Classic Film is a new special dedicated to celebrating the rich history of cinema. This retro-flavoured special dedicates 148 pages to some of the most iconic moveis ever made and the people who made and starred in them, from the early days right through to the 2010s. Featuring Blade Runner, Jaws, Al Pacino, Marilyn Monroe and much more besides!
Welcome to Classic Film
EARLY CINEMA • THE FIRST HALF-CENTURY OF MOVING PICTURES SAW RAPID ARTISTIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT
1950s • MUSICALS, MCCARTHYISM AND FILM NOIR… THE 1950S WERE A DECADE OF CHANGE AND CONTRADICTIONS
Marilyn Monroe • Sexy, troubled, victimised, idolised – Marilyn Monroe was a lot of things to a lot of people, but never “ordinary”. We look at the enduring appeal of Hollywood’s ultimate sex symbol...
1960s • FROM BOND TO BIKERS, WE REVISIT THE DECADE WHEN EVERYTHING CHANGED…
PSYCHO KILLER • In 1960, two horror films terrorised audiences. One was a box office smash. The other was labelled trash. We celebrate the violent visions of Psycho and Peeping Tom…
Psycho Path • Norman and Mark set the ball rolling for murderous maniacs living next door…
All change! • Nine ways that Psycho and Peeping Tom changed the movies…
1970s • NEW HOLLYWOOD, MOVIE BRATS AND THE BIRTH OF THE BLOCKBUSTER – THE OUTSIDERS WERE TAKING OVER
AL PACINO • IN 2015, WE SAT DOWN WITH ONE OF AMERICA’S GREATEST LIVING ACTORS
The WARRIORS • Nearly forty years ago, a brown-leathered gang from New York known as the Warriors stormed cinemas. What followed was box office gold, beatings and even deaths. We look back at a time when a cult came out to play…
WHAT HAPPENED NEXT • The seriously mixed fortunes of the Warriors’ subsequent acting careers…
JODIE FOSTER • CHILD STAR. TWO-TIME BEST AC TRESS WINNER. FILMMAKER. 1N 2011, WE SPOKE TO JODIE FOSTER
JAWS • Spielberg’s proto-blockbuster. It will never be safe to go back in the water…
BITE ME • Jaws takes a bite out of Hollywood as other movies “pay homage”…
1980s • THE SWEET SMELL OF EXCESS… THIS DECADE SAW BLOCKBUSTERS GET BIGGER, BRASHER AND BOLDER
35 FACTS ABOUT BLADE RUUNNER • AS RIDLEY SCOTT’S SCI-FI NOIR MASTERPIECE CELEBRA TES THREEAND- A-HALF DECADES THIS YEAR, WE UNCOVER 35 FASCINATING FACTS ABOUT THIS TIMELESS CLASSIC...
35 YEARS LATER • RIDLEY SCOTT’S MASTERPIECE IS FINALLY ABOUT TO GET A SEQUEL. DAVID BARNETT SPECULATES ON THE PLOT OF BLADE RUNNER 2049...
Fatal Attraction • Adrian Lyne’s audacious 1987 sexual thriller broke the mould, boiled the bunny and prodded controversy. Thirty years later, it’s still a movie that won’t be ignored…
What happened next
JOHN CARPENTER • HE’S MADE SOME OF THE GREATEST HORROR MOVIES OF ALL TIME. WE ASKED HIM ABOUT THE HIGHS – AND LOWS – OF HIS CAREER…
FULL METAL JACKET • TOUGH, HARD AND DARK, KUBRICK’S VIETNAM CLASSIC IS AS DEVASTATING AS THE AMMO IT’S NAMED AFTER. GET READY TO REVISIT, MAGGOTS!
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What happened next…
1990s • FROM INDIE SUCCESS STORIES TO SUPERSTAR ACTORS, VIA THE BIRTH OF TRULY DIGITAL FILMMAKING…
ROBIN WILLIAMS • MORK. DOUBTFIRE. KEATING. THE GENIE. AND… PATCH AD AMS. WE SPOKE TO THE OSCAR-WINNING FUNNYMAN IN 2010.
A TOY’S life • From a hopping desk lamp to talking cars and a stolen fish, Pixar started small before going on to save the house that mouse built. Are you sitting comfortably? Then let’s begin...
DON’T CALL US • The toys that didn’t make the TS3 cut
TIM BURTON • WITH OVER 30 YEARS MAKING MOVIES, TIM BURTON IS THAT RARE THING: A STUDIO DIRECTOR WITH AN INDEPENDENT VISION
American Beauty • How did an English first-time director make one of the most...
