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Hunter Friesen

What If... Martin Scorsese & Raging Bull beat Robert Redford & Ordinary People?

Let's go down that alternative timeline and investigate how future Oscar races would be changed because of this.

Hunter Friesen

How "The Godfather" Signaled Hollywood Change 50 Years Ago

The 1970s saw the birth of the film movement known as “New Hollywood” or the “American New Wave”. This movement emulated what had been...

Hunter Friesen

The Birth of New Hollywood, 1967-1976

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, many American filmmakers sought to revolutionize Hollywood cinema. For the past several decades,...

Hunter Friesen

The Influence of Howard Hawks in John Carpenter's "Assault on Precinct 13"

Bridging over from the changes of New Sentimentality in the late 1960s, the early 1970s was a time of seismic cinematic change. It was a...

Hunter Friesen

"The Graduate" & "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner": How 1967 Marked A Dramatic Shift in Hollywood

The year 1967 can be regarded as one of the most pivotal years in cinema history. It was a transitional year where the conventional and...

Hunter Friesen

"Night of the Living Dead": The First Liberal Horror Film

The 1960s and 1970s marked an era of transformation within cinema. No longer did the studio system out in Hollywood dominate the industry...

Hunter Friesen

John Cassavetes & Paul Newman: Hollywood Stars, Art Cinema Auteurs

As actors, John Cassavetes and Paul Newman worked within the Hollywood studio system. Cassavetes starred mostly in military movies, while...

Hunter Friesen

Sidney Poitier & Dustin Hoffman: The Dueling Kings of 1967 Hollywood

In all the years that cinema has been alive, 1967 is undoubtedly one of the most pivotal. After years of jealousy towards the European...

Hunter Friesen

"Bonnie & Clyde" and New Sentimentality

Immediately upon its release, film critic Roger Ebert claimed Bonnie and Clyde to be a landmark in American cinema. The film attracted a...