Monthly Archives: September 2017

Hammer and Science-Fiction

Posted on September 27, 2017 by amangr

Although Hammer is usually thought of in conjunction with the Gothic tradition in the horror and fantasy genre, it’s also worth remembering their contribution to British science-fiction films. To begin with, Hammer was making science-fiction films before they even thought … Continue reading →

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Some thoughts on film noir

Posted on September 11, 2017 by amangr

Noir is tricky in that that it sub-divides into films that use a set of noir stylistics–talking the talk as it were, without really walking the walk–and films that embrace a noir world-view, sometimes disregarding or down-playing the stylistics in … Continue reading →

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