clarice starling
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The True Monster in Silence of the Lambs, Still Rearing Its Ugly Head 30 Years Later
Clarice Starling first appeared onscreen in 1991’s The Silence of the Lambs; the 2001 feature Hannibal followed, and the CBS series Clarice debuts this week. The lead’s immediate association has always been with the killers she pursues for the FBI — but rewatching Lambs offers a reminder of a different formidable antagonist.
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The Silence Of The Lambs Is Secretly About Mind Control
The Silence of the Lambs turns 25 this month. All this time, you thought it was merely a story about FBI trainee Clarice Starling’s hunt for a brutal serial killer named Buffalo Bill — with help from Hannibal “The Cannibal” Lecter. But the Best Picture winner has a secret: everything in the film is actually…