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Cagney Turns Yellow (Journalist) as the Picture Snatcher
Along with his iconic gangster roles, James Cagney’s early ’30s Warner Bros. tenure included turns as a cabbie, a race car driver, and–as Marsha Collock discusses here–a tabloid newspaper photographer, in 1933’s Picture Snatcher.
Read more →Six Pix: Jesse James
Six Pix presents a sextet of movie posters representing a particular actor/director/genre. You pick the one you feel is visually the most artistic or best sums up the film. Wanted! Six Pix of Jesse James-related films. Included are: Jesse James…
Read more →What’s James Garner’s Best 1960s Film Performance?
In the 1960s James Garner made the jump from small-screen to big-screen star, at ease in both comedic and dramatic roles. This week’s MovieFanFare polls asks you to pick which of Garner’s ’60s film performances is your favorite.
Read more →Guadalcanal Diary: Mass Media Convergence in the 1940s
Guest writer John Greanias looks at the 1943 20th Century-Fox WWII drama Guadalcanal Diary, based on Richard Tregaskis’ first-hand account of the bloody Pacific conflict and released less than a year after the battle’s conclusion.
Read more →This Week in Film History, 12-08-2013
It was 74 years ago that they were marching on Atlanta…to the Fox Theater, to be precise, for the world premiere of Gone With the Wind. We’ve got more cinema signposts that you may give a darn about.
Read more →Ben Affleck: Overrated or Underrated?
Maybe you heard: Ben Affleck is the new Batman! Maybe you also heard: He directed “Argo,” the Best Picture winner of last year’s Oscars. Those two facts make rendering the overrated/underrated verdict a challenge…but our Cinema Crusader is ready. POW!
Read more →Coherence
Some (most?) movies you forget about the second they’re over. Some few others are skillfully made enough to linger in your mind, or even get you talking. Low of budget but high on smarts and expert in execution, “Coherence” is a brain-twister to savor.
Read more →Six Pix: Artists
Six Pix presents a sextet of movie posters representing a particular actor/director/genre. You pick the one you feel is visually the most artistic or best sums up the film. This Six Pix is a stroke of genius. Included are: Rembrandt…
Read more →The Importance of Being Ernst: Who’ll Be the New Blofeld?
After literal decades of legal wrangling, the makers of the 007 films are able–as well as ready and willing–to bring back iconic nemesis Ernst Stavro Blofeld to menace Bond once more. Here’s our thoughts on who should get to pet the kitty.
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