Film fans, here’s a Valentine’s Day recipe: Mix wild scenarios with slapstick humor and witty dialogue,blend in a love story, and you have screwball comedy. Guest writer Victoria Balloon salutes some ’30s and ’40s screwball gems in a classic article.
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The Phantom of the Opera (1925): Lon Chaney Triumphant
One of silent cinema’s greatest–and strangest–love stories was Universal’s The Phantom of the Opera, with Lon Chaney in perhaps his most famous role. Guest writer Fritzi Kramer rips the mask off the 1925 thriller’s behind-the-scenes secrets and travails.
Read more →What Music the Restored Dracula Soundtrack Makes
When I heard in 2012 that the soundtrack to the Lugosi classic would be tinkered with, I went nuts. Is the restored Dracula soundtrack historical revisionism, or simply clearing away the cobwebs so we can fully enjoy it as if it were first unspooling on a 1931 movie screen?
Read more →Buster Keaton in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: One Last Run
For the First Annual Buster Keaton Blogathon, MovieFanFare reviews the stone-faced funnyman’s final screen performance in the 1966 musical/comedy A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, co-starring Zero Mostel, Jack Gilford and Phil Silvers.
Read more →Which Film Will Win the 2015 Best Picture Academy Award?
It’s now less than two weeks and counting until Oscar Night, so we’re keeping this week’s Academy preview movie poll a simple one: Which of the eight nominees do you think will win the 2015 Academy Award for Best Picture?
Read more →This Week in Film History: 2/8/15
We’re talkin’ to you: this week marks the 39th anniversary of the debut of Martin Scorsese’s controversial drama Taxi Driver. Want to see more memorable dates and facts from Hollywood history? You make the move. It’s your move…
Read more →Before Airplane!, There Was The Big Bus!
Made during the ’70s heyday of disaster films, The Big Bus spoofed its more serious colleagues with a tale of a New York-to-Denver trip on the nuclear-powered title vehicle. Guest blogger Tdod Liebenow gets behind the wheel of the 1976 comedy for a review.
Read more →Damsels in Distress: Contrary to Popular Opinion
Remember when women were only good for batting their eyelashes or being tied to the railroad tracks? Here’s proof they weren’t all “damsels in distress,” and some questions about where women stand today in the world of moviemaking.
Read more →What’s Your Favorite Best Animated Feature Academy Award Winner?
Since its inception in 2002, 13 films–Shrek, Spirited Away, Up and Frozen among them–have claimed the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. Vote in this week’s poll for your favorite Oscar-winning ‘toon.
Read more →This Week in Film History: 2/1/15
We’re telling the truth: Walt Disney’s second animated feature film, Pinocchio, debuted 75 years ago this week. There’s no need to wish upon a star for more fun dates from Hollywood’s past…just read inside!
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