Yes, we know today is 4/20. But amid all the joking, it’s also a good day to examine some sobering cinematic depictions of drug use. In this classic post, author Brian Sieck looks at The Panic in Needle Park, Requiem for a Dream and other films.
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After the success of 1969’s Easy Rider, Jack Nicholson went to “B” film actor to Academy Award-winning star in the 1970s. To mark his 78th birthday this week, we’re asking for your vote for Jack’s top ’70 film role: pick from The Last Detail, Chinatown, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and more.
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James Cagney cemented his status as a gangster film icon with his fourth screen role, in 1931’s The Public Enemy, which debuted 84 years ago this week. No need to take a grapefruit to the face for more key dates in Hollywood’s past; just read inside.
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We all know the old “Karloff vs. Lugosi” horror film debate. MovieFanFare offers another take on the rivalry by asking who made the better Charlie Chan series appearance, Bela in 1931’s “The Black Camel” or Boris in 1936’s “Charlie Chan at the Opera.”
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He was usually a kindly grandfather or loyal sidekick, but he played memorable real-life villains in two classic frontier dramas. For the Great Villain Blogathon, we salute Walter Brennan’s menacing turns in The Westerner and My Darling Clementine.
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Hey there, you with classic movie musicals in your eyes…check out guest blogger The Lady Eve’s look at 1957’s The Pajama Game, with Doris Day and John Raitt as labor dispute rivals-turned-lovers, now back on DVD as part of a new Day collection.
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MovieFanFare’s 15th installment of Movie Poster Doppelgangers is more of the same; that is, more similar-looking film posters that’ll have you scratching your head thinking you’re seeing double.
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His resumé includes comedies (Indiscreet) and thrillers (Charade), but Stanley Donen, who turns 91 today, is best known as the director of some of Hollywood’s top musicals. Our poll asks which of these films–Singin’ in the Rain, Funny Face, Damn Yankees! and more–is your favorite.
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The only film directed by Alfred Hitchcock to win the Academy Award for Best Picture, Rebecca, opened 75 years go this week. There’s no need to dream of going to Manderlay for more memorable movie moments; just click below and read on.
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Protested by gay activists, trashed by critics, and shoved into the corner of movie history, William Friedkin’s “Cruising” is a bold, brilliant thriller that deserves a place among the important films of its time. Not that the movie doesn’t go out of its way to help some people get the wrong idea…
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