In This Our Life: I sought out this movie thanks to an essay by Stanley Crouch, which focuses on the unusually progressive racial politics of the film, and offers it as a counterpoint to Gone With the Wind, which Crouch…
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Hollywood might have made more classical musicals were it not for the fact that people can’t sing and dance in them. There’s little opportunity for movement beyond hands gliding along keyboards or pushing bows over fiddle strings. Those who study…
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Guest blogger Richard Finch writes: Film: In a Lonely Place Country: U.S. Director: Nicholas Ray ***1/2 It’s taken me more than one viewing to warm completely to In a Lonely Place. In the film Humphrey Bogart plays Dixon Steele, a…
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Guest blogger Joanna Wilson writes: Everybody’s favorite work-place family sitcom (or drink-place family sitcom) from the 1980s is Cheers. This popular show has several holiday episodes but my own favorite is the one entitled “Christmas Cheers” from 1987. In this…
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Superman made such an immediate impact when he was introduced that a film adaptation was inevitable. Republic wanted to make a Superman serial in 1940 but couldn’t come to terms with National Comics (now known as DC Comics) — not…
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Guest blogger David Lobosco writes: Irving Berlin’s White Christmas with Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye was the #1 film of 1954 and has become an annual favorite for millions of families all the way back to the days before VHS….
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Guest blogger Fritz writes: “Garbo laughs!” It’s a slogan that is as fascinating today as it was 70 years ago. In Ninotchka, the legendary Greta Garbo plays Nina Yakushova Ivanoff, a no-nonsense Russian Comrade doing Soviet business in Paris. But very soon,…
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Guest blogger Miss Andie Gottfried writes: My parents were both movie lovers, so growing up, they always took us kids to the movies. And at home, UHF television stations were great babysitters. And when you’ve got movies, you know what…
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Guest blogger Daniel writes: Everyone loves a good comeback story, and the story here is really simple. Cheesy sci-fi TV show airs and picks up a passionate fanbase. Cheesy sci-fi TV show gets canceled and its cast seems doomed to spend…
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Today’s guest blogger is the incomparable Leonard Maltin: In its heyday, Republic Pictures wasn’t taken seriously by the mainstream studios. It was a B-movie factory, and nothing more. (Erich von Stroheim referred to it as “Repulsive Pictures.”) In recent decades,…
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