Martin Scorsese isn’t just one of my favorite movie directors; he’s one of my movie heroes. Here are five of his pictures that are never far from my mind.
Read more →My Favorite Martin Scorsese Pictures
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Lizabeth Scott: FIlm Noir’s Blonde Bombshell
Her sultry look and smoky voice made her a natural film noir femme fatale, yet major stardom always seemed to be just out of her reach. MovieFanFare looks back at the life and career of actress Lizabeth Scott, who passed way last month at 92.
Read more →Six Pix: Not Presidents
Today may be Presidents’ Day, but any resemblance between former chief executives and the names in the sextet of movie posters Jason assembled here is purely coincidental. Take a look and tell us which one you feel is the most “presidential.”
Read more →What’s Your Favorite Sidney Poitier Film Role?
Sidney Poitier turns 88 this week, so our latest MovieFanFare poll salutes the Oscar-winning actor by asking for your top Poitier screen role. Which performance–The Defiant Ones, Lilies of the Field, In the Heat of the Night and more–is your favorite?
Read more →This Week in Film History: 2/15/15
Swedish moviegoers were able to shake off their winter blues and enjoy Ingmar Bergman’s latest work, The Seventh Seal, 58 years ago this week. Cheer up, film fans: there are more notable cinematic anniversaries waiting for you inside.
Read more →Happy Friday the 13th and Valentine’s Day from MovieFanFare!
Some cynics might call this the perfect weekend: a Friday the 13th followed by Valentine’s Day. Here at MovieFanFare, we look at it as the perfect chance to ask for your thoughts on the most romantic horror flick and most downbeat love film.
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 →Screwball Comedies of the 1930s & ’40s: When Romance Met Mayhem
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.
Read more →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?
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