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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

The 110 Years of Ingrid Bergman Blogathon wrapped up yesterday with our final entries. I was so thrilled and entertained by all of them. Therefore, I owe a huge thank you to those who have decided to take part in this blogging event. I know Ingrid would have been honoured to see such beautiful trib read more

Today would have been Ingrid Bergman’s 110th birthday, and for the occasion, I’m hosting the 7th edition of The Wonderful Ingrid Bergman Blogathon (with a slightly different title for this edition). We’re also consequently celebrating my 10th anniversary of hosting Bloglathon! It& read more

Before The Innocents and The Haunting of Bly Manor, Henry James’s The Turn of the Screw was adapted in a 1959 TV film starring Ingrid Bergman and directed by no other than John Frankenheimer (The Manchurian Candidate, Seconds, Seven Days in May)! You can read my review of this intriguing produ read more

I recently returned from a trip to Sweden and Denmark, and, of course, I revisited Stockholm, where I completed my master’s degree in cinema studies in 2019-2020. Considering the Swedish capital was also legendary Ingrid Bergman’s hometown, I thought it was only fitting for me to bring read more

Long time no see! Yeah, it’s been a while since I’ve touched that blog, more precisely since February when I published a top 100 of my favourite films. I’m not really sure why I took so long before coming back. Honestly, I was just like… Not thinking about it? February, March read more

I’ve decided to do something big for 2025 by making a top list that would really showcase my overall taste in films. Yes, you’ve read the title: I’m here to present a top 100 of my favourite films! In 2019, I presented a top 40. Six years later, it’s finally time to do this, read more

My 50s film photos competition is over, and we now have a new header image for The Wonderful World of Cinema! And thanks to your votes and participation, the majority chose Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958)! I probably guess people liked the beautiful scenery of San Francisco and the Golden Gate. I&# read more

Well, ladies and gentlemen, after four rounds, I think it’s finally time to wrap things up for the 50s films photos competition. As you know, the winning photo will become the new header image for The Wonderful World of Cinema. Before going further, I want to take the time to thank those of y read more

Last October, I didn’t have time to watch many Halloween films as two weeks of film festival kept me fairly busy. However, during my free time, I had, I finally grabbed the occasion to delve into the spooky world of giallos, those Italian horror-thrillers inspired by pulp novels and more ofte read more

Soon, we’ll reach the end of that process, but we still have to be a little more patient! So, here we are at round 4 of that series of polls that will eventually decide The Wonderful World of Cinema’s new header image for the next few years! The theme: photos from films of the 50s. And read more

Here we are at ROUND 3 of this photos from films “competition” (settled by me), which will eventually determine the new header image for this film blog because, after four years of How to Marry a Millionaire, it’s time for a change. Remember: the theme this time is Films from the read more

Three days later, we’ve finally reached the second round of this photo competition that will decide what will be the new header image of that blog (and the Facebook page, consequently)! A huge thanks to those who have voted in the first round! A reminder;: the theme for this new photo is  read more

2025 has arrived and is here to stay! Which makes me want to say “new year, new…. blog design!” Now, I don’t have the desire to change the whole appearance of my blog (yet), but I thought we were due for another header image on this blog. As much as I love How to Steal a Mil read more