MY COMPLETELY SUBJECTIVE
- AND RIDICULOUSLY THOROUGH -
LIST OF THE GREATEST FILMS EVER MADE
It's exactly what it says on the tin, folks. I spent an inordinate amount of time figuring out which films I consider to be the greatest and then spent an even more inordinate amount of time ranking them. What was supposed to just be a list of titles from one specific decade turned into a massive list of 980 films spread across twelve decades. If the idea of this being a "greatest films of all time" list puts you off, just think of it as a massive list of recommendations from me to you. Your favorite movies might not be on it but mine are and hey, that works for me...
AN OVERVIEW OF THE GIALLO FILM
The term “giallo” originated back in 1929 when a publishing house in Milan called Arnoldo Mondadori Editore released a collection of mystery thriller short stories titled I gialli Mondadori. The decision to brand their mystery releases with yellow covers was chosen as a way to make the products instantly recognizable among the dozens of other publications often sold in train stations and book shops. The success of Mondadori's imprint led to other publishers jumping into the ring, publishing Italian translations of everyone from Agatha Christie to Raymond Chandler. They all kept the Mondadori-styled branding, releasing their books into the wild with yellow covers. And that is where the term “giallo” comes from. It's the Italian word for “yellow”...
VIDEO NASTIES: MORAL PANIC, CENSORSHIP AND VIDEOTAPE
Our society is under attack. Everything you hold dear is about to be destroyed. There is something in our midst with the power to do just that. We all know what this thing is. Some of us may have even tolerated it, underestimating it, thinking it's just a fad or a passing craze. But, Dear Reader, it is more than that. It possesses the power to corrupt our children, to cause our moral and ethical fibers to turn to dust. It is eating at us at this very moment, but we don't recognize it as a genuine threat. If we don't stop it now, not soon but now, it will be too late....