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Thelma & Louise, the 1991 film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis, has been described as a road movie, a buddy movie, a feminist parable, and only incidentally as a Western. An Oscar winner for first-time screenwriter Callie Khouri, Thelma & Louise catalyzed a national conversation about women, violence, and self-determination in a Hollywood still shrugging off the West of John Wayne and in an America that still viewed women as accessories to the national mythology.

In a captivating realm where cinematic narratives enchant countless viewers, how can one harmonize their faith with the craft of filmmaking? The Wages of Cinema encourages a deep dive into this relationship, drawing upon the significant reflections of Dorothy L. Sayers defending the authenticity of art and truth's manifestation.

An Esquire Best Book of 2022! Written with inside access, comprehensive research, and a down-to-earth perspective, Phasers on Stun! chronicles the entire history of Star Trek, revealing that its enduring place in pop culture is all thanks to innovative pivots and radical change. For over five...

The first biography of one of the most fascinating, complex, and polarizing legends of cinema’s golden age, Charlton Heston, from the bestselling, prize-winning author of Cary Grant, Walt Disney, and American Rebel. With unforgettable performances such as Moses in The Ten Commandments, the...

The eye-opening true story of Tom Cruise, from #1 New York Times bestselling biographer Andrew Morton. Everyone knows Tom Cruise--or at least what he wants us to know. We know that he overcame a difficult childhood to star in astonishing array of blockbusters: Top Gun, Rain Man, Born on the...

Cinema emerged alongside the rules that ushered in boxing’s modern age and the “squared circle” proved the ideal stage for cinematic display. The public had its first taste of the new medium in 1894 through a heavyweight bout, recognized today as the world’s first feature film. Smash Hit: Race, Crime, and Culture in Boxing Films uses twenty films as the basis of a hard-nosed exploration as to how the genre held a bloody mirror to twentieth century America’s most prominent social anxieties, elucidating two conjoined mediums that serve as bellwether to an ever-shifting cultural zeitgeist.

Si en algo estamos de acuerdo todos es que La Academia no siempre opina lo mismo que el público. Por eso te traemos la lista de 10 películas que en nuestro corazón se llevaron el Oscar a Mejor Película...

The Jurassic Park series is one of the most famous and profitable movie franchises of all time. The movie spectacle broke film and merchandising records, pioneered special effects, and made Jeff Goldblum into an unlikely sex symbol, and now it has also been re-envisioned as a classic of queer feminist storytelling. In Clever Girl, Hannah McGregor argues that the female-only dinosaurs of Jurassic Park are stand-ins for monstrous women, engineered by men to be intelligent, violent, and adaptive, and whose chaos resists the systems designed to control them.

Qué bonito es el idioma español. Qué bonito es el cine. Ahora imagínate lo precioso que es ver cine en español. No te lo imagines más. Aquí te recomendamos las mejores 10 películas iberoamericanas...

Desde que éramos seres de las cavernas hemos tenido la habilidad de imaginar. Sin embargo, estas películas nos ayudaron a ver nuestros sueños más extraños hechos realidad. No te puedes perder nuestro conteo de las 10 películas que revolucionaron la ciencia ficción en la pantalla grande...

Desde accidentes hasta muertes. Estas películas están llenas de misterio, drama y mucha, mucha mala suerte. ¿Serán víctimas de una maldición o un hechizo? Dale play para descubrir nuestro top 10 de películas malditas...

Una segunda parte no siempre es una buena idea cuando de películas se trata, pero estas secuelas nos dejaron boquiabiertos, porque superaron a sus predecesoras...

Películas basadas en libros hay muchas, pero estamos seguros que no lo sospechabas de las diez películas que elegimos para este episodio de Cine de 10...

La taquilla no les hizo justicia. La crítica las apaleó en su momento. Pero con el paso del tiempo han desarrollado seguidores en todos los rincones del mundo. Aquí nuestras 10 recomendaciones de películas de culto...

Ya sea que sea una primera cita, el quinto aniversario o simplemente un jueves por la noche. Ver una película en pareja es toda una tradición, y aquí en Cine de 10 te decimos cuáles son las ideales para ti y tu ser amado...

Chavela Vargas decía que un mexicano nace en donde le da la gana. Pero estas películas son la excepción, porque todas vieron por primera vez la luz en tierra mexicana...

Written by film critic Odie Henderson, Black Caesars and Foxy Cleopatras is a spirited history of a genre and the movies that he grew up watching, which he loves without irony (but with plenty of self-awareness and humor). Blaxploitation was a major trend, but it was never simple. The films mixed self-empowerment with exploitation, base stereotypes with essential representation that spoke to the lives and fantasies of Black viewers. The time is right for a reappraisal, understanding these films in the context of the time, and exploring their lasting influence.

For fans of one of the most successful and highly discussed shows in recent memory, LOST: Back to the Island is both a delightful time capsule and a rousing work of entertainment criticism.

This eclectic volume traces Rigg’s career as a renowned star of television, film, and the stage. The author includes insights from rare, archived interviews, encompassing both video dialogues conducted by the University of Kent and Oxford Union.

The 1920s was a bustling time in Hollywood, as starry-eyed young women sought fame and fortune—only to discover that their dreams did not match the reality of the film industry. Edgcumb Pinchon was there to report on it all. He interviewed women who worked as “extras” in Hollywood, and was himself involved in the film business as a screenwriter and author. He describes here the hierarchy of those on set (in front of and behind the camera) with first-hand knowledge and humor.