From the boozing lawyer of Johnny Eager to the twitchy bomber of Airport, solid everyman performer Van Heflin was always memorable in his 30-year run before the cameras. You can check out our appreciation here.
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Looking Back on The Longest Day
To mark the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings, we’ve invited guest blogger The War Movie Buff to offer his take on 1962’s all-star WWII drama The Longest Day, an epic depiction of the Allied assault on occupied Europe
Read more →Create-a-Caption: Ben-Hur
You know the drill. Below is a classic movie photo from 1959’s Ben-Hur with Jason’s caption. You’re encouraged to leave your own suggestion in the comment section below! “A free cruise…See the world!” the brochure said. He should have read…
Read more →What’s Your Favorite Silver Anniversary Film from 1989?
Caped crimefighters, animated mermaids, and ghostly baseball players delighted moviegoers 25 years ago. This week’s poll wants to know your choice for the top film of 1989.
Read more →This Week in Film History, 06.01.14
It was 71 years ago this week that the airliner boarded by British screen stalwart Leslie Howard was tragically shot down over the Bay of Biscay. We’ve got more movie milestones to share.
Read more →Joseph Cotten in Shadow of a Doubt: The Most Chilling of Them All
A young woman starts to suspect that the visiting uncle she adores may be a wanted murderer. Guest blogger Stephen Fitzgerald salutes one of Alfred Hitchcock’s most iconic screen villains, Joseph Cotten’s Uncle Charlie in the 1943 thriller Shadow of a Doubt.
Read more →Fundamental Films of the 1970s
Is it possible…at all…to arrive at a list of “fundamental” films to view? Movie Irv takes a stab at beginning to assemble such a cinematic catalog, starting with his five essential picks from the sensational 1970s.
Read more →How Sight & Sound Fueled the “Greatest Film” Debate
Over the years movie buffs have been inundated with “Greatest Films of All Time” lists, but one of the oldest and most respected comes from Sight & Sound magazine. Guest writer Rick29 examines the British publication’s poll results since the first in 1952..
Read more →Herb Jeffries: Remembering the “Bronze Buckaroo”
Gene Autry and Roy Rogers may have been the best-known B-movie cowboys, but Herb Jeffries gave African-American audiences their own frontier hero to root for in the late ’30s. MovieFanFare remembers the pioneering singer/actor, who died last week at age 100.
Read more →Mad About Movies About Movies
With the chatter over Jodorowsky’s Dune, which chronicles the avant-garde director’s quixotic mid-’70s bid to lens the Frank Herbert sci-fi opus, we’re offering a dozen favorite films about filmmaking.
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