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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

Happy New Year, friends and enemies! Have you taken your resolutions? While you’re thinking about that, I invite you to look at the top 30 of my favourite films discovered in 2024! This list includes films from various years and decades (not only films from 2024—ar from it) and more precisely read more

This month, Gill from Real Weegie Midget Reviews and Barry from Cinematic Catharsis have decided to join forces again for another co-hosted blogathon and celebrate the diversified career of the versatile character actor John Saxon. I had not seen many of his films before the blogathon announcement. read more

I might have told you before: aside from loving cinema, my interests are extended to other art forms, fashion being one of them. Well, we can consider fashion an art form, right? In an article published in 2019, I discussed how fashion in classic films inspired me. Moreover, on my companion blog Thr read more

That’s it! Today marks not only what would have been the 95th anniversary of my favourite actress, the elegant Grace Kelly, but also the beginning of the blogging event that I’m co-hosting with the amazing Emily from The Flapper Dame! Starting today and until Thursday, November 14, we&# read more

In honour of what would have been Grace Kelly’s 95th birthday, and for The 6th Wonderful Grace Kelly Blogathon that I’m currently co-hosting with Emily from The Flapper Dame, I took the time to write a very informative article on my visit to the actress’s hometown: Philadelphia! Or read more

Happy #Noirvember 2024 to all! That’s it. We’ve reached that time of the year when cinephiles can finally celebrate ad-nauseam and without shame, the art of films noirs! The concept of Noirvember, making November the official month of films noirs, was created by film critic Marya E. Gate read more

Yesterday, we celebrated Halloween! Oooooohhh! (that’s the sound of a classic film ghost). And isn’t there a better occasion to talk about spooky movies? Those who make you shiver down your spine, make you worried about looking at a dark corner in your house or have to be followed by bi read more

I’ve always been fascinated by acting families and acting dynasties. I love that some families kept the art of acting within their roots over different generations, therefore adding their names among the key personalities of film and theatre history. When I think of acting families, the ones read more

That’s it. We’re here. The Wonderful World of Cinema has reached a milestone. Ten (!!!) years ago, I embarked on a surprising blogging journey by creating this site to spread my love of the 7th Art (especially classic films) with potential readers. It all started very simply with a top 1 read more

The intrepid blogging duo The Wonderful World of Cinema x The Flapper Dame is back! We’ll be honouring, with you, our favourite actress with The 6th Wonderful Grace Kelly Blogathon! As this exquisite lady would have been 95 in November, we couldn’t skip the occasion to celebrate her lif read more

Discover eight double features that I imagined with films starring Ingrid Bergman, Audrey Hepburn or Grace Kelly! Written on my blog Three Enchanting Ladies, exclusively dedicated to these actresses. Click on the link below to read! read more

Last April, the lovely Ari from The Classic Movie Muse had the extreme kindness of honouring my blog with a Sunshine Blogger Award, making it the fourth one for The Wonderful World of Cinema! I’m forever grateful for that recognition that allows blogs to stay on the map and be discovered or re read more

” Jones and Barry are doing a show! “ ” You’re telling me? “ When I first saw 42nd Street (Lloyd Bacon, 1933), its appeal didn’t quite strike me, and, aside from the final musical number, it left me indifferent. I remember renting the film at Montreal’s Nat read more

Some films are easy to classify as endearing. There’s a little touch of something in those that always makes the viewings agreeable. Those types of films are often contained in a shell without false pretences. For me, the Scottish film Gregory’s Girl, directed by Bill Forsyth, bears read more

I love travelling (I work so I can travel), and if you’d asked me what are my favourite cities I’ve visited, Lisbon would be one of them. I visited the gorgeous Portuguese capital in November 2022 when I travelled for a month in Portugal. As soon as I got out of the subway station takin read more