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Suspiria (1977)

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Suspiria (1977)  By Calum Whitfield A spooky, dread-filled, yet staggeringly gorgeous nightmare put to film. 4.5/5 Cameras 🎥🎥🎥🎥.5 Directed by: Dario Argento  Starring: Jessica Harper, Joan Bennett, Stefania Casini et al Where to find it: Amazon Prime Video No Copyright Infringement Intended  Suspiria (1977) is perhaps the most famous film directed by the great Dario Argento. Written by him and his partner, Daria Nicolodi, it brings some of the traits of classic Giallo cinema, Argento’s own unique cinematic flair, and a spooky supernatural story together to create an intriguing and unique visual experience. After all these years, is it still worth a watch? Suspiria tells the tale of Suzy Bannion, an American dancer who has moved to Germany to join a famous dance school. While getting a ride to the school she witnesses another student leaving the building, seemingly running away in terror. This student flees to a friend’s apartment where she is brutally, yet beautiful...

Our Favourite Directors

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  Our Favourite Directors  To celebrate hitting 1000 views, we thought we would each dive into our five favourite directors. With so many great choices available there’s a good chance these lists could change day to day, but right now, here are each of our favourites! 1. Taika Waititi Taika Waititi is undoubtedly one of the most in-demand directors in current cinema, but I’m going to be honest, like a lot of other people, my first introduction to Waititi’s work was through 2017’s Thor: Ragnarok. Waititi’s ability to completely revitalise the Thor franchise, which was otherwise bland and largely considered to be the worst of the MCU titles, into a vibrant comedy that embraced the craziness of its source material within the first five minutes of its’ runtime is something to be marvelled at (excuse the pun). His work outside of the land of superheroes, however, is even more impressive. Oscar-winning Jojo Rabbit is a touching, yet absurd, film set in Nazi Germany that highlights t...