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The Anatomy of a Remake: Nosferatu

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The hellish vampire had a miniature revival with the 2024 Robert Eggers film Nosferatu. This is one of many retellings of a gothic tale over two centuries old. Looking back, the original Nosferatu is a German Expressionist film released in 1922 in Germany and 1929 ... Read More

Nosferatu: A Century of Horror

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Some concepts are older than they seem. ‘Breaking the 4th wall’ is considered a television term, yet authors as old as Shakespeare, Cervantes, and Chaucer have used that concept in their work. Likewise, obscure knock-off films have gained notoriety as being, say, the ‘Turkish Star ... Read More

100 Years In The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari

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The 2000s and 2010s saw a few early entries reach their centenaries, like Paul Wegener’s The Golem from 1915 along with early films from Charlie Chaplin. However, the 2020s will be when cinema’s biggest early classics hit their triple digit anniversaries. There is Harold Lloyd dangling ... Read More