AFI Top 100: Sullivan’s Travels
“And I say this with some embarrassment, but I don’t want to make O Brother Where Art Thou.” It would take 60 years and two Coen Brothers to make O […]
Monthly Archives: January 2012
The Artist
I knew this was going to happen. In fact, I am writing this the night before Oscar nominations are announced, after just having seen The Artist. I was upset about […]
Supporting Actors: Alfred Hitchcock’s Stand Bys
Alfred Hitchcock was a one-note director. Not in a bad way; he wasn’t called the “master of suspense” for nothing. Hitchcock was an amazing director, cinematographer, casting director. He worked […]
AFI Top 100: Frankenstein
The 1931 version of Frankenstein features ? as The Monster, an actor we now know as Boris Karloff. This monster movie is representative of the time it was made in, […]
Supporting Actors: Paul Henreid
I’m starting a new series on supporting actors in classic films. That face you see in the background, that cop who arrests the villain, or that voice you know you’ve […]
Best Picture Winner 1958: Gigi
Gigi is credited as the last of MGM’s traditional movie musicals. It was made during the golden age of the movie musical, and its director, Vincente Minelli, was already established […]
War Horse
I saw a review with the tagline “War Horse, or Bore Horse?” which was interesting because the article listed below raved about the “beautifully filmed live-action film.” Having seen the […]
