In This Our Life: I sought out this movie thanks to an essay by Stanley Crouch, which focuses on the unusually progressive racial politics of the film, and offers it as a counterpoint to Gone With the Wind, which Crouch…
Read more →
December 12, 1939: Douglas Fairbanks, dashing and athletic leading man of the silent era and co-founder of United Artists, dies of a heart attack at age 56. December 14, 1939: Seventy-five years after General Sherman set it ablaze, the city…
Read more →
Guest contributor Victoria Balloon writes: Watching certain films can be a cherished holiday tradition. The problem is that after the tenth time, you already know that the angel gets his wings, the kid gets the BB gun, and it snows….
Read more →
Recently on our facebook page we asked our friends “What classic Christmas movie would you like to see in a movie theater?” After all, the idea of taking the family to the movies after a day of shopping to see…
Read more →
You know the drill. Inside is a classic photo from the 1994 comedy The Ref with Jason’s caption. You’re encouraged to leave your own suggestion in the comment section below!
Read more →
Here are 10 trivia facts about One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest from 1975, which originally appeared as our Mystery Movie Quiz on our Facebook page. There are hundreds of pieces of behind-the-scenes information about this movie. Please feel free…
Read more →
Hollywood might have made more classical musicals were it not for the fact that people can’t sing and dance in them. There’s little opportunity for movement beyond hands gliding along keyboards or pushing bows over fiddle strings. Those who study…
Read more →
What are you all doing out front of my house on a cold night like tonight? You want to hear about another movie from back in the day? Don’t you have school or something? OK, I guess I can spare…
Read more →December 7, 1919: Director/actor Erich von Stroheim, “The Man You Love to Hate,” makes his directorial debut with Blind Husbands. December 11, 1930: A protest of All Quiet on the Western Front by members of the Nazi Party in Berlin…
Read more →Copyright © 2025 MovieFanFare