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Alright, we’ve finally reached the fifth and final round of this 70s film photos competition, which will determine the next header photo for The Wonderful World of Cinema! First of all, a huge thank you to those who voted in the previous round. And my apologies for the little delay for this l read more

Alright, we’ve finally reached the 4th and before-last round of The Wonderful World of Cinema’s 2025 Film Photos Competition! As you may know by now, the winner will be the new header photo for this blog, and this year, we’re celebrating films from the 70s. A huge thanks, once aga read more

We have now reached the third round of this series of polls, which will determine The Wonderful World of Cinema‘s new header photo! Our theme, as I remind you, is “films from the 70s”. A huge thanks to those who have voted so far! We are now left with six films, which have been so read more

And we’ve finally reached the second round of this series of polls, which will decide the new header photo for this blog! First of all, a huge thanks to those who voted in the first round! A quick reminder, our theme this year is “films from the 70s”! We now have 11 films moving t read more

It’s time for one of my favourite blogging moments of the year! As you know, every January since 2022, I present a top list of the films I watched for the first time in the previous year. That is a fun way to tell you all about my great film discoveries. Hopefully, I’ll make you want to read more

First things first: Happy New Year to all! I hope your 2026 will be filled with many classic film discoveries! And well, as for blogging, the New Year means it’s time to choose a new header photo for The Wonderful World of Cinema! Whenever I change my header, I like to go with a different fil read more

In 2015, I launched my Marathon Stars concept, which aimed to explore a particular actor or actress’s filmography. More precisely, the chosen stars were actors I had previously admired in a few films but definitely had to see more of. Later on, I took things forward when transposing that to a read more

In my latest article, a recap of what I posted on that blog in November, I claimed that I had never written anything Christmas-related. It is not entirely true, as I reviewed the Donna Reed Show episode”A Very Merry Christmas” with Buster Keaton as a guest star. I also participated in Au read more

Since I didn’t publish a lot of content on my blog this summer, I made up for it this Fall, especially in November, which has been a fairly busy month on The Wonderful World of Cinema! Make sure you haven’t missed the following articles. Click on the hyperlinks to access them! Kicking th read more

Even tho November can get pretty grey, and it gets dark at like 4 pm, it is one of my favourite moments of the year. Not only because I usually have more time for blogging, but also because it coincides with #Noirvember! Because yes, November is now the month of films noir, thanks to film critic Ma read more

In 1955, Richard Brooks’s Blackboard Jungle became the first Hollywood film to feature rock & roll music, marking such a historical moment with the iconic notes of “Rock Around the Clock” by Bill Haley & His Comets playing during the opening titles. A year later, Frank Tas read more

I’m a little late to my own party, but last month, my blog celebrated its 11th anniversary! Woohoo! It’s surreal to think I’m now closer to the 20th anniversary than to the birth of this blog. Of course, I couldn’t not mark the occasion with a fun post (better late than never read more

We often talk of older films that were ahead of their time. It could be for the central subject, the fashion (hello Merrily We Live), the aesthetic, the acting or just the aura. These pictures were not only ahead of their time; they sometimes stood the test of time and are still relevant decades af read more

When we think of Hammer and/or Amicus-produced films, what first comes to our minds are usually films that are included in the grand scale of the horror genre, with classics like Terence Fisher’s Dracula (1958), starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee, or Freddie Francis’s anthology read more

When one thinks of 50s American cinema, a plethora of genres surface in our minds, but one took a particularly significant place during that decade and touched, directly and metaphorically, the socio-political context. I’m thinking of science fiction. If the genre evolved through the years pr read more

I must admit, I’m not the most assiduous when it comes to exploring the horror genre, mostly because I don’t like jump scares (I loathe them, actually) and, let’s face it, horror films have lots of them. Nevertheless, that doesn’t mean I’m not interested in them, and s read more

In the past year, I’ve developed an interest in painting my nails whenever there is a good occasion for it. Before that, I used to do so, but only occasionally. The reason is: I have no patience. Sitting there and waiting for it to dry? What a nightmare. However, I developed tricks to make th read more

When Sally from 18 Cinema Lane announced that she was hosting a blogathon about food in films, I first thought, “Which film interestingly involving food should I write about?” Those are, in fact, not rare out there, but I wasn’t entirely convinced with what first came to mind. Man read more

Oooh! Matron! We’re hosting a new blogathon, aren’t we? Well, with that famous “matron” catchphrase (and the title of this announcement), you’ve guessed it: we’ll be honouring the one and only Kenneth Williams next February! This larger-than-life actor who had mor read more

Imagine a film… The Asphalt Jungle or even The Killing meets Carry On and you pretty much have Too Many Crooks, a 1959 British film directed by Italian director Mario Zampi and starring Terry-Thomas, Sid James, Bernard Bresslaw, Brenda De Banzie, Vera Day and more. In 1959, Hollywood had Some read more