I first encountered Vittorio Cottafavi back in 2011 or so – the golden age of film forums and Tumblr, where screenshots played an important role in garnering enthusiasm for a lot of underseen or somewhat misunderstood/mis-categorized filmmakers. His spectacular pepla and historical epics scratched an itch for me then for films made with actual, mechanically…… Continue reading Lucky Star Editorial Grid – 03/03/2025 – 03/14/2025
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Lucky Star Editorial Grid – 01/18/2025 – 01/31/2025
We recently published our Top Films of 2024 lists which has finally given us all the freedom to stop playing catchup and go back to our individual rabbit holes. There are three films on this grid that represent one of my favorites of said rabbit holes and they all belong to a long-running (early 1970s…… Continue reading Lucky Star Editorial Grid – 01/18/2025 – 01/31/2025
Lucky Star Editorial Grid – 11/02/24-11/15/24
If you’ve been following these biweekly grids at all, you might’ve noticed that they have been distinctly devoid of American films. In the past, this has been the result of some specific rabbit hole we have gone down on or some project taking up our collective imagination but this year has just been one where…… Continue reading Lucky Star Editorial Grid – 11/02/24-11/15/24
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