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View ArticleCool Stuff: The Silence of the Lambs Minimates
Diamond Select Toys has announced plans to release a series of Minimates (you know, those little LEGO looking figures) for the 1991 Academy Award-winning Best Picture The Silence of the Lambs. The...
View ArticleVOTD: Edgar Wright’s 1993 Mash-Up ‘Gun Fetish’
We post a fair amount of montages here on /Film, but this one’s extra special. Back in 1993, well before the days of Final Cut Pro, a 19-year-old Edgar Wright holed himself up in an editing suite for...
View ArticleVOTD: The 25 Greatest Unscripted Scenes In Films
There’s a lot of lore and misunderstanding with respect to what ‘improvising’ means with respect to filmmaking. I think there are some who take ‘improvised’ to mean that there is no script, or that...
View ArticleNew Additions to the National Film Registry Include ‘The Silence of the...
In 1988, the National Film Preservation Act create the National Film Registry, which selects a couple dozen films each year for preservation in the Library of Congress. Up to 25 films are selected...
View ArticleCool Stuff: Mondo Releases Two ‘Silence of the Lambs’ Posters Themed to New...
We all know how Hannibal Lecter likes to eat humans: with fava beans and a nice Chianti. But has anyone ever released an official Silence of the Lambs Chianti? One company has now, and Mondo is making...
View ArticleThe Best Films and Shows Leaving Netflix in December 2015
It’s time for our monthly tragedy. It’s time to take a deep breath and see what movies and television shows are departing Netflix in December, so we can throw together a must-watch-now list and try to...
View ArticleBryan Fuller Still Wants the ‘Hannibal’ Cast to Take on ‘The Silence of the...
There has never been another television show quite like Hannibal, which redefined what a horror television show could look and feel like across three grand, glorious, and gory seasons. But even the...
View ArticleLOL: ‘Silence of the Lambs’ Recut as a Romantic Comedy
The Silence of the Lambs is an unsettling thriller for a number of reasons. Not only is Buffalo Bill a horrifying psychopath, but perhaps more unnerving is the relationship that builds between FBI...
View Article/Response: Your Favorite Female Badasses in the Movies
(Welcome to /Response, the companion piece to our /Answers series and a space where /Film readers can chime in and offer their two cents on a particular question.) Earlier this week, the /Film team...
View ArticleThe Morning Watch: ‘Star Wars’ Lightsaber Fight Concert, An Interview with...
The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious...
View ArticleThe Best TV Shows & Movies Coming to Netflix in June 2020
Well, it’s almost June, and we’re all still stuck inside. The silver lining: that gives us more time to stream movies. And, as always, Netflix is adding some new titles for the upcoming month. These...
View ArticleThe Best TV Shows and Movies Leaving Netflix in October 2020
As another month bites the dust, it’s time to say goodbye to some titles on Netflix. So nhere are the best movies leaving Netflix in October 2020. Parks & Recreation: Seasons 1-7 Parks and...
View Article‘Clarice’ Trailer: The ‘Silence of the Lambs’ Story Continues on CBS
The Silence of the Lambs now has a direct sequel – in TV show form. The upcoming CBS series Clarice hopes to be an immediate follow-up to Jonathan Demme’s Oscar-winning thriller, which means it will...
View Article‘Clarice’ Trailer: The Silence is Over in this ‘Silence of the Lambs’ Sequel...
A new Clarice trailer dropped during the Super Bowl over the weekend, and it’s a trailer that’s practically screaming, “HEY, REMEMBER SILENCE OF THE LAMBS?!” in all caps. The trailer has Rebecca...
View Article‘The Silence of the Lambs’ at 30: How the Influential Thriller Forged Empathy...
Last night, CBS viewers said hello to Clarice, a new network procedural that serves as a sequel to The Silence of the Lambs. Rebecca Breeds is the latest actress to embody Clarice Starling, the...
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