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10 Best Riz Ortolani Scores
Italian composer Riz Ortolani sadly passed away on January 23rd, 2014, aged 87, leaving behind a legacy of over 200 scores. His 1962 Best Song Oscar nomination for Mondo Cane is possibly the only time the Academy acknowledged the world of Italian exploitation movies. Ortolani prolifically contributed to genres as disaparate as EuroSpy, Giallo and the Spaghetti Western. In tribute, here are selections from 10 of his best scores.
The Art of Mr Peabody & Sherman winners
Great Movie Posters - Hammer's Dracula series
While 1957's Curse of Frankenstein may have put Hammer Studios on the cinematic map, it's their 1958 adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula, and subsequent sequels, that the iconic studio is most associated with. The Dracula films brought sexuality and violence to the forefront in a way not previously seen in mainstream cinema and the promotional posters reveled in this mix.
New Release Review - Inside Llewyn Davis
A narcissistic singer struggles to survive in the Greenwich Village folk music scene of the early sixties.
