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Heights

Nine Musicals to Watch if You Loved ‘In The Heights’

June 15, 2021 Lani Gonzalez 1 Comment Black Orpheus, Coco, Esther Williams, Fiddler On The Roof, Fred Astaire, Frida Kahlo, Hamilton, In The Heights, Jon M. Chu, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Million Dollar Mermaid, Moana, Royal Wedding, Stanley Donen, Step Up 2, Step Up 3D

From Fred Astaire and Esther Williams to ‘Step Up 3D’

Midnight Cowboy

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The Making of ‘Midnight Cowboy’

May 17, 2021May 23, 2021 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Dustin Hoffman, Glenn Frankel, Gore Vidal, James Herlihy, John Schlesinger, Jon Voight, Midnight Cowboy, MPAA, Shooting Midnight Cowboy, Truman Capote

A film lover’s film book about the strangely underrated Oscar winner

Wake In Fright

‘Wake In Fright’ at 50

May 10, 2021March 15, 2022 Michael Washburn 1 Comment Australia, Donald Pleasence, Nicholas Roeg, Nick Cave, Ted Kotcheff, Wake In Fright, Walkabout

A lost classic of New Wave cinema and the bane of Outback tourism

31 Days of Oscar

The Return of ’31 Days of Oscar’

April 6, 2021April 6, 2021 Lani Gonzalez 0 Comments 31 Days Of Oscar, Alexander Payne, Angela Lansbury, Gaslight, Hope and Glory, Ingrid Bergman, John Boorman, La Ronde, Max Ophuls, Nebraska, Simone Signoret, TCM, Turner Classic Movies

Turner Classic Movies highlights classics and new favorites this month

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, 2021March 15, 2022 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, 2020March 15, 2022 Michael Washburn 1 Comment 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 1 Comment 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, 2020March 15, 2022 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, 2020March 15, 2022 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, 2020January 24, 2022 Lani Gonzalez 1 Comment 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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