Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on April 23, 2010

The Crooked Way (1949). Black-and-white film noir. Director; Robert Florey. The film was based on a radio play No Blade Too Sharp. cast: John Payne, Sonny Tufts, Ellen Drew. The film, with a similar plot (a war hero loses his memory stateside) to another film noir Somewhere in the Night,...   read more

Café Muscato Posted by Muscato on March 5, 2010

So apparently the Oscars are this weekend. Living in a country with, on a good day, three movie screens showing films not made in Bombay or Cairo, and most of those featuring things blowing up, it's easy to fall out of the habit of keeping up with Film Today, and...   read more

Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on March 4, 2010

NIGHT LIFE IN RENO (1931). Pre-code. Director: Raymond Cannon. Cast: Virginia Valli, Jameson Thomas and Dorothy Christy. John Wyatt is caught with another woman which angers his wife. June decides to make a trip to Reno for a divorce. Since Reno requires a six-week wait for a divorce to become...   read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on December 13, 2009

"To Catch a Thief" is the next "Meet Me at the Movies" event The Prairie District Neighborhood Alliance (PDNA) invites you to "Meet Me at the Movies," Friday January 29, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. at Sherwood Community Music School at Columbia College recital hall, 1312 S. Michigan Ave. Alfred Hitchcoc   read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on November 17, 2009

"Meet Me at the Movies" wrap party at Grace O'Malley's On Friday, December 6, the Prairie District Neighborhood Alliance (PDNA) presented the classic Miracle on 34th Street at the Columbia College, Sherwood Academy Recital Hall 1312 S. Michigan Ave. The "wrap party" was held at Grace O'Malley   read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on November 17, 2009

"Meet Me at the Movies" wrap party at Grace O'Malley's On Friday, December 6, the Prairie District Neighborhood Alliance (PDNA) presented the classic Miracle on 34th Street at the Columbia College, Sherwood Academy Recital Hall 1312 S. Michigan Ave. The "wrap party" was held at Grace O'Malley   read more

Café Muscato Posted by Muscato on December 28, 2008

Our little capital's dilatory film calendar means we've not yet had the pleasure of not seeing Valkyrie, which despite its less-horrendous-than-expected reviews still seems like a must-miss to me. It does present the opportunity, though, to make a wholehearted book recommendation.If you want to fin   read more

Caftan Woman Posted by Caftan Woman on September 15, 2008

During September the inestimable Turner Classic Movies is presenting a series of movies related to politics. It's a grand lineup featuring everything from The Best Man to The Great McGinty to Gabriel Over the White House.Today I consider my little corner of the blogosphere an adjunct to TCM's series   read more

Critica Retro Posted by Lê on November 30, -0001

Santos Dumont vai ao cinema / Santos Dumont goes to the movies Vamos direto ao ponto: aqui no Brasil consideramos que o Pai da Aviação – isto é, o inventor do avião – é Alberto Santos Dumont. Porque ele era brasileiro. E por outros motivos: por exemplo, o Aeroclube Francês,...   read more

Critica Retro Posted by Lê on November 30, -0001

Risos, culpa e tabu: personagens travestidos no cinema / Laughter, guilt and taboo: A brief history of dressing in drag in the movies Ah, cinema! Uma fonte histórica maravilhosa, um espelho poderoso de como a sociedade pensava e se comportava décadas atrás. Claro, nenhum pensamento é unâni   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on November 30, -0001

I Loved Her In the Movies Memories of Hollywood's Legendary Actresses by Robert J. Wagner with Scott Eyman 9780525429111 -272 pages November 2016 Viking Books Amazon - Barnes and Noble - Powells "There's something in the nature of the movie-going experience itself that approximates the reverie tha   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on November 30, -0001

I Loved Her In the Movies Memories of Hollywood's Legendary Actresses by Robert J. Wagner with Scott Eyman 9780525429111 -272 pages November 2016 Viking Books Amazon - Barnes and Noble - Powells "There's something in the nature of the movie-going experience itself that approximates the reverie tha   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on November 30, -0001

Thank you to Lê of Crítica Retrô for the heads up about this! Wesleyan University is offering a free 5-week course called Marriage and the Movies: A History taught by professor Jeanine Basinger, author of I Do and I Don't: A History of Marriage in the Movies. I reviewed the...   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on November 30, -0001

Christmas in the Movies 50 Classics to Celebrate the Season by Jeremy Arnold Turner Classic Movies/Running Press Hardcover ISBN: 97807624924801 October 2018 208 pages Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's— TCM Shop You can’t watch 30 Christmas movies in one day. But you ca   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on November 30, -0001

Rock on FilmThe Movies That Rocked the Big Screenby Fred Goodmanforeword by Sir Michael Lindsay-HoggTCM and Running PressHardcover ISBN: 9780762478439July 2022224 pagesAmazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's“One of the beauties of rock movies is that sometimes they capture the time an   read more

Critica Retro Posted by Lê on November 30, -0001

#TheResistance at the movies: Presenting Cine Suffragette Are you scared about the future? Are you disillusioned? Do you get nauseous when you watch the news? Did you answer YES to all the questions? Now comes the most important question of all: are you ready and willing to fight back and...   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on November 30, -0001

These Amazing Shadows is a documentary that delivers many messages. Films are important. They need to be preserved for current and future generations before it's too late. The language of film is a human language. Films are a filter through which we view history and culture. Film is love. Directed   read more

Critica Retro Posted by Lê on November 30, -0001

#TheResistance at the movies: how we can destroy the Mr Potters of the world Nas três últimas edições de The Great Villain blogathon, eu escolhi focar em vilões divertidos – ou ao menos admiráveis. Assim, escrevi sobre dois vilões interpretados por Peter Lorre, os vilões da Disney atrav   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on November 30, -0001

Christmas in the Movies35 Classics to Celebrate the SeasonRevised and Expanded Editionby Jeremy ArnoldTCM and Running PressHardcover ISBN: 9780762481040280 pagesOctober 2023Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's — Larry Edmunds"When we view [Christmas movies], we journey back to our   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on November 30, -0001

Rock on FilmThe Movies That Rocked the Big Screenby Fred Goodmanforeword by Sir Michael Lindsay-HoggTCM and Running PressHardcover ISBN: 9780762478439July 2022288 pagesAmazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's“One of the beauties of rock mo   read more