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The Second Coming of the “Woman’s Film” | Cinema 101

It is a sad indicator of how mainstream studios fail to cater for female audiences that led to the creation of the term “woman’s film”, a brand of domestic melodrama that reached its cultural and commercial peak during the Second World War. Instead of being widely accepted as additions to the canon of quality American …

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Box Office Sabermetrics: Don’t Cry For ‘Crimson Peak’, Cry For What Comes Next

Another Guillermo del Toro film has been released, which is pretty much the same thing as saying that another Guillermo del Toro film has not made money at the domestic box office. Disclosure: I have not seen Crimson Peak at this time, so yes I am part of the problem, but I have nothing but …

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Guillermo Del Toro to go smaller, black-and-white for next film

After taking us into a haunted house in his last film, prior to making giant monsters and robots fight, it seems like Del Toro is looking for something smaller for his next movie. The Guardian caught up with the writer/director while promoting Crimson Peak and he spoke about his follow-up project, which is not Pacific …

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