3c4f2aabf79ce6057e5078.jpg",
"https://www.investopedia.com/thmb/B9-BIZglCtdqkC9pYFmx50bT3dM=/400x300/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/90957937-5bfc389146e0fb00260eb929.jpg",
"https://www.investopedia.com/thmb/B9-BIZglCtdqkC9pYFmx50bT3dM=/400x300/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/90957937-5bfc389146e0fb00260eb929.jpg",
"https://www.investopedia.com/thmb/DNK1ulkp56oGHT9U96KsgqCEJyI=/400x300/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/options-lrg-4-5bfc2b2046e0fb0051199e91.jpg",
"https://www.investopedia.com/thmb/DNK1ulkp56oGHT9U96KsgqCEJyI=/400x300/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/options-lrg-4-5bfc2b2046e0fb0051199e91.jpg",
"https://www.investopedia.com/thmb/3FTAIKVnAGy1NNCLk4S387Obflw=/400x300/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/iStock_34840800_MEDIUM.senior.job.interview-5c094c7346e0fb0001b076e2.jpg",
"https://www.investopedia.com/thmb/3FTAIKVnAGy1NNCLk4S387Obflw=/400x300/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/iStock_34840800_MEDIUM.senior.job.interview-5c094c7346e0fb0001b076e2.jpg",
"https://www.investopedia.com/thmb/XMZIUqBWmkvke2g0WnDM5gBezxs=/400x300/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Termination-employment_final-4aad1375426e43c29891f6e7782bd296.png",
"https://www.investopedia.com/thmb/XMZIUqBWmkvke2g0WnDM5gBezxs=/400x300/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Termination-employment_final-4aad1375426e43c29891f6e7782bd296.png",
"https://www.investopedia.com/thmb/5Ma0j1uuFMLql09C3aV-ogBOCXY=/400x300/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-1053748996-08cc861c5ce84f5a993d21426bc90df1.jpg",
"https://www.investopedia.com/thmb/5Ma0j1uuFMLql09C3aV-ogBOCXY=/400x300/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-1053748996-08cc861c5ce84f5a993d21426bc90df1.jpg",
"https://www.investopedia.com/thmb/b3k54wjHSpsEDoS4yl2L-0Yt1rM=/400x300/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/project_manager_career_path_qualifications-5bfc36c346e0fb0051c061b0.jpg",
"https://www.investopedia.com/thmb/b3k54wjHSpsEDoS4yl2L-0Yt1rM=/400x300/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/project_manager_career_path_qualifications-5bfc36c346e0fb0051c061b0.jpg",
"https://privacy-policy.truste.com/privacy-seal/seal?rid=f8e1238d-6371-460f-8ea0-1b8cad9e9c4b"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[
"Zaw Thiha Tun"
] |
2015-08-20T12:47:00-04:00
|
Finance makes for great cinema. Here are 10 of the best offerings by Hollywood on the subject.
|
en
|
/favicon.ico
|
Investopedia
|
https://www.investopedia.com/articles/personal-finance/082015/10-must-watch-movies-finance-professionals.asp
|
The financial world, in all its incarnations, makes for great cinema. Tragedy, comedy, ingenuity, catastrophe, and redemption are all present in the many finance movies that Hollywood has produced over the years.
While most finance movies portray financial professionals in a less than flattering light, the unbelievable stories of excess, risk-taking, and, of course, greed all make for compelling cinema. They are required viewing for anyone thinking of, or already working in the business.
The 10 finance and Wall Street movies below, in no particular order, were chosen for their financial and stock market storylines plus their "plucked from the headlines" resonance.
10. The Big Short (2015)
Based on the nonfiction book "The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine" by Michael Lewis, this movie follows a few savvy traders as they become aware—before anyone else—of the housing bubble that triggered the financial crisis in 2007-2008.
The movie is known for how it cleverly presented explanations of sophisticated financial instruments. For example, it has actress Selena Gomez explain what synthetic CDOs are at a poker table and actress Margot Robbie explain mortgage-backed bonds in a tub with champagne.
9. Barbarians at the Gate (1993)
This 1993 TV movie centers on the leveraged buyout (LBO) of RJR Nabisco, and it's based on the 1989 book of the same name by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar. While the movie does take some creative liberties in portraying this real-life event, audiences may be shocked and amused at the incompetence and greed of Nabisco’s CEO F. Ross Johnson and the behind-the-scenes negotiations and skullduggery around this famous LBO.
8. American Psycho (2000)
In this violent and thought-provoking film adaptation of the critically acclaimed Bret Easton Ellis novel set in the backdrop of finance, Christian Bale plays a wealthy investment banker with a dark and deadly secret.
While there is actually little about finance in this movie, American Psycho does shed light on the surreal world inhabited by the financial industry's elite class, and the utter disconnect they have with reality.
7. Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
An acclaimed big-screen adaptation of a David Mamet play, this infinitely quotable movie focuses on a team of downtrodden real estate salesmen whose morals have been utterly eroded after years of working for their unscrupulous company.
The movie showcases the greed and underhanded tactics that those in financial product sales positions may be exposed to. It underscores the unremitting pressure exerted on salespeople by their superiors who have sales goals to meet.
While the entire cast is top-notch, Alec Baldwin’s motivational speech steals the whole movie. It brings to light the best and worst aspects of working in the financial industry under enormous stress.
6. Rogue Trader (1999)
This movie tells the true story of Nick Leeson, a trader who single-handedly caused the insolvency of Barings Bank, the world’s second-oldest merchant bank.
A rising star on the Singapore trading floor, Leeson blew up as quickly as he rose, covering enormous losses from his superiors in carefully hidden accounts. His actions eventually lead to the mother of all failed trades with a short straddle position on the Nikkei, which ends up experiencing a large sigma move.
While the movie is entertaining, it's Leeson’s story itself that makes for a great lesson in risk management and financial oversight.
5. Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005)
Though the events contained in the documentary Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room occurred more than 20 years ago, they still have the power to shock. Based on the best-selling book of the same title, the film relies on a trove of video footage, congressional hearings testimony, and interviews with Enron executive Mike Muckleroy and whistle-blower Sherron Watkins, to argue that Enron, far from being a stellar energy corporation that lost its way, was actually a con game almost from the beginning.
In one of the more stunning revelations, the film lays out how the California energy crisis of 2001 was a sham created by Enron traders, who are overheard asking plant managers to "get a little creative" in closing plants for "repairs." Enron shut down up to 76% of California's energy industry, as it criminally manipulated the state's energy supply and relentlessly drove up the price of electricity.
4. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
This Martin Scorsese-helmed biopic chronicles the rise and fall of a famous stock scammer, Jordan Belfort. It features excellent performances by Leonardo DiCaprio and Jonah Hill.
The Wolf of Wall Street is based on real-life events. This finance film looks at the infamous Stratton Oakmont, an over-the-counter brokerage firm, and a pump and dump scheme that helped launch the IPOs of several large public companies during the late 1980s and 1990s.
3. Boiler Room (2000)
While Barbarians at the Gate takes place in the glitz and glamor of a corporate boardroom, Boiler Room is set on the absolute lowest rung of the financial firm ladder: the pump and dump scheme.
The term refers to unscrupulous firms boosting the price of a security with misleading and sometimes false statements. They then sell their own holdings of the security, leaving investors with stock that's lost its value.
Boiler Room is a work of fiction but pump-and-dump firms are very real, as are the pain and suffering they inflict upon their victims.
This finance movie serves as a warning for those starting to invest in the stock market to stick to transparent, solid companies and to invest based on sound fundamentals. Viewers of Boiler Room won't soon forget the adage “If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.”
2. Margin Call (2011)
Perhaps the most financially accurate movie on the list, Margin Call takes place over the span of 24 hours in the life of a Wall Street firm on the brink of disaster (modeled closely after some of the bulge bracket banks).
Margin Call does little to hide its contempt for the reckless risks taken by some of the largest banks in the run-up to the 2008 financial crisis. It highlights the trading of complex derivative instruments that investment banks themselves barely understood.
A poignant scene in the movie features two main characters talking about the catastrophe that is soon be unleashed upon, not just their firm but the whole, unsuspecting financial community of companies and investors as well, as a janitor stands between them, completely oblivious to what is going on.
1. Wall Street (1987)
One finance movie every professional should consider seeing is the Oliver Stone classic that got thousands of college graduates to utter the immortal phrase “Blue Horseshoe loves Anacott Steel” as they rushed to their Series 7 exams.
Originally crafted to show the excess and hedonism associated with finance, Wall Street still wields power as a recruiting tool for traders, brokers, analysts, and bankers nearly 30 years after it was made.
Although the Wall Street movie serves to warn us about the dangers of insider trading, let’s face it, who wouldn’t want to be Bud Fox or even Gordon Gekko and indulge a bit in our greedy side. After all, it was Gekko who famously said, “Greed is good.”
The Bottom Line
These movies are a must-see for any prospective financial pro. Even if you aren’t thinking of a career in the field, these films can provide a bit of insight into the wild and sometimes absurd world of finance.
|
||||
6282
|
dbpedia
|
1
| 64
|
https://www.cinemablend.com/television/following-ncis-hawaii-cancellation-eps-share-why-they-re-still-proud
|
en
|
Following NCIS: Hawai’i’s Cancellation, The EPs Share Why They’re Still ‘Proud’ Of The Show
|
[
"https://vanilla.futurecdn.net/cinemablend/media/shared/img/flags/nosize/US.svg",
"https://vanilla.futurecdn.net/cinemablend/media/shared/img/flags/nosize/US.svg",
"https://vanilla.futurecdn.net/cinemablend/media/shared/img/flags/nosize/GB.svg",
"https://vanilla.futurecdn.net/cinemablend/media/shared/img/flags/nosize/AU.svg",
"https://vanilla.futurecdn.net/cinemablend/media/shared/img/flags/nosize/CA.svg",
"https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dCkCJVChepc9gJ9L9PVkEm-320-80.jpg",
"https://vanilla.futurecdn.net/cyclingnews/media/img/missing-image.svg",
"https://vanilla.futurecdn.net/cyclingnews/media/img/missing-image.svg",
"https://vanilla.futurecdn.net/cyclingnews/media/img/missing-image.svg",
"https://vanilla.futurecdn.net/cyclingnews/media/img/missing-image.svg",
"https://vanilla.futurecdn.net/cyclingnews/media/img/missing-image.svg",
"https://vanilla.futurecdn.net/cyclingnews/media/img/missing-image.svg",
"https://vanilla.futurecdn.net/cyclingnews/media/img/missing-image.svg",
"https://vanilla.futurecdn.net/cyclingnews/media/img/missing-image.svg",
"https://vanilla.futurecdn.net/cyclingnews/media/img/missing-image.svg",
"https://vanilla.futurecdn.net/cyclingnews/media/img/missing-image.svg",
"https://vanilla.futurecdn.net/cyclingnews/media/img/missing-image.svg",
"https://vanilla.futurecdn.net/cyclingnews/media/img/missing-image.svg",
"https://vanilla.futurecdn.net/cyclingnews/media/img/missing-image.svg",
"https://vanilla.futurecdn.net/cyclingnews/media/img/missing-image.svg",
"https://vanilla.futurecdn.net/cyclingnews/media/img/missing-image.svg",
"https://vanilla.futurecdn.net/cyclingnews/media/img/missing-image.svg",
"https://sb.scorecardresearch.com/p/?c1=2&c2=10055482&cv=4.4.0&cj=1"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[
"Megan Behnke"
] |
2024-08-06T19:48:13+00:00
|
NCIS: Hawai'i was canceled after three seasons, but the EPs share why they're still proud of the CBS procedural.
|
en
|
CINEMABLEND
|
https://www.cinemablend.com/television/following-ncis-hawaii-cancellation-eps-share-why-they-re-still-proud
|
Of the many shows ending and canceled in 2024, one of the biggest surprises was arguably NCIS: Hawai’i’s cancellation. The procedural was axed by CBS after just three seasons, and fans were quick to start petitions and campaigns to save the series. One cast member even trolled CBS’ decision, while avid vieweres have not been holding back their feelings, especially after the network used Hawai’i for further promo. Despite how everything has played out, though, the EPs are as "proud" of the show for some key reasons.
NCIS: Hawai’i brought some firsts to the franchise. The spinoff was different in that it was the first offshoot in the franchise's history not to be initiated by a backdoor pilot. With that, fans weren’t introduced to any of the characters before the series premiere. The show also made franchise history with its casting, as Vanessa Lachey became the first female lead of any show in the NCIS franchise. Co-showrunners Jan Nash, Christopher Silber and Matt Bosack named the cast and other elements of the series while speaking to TVLine following the cancellation:
While Hawai’i didn’t last nearly as long as most fans would have hoped, it did become quite the groundbreaker, especially when it comes to the stars involved in it. Somone who's also proud of that is Vanessa Lachey, who credited Daniela Ruah of NCIS: Los Angeles for paving the way for a female lead in the franchise. Between Jane Tennant leading the charge, Lucy and Whistler’s LGBTQ+ relationship, the Hawaiian culture and much, much more, one can’t help but still be proud of what was accomplished just as the EPs are.
What also hurts, though, is that CBS Studios President David Stapf admitted that if this were any other year, Hawai’i and So Help Me Todd may have survived. Fans have also criticized CBS for stating that the Vanessa Lachey-led show's viewership played a part in the cancellation, even though it reportedly amassed more viewers than shows that were renewed. With that, it’s hard to say exactly why the network pulled the plug.
All of that aside, there may be a silver lining here. NCIS is still going strong, with Season 22 arriving this fall amid the 2024 TV schedule. If LL Cool J’s Sam Hanna can return to the fold following the end of Los Angeles, then perhaps the same can be true for the stars that populated Hawai’i's cast. Any character returns would have to make sense, but it would be fun to dig deeper into the relationship between Jane Tennant and Nick Torres (from the flagship show) as well as any other dynamic between the two teams. But, even if that doesn't happen, I'm still happy about what the spinoff did manage to achieve in a short amount of time.
|
|||||
6282
|
dbpedia
|
3
| 84
|
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2024/08/trap-m-night-shyamalan-movie-review/679355/
|
en
|
M. Night Shyamalan Made a Comedy
|
[
"https://cdn.theatlantic.com/_next/static/images/nav-archive-promo-5541b02ae92f1a9276249e1c6c2534ee.png",
"https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/images/current-issue.large.jpg",
"https://cdn.theatlantic.com/media/img/specialreports/lead/2020/10/14/Thumbnail.jpg",
"https://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/files/nav-crossword.png",
"https://cdn.theatlantic.com/media/files/archive-thumbnail.png",
"https://cdn.theatlantic.com/media/files/YourSubscription_300x300.jpg",
"https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/JNkDMRxM-IBjEJPBYOvI1-8B-oE=/0x1:3717x2092/750x422/media/img/mt/2024/08/li_trap/original.jpg 750w, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/qKx1rCc0l0OQCQDC4gS4ORItToM=/0x1:3717x2092/828x466/media/img/mt/2024/08/li_trap/original.jpg 828w, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/33vED2QeMDde6kv9oJI2uf_fl4M=/0x1:3717x2092/960x540/media/img/mt/2024/08/li_trap/original.jpg 960w, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/XuXEmt8-CsmozJhnJ6v_Wzt616I=/0x1:3717x2092/976x549/media/img/mt/2024/08/li_trap/original.jpg 976w, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/VGXLMCCAOtARhjfN-OPfGh0jIic=/0x1:3717x2092/1952x1098/media/img/mt/2024/08/li_trap/original.jpg 1952w",
"https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/jQHu__U19f9PnZulR3m6b6TJ9zI=/479x5:2087x1613/80x80/media/img/mt/2024/08/li_trap/original.jpg 80w, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/favuTSdvXdfqVO8a-4rItAmlPP8=/479x5:2087x1613/96x96/media/img/mt/2024/08/li_trap/original.jpg 96w, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/-T0mzb0wWZi7i-bxxGMoEHXjCoI=/479x5:2087x1613/128x128/media/img/mt/2024/08/li_trap/original.jpg 128w, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/upjxO7-VWVMYN4IcMu6vSUm9IuQ=/479x5:2087x1613/160x160/media/img/mt/2024/08/li_trap/original.jpg 160w, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/rRB6lokZksSAzv4VQn3hrKPEZPs=/479x5:2087x1613/192x192/media/img/mt/2024/08/li_trap/original.jpg 192w, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/XmViTDqh4PFur6oSFePBdE8PyFw=/479x5:2087x1613/256x256/media/img/mt/2024/08/li_trap/original.jpg 256w, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/aufrUJsW8n3OV0hp6BBqQpry0ww=/479x5:2087x1613/384x384/media/img/mt/2024/08/li_trap/original.jpg 384w, https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/AXW0VDB9QYhWocEAzo-_CGWXD20=/479x5:2087x1613/512x512/media/img/mt/2024/08/li_trap/original.jpg 512w",
"https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/wkjhWBzpZH-hPkgpqL3bHhlivws=/1094x2:4284x3192/120x120/media/None/DSC07459/original.jpg"
] |
[] |
[] |
[
""
] | null |
[
"Shirley Li"
] |
2024-08-03T10:00:00+00:00
|
<em>Trap </em>may be the director’s most unserious movie yet.
|
en
|
https://cdn.theatlantic.com/_next/static/images/favicon-3888b0e329526a975703e3059a02b92d.ico
|
The Atlantic
|
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2024/08/trap-m-night-shyamalan-movie-review/679355/
|
Midway through M. Night Shyamalan’s latest thriller, Trap, a young girl is chosen to dance onstage with her idol, a singer who goes by “Lady Raven” (played by the director’s daughter Saleka). The lucky attendee is understandably nervous, but a stage manager tells her not to overthink it. “It’s not about being good,” she advises. “It’s about having fun!”
The line doubles as guidance for viewers, many of whom will have ideas about what to expect from Shyamalan: a horror film with a pivotal plot twist that will chill them (The Sixth Sense), confuse them (Lady in the Water), or make them laugh at the absurdity (The Village). But Trap, more often than not, encourages its audience to laugh with it. Shyamalan pitched the story as “if The Silence of the Lambs happened at a Taylor Swift concert,” a terrifying premise that also sounds like a twisted joke, something more likely to happen in a Batman comic than in real life. Trap is, as such, sillier than it is scary, the story shapeshifting in ways equally sinister and loony—which seems to be the point. The film doesn’t intend to be “good”; it wants its viewers to have some delirious fun.
That it works at all is due in large part to Josh Hartnett, an actor who’s enjoying something of a career renaissance after his work in last year’s Oppenheimer. Here, Hartnett stars as Cooper, a father taking his daughter, Riley (Ariel Donoghue), to the Lady Raven concert, but who also turns out to be—and this is only a surprise if you’ve avoided every single trailer—a serial killer known as “The Butcher.” The concert is doubling as an elaborate ruse by the authorities to catch Cooper, who must find a way to escape without raising any suspicions, most of all from Riley. Hartnett is a thrill to watch as Cooper slips between his dual personas from scene to scene, awkwardly bonding with Riley in one moment and fooling SWAT teams with practiced cool the next. When Cooper begins to understand how difficult it will be for him to leave with his daughter in tow, Hartnett injects a touch of nerves into Cooper’s every move. His smiles grow more forced, his lies more complicated, his stance more stiff—enough for Riley to notice that something’s off.
Hartnett’s performance unlocks the film’s unusual charm. Trap may be nonsensical, with massive plot holes, but it’s not mindless. Shyamalan is able to both unnerve and tickle his audience whenever he keeps the film firmly in Cooper’s perspective. To a serial killer, Trap suggests, everything that everyone else considers normal is actually unnatural, maybe even hilarious: Cooper seems to take pleasure in darting between his seat and the rest of the arena, setting up distractions that delight him and disturb everyone else, all so he can make his way through throngs of concertgoers and police officers. The dialogue he exchanges with anyone he meets is stilted, with long, strange pauses, as if in Cooper’s mind, ordinary people are too slow to keep up with him. The effect is a film that’s oddly funny, right down to a mid-credits scene played for laughs. Cooper’s preposterous jaunts into restricted areas and back to Riley play like a heightened version of the Mrs. Doubtfire restaurant scene, and the plot giddily contorts itself in directions I won’t spoil. I’ll just say that each time the story progressed after reaching what seemed like a narrative impasse, I could practically hear Shyamalan rubbing his hands together, cackling at what he’d done.
Like his other recent movies, Trap extracts mundane fears about parenting from its ludicrous story. Cooper’s psychopathy is rooted in a strained relationship with his mother, but he’s managed to be a good dad to Riley. At the concert, he’s angry that his identity as the Butcher has gotten in the way of his daughter having a good time—something she desperately needed after being ostracized from her friend group. Trap posits that although parents understand things about their children more than anybody else, they can’t control what happens to them, always keep them safe, or avoid inadvertently hurting them. This poignant message, despite Shyamalan’s best efforts, comes off a tad underbaked as the film goes on. The suspense around whether Cooper will get caught overwhelms whatever suspense there is around Riley’s relationship with her dad falling apart.
|
||||
6282
|
dbpedia
|
0
| 86
|
https://immortalephemera.com/22781/the-whistler-series-richard-dix/
|
en
|
8 Questions for Author Dan Van Neste About The Whistler Film Series
|
[
"https://immortalephemera.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/ht-now-available-border.jpg",
"https://immortalephemera.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/1927-amalgamated-richard-dix.jpg",
"https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thingsandothe-20&l=ur2&o=1",
"https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thingsandothe-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1593934025",
"https://immortalephemera.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/the-whistler-by-dan-van-neste-280.jpg",
"https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thingsandothe-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1593934025",
"https://immortalephemera.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/the-whistler-1.jpg",
"https://immortalephemera.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/1936-gp-sots-richard-dix.jpg",
"https://immortalephemera.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/1936-nestle-richard-dix.jpg",
"https://immortalephemera.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/michael-duane.jpg",
"https://immortalephemera.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/1920s-exhibit-dix-lois-wilson-vanishing.jpg",
"https://immortalephemera.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/1936-carreras-richard-dix.jpg",
"https://immortalephemera.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/1927-african-richard-dix.jpg",
"https://immortalephemera.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/1920s-fan-photo-richard-dix-4.jpg",
"https://immortalephemera.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/1934-carreras-richard-dix.jpg",
"https://immortalephemera.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/richard-dix-mysterious-intruder-1946.jpg",
"https://immortalephemera.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/1934-cracker-jack-richard-dix.jpg",
"https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thingsandothe-20&l=ur2&o=1",
"https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thingsandothe-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1593934025",
"https://immortalephemera.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dan-van-neste.jpg",
"https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thingsandothe-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1593934025",
"https://immortalephemera.com/wp-content/gallery/1936-r95-linen-premiums/dix-richard-yellow-dust.jpg",
"https://assets.pinterest.com/images/pidgets/pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_20.png",
"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/41914fbf5501cdbad476238fb45d8b13?s=65&r=g",
"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4843ec9537a11f3037fb2a4a0a16895d?s=48&r=g",
"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/01050b8b71e474a6d638c8356e19f2cb?s=48&r=g",
"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/67e94e711b7d86e489ba7cd4b051755c?s=48&r=g",
"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/01050b8b71e474a6d638c8356e19f2cb?s=48&r=g"
] |
[
"https://www.youtube.com/embed/2jXrN48IUd0?rel=0"
] |
[] |
[
"the whistler",
"whistler film series",
"columbia whistler",
"richard dix",
"richard dix the whistler",
"dan van neste",
"the whistler stepping into the shadows"
] | null |
[
"Cliff Aliperti",
"Grand Old Movies says",
"Cliff Aliperti says",
"R.A. Kerr says"
] |
2012-09-05T04:19:20+00:00
|
Dan Van Neste, author of The Whistler: Stepping Into the Shadows, answers 8 questions about The Whistler film series starring Richard Dix.
|
en
|
Immortal Ephemera
|
https://immortalephemera.com/22781/the-whistler-series-richard-dix/
|
Introduction
So did you catch The Whistler (1944) on TCM last Saturday morning? It's the latest in TCM's series of series entries to fill that Saturday am time slot. If you've gotten a kick out of other Columbia series such as The Lone Wolf, The Crime Doctor or Boston Blackie then there's a good chance that The Whistler is going to be for you too!
I'm new to this series myself, having just caught the initial entry for the first time last week. But as I've become a fan of the other series mentioned above and have always been a fan of Richard Dix, the actor who stars in seven of the eight Whistler entries, I really wanted to post something about The Whistler on the site.
Luckily, I knew a guy. Not just any guy, but Dan Van Neste , author of The Whistler: Stepping Into the Shadows. Not a bad way to go when seeking out info about The Whistler, ay?
I met Dan via Facebook where we initially spent several days discussing the wonderful Claire Dodd, whom Dan had published an article about in Films of the Golden Age magazine. Dan's article about Miss Dodd was so splendid that it has delayed me from posting anything on this site--after all, half of the fun for me is learning about the old stars, Dan didn't seem to leave me much wiggle room. In the space of several magazine pages he sketched an economical biography which answered all of my own questions.
So when I opened up my TCM Now Playing guide not very long ago to prepare my September preview and realized that The Whistler was coming, it was pretty obvious what I had to do! I was curious about The Whistler as I assume you are now curious about the series as well. Following are my brief questions, asked prior to first viewing The Whistler, followed by Dan's detailed answers.
For more about The Whistler please pick up a copy of The Whistler: Stepping Into the Shadows by Dan Van Neste with foreword by Robert Dix, son of Whistler star Richard Dix.
An Interview with Dan Van Neste
Q: Thanks again for helping us out with The Whistler on such short notice, Dan. First of all, could you tell us a little about the background of the series?
Dan Van Neste: The first Whistler movie was not made until 1944, but the story of The Whistler on film began with a pair of ax murders on the U. S. west coast two years earlier. The date was May 16, 1942. The grisly crimes were not real but part of a spine tingling radio script written for a new suspense program called, “The Whistler” on the CBS Network.
An anthology sponsored by The Signal Oil Company, the debut broadcast was an overnight sensation, the first of 692 west coast & 77 east coast episodes of one of the most successful and longest running (1942-55) radio programs of all time!
The debut broadcast resembled all which followed. It began with a hauntingly discordant 13 note whistle, and an eerie, other worldly voice saying, “I am the Whistler and I know many things for I walk by night . . .” Each episode involved individuals who wander outside the boundaries of law, propriety, and morality to achieve an unsavory objective. Just when it appears as if they will succeed each is ironically undone by their own greed, avarice, stupidity, and/or the hand of fate guided by the sinister Whistler character who like a Greek chorus narrates his tales, comments on the proceedings, and metes out punishment with vindictive delight.
The initial story entitled, “Retribution” was a tale of revenge and murder involving an evil man who hacked up his wife and stepson in order to lay claim to their money. His escape from prison and attempt to retrieve cash hidden in the old house he shared with his victims leads him to a ghastly fate overseen by The Whistler.
It didn’t take long for the immense popularity of The Whistler program to come to the attention of Columbia Pictures’ head, Harry Cohn. Cohn was looking for an idea for a new series to replace Ellery Queen which had ceased production in 1942. In 1943 Cohn purchased the film rights to The Whistler; and he and producer Rudolph Flothow began preparations to make a motion picture version of the popular radio show.
In order to ensure success they opted to closely adhere to the main elements of the program. They hired Whistler creator/writer J. Donald Wilson to provide a story and oversee the first film, secured the services of veteran actor Richard Dix to star, and young dynamic William Castle to direct.
The first picture simply titled, The Whistler was released in March, 1944. It’s surprising success with audiences and elite critics guaranteed there would me more Whistler films to follow. In fact just four months later Cohn was already busy producing a follow-up picture, thus giving birth to one of the most unique, and influential series in B movie history.
Interlude
With that background from Dan, now seems a good time to share this trailer created by Dan's publisher, BearManor Media, for The Whistler: Stepping Into the Shadows:
More About The Whistler With Dan
Q: I’m a big fan of the Lone Wolf movies and recently immersed myself in the Crime Doctor series, but The Whistler is entirely new to me. What, if anything, makes the series different from some of the other Columbia crime series released during this period?
Dan Van Neste: Although The Whistler films resembled Columbia’s other B crime/mystery series in many respects they were distinct.
Certainly one of the key differences was the anthology format. With the exception of the title character (who essentially functions as a spooky narrator), each Whistler film contained completely different characters.
Another distinction was the protagonists. While The Crime Doctor, The Lone Wolf, and Boston Blackie had their faults and run-ins with the law, they were essentially heroic. Not so with many of the protagonists of the Whistler films. In fact several were out and out villains whose punishment was death.
Another main difference was contained in the stories. Unlike the other series, from the outset of each Whistler film audiences knew who the culprit was. The mystery was how he would be caught, and justice served. I could go on and on.
Suffice it to say The Whistler series was unique in many ways.
Q: How many films were in the series? Was Richard Dix always the star and did each entry have anything to do with the others?
Dan Van Neste: There were eight Whistler pictures in all, two per year (1944-46), then one in 1947, and 1948. Dix starred in seven of the eight.
After filming was complete on the seventh entry, The Thirteenth Hour (in October, 1946), he was forced to retire from acting due to deteriorating health. He died three years later in 1949.
Dix was eventually replaced by young Columbia contract player Michael Duane, who starred in the last film, The Return of the Whistler (1948).
The eight movies had multiple common elements. Each contained The Whistler character, each was a ‘crime does not pay’ morality tale with an ironic ending. All had noir elements, memorable performances, etc., etc.
Q: Richard Dix had been around for a long time. He was a star in silent films and made a hit in the talkie, Cimarron. While I’m a fan of most of his early 1930’s work Dix seemed to decline in popularity as the years rolled by. Did The Whistler series do anything to revitalize his career?
Dan Van Neste: Dix was a major star of silent films and the early talkie period. His bravura performance as bigger-than-life Yancy Cravat in RKO’s Oscar winning western adventure Cimarron (1931) was the highlight of a career which encompassed 4 decades, over 100 motion pictures, and many peaks and valleys.
Dix was experiencing one of the valleys when he made Cimarron which earned him an Oscar nomination but turned out to be a double-edged sword. It boosted his career; but after its release he became forever associated with the western/action adventure genre.
He gradually drifted into B movies in the latter 1930’s; and was very unhappy with the type of film roles he was playing by the early 1940‘s. To break free he accepted the part of a psychotic sea captain in Val Lewton's creepy melodrama, The Ghost Ship (1943). His performance in an overtly villainous role surprised and impressed many including Harry Cohn who offered him the lead in the first Whistler film, then signed him to a contract to do the series.
Although the Whistlers were B movies made quickly and cheaply to fill the bottom half of a mandatory double bill, they were uncommonly well made, winning acclaim from elite critics.
They certainly gave Richard Dix a chance to show his versatility as an actor; and he did not disappoint. If for no other reason, The Whistler films are worth watching for Dix’s exceptional lead performances which demonstrated once and for all what a fine, versatile actor he was. Robert Dix told me his dad was very proud of his work on the series and glad he signed on to star.
Q: Were any other actors regularly featured in the The Whistler series? Did Columbia use it like it did the aforementioned series to introduce any new talent?
Dan Van Neste: Outside of Richard Dix there was one who was regularly featured, an unknown actor by the name of Otto Forrest who portrayed the shadowy Whistler character in all the films. For some reason he remained uncredited through the entirety of the series.
While I don’t believe there were any notables actually introduced in the Whistler films, the casts were loaded with gifted young actors and filmmakers who pooled their talents with seasoned veterans. Among them was young Michael Duane, who gave good performances in the sixth entry, The Secret of the Whistler (1946) and in the final film, The Return of the Whistler (1948); beautiful Leslie Brooks who left quite an impression as a golddigger in The Secret of the Whistler (1946); and William Castle who memorably directed four of the eight Whistler features.
Among the veteran actors who contributed compelling performances were several striking leading ladies like Karen Morley, Gloria Stuart, Janis Carter, and Lynn Merrick, and many great character players such as J. Carrol Naish, Porter Hall, Kathleen Howard, Joan Woodbury, Regis Toomey, Trevor Bardette, Paul Guilfoyle, and Jeff Donnell.
Q: Why did Columbia end the series?
Dan Van Neste: There were many factors which combined to doom The Whistler series.
Dix’s retirement from acting in 1947 was the first of several blows. His performances had always been the heart of the Whistler films, so his absence was sorely felt. Cohn briefly considered abandoning the series at that time but being the skinflint he was, changed his mind primarily because Columbia still owned the rights to the Whistler name and the films were still making money.
Cohn initially selected veteran actor Otto Kruger as a replacement for Dix but switched to 33 year old Michael Duane after producer Rudy Flothow purchased the rights to film a Cornell Woolrich story about a young bridegroom’s search for his missing bride. The resulting film, The Return of the Whistler (1948), had redeeming qualities, contained excellent performances, and made a modest profit, but it disappointed many.
This combined with the demise of the double bill, the decline of low budget program pictures, changing tastes, and the advent of television to sound the death knell for The Whistler films and many other series’ favorites including Charlie Chan, Boston Blackie, The Falcon, The Crime Doctor, The Lone Wolf, and even Blondie. By 1951 all had disappeared from the big screen.
Q: What especially drew you to The Whistler?
Dan Van Neste: I remember really enjoying The Whistler films when I first saw them on television when I was a kid, but to tell you the truth I almost didn’t write The Whistler: Stepping Into the Shadows.
When I signed on to write a series book for BearManor Media, I had my pick. I initially selected another film series as my subject but changed my mind at the last minute when I began watching the Whistlers on Turner Classic Movies in 2008. I hadn’t seen them in years and had forgotten how atmospheric and unusual they were. They were program pictures with some of the familiar weaknesses of B’s, but still grabbed my attention and held it.
In addition, they contained noir elements which I found fascinating. To me these 8 B movies are special; and I’m not alone. They have fans in many quarters. The legendary director Robert Wise called them, “examples of budget filmmaking at its very best”.
Q: Tell us about your book, The Whistler: Stepping Into the Shadows.
Dan Van Neste: It’s the culmination of three years of work. There were lots of frustrations along the way; but I’m glad I persevered.
It’s actually three books in one. It is a companion to the series and tells readers anything and everything they want to know about the eight Whistler films, but also tells a detailed story of how movies like the Whistlers were made by Columbia.
During the 1940’s Columbia Pictures was an incredible B movie factory which employed scores of talented, hardworking people who churned out low budget films at an astonishing pace. They didn’t receive Oscar statues and much if any encouragement; but to me they were heroes.
The last half of the book is devoted to them. It contains profiles of 50 of these gifted, unsung actors, directors, writers, and craftsman who worked on the Whistler films (among many others).
A highlight of the book is the lengthy, 32 page bio of Richard Dix which includes unique reminiscences from his actor son Robert who also wrote the book’s Foreword. Bob Dix tells me it’s the best, most complete profile of his dad he’s ever read, and I’m proud of that.
Another interesting part of the volume was contributed by noir expert, historian Karen Burroughs Hannsberry, (author of two wonderful noir books and editor of the terrific noir newsletter, The Dark Pages). She analyzes the noir elements of each of the Whistler films.
Conclusion
Thank you so much, Dan! For even more on The Whistler series of films be sure to pick up Dan's book The Whistler: Stepping Into the Shadows available on Amazon.com HERE .
Be sure to catch The Whistler series on Turner Classic Movies over the next several Saturday mornings beginning at 10:45 am EST through October 6.
About Dan Van Neste
A native of Michigan, author, biographer, film historian Dan Van Neste has penned over 40 major movie related articles for various newspapers, magazines, and film journals during the past two decades. Best known for his star profiles in Classic Images and Films of the Golden Age magazines, his work has merited seven cover stories. Many of his articles have included original interviews with vintage filmmakers.
His first book, The Whistler: Stepping Into the Shadows is a salute to the influential, groundbreaking suspense film series produced by Columbia Pictures (1944-48).
The 421 page film reference volume featuring 114 photos traces the history of the series and its radio origins, provides vital background details on each of the 8 Whistler motion pictures, and features 50 rare profiles of Whistler filmmakers highlighted by an in-depth look back at the life and career of series' star Richard Dix.
Pick it up on Amazon.com HERE .
|