Netflix has released a trailer and images for The Wages of Fear, director Julien Leclercq’s adaptation of George Arnaud’s 1950 novel Le Salaire de la peur. Previously adapted by Henri-Georges Clouzot (The Wages of Fear – 1953), Howard W. Koch (Violent Road – 1958), and William Friedkin (Sorcerer – 1977), the French action thriller follows a […]
Ten Essential Films of the 1950s
It’s time to look at ten essential films of the 1950s… Quentin Tarantino has never been shy about expressing his opinions on cinema. He once claimed that the two weakest decades in cinema were the 50s and 80s. Sure, Tarantino directed Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, but I’m still going to disagree. The 80s were […]
Ben Wheatley to remake The Wages of Fear
Deadline is reporting that acclaimed British filmmaker Ben Wheatley is set to direct a remake of the classic 1953 thriller The Wages of Fear, which he’ll also co-write with his wife and regular collaborator Amy Jump. Based on Georges Arnaud’s novel Le salaire de la peur, the film was previously remade by William Friedkin with 1977’s Sorcerer, […]
