One of my cinematic blind spots has always been the Pre-Code early talkie musicals choreographed by Busby Berkeley. It isn’t that I dislike musicals. In
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A note before we get started — There are two versions of the 1953 film Beat the Devil, so even if you have seen the
If, like me, you frequent a lot of movie websites and listen to a lot of film podcasts, you could not fail to encounter multiple
While the the satiric, picaresque novel Don Quixote is an acknowledged literary classic, movie producers have failed to crack the code in successfully adapting it
When perusing the filmography of William Friedkin, one might consider The Brink’s Job (1978) to be slight or a minor work. Certainly, Friedkin directed more
Few movie genres are as reliable and enjoyable as the heist film. There is something elementally cinematic about watching a team of professionals assemble, plan
With the collapse of the production code at the end of the 1960s, Hollywood entered an era of independence and creativity unseen since the late
With the success of the James Bond films Dr. No (1962) and From Russia with Love (1963), movie studios around the world were on the
For fans of classic Westerns, the actor/director team of James Stewart & Anthony Mann is as revered as the pairings of John Wayne & John
Up until a couple of years ago, the number of Czechoslovakian films I had seen totaled up to around 0.25 (having watched a portion of
On March 26th, Kino Lorber Studio Classics will release the first four films in the popular Bing Crosby and Bob Hope Road picture series individually
On March 26th, Kino Lorber Studio Classics will release the first four films in the popular Bing Crosby and Bob Hope Road picture series individually
