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An Ode to TCM
Sorry I’ve been m.i.a. since the Oscars. I’ve been having some problems at work. Long story short work’s no longer a problem, so I’m back. I’ve got a few posts related to film in 2010 that I want to...
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Oscar Vault Monday – The More The Merrier, 1943 (dir. George Stevens)
It’s hard to write about any film that was nominated for Best Picture in 1943 since the winner that year is almost universally thought to be one of, if not the greatest film of all time – Casablanca....
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2011 in Films: A Year-Long Cinematic Odyssey Through 1,117 New-To-Me Films
Last year I watched 517 new-to-me films and I thought that number was ridiculously large. Well, this year not only did I reach that number, I surpassed it with an additional 600 new-to-me films,...
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New From Flicker Alley: The Most Dangerous Game and Gow The Headhunter
Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack’s The Most Dangerous Game has been one of my favorite films since I first saw it about four years ago. I’m pretty sure Joel McCrea (man’s man), never looked...
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Movie Quote of the Day – Sullivan’s Travels, 1941 (dir. Preston Sturges)
John L. Sullivan: Film’s the greatest educational medium the world has ever known.
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Oscar Vault Monday – Dead End, 1937 (dir. William Wyler)
Continuing with Noirvember, I decided to write about a proto-noir, William Wyler’s Dead End. This is a fabulous example of crime cinema, coming at the end of the thirties and a wave of films like...
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Movie Quote of the Day – Cattle Drive, 1951 (dir. Kurt Neumann)
Chester Graham Jr.:I have no intention of eating your “grub,” as you call it. Dan Matthews: Come chow time, you’ll change your mind. Come on, we haven’t got all day. Chester Graham Jr.: I’m not going...
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Movie Quote of the Day – Foreign Correspondent, 1940 (dir. Alfred Hitchcock)
Johnny Jones: I love you, and I want to marry you. Carol Fisher: I love you, and I want to marry you. Johnny Jones: Well, that cuts down our love scene quite a bit, doesn’t it?
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