From The Hills Have Eyes to the Elm Street and Scream series, his films changed the face of cinematic horror. MovieFanFare remembers writer/director Wes Craven, who passed away this weekend from cancer at 76, and invites you to vote for which of his fright flicks is your favorite.
Read more →Monthly Archives: August 2015
This Week in Film History: 8/30/15
Bogey plus Bacall added up to one of the all-time great film noir thriller in Howard Hawks’ adaptation of Raymond Chandler’s The Big Sleep, which opened 69 years ago this week. Don’t sleep after clicking this box, or you’ll miss out on more fascinating bits of movie trivia.
Read more →Police Story (1985): Jackie Chan’s Favorite
Jackie Chan has called “Police Story” his favorite of the many action-packed movies he’s made. See why Chan’s 1985 cop saga remains a jaw-dropping classic today…we bet it’ll be one of your favorites, too!
Read more →Ingrid Bergman: A Life of No Regrets
Fabled screen beauty and three-time Oscar winner Ingrid Bergman was born 100 ago this week. In this classic post, Jay Steinberg looks back at the storied career and stormy personal life of the Swedish-born star of Casablanca and other gems.
Read more →Poll: What’s the Best Undercover Cop Movie?
From White Heat to Point Break to The Departed, the lawman going undercover to infiltrate a criminal gang has been a Hollywood genre staple for decades. This week we’d like you to vote for which undercover cop movie you think is the best.
Read more →This Week in Film History: 8/23/15
Before they were Bowery Boys or East Side Kids, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall and company made their Hollywood debut as the Dead End Kids 78 years ago this week, in the Humphrey Bogart crime drama Dead End. Spread out, you mugs, for more movie trivia by clicking here.
Read more →Frida and the Art of Suffering
What can Salma Hayek and Julie Taymor’s beautiful 2002 biopic of Frida Kahlo reveal to us about the “suffering artist” cliché? A lot, as it turns out…especially if you wind up struggling to provide a decent answer to that question.
Read more →Bill Williams on the Run in The Clay Pigeon (1949)
An amnesiac WWII veteran finds himself facing a court martial for treason and goes on the lam to clear his name in The Clay Pigeon. Guest writer Laura Grieve takes aim at the 1949 RKO thriller, which starred real-life couple Bill Williams and Barbara Hale.
Read more →Bela Lugosi: Ten Things to Know About the Iconic Star
It was a heart attack, not sunlight or a stake, that claimed the life of Bela Lugosi 59 years ago this week. To honor the screen’s most famous Dracula, we offer this classic list by Movies Unlimited founder Jerry Frebowitz of 10 facts about the horror legend.
Read more →Poll: What’s Your Favorite Kevin Spacey Film Role?
To mark the 20th anniversary of The Usual Suspects and Kevin Spacey’s Academy Award-winning turn, we’d like to know which of the two-time Oscar winner’s screen roles–from suburban everymen to evil grasshoppers to Bobby Darin–is your favorite.
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