You know the drill. Below is a classic movie photo with Jason’s caption. You’re encouraged to leave your own suggestion in the comment section below! On this New Year’s Eve give someone you love a kiss!
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Monthly Archives: December 2011
Five Things That Define a Classic Film
Guest blogger Katie writes: Trying to procrastinate from studying for my exam, I thought of what exactly makes a film a classic film. In this postmodern age, nothing is for certain, so I decided that what defines classics is not…
Read more →Ask Movie Irv: Do You Believe in the Auteur Theory?
Movie fans around the world have something to thank the French for (besides the movie Betty Blue): Ever since the magazine Cahiers du Cinéma promoted the idea that film directors such as Howard Hawks and Alfred Hitchcock, due to the very…
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Five Foreign Film Favorites
New Year’s resolution: Watch more foreign films. Watching foreign cinema is a lot like eating your vegetables. You know you must do it to maintain a balanced and healthy diet, and while you may actually find you enjoy them once you taste…
Read more →The Hustler (1961): Movie Review
Guest blogger Alex DeLarge presents this look at 1961′s The Hustler: A pool shark leaves the little pond and is soon devoured by a larger fish. Robert Rossen directs this Cimmerian melodrama about a loser whose desire to win almost consumes his…
Read more →This Week In Film History, 12.25.11
December 31, 1903: Capital Execution is the first feature from what will be a thriving Danish film industry, until its decline during World War I. December 26, 1913: Less than two years after the sinking of the Titanic, the disaster…
Read more →Top DVD & Blu-ray Releases: Week of 12-25-11
It’s a pretty slow week for new releases, but there are some noteworthy post-Christmas offerings that are ready to ring in the new year with you. Let’s take a look: Clint Eastwood: 35 Films 35 Years Nineteen-disc set of Clint…
Read more →Modern Times (1936): Movie Review
Guest blogger Simon Columb writes: Charlie Chaplin, above anything, was controversial. He was an artist who, through his success, shook the tree and commented on American freedom (The Immigrant) using a character known as “The Little Tramp.” Modern Times remains…
Read more →Ask Movie Irv: Have You Ever Walked Out on a Movie?
Taking offense; an unexpected emergency; sheer boredom…all reasons someone might give for walking out on a movie. It’s safe to say we’ve probably all done it at one time or another. When the exodus is not forced upon you—that is…
Read more →Santa Claus: Mean King of Jing-a-ling
Santa Claus. Kris Kringle. Father Christmas. Jolly Ole Saint Nick. Regardless of the name you use, all of these describe the happy, friendly fat man who leaves gifts under our trees on Christmas Eve. Pop culture has built him into a beloved figure and…
Read more →Silents Are Golden
“Speech is silver; silence is golden.” –Ancient Egyptian proverb. Who would have thunk it? Two films about the world of silent movies, showing in theaters at the same time. We have Hugo, Martin Scorsese’s mesmerizing 3-D adaptation of The Invention of…
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