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100 Years Of NOSFERATU: F.W. Murnau’s Legendary Vampire Film Back On The Big Screen In 2022

F. W. Murnau’s silent masterpiece, Nosferatu turns 100 in 2022. Unofficially based on Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Murnau’s film sees Max Shreck’s vampire, Count Orlock as he becomes involved with estate agent, Thomas Hutter (Gustav von [...]

February 24, 2022

Uncovering Curiosities: Jean Becker’s ONE DEADLY SUMMER

A slow-burning dramatic thriller, One Deadly Summer (L’Été meurtrier) is a noir-ish tale of death and desire. The story in Jean Becker’s 1983 adaption of Sébastien Japrisot’s novel is strong, but the film really works because of the [...]

July 13, 2021

Watch F.W. Murnau’s Legendary Vampire Film NOSFERATU Online Now

If you’re looking to fill some gaps in your film knowledge during the Coronavirus/COVID-19 shutdown, then you might want to watch F.W. Murnau’s legendary Nosferatu. The public domain film is available online for free. Murnau’s silent [...]

May 1, 2020

Blu-ray Review: ONE DEADLY SUMMER Is A Noir-ish Tale Of Death And Desire

August 3, 2019

Sylvester Stallone Agrees With Movies In Focus: Escape Plan 2 Is The Most Horribly Produced Film

Sylvester Stallone has been doing the promo for the fun Escape Plan 3: The Extractors. It follows hot in the heels of the atrocious Escape Plan 2: Hades – one of the very few films Movies In Focus has ever given just one star (read the [...]

July 1, 2019

Hollywood To Finally Remake Classic Silent Horror NOSFERATU – That’s Not Such A Bad Thing

Nosferatu is a stone cold horror classic – however the 1922 silent film is ripe for remaking. Only hardened cineastes will have seen F.W Murnau’s original silent film or Werner Herzog’s 1979 remake starring Klaus Kinski. The majority of [...]

July 29, 2015

Robert Pattinson Is Lawrence Of Arabia In The Trailer For Werner Herzog’s QUEEN OF THE DESERT

Werner Herzog may be the only man crazy enough to cast Robert Pattinson as T.E Lawrence (AKA Lawrence of Arabia) in Queen Of The Desert. It’s a brave move but we can all agree that Pattinson is no Peter O’Toole. Nicole Kidman leads the cast as [...]

July 6, 2015

DVD Review: F.W. Murnau’s Legendary Vampire Film NOSFERATU

Some movies just seep into the language of cinema, their visuals and style becoming incredibly familiar, even if you have never seen the film in question. F.W. Murnau’s legendary Nosferatu is one of those movies. Murnau’s silent 1922 film, [...]

November 17, 2013

Interview: Model/Actress/Producer Katie Chonacas

Werner Herzog’s Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans starring Nicolas Cage and Val Kilmer opens next month and I got the chance to speak to actress/model/producer Katie Chonacas about the film and her career. During the course of the [...]

June 22, 2013