Here’s a rundown of some older films that have just made their way to Blu-ray and DVD. Because there’s nothing like some classics from the cinema! Topper Spirit-filled madcap screwballer stars Cary Grant and Constance Bennett as fun-loving socialites George…
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“Cars 3” and More Turbocharged DVD/Blu-ray New Releases
Cars 3 Though the competitive fires still burned in his engine, veteran race car Lightning McQueen (voiced by Owen Wilson) knew time was passing him by…as were new-school opponents like the arrogant Jackson Storm (Armie Hammer). After a disastrous crash,…
Read more →“The Philadelphia Story” Gets the Criterion Collection Treatment This November
The Philadelphia Story is George Cukor’s sophisticated screwball gem, adapted from Philip Barry’s play set in Philadelphia’s tony Main Line suburbs, Katharine Hepburn re-creates her stage role as society girl Tracy Lord, whose upcoming second marriage is imperiled by the…
Read more →Celebrating 75 Years Of WWII Movies
Even before the bombs started falling on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, Hollywood had begun ramping up its production of movies in support of the looming war effort. Hollywood has not stopped making them since. This year is most…
Read more →Tell Us About Your Favorite Screwball Comedy!
With its madcap antics and endless charm, the screwball comedy is a motion picture genre that is ripe and ready for a comeback. Whether you prefer The Awful Truth, Love Crazy, The Palm Beach Story, My Man Godfrey, The Lady…
Read more →The Olympics in Classic Movies
Documentaries, fact-based dramas, and fictitious tales of inspiring athletic feats have revolved around the greatest event in international sports. Leni Riefenstahl’s controversial Olympia (1936), a vivid record of the 1936 Berlin games, remains a powerful tribute to the athletes and…
Read more →The Golden Age of Screwball Comedies
Wild plots, crazy characters and rapid-fire dialogue marked the screwball comedies of the 1930s and ’40s. For his MovieFanFare debut, writer Nathaniel Cerf examines the genre where such stars as Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, Barbara Stanwyck and others showed off their funny bones.
Read more →No Valentines for Midge: Romance Cinema’s Third Wheels
For a pre-Valentine’s Day treat, we’re offering this classic look at some classic love triangle movies–Gone with the Wind, Vertigo, Pretty in Pink, the Twlight films and more–as seen by the guys and gals who wound up on the outside looking in.
Read more →The Inside Scoop on His Girl Friday
Machine gun-quick dialogue and a lively romantic triangle make His Girl Friday a landmark in the screwball comedy genre. Guest writer Kim Wilson offers a “front page” review of the 1940 Cary Grant/Rosalind Russell/Ralph Bellamy gem.
Read more →The Eagle and the Hawk (1933): A Classic Movie Review
In today’s guest post, MovieFanFare reader Dan Slaten presents his thoughts on one of his favorite films, The Eagle and the Hawk.
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