1961’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s with Audrey Hepburn has legions of fans, but the film makes some major changes to the original Truman Capote story. Guest writer Leah Williams compares and contrasts the movie and its source material.
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Which movies had the greatest influence on the look and artistry of motion pictures?. Filmmaker and guest writer Jeremy Osbern offers five candidates: Becky Sharp, Citizen Kane, The Robe, The Godfather, Part II and The Blair Witch Project.
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MovieFanFare guest blogger Shawn McKenna is back to share his love of Asian cinema classics–this time focusing his gaze upon Akira Kurosawa’s renowned samurai film “Yojimbo,” starring Toshiro Mifune.
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In a change of pace from her cheery Disney screen roles, Hayley Mills played an out-of-control teen counseled by new governess Deborah Kerr in 1964’s The Chalk Garden. Guest writer Toto2 reviews this provocative British drama.
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Joel McCrea and Fay Wray are the quarry on deranged big-game hunter Leslie Banks’ island home in The Most Dangerous Game. Guest writer Barry P. is hot on the trail of this classic 1932 thriller from King Kong co-director Ernest B. Schoedsack
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With only 48 hours’ furlough in New York before he returns to combat, soldier Robert Walker meets and falls for secretary Judy Garland in The Clock. Guest writer Kristen Lopez takes a few minutes to review this 1945 MGM romance, directed by Vincente Minnelli.
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In the wake of Robin Williams’ death, film fans everywhere continue to remember the comedian/actor’s work. Today guest writer David Lobosco offers his list of the five most unforgettable movie performances by Williams.
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One of Paul Newman’s best-loved film roles was rebellious convict Luke Jackson in 1967’s Cool Hand Luke. Guest writer Leah Williams offers her take on the performance and the similarities between the actor and his on-screen persona.
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So, what are John Barrymore’s only screen performance of Hamlet’s “To Be or Not to Be” soliloquy–and Barrymore himself–doing in a musical comedy with bandleader Kay Kyser? Guest writer Mike Reid reviews The Great Profile’s final film, 1941’s Playmates.
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U.S. moviegoers got a look at World War II through the eyes of a German U-boat crew in director Wolfgang Petersen’s acclaimed Das Boot (The Boat). Guest writer Barry P. takes the plunge and reviews the 1981 drama, originally shown as a TV miniseries.
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