“The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture,” Alfred Hitchcock once said. We’d like to know which of Hitchcock’s bad guys (or gals, or birds) you think was the most successful.
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It was 89 years ago this week that The Pleasure Garden, the debut film by a young British director named Alfred Hitchcock (seen here on location during shooting) debuted. We’ll not keep you in suspense; read more memorable movie moments inside.
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For this special installment of Six Pix, the focus is on movies that no longer exist. While movie fans can still rank and rate the artistic merits of the posters on display here, Jason offers a little background on the significance of each lost film.
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We’re offering a sneak peek at this winter’s classic film releases from the Criterion Collection. Bicycle Thieves, Gilda, The Graduate, Repo Man, and a twin bill of The Emigrants and The New Land are among the favorites coming out in special editions.
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His films include Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Deer Hunter, Deliverance and many more favorites. MovieFanFare offers a visual retrospective of the career of Oscar-winning cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond, who passed away last week at 85.
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A while back we asked which pre-1963 Burt Lancaster film role you thought was best. This week we’re checking out Burt’s post-’63 work (Seven Days in May, The Swimmer, Atlantic City and more) and inviting you to vote for your top performance.
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Actor Kirk Alyn flew onto movie screens as cinema’s first live-action Man of Steel 68 years ago this week, in the Columbia serial Superman. It’s “Up, up and away!” with more memorable film firsts inside.
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Okay, so some New Year’s Eve parties turn out better than others. From our family to yours, all of us at MovieFanFare would like to thank you for your support in 2015 and wish you a Happy New Year!
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From Intolerance and The Wizard of Oz to Titanic and the Lord of the Rings films, Hollywood set designers have shown audiences unbelievable locales. Guest writer Blair Kramer offers his list of the top 10 movie set designs of all time.
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As the year draws to a close, we say a final farewell to Christopher Lee, Maureen O’Hara, Leonard Nimoy, Lizabeth Scott, Omar Sharif, and some of the other unforgettable Hollywood figures who left us in 2015.
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