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THE DOOR IN THE WALL

An H.G. Wells adaptation that offered up a new, and never again utilized, innovation: The Dynamic Frame, in which the aspect ratio is shifted to serve “the dramatic needs of the story”

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THE ANIMAL (1968)

An especially intriguing trash-fest combining period-specific sexploitation with HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER-esque psycho-horror

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COYOTE

COYOTE may be an extended hallucination or an eccentric first-person crime saga; either way, it’s a deeply chilly and upsetting book

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KUBRICK: AN ODYSSEY

This book has been proclaimed the definitive biography of the great Stanley Kubrick, and for once the hype is correct

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