Black Sabbath
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Mario Bava was a living embodiment of Italian genre cinema, working credited and uncredited on nearly a hundred films.
James Stewart in Vertigo
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In the inaugural entry of a new column singling out enduringly creepy film characterizations, an American sweetheart cast against type emerges as one of cinema’s most unexpectedly chilling villains.
Notorious
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Uniting his powers of visual storytelling and his understanding of human foibles, Hitchcock served up a top-notch melodrama and spy thriller with Notorious.