No director may be as simultaneously beloved and underappreciated than John Carpenter. The average moviegoer knows about Halloween. His version of The Thing is thankfully now considered one of the…
(Not So) Famous Firsts
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Jon Favreau may not be a household name yet but he is responsible for some of the most famous pop culture icons of the two decades. He started as an…
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I’ve covered two types of debuts on (Not-So) Famous Firsts. The first is the type of debut that, while embarrassing, allows the director in question to point to his roots…
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For more than sixty years now, Woody Allen has been an icon in the comedy world. Lately, though, it’s obvious that he’ll likely be remembered just as much for his…
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The most influential figure on the new Hollywood era was Roger Corman. He’s the one who gave Martin Scorsese, Peter Bogdanovich, Monte Hellman, Johnathan Demme, Robert Towne, Nicolas Roeg, and…
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Jonathan Demme’s passing was marked by tributes to Silence of the Lambs, an American horror classic. Demme would still be considered one of the great American directors even if that…
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