Fiddler On The Roof

Fiddler On The Roof (1971), adapted from the stage play, is a joyous and nostalgic musical of hope and family love. The story follows Tevye (Topol) a poor milkman whose family is about to face oppression from his Russian czar. Nominated for eight A...

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Fiend Without a Face

B-movies are a dime a dozen, but when a group like the Criterion Collection sets their sights on such a flick, my curiosity is instantly piqued. There's just something about the same people that painstakingly resorted the works of Kurosawa and ...

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Fly, The - 1958

Mad science is one of modern horror's building blocks. It was Frankenstein who unleashed his creature upon the world; Dr. Moreau who blurred man and beast; and Fu Manchu who served as one of the earliest screen baddies. This is a well the genre...

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For Your Eyes Only

With a streamlined attitude and synthesized score, 1981's For Your Eyes Only ushered in a new decade of James Bond. Even 007's handlers knew that if the character's limits were tested any further (as Moonraker did two years prior), they...

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Fortune Cookie, The

Matthau & Lemmon's first movie together The 1966 film, The Fortune Cookie is a gem in more ways than one. It’s written and directed by story-a-plenty Billy Wilder, the plot has humor, heart and great acting; but the milestone it should ...

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Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man

Until 1943's Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man, Universal's famous monsters mostly kept to themselves. But fan fantasies everywhere were realized when two of the all-time horror greats went face to blood-curdling face. Hollywood hasn't lo...

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From Beyond

Few directors have been as devoted to a single source as Stuart Gordon has to the works of H.P. Lovecraft. Throughout his varied career, Gordon has tackled Lovecraft five times to date, the second of which was 1986's From Beyond, starring Ted S...

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From Russia with Love

If Dr. No was United Artists' way of dipping its toe in the pool, testing the waters to see how James Bond worked as a silver screen hero, then they executed a marvelous swan dive with 1964's From Russia with Love. Where its predecessor was...

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Funeral in Berlin

Funeral in Berlin (1966), starring Michael Caine, is the second film in the "Harry Palmer" trilogy, sandwiched between The Ipcress File and Billion Dollar Brain. Of the leagues of imitators and cash-in franchises that emerged in the wake ...

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