From Mean Streets to The Exorcist and Badlands, 1973 was a year that showcased the audacious talent in Hollywood that was experimenting with darker themes and new film techniques.
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The genocide of the Herero people lives on in today’s Namibia and Perivi Katjavivi’s film illustrates this.
A range of films spanning different eras confronts viewers with the same question: ‘What if all that hard work isn’t really worth it?’
It may have had a plot full of holes and some excruciating dialogue, but Basic Instinct persists thanks to the sheer charisma and star power of Sharon Stone.
Sam Spade only appeared in one novel. But he left his mark, with the help of the Hollywood legend who portrayed him.
Jo Nesbø’s bleak thriller featuring troubled hero Harry Hole, rings the changes in a genre recently dominated by female protagonists.
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