June 11, 1922: The “father of the documentary film,” Robert Flaherty, releases his greatest achievement, Nanook of the North. June 6, 1933: The first drive-in theater opens on a 10-acre site on Admiral Wilson Boulevard in Camden, N.J. Now Showing:…
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Vincenzo Natali & Splice
It wasn’t too long ago that writer-director Vincenzo Natali was getting bad vibes about his newest film. Splice, the latest effort from the filmmaker, was a project he worked on for ten years, beginning with a script he had written shortly…
Read more →Movie Questions Answered: Show Boat, Hannie Caulder
Question: Will the 1936 Show Boat be put on DVD in the near future? The film was available on Laserdisc several years ago and I consider it the best version of the musical. Answer: Many people share your opinion that…
Read more →A Bijou Flashback: Remembering Will Rogers
Today we pay homage to the film legacy of Will Rogers. He was brilliant at teaching common sense to the common man during the Roaring Twenties and Great Depression; a populist who manipulated the media to educate his fellow citizens…
Read more →The Anti-War Western: Duel At Diablo
Duel at Diablo (1966) is an odd, unique Western, a rare collage of individual desires in a genre that routinely celebrates the successes of partnership and camaraderie. One of the most talked-about aspects of Duel at Diablo is the…
Read more →This Week In Film History, 05.30.10
June 2, 1916: Victor Schertzinger composes the first original film score for an American feature, Thomas H. Ince’s Civilization. June 1, 1943: The plane carrying refined British actor Leslie Howard, 50, is shot down by German fighters over the Bay…
Read more →Shades of Summer
With Memorial Day ushering in the unofficial start of summer here in the northern climes of the U.S., it is time for us to fire up the barbeque, get the pool ready, pull the lawn chairs out of storage and…
Read more →Who’s Your Favorite Clint Eastwood Cowboy?
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Read more →Clint Eastwood: Happy 80th Birthday!
The weathered features, steel-eyed squint and take-no-prisoners demeanor are immediately recognizable to the global cinema audience that has raised this onetime Army swimming instructor to a remarkable 40+years at the forefront of box-office draws. Born in San Francisco to a…
Read more →George A. Romero & Survival Of The Dead
George A. Romero is back on the zombie track with George A. Romero’s Survival of the Dead. The New York City -born, Pittsburgh-raised and now Toronto-based director has brought us gore and lots more in his shockers about the living…
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