For a majority of filmgoers, the names most usually associated with classic Japanese cinema are those of Kurosawa and Ozu. Yet during the early 1950s, at the same time that Kurosawa was becoming known
We live in a secular world and cinema is part of that secular edifice. There is no expectation, in modern times, that filmmakers should be believers – any more than we would expect that to be the case
With its sensational tricks, menacing atmosphere, and strong sense of the occult, Uncle Silas is one of the greatest mystery stories ever written. A film version was made by Gainsborough Studios in 19