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Dying Young
You know the drill. Below is a classic movie photo with Jason’s caption. You’re encouraged to leave your own suggestion in the comment section below! “No, I never really noticed before—I’m glad you find my uneven ears so amusing.”
Read more →Performing a Public Service: Cab Calloway in The Blues Brothers
Whatever one may think of John Landis or Dan Aykroyd as either artists or people, they both deserve kudos for preserving a modern-day performance of “Minnie the Moocher” by Cab Calloway on film in The Blues Brothers (1980). Aykroyd wrote him…
Read more →Where Are They Now?: June Lockhart
Guest blogger David Lobosco writes: I am not an animal lover, but one of my favorite reruns I watched growing up was Lassie. Actress June Lockhart was one of the best things about the corny black and white show. She…
Read more →This Week In Film History, 01.01.12
January 1, 1900: French film pioneer Charles Path� releases the historical re-enactment Episodes of the Transvaal Warin Paris. January 1, 1951: 300 Chicago households take part in the first TV pay-per-view movie system. For $1, they can watch 1948’s April…
Read more →The Godfather Part II
You know the drill. Below is a classic movie photo with Jason’s caption. You’re encouraged to leave your own suggestion in the comment section below! On this New Year’s Eve give someone you love a kiss!
Read more →Five Things That Define a Classic Film
Guest blogger Katie writes: Trying to procrastinate from studying for my exam, I thought of what exactly makes a film a classic film. In this postmodern age, nothing is for certain, so I decided that what defines classics is not…
Read more →Ask Movie Irv: Do You Believe in the Auteur Theory?
Movie fans around the world have something to thank the French for (besides the movie Betty Blue): Ever since the magazine Cahiers du Cinéma promoted the idea that film directors such as Howard Hawks and Alfred Hitchcock, due to the very…
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Five Foreign Film Favorites
New Year’s resolution: Watch more foreign films. Watching foreign cinema is a lot like eating your vegetables. You know you must do it to maintain a balanced and healthy diet, and while you may actually find you enjoy them once you taste…
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