ILLUMINED ILLUSIONS

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Seeing Cinema in a New Light / essays by Ian C. Bloom

 


I l l u m i n e d   I l l u s i o n s  is a digital repository of film criticism.

Some essays constitute in-depth analyses,

while others better fit the parameters of a review.

No attempt is made to hold back crucial plot points.

Just remember that we only have one chance to see a movie for the first time.


 

 

 

 

 

2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)

ALADDIN (1992)

AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973)

AMITYVILLE HORROR, THE (1979)

ARTIST, THE (2011)

AVIATOR, THE (2004)  

BACK TO THE FUTURE (1985)

BATMAN BEGINS (2005) 

BEN-HUR: A TALE OF THE CHRIST (1959)

BEVERLY HILLS COP (1984) 

BLACK STALLION, THE (1979)

BOB ROBERTS (1992) 

BRIDGE OF SPIES (2015)  

BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969) 

CARS (2006)

CASINO ROYALE (2006) 

CATCH ME IF YOU CAN (2002) 

CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF (1958)

CHANGING LANES (2002)

CHARIOTS OF FIRE (1981)

CHILDREN OF PARADISE (1946)

CITIZEN KANE (1941) 

CITY SLICKERS (1991)

CONVERSATION, THE (1974) 

DARK KNIGHT, THE (2008) 

DARK KNIGHT RISES, THE (2012)

DEAD POETS SOCIETY (1989)

DEATH WISH (1974)

DECLINING MONROE

DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER (1971)

DIRTY DANCING (1987)

DIRTY HARRY (1971)

DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (1965)

DOUBT (2008)

DOWNFALL (2004) 

EDGE, THE (1997)

EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, THE (1980) 

ENDLESS SUMMER, THE (1966)

ENTRAPMENT (1999) 

E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982)

EXTREMELY LOUD & INCREDIBLY CLOSE (2011)

FAMILY PLOT (1976)

FANTASIA (1940)

FARGO (1996)

FATHER OF THE BRIDE (1991)

THE FECKLESS FAITH OF INDIANA JONES 

FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF (1986)

FIRM, THE (1993)

FORCE AWAKENS, THE (2015)

FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (1953)

FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE (1964)

FUGITIVE, THE (1993)

GODFATHER, THE (1972) 

 GODFATHER PART II, THE (1974) 

GODFATHER PART III, THE (1990)

GODS AND GENERALS (2003) 

GOODBYE GIRL, THE (1977) 

GOOD SHEPHERD, THE (2006)

GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY, THE (1967)

GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)

GRADUATE, THE (1967) 

GRAN TORINO (2008)   

GREASE (1978) 

GREEN CARD (1990)

HEARTS OF DARKNESS (1991) 

HE'S GOT YOUR BACK (TO THE FUTURE) 

HIS KIND OF WOMAN (1951)

HOME ALONE (1990) 

HOOSIERS (1986) 

HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER, THE (1990)

IN THE BEDROOM (2001) 

IN THE LINE OF FIRE (1993) 

IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946) 

JAWS (1975)

JFK (1991) 

JOHN RAMBO: INNER RAGE, PRIVATE WARS

JOKER (2019)

KNIFE IN THE WATER (1962)

LADY FROM SHANGHAI, THE (1947) 

LADY VANISHES, THE (1938)

LAKEVIEW TERRACE (2008)

LES MISERABLES (1998)

LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA (2006)

LICENCE TO KILL (1989)

LITTLE WOMEN (1994) 

MAGNIFICENT SEVEN, THE (1960)

MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE, THE (1962)

MAN FOR ALL SEASONS, A (1966)

MANHATTAN (1979)

MARNIE (1964)

MARRIAGE STORY (2019)

MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, A (1999) 

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE II (2000)

MOONSTRUCK (1987)

MY BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING (1997) 

NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)

OCEAN'S ELEVEN (2001) 

ODD COUPLE, THE (1968)

ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE (1969) 

ON THE WATERFRONT (1954)

ORDINARY PEOPLE (1980)

OUT OF AFRICA (1985)

OUTSIDERS, THE (1983)

PAJAMA GAME, THE (1957)

PARENT TRAP, THE (1961)

PARRISH (1961)

PATRIOT GAMES (1992)

PATTON (1969)

PEE WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE (1985)

PHILADELPHIA STORY, THE (1940)

PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES (1987)

PRESUMED INNOCENT (1990)

PRIMARY COLORS (1998)

PSYCHO (1960)

QUEEN, THE (2006)

RIO BRAVO (1959)

RISE OF SKYWALKER, THE (2019)

ROCKY (1976)

THE ROCKY STORY

RUSSIA HOUSE, THE (1990)

SAYONARA (1957)

SCHINDLER'S LIST (1993)

SECRET OF NIMH, THE (1982)

SEPARATE TABLES (1958) 

SHADOW OF A DOUBT (1943) 

THE SHIFTING SANDS OF STAR WARS 

SIGNS IS FOR THE BIRDS

SILVERADO (1985)

SINCE YOU WENT AWAY (1944)

SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (1952)

SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS (1999)

SOUND OF MUSIC, THE (1965)

SPACE CAMP (1986)

SPARTACUS (1960)

SPY GAME (2001)

STAR TREK (2009)

STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN (1982)

STING, THE (1973)

SUNRISE (1927)

SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950)

SUPERMAN REDUX

SUSPICION (1941)

TAKEN (2009)

TALENTED MR. RIPLEY, THE (1999)

TANGLED (2010)

TEN COMMANDMENTS, THE (1956)

THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR, THE (1968)

THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR, THE (1999)

THUNDERBALL (1965)

THX-1138 (1971) 

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962)

TOOTSIE (1982)

TOP GUN: MAVERICK (2022)

TORA! TORA! TORA! (1970)

TOWERING INFERNO, THE (1974)

TOY STORY TIME

UNTOUCHABLES, THE (1987)

VERTIGO (1958)

WHAT ABOUT BOB? (1991)

WHEN HARRY MET SALLY... (1989)

WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH, THE (1999)

 

 

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