The horror film has long played a leading role in the evolution of 3-D cinema. The visceral nature of the genre and the format’s immersive effects go together like, well, slashers and scream queens. In fact, the first big hit of the “Golden Age” of 3-D was the classic chiller House of Wax (1953), starring Vincent Price. Audiences were captivated by the film’s stereoscopic visuals and Price’s performance in a role that would make him virtually synonymous with the genre.

What's the relative power of film critics in determining the degree of commercial popularity, both domestically and internationally, of American movies  Judging by the top ten grossing films worldwide, there's quite a disparity between critics assessments and commercial appeal, measured by box-office receipts. 

Quick: which are the best, most shocking, most satisfying, and most revelatory movie endings you have experienced. De Palma's Carrie David Fincher's Seven Hitchcock's Suspicion We are launching a series of articles, Movie Endings: The Good, the Bad, and the Ambiguous.

July 9, 2008–As part of the month-long survey “Zeitgeist: The Films of Our Times,” celebrating the New York distributor‚Äôs 20th anniversary, director Atom Egoyan will be on hand to introduce a screening of his film, Calendar, on Saturday, July 12 at 6pm in MoMA's Roy and Niuta Titus Theaters/Theater 2. Following the film, Egoyan will conduct a q&a interview with Zeitgeist founders Nancy Gerstman and Emily Russo.