Depression-era federal agent Montgomery must evacuate a Tennessee town for a dam project in Wild River. Guest writer Mike Perry reviews the 1960 drama directed by Elia Kazan and co-starring Lee Remick and Jo Van Fleet.
Read more →1960s Movies
Classic movie reviews, movie articles, movie information from 1960 to 1969, the end of Golden Age of Hollywood.
Your Valley of the Dolls Personality Test
What does your favorite line from the 1967 film Valley of the Dolls say about your personality? Take this classic quiz by MovieFanFare’s John Tartaglia and find out which doomed starlet from the campy cult fave you most identify with.
Read more →Waking Up with The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming
What’s a film fan to do when you’re up at 5 in the morning and the cable’s not working? For MovieFanFare reader Bill Dunphy, it means popping in a random DVD. His pick: the 1966 Cold War comedy The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming.
Read more →Remembering The Alamo (1960)
This week’s debut of the TV miniseries Texas Rising makes it the perfect time to “remember” writer Irv Slifkin’s classic look back at the 1960 frontier drama The Alamo, director/star John Wayne’s stirring tribute to the 1836 Lone Star State battle.
Read more →A Male Gaze at Barbarella
Her comic was controversial. Her movie’s a cult classic. Let’s have a new look at “Barbarella,” now that there’s lots of talk about putting other female heroes on the big screen.
Read more →Ten Things to Know About Bye Bye Birdie
To mark Ann-Margret’s 74th birthday today, we’re offering this classic look at 10 facts about one of the actress’s earliest and most popular films: the 1963 musical hit Bye Bye Birdie, also starring Dick Van Dyke and Janet Leigh.
Read more →Curtis, Wood and Lemmon Hit the Road for The Great Race
Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, Jack Lemmon and Peter Falk are contestants in a 1908 trans-global road rally in The Great Race. Guest writer Kristen Lopez takes the checkered flag with her look at director Blake Edwards’ slapstick epic, which turns 50 this year.
Read more →Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Set in 19th-century Ukraine, “Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors” explores doomed love, the urgency of memory, and the culture of the Hutsul people. Check out this MovieFanFare contribution to the Russia in Classic Film blogathon!
Read more →What’s Your Favorite “Golden Anniversary” Film from 1965?
This week marks the Golden Anniversary of The Sound of Music’s debut, but quite a few popular movies also turn 50 in 2015. Vote in this week’s poll for your top 1965 film. Selections include Cat Ballou, Doctor Zhivago, Thunderball and many more.
Read more →Buster Keaton in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: One Last Run
For the First Annual Buster Keaton Blogathon, MovieFanFare reviews the stone-faced funnyman’s final screen performance in the 1966 musical/comedy A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, co-starring Zero Mostel, Jack Gilford and Phil Silvers.
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