The Fall of the Auteur: How Heaven’s Gate Became the Film That Ended New HollywoodBy Dario LoceOctober 31, 2025 In 1980, the New Hollywood era—a decade-plus of unprecedented creative freedom for a new generation of visionary directors—came to a…
A Galaxy Far, Far Away: How Star Wars Forged a New Myth and a New HollywoodBy Dario LoceOctober 31, 2025 Two years after Jaws taught Hollywood how to create a summer blockbuster, a young filmmaker named George Lucas took that…
The Shark That Ate Hollywood: How Jaws Invented the Blockbuster and Ended the New Hollywood EraBy Dario LoceOctober 31, 2025 In the summer of 1975, a 28-year-old director named Steven Spielberg did more than just make audiences afraid to go…