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Cary Grant

Cary Grant: The Making of a Hollywood Legend

January 18, 2021January 22, 2021 Lani Gonzalez 2 Comments Alfred Hitchcock, Cary Grant, Father Goose, Irene Dunne, Katharine Hepburn, Leslie Caron, Loretta Young, Mark Glancy, North By Northwest, The Awful Truth, The Dishop's Wife

Reconsidering the movie star who rarely “played himself”

Strangers on a Train

‘Strangers on a Train’ Reconsidered

January 7, 2021January 12, 2021 Michael Washburn 0 Comments Alfred Hitchcock, David Foster Wallace, Farley Granger, Patricia Highsmith, Raymond Chandler, Robert Walker, Strangers on a Train, Tracy Austin

Hitchcock’s strange tale of a rich D.C. psychopath

Sunset Boulevard

The Long Shadow of ‘Sunset Boulevard’

December 30, 2020January 4, 2021 Michael Washburn 0 Comments Andrew Lloyd Webber, Billy Wilder, Gloria Swanson, Judi Dench, Judy, Norma Desmond, Renée Zellweger, Robert DeNiro, Skyfall, Sunset Boulevard, William Holden

In a world that fetishizes youth and beauty, the classic film continues to resonate

Westerns

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Western Roundup

December 23, 2020December 23, 2020 Michael Giltz 0 Comments Alan Ladd, John Wayne, Shane, The Library of America, The Ox-Bow Incident, The Searchers, Warlock

The Library of America finally acknowledges the Western novel. What took them so long?

Citizen Kane

Why Should We Still Care About ‘Citizen Kane’?

December 9, 2020December 8, 2020 Jake Harris 0 Comments Alfred Hitchcock, Citizen Kane, David Fincher, Foreign Correspondent, Gregg Toland, Herman Mankiewicz, Mank, Memento, Orson Welles, Pulp Fiction, Rashomon

Of its time and ahead of its time

Nosferatu

Lessons From Nosferatu

November 9, 2020November 12, 2020 Michael Washburn 0 Comments Bram Stoker, Dracula, F.W. Murnau, Max Schreck, Nosferatu

F.W. Murnau’s unauthorized adaptation is the most haunting Dracula film of all

Election Day

For Election Day: Political Satire Songs from Movies

November 3, 2020 Neal Pollack 0 Comments

Laugh your cares away with these comic tunes of doom

Dr. Caligari

The Centennial of ‘Dr. Caligari’

September 30, 2020October 6, 2020 Michael Washburn 7 Comments Dr. Caligari, Rebecca Traister, Robert Wiese, Robin DiAngelo, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

Robert Wiene’s Expressionist classic has never felt more relevant

Tennessee Williams

Long, Hot Summer

August 14, 2020August 18, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments a Streetcar Named Desire, Ava Gardner, Burl Ives, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Deborah Kerr, Elizabeth Taylor, Geraldine Page, Gore Vidal, Katharine Hepburn, Kim Stanley, Marlon Brando, Night of the Iguana, Paul Newman, Richard Burton, Sue Lyon, Sweet Bird of Youth, Tennessee Williams, Vivien Leigh

The steamy seductiveness of Tennessee Williams movies

Actors CLASSICS FILM Remembrance

Five Olivia de Havilland Gems Worth Watching

July 27, 2020July 27, 2020 Lani Gonzalez 0 Comments Bette Davis, Gone With The Wind, Hattie McDaniel, James Cagney, Olivia de Havilland, Rita Hayworth

The legendary actress did far more than ‘Gone With The Wind’

racist

Six Classic Films that are Just a Little Bit Racist

June 15, 2020December 30, 2020 Lani Gonzalez 0 Comments A Majority of One, Alec Guinness, Bing Crosby, Breakfast At Tiffany's, Cary Grant, Claudette Colbert, Danny Kaye, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Gone With The Wind, HBO Max, Holiday Inn, Imitation of Life, Louise Beavers, Mickey Rooney, Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, Peter Sellers, Rosemary Clooney, Swing Time, The Party, Vera-Ellen, White Christmas

This hasn’t aged well

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HBO Max Arrives to Further Complicate the Streaming Wars

May 27, 2020May 27, 2020 Jake Harris 0 Comments Akira Kurosawa, Anna Kendrick, Criterion Collection, Disney, Doctor Who, Elmo, Friends, HBO Max, Justice League, Looney Tunes, Studio Ghibli, Zack Snyder

Friends, Looney Tunes, and the Snyder Cut

The Best Tough Jew Movies

January 14, 2020January 14, 2020 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Adam Sandler, Barbra Streisand, BJ Novak, Brad Pitt, Casino, Chariots Of Fire, Daniel Craig, Defiance, Exodus, Inglorious Basterds, Liev Schreiber, Martin Scorsese, Paul Newman, Sal Mineo, Uncut Gems, Yentl

Don’t Mess With Us

Six Elvis Presley Movies That Aren’t Completely Terrible

January 8, 2020August 18, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 3 Comments Angela Lansbury, Ann-Margaret, Elvis, Elvis Presley, Jailhouse Rock, Kid Creole, Millie Perkins, Viva Las Vegas, Walter Matthau

Happy 85th Birthday to The King

The Knight Before Christmas on Netflix

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Book & Film Globe’s Holiday Streaming Guide

December 11, 2019December 13, 2019 Jake Harris 0 Comments Amazon Prime, Book and Film Globe Holiday Streaming Guide, Christmas, Disney, Great British Baking Show, holiday binging, Holiday specials, Holiday Streaming Guide, holidays, Hulu, Nailed It!, Netflix, Santa Claus, Shudder, The Criterion Collection, The Knight Before Christmas, yule log, Yule Log on Netflix

So Many Holiday Movies

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