W-Cinema

In multiple ways, the rise of the studio system in 1913 paved the way to the consolidation of American cinema as a major film industry, with...

In 1932, American producers Victor and Edward Halperin released what is now considered as the very first feature length zombie film, the hig...

Know during his lifetime as "The King of Comedy", Canadian filmmaker Mack Sennett was one of the greatest innovators of slapstick ...

Though nowadays the name of Harold MacGrath is not exactly well known, during the first decades of the twentieth century he was one of the m...

Certainly, one of the greatest figures of Argentina is without a doubt singer, songwriter and actor Carlos Gardel. The most prominent figu...

With the release of his controversial yet highly influential feature length debut " L'Age d'Or " in 1930, Spanish director...

When first published in 1847, Emily Brontë's novel "Wuthering Heights" received mixed reviews from audiences and critics, whom...

In the year 2004, Katsuhiro Ôtomo, writer and director of the enormously influential anime, "Akira" (1988), returned to film-makin...

 One of the greatest misconceptions about the horror film genre is that it is a clichéd, predictable and juvenile entertainment based entire...

Through the history of Mexican cinema, with its penchant for stylish melodrama and musical comedies, full fledged ventures into the fantasy ...