David Giler

‘The Parallax View’ (1974) a timelessly chilling conspiracy noir

Alan J. Pakula is arguably the most influential director in the second wave of noir in film history – Seventies neo-noir. The original wave dominated

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‘Alien 3’ (1992) has more style than sense

After the almost universally beloved “Alien” and “Aliens,” we now move into the territory of “for fans only” with 1992’s “Alien 3,” which can be viewed as

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This time it’s war in Cameron’s thrilling ‘Aliens’ (1986)

In 1986, I was obsessed with “Star Wars” cartoons and toys and not even aware of the “Aliens” franchise, which is appropriate, because I would’ve

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