Basic Instinct (1992)
You can call Basic Instinct a neo-noir or erotic thriller, the name that every film after it would use, including some by Italian masters. But it’s a giallo. Written by 13 days by Joe Esterhaus — who made $3 million from it before leaving the film because he thought the lesbian sex scene was exploitative — […]
Cinematic Void January Giallo 2023: Dressed to Kill (1980)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Cinematic Void will be playing this American giallo on Wednesday, January 4 and Friday, January 7 at 7:00 PM at the Central Cinema in Knoxville, TN along with I Know Who Killed Me. For more information, visit Cinematic Void. Let’s get this out of the way: Brian De Palma, much like Giallo, was heavily influenced […]
Cinematic Void January Giallo 2023: All the Colors of the Dark (1972)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Cinematic Void will be playing this Giallo classic Monday, January 3 at 7:00 PM at the Music Box Theater in Chicago. You can get tickets here. For more information, visit Cinematic Void. The first five and a half minutes of 1972’s All the Colors of the Dark (also known as Day of the Maniac and They’re Coming to Get […]
Cinematic Void January Giallo 2023: A Lizard In a Woman’s Skin (1971)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Cinematic Void will be playing this giallo classic Monday, January 2 at 7:00 PM at the Los Feliz 3 in Los Angeles. For more information, visit Cinematic Void or purchase tickets here. This is an opportunity to see a rare Italian-language 35mm Technicolor print with soft-subtitling from the collection of Harry Guerro. If you […]
Cinematic Void January Giallo 2023
Cinematic Void, the Los Angeles cult film series based at the American Cinematheque, is back for another round of its famous January Giallo series to kick 2023 off, this year expanding the cinemadness parties to run all January long in nine cities and counting across the nation. Giallo, a subgenre of Italian cinema popular in […]
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