Poliziottesco became the hot wave in Italian cinema in the wake of Dirty Harry dominating the global box office. But then a second American film arrived to alter the cop genre once more. The French Connection gave a cat and mouse game involving a cop going after a heroin operation. Enzo G. Castellari’s High Crime … Read more
To “take on the mantle” means to assume the responsibilities, role, or position of importance, often as a successor to someone who held it before, like inheriting a leadership role or a significant duty. The phrase comes from the biblical story where Elisha took on Elijah’s “mantle” (his cloak) to
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