4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on October 25, 2014

Directed by Louis Maille and starring Wallace Shawn and Andre Gregory playing characters named after themselves, this interesting film has a relatively simple, albeit, unique premise. A writer who lives in New York goes to a dinner engagement with a man who he used to know well.  However, he approa   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on October 25, 2014

Out of the many titans of French film, I found a personal favorite in Jean-Pierre Melville. Aside from changing his name in honor of the American author who wrote about the great white whale, Melville was also a member of the French Resistance during WWII. Thus, he seems to be...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on October 24, 2014

Starring Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier with director Stanley Kramer, the film opens in the pouring rain with a truck full of convicts. It goes off road and no one is hurt except two men escape.  A Sheriff an state policemen begin tracking them on foot. However, this pair is...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on October 24, 2014

Star Wars has such a giant mythology and full blown culture surrounding it that it becomes nearly impossible to separate the entire galaxy from the film franchise. It is so much more than just a movie with a plot and some characters going on an adventure. Sure, George Lucas let...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on October 24, 2014

Star Wars has such a giant mythology and full blown culture surrounding it that it becomes nearly impossible to separate the entire galaxy from the film franchise. It is so much more than just a movie with a plot and some characters going on an adventure. Sure, George Lucas let...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on October 24, 2014

Starring Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier with director Stanley Kramer, the film opens in the pouring rain with a truck full of convicts. It goes off road and no one is hurt except two men escape.  A Sheriff an state policemen begin tracking them on foot. However, this pair is...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on October 24, 2014

Star Wars has such a giant mythology and full-blown culture surrounding it that it becomes nearly impossible to separate the entire galaxy from the film franchise. It is so much more than just a movie with a plot and some characters going on an adventure. Sure, George Lucas let his...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on October 22, 2014

Starring Anthony Hopkins and Debra Winger with direction by Richard Attenbourough, this film chronicles the romance of famed Christian professor and author, C.S. “Jack” Lewis with the American poet Joy Gresham. Jack is by now a respected professor at Oxford and a widely acclaimed lecturer who often   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on October 22, 2014

Starring Anthony Hopkins and Debra Winger with direction by Richard Attenborough, this film chronicles the romance of famed Christian professor and author, C.S. “Jack” Lewis with the American poet Joy Gresham. Jack is by now a respected professor at Oxford and a widely acclaimed lecturer who often s   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on October 21, 2014

With direction by James Ivory and a cast including Helen Bonham Carter, Maggie Smith, and Daniel Day-Lewis, the film opens in Italy where a well to do English woman is on holiday with her significantly older cousin. While staying in Italy she falls in love with the country and comes...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on October 21, 2014

With direction by James Ivory and a cast including Helen Bonham Carter, Maggie Smith, and Daniel Day-Lewis, the film opens in Italy where a well to do English woman is on holiday with her significantly older cousin. While staying in Italy she falls in love with the country and comes...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on October 17, 2014

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4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on October 17, 2014

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4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on October 16, 2014

“Persona: The image or personality that a person presents to other people” ~ Merriam Webster Dictionary  All of a sudden roles are reversed and when Alma discovers a letter Elisabet sent away to the administrator, things are never the same. She feels betrayed learning that the actress h   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on October 16, 2014

           By the title it would be assumed that Summer in Berlin is light fare, and at times it is, but it also has something to say about the difficulties of relationships and the realities of life. Katrin is divorced, has a young son named Max and is trying to make her way...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on October 16, 2014

“Persona: The image or personality that a person presents to other people” ~ Merriam-Webster Dictionary  The opening sequences in the hospital are noticeably minimalist with an accentuated sterile environment. The close-ups feel reminiscent of The Passion of Joan of Arc and the highly dr   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on October 16, 2014

           By the title it would be assumed that Summer in Berlin is light fare, and at times it is, but it also has something to say about the difficulties of relationships and the realities of life. Katrin is divorced, has a young son named Max and is trying to make her way...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on October 15, 2014

The Oscar-Winning Nowhere in Africa, directed by Caroline Link is a semi-biographical film based on the recollections of Stefanie Zweig who was transposed to Kenya as a young girl with her parents in the 1930s. This makes the film not just a historical drama, since it is specifically following th   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on October 15, 2014

The Oscar-Winning Nowhere in Africa, directed by Caroline Link is a semi-biographical film based on the recollections of Stefanie Zweig who was transposed to Kenya as a young girl with her parents in the 1930s. This makes the film not just a historical drama, since it is specifically following the   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on October 14, 2014

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