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Raymond Briggs, best known as the writer and illustrator of beloved children’s books such as Fungus the Bogeyman, Father Christmas, and the holiday classic The Snowman, ventured into far darker territory with his 1982 graphic novel When the Wind Blows. Maintaining the same simple, pencil-crayon aesthetic that characterized his

Before director of Cemetary Man - Michele Soavi - became a distinctive voice in Italian horror, he spent much of the 80’s working as an assistant director to two giants of the genre: Dario Argento and Lamberto Bava. He was on the set of (to mention a few biggies)

If you grew up in front of the television in the 1980s, chances are you’ve experienced it: that eerie, half-memory of a film you were sure you saw, but could never quite place again. The kind of thing that made you wonder, Did I dream that? For a certain

Saul Bass (1920–1996) was an American graphic designer and filmmaker whose bold, minimalistic style redefined visual communication. Considered by many to be “the Pablo Picasso of commercial artists,” Bass spent over 50 years crafting images for Hollywood and Madison Avenue. His portfolio ranged from iconic film posters and motion-picture

The Point is a psychedelic fable written and composed by Harry Nilsson. The story follows the journey of a round-headed boy, Oblio and his faithful dog, Arrow who live in the Land of Point. Oblio is born with somewhat of a deformity: he doesn't have a 'point&

Roze Stiebra is considered the "godmother" of Latvian animation. Across six decades of work, she not only established animation as a serious art form in Latvia but also infused it with a distinctive poetic voice. Her films, nearly seventy in total, adapted folklore, poetry, and national fables, always

Peter Greenaway was a painter before he started making films. He saw cinema as a painter's medium, and transposed that belief in every single frame. Drowning by Numbers is the kind of film better referred to as a picture; the images of this film are really the heart