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Steve Reeves, the Bodybuilder Who Brought Greek Mythology to Cinema

Steve Reeves made his cinematic breakthrough in 1958, with the movie Hercules. By the late 1950s, the sword and sandals genre was already becoming popular, but Reeves was the first performer to fully embody the physique of ancient Greek...

Last Historic Movie Theater of Athens, Ideal, Shuts Down

On Friday, the cult classic Pulp Fiction, by Quentin Tarantino, was the final film shown at the historic Ideal, one of Athens' oldest movie theaters, before it shut down for good after more than a century in business. The film...

Monica Bellucci Visits Greece to Receive ‘Golden Alexander’ at Thessaloniki Film Festival

Hollywood actress Monica Bellucci visited Thessaloniki, Greece to attend the 64th Thessaloniki Film Festival. During her visit, her Greek fans were completely enchanted. The actress walked around the city, admiring Thessaloniki's beauty and expressing her love for Greece. The Italian...

Study Reveals Scariest Horror Movies in History

A recent scientific study focusing on the horror movie genre has shed light on the scariest films ever produced. With the help of advanced technology, researchers analyzed viewers’ physiological responses during specially organized screenings. The study, known as the...

Legendary Greek Movie Star Mary Chronopoulou Dies at 90

Mary Chronopoulou, one of the most popular actresses in Greece in the 1960s and 1970s, died on Friday in Athens. She was ninety. Recently, she was hospitalized in critical condition in the ICU of Evangelismos Hospital of Athens with severe...

Maria Pentagiotissa, the First Femme Fatale of Modern Greece

The story of Maria Pentagiotissa contains all the elements of an urban legend, yet she was a real person and some consider her to be the first femme fatale in modern Greece. Maria Daskalopoulou is said to have been born...

Super Mario Bros Movie Smashes Box Office Records

The Super Mario Bros. Movie has broken the record for the most successful global opening of all time for an animated film despite receiving an underwhelming response from critics. The new movie stars Chris Pratt as the eponymous Mario, Jack...

Greek-Colombian Director Spiros Stathoulopoulos Releases New Film ‘Cavewoman’

Greek-Colombian director and screenwriter Spiros Stathoulopoulos debuted his new film, Cavewoman, in Greece last month. Cavewoman is an adaptation of the play Electra, by Euripides. The plot follows the revenge-driven mission of a female resistance fighter to assassinate her own...

Thessaloniki’s White Tower a Treasure of European Film Culture

The European Film Academy (EFA) has included the White Tower of Thessaloniki on the list of Treasures of European Film Culture. According to a recent announcement by EFA, in light of this year’s 35th European Film Awards, the Academy has...

Greek Film Expo: 12 Movies to Be Screened in New York

The Hellenic Film Society USA (HFS) has announced the lineup for its annual New York Greek Film Expo, a Greek film festival for all New Yorkers not to be missed. The festival is set to be held between September 29th...