The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on April 2, 2015

This film is reviewed for the Pre-Code Blogathon. Check out hosts Pre-Code.com and Shadows & Satin for more early ’30s fun! NOTE: This review contains some spoilers, but they are clearly marked. Lola (Loretta Young) and Ken (Norman Foster) are young and in love. They’ve been together   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on March 31, 2015

Welcome to another Tuesday installment of TMP Recommends, the series in which I share five films you should keep an eye out for on TCM over the next week. All times are listed in EST and come from the US version of the TCM schedule. Happy viewing! (Image via SBIII)...   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on March 30, 2015

Though I attend screenings at the Redford Theatre pretty regularly, I’d only ever seen one silent film there — He Who Gets Slapped, which is one of my favorite silents. When I saw Pandora’s Box pop up on their schedule, projected from a 35mm print and accompanied by John Lauter,...   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on March 29, 2015

(Image via Movie Poster Shop) Tonio Costa (Mario Lanza) is a famous opera singer who is mobbed everywhere he goes by crowds of eager fans hoping to catch a glimpse of him (and, usually, to convince him to sing). His manager, Ladislas Tabori (Kurt Krasznar), worries about the singer’s unpredict   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on March 28, 2015

Note: This film is known in English as A Throw of Dice or Throw of the Dice. It is available on Netflix Instant with intertitles in English. Sunita (Seeta Devi) is a lovely young woman who lives with her father Kanwa (Sarada Gupta), a hermit who has separated himself from...   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on March 27, 2015

Dennis Lehane’s 2012 novel Live By Night is the author’s second tale of the Coughlin family, following 2008’s The Given Day. But don’t be mistaken: this isn’t a sequel. It follows Joe Coughlin, the youngest member of the Coughlin family (and only a minor side character   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on March 26, 2015

Modern Screen‘s review of 1961’s stars, stories, and films, the 1962 Modern Screen Hollywood Yearbook, listed the year’s twelve top films, twelve top performances and two most promising newcomers. Today I’ll be sharing those lists with you! 12 Best Pictures (Listed alphabetic   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on March 25, 2015

Tommy Turner (Henry Fonda) is an English professor at Midwestern University. He and his wife Ellen (Olivia de Havilland) are preparing to host a cocktail party, with honored guests Frederick (Ivan Simpson) and Blanche Damon (Minna Phillips) — the Dean and his wife — among others. It&#821   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on March 24, 2015

Welcome to this week’s installment of TMP Recommends! Here are five films you should be keeping an eye out for on TCM this week, if you’re one of the unlucky few who are not headed to Hollywood for TCM Film Festival activities. (It’s okay — I’m not going, either. I&#821   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on March 23, 2015

Devil, released in 2010, is not a film that I was planning on reviewing in full. I put it on one afternoon simply because I’m on a mission to see all of Chris Messina’s films. I had a couple of hours to kill and wasn’t in the mood to do...   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on March 22, 2015

One year, one film: 1929 The film: Glorifying the American Girl, dir. John Harkrider & Millard Webb starring Mary Eaton, Edward Crandall, Dan Healy Rating: Recommended | Highly Recommended | MUST-SEE (Image via art.com) Glorifying the American Girl was one of my favorite discoveries of 2014, an   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on March 21, 2015

Having been estranged for many years, twin sisters Edith Philips and Margaret de Lorca reunite at the funeral of Margaret’s husband Frank, a man they both loved. Though Edith has been living in Margaret’s home city of Los Angeles for ten years, the two have not spoken in much longer...   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on March 20, 2015

Kenneth Bixby (Warren William) is a sensation of the American literary world, having written a number of best-selling, well-received novels. By his side through it all is Anne Rogers (Joan Blondell), his faithful secretary. Photoplay describes the film as “Good fun.” (Photoplay Magazine   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on March 19, 2015

The 1962 edition of Modern Screen’s Hollywood Yearbook featured a list of the ten most fascinating on- and off-screen couples of the previous year. Today, as a part of TMP’s “Historical Context” series of fan mag excerpts, I’ll be sharing the list with you! Natalie Wood   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on March 18, 2015

This film was viewed for the Barbara Stanwyck Filmography Project. To view more reviews from this project, check out TMP’s Listography page. The Stoolen Jools is a star-studded short, produced for charity. All of the actors involved donated their time to complete the picture, and it was distri   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on March 17, 2015

After a week of absence, “TMP Recommends” makes its triumphant return! Here are five films you should keep an eye out for on TCM this week. All times are listed in EST and come from the US version of the TCM schedule. (Image via ebay) Nancy Goes to Rio (1950)...   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on March 16, 2015

Roderick (Ray Milland) and Pamela Fitzgerald (Ruth Hussey) are a brother and sister from London. They decide to purchase a house in Cornwall after stumbling upon it during a vacation and realizing that it is vacant. It’s a beautiful and secluded place, situated atop a hill and just on the...   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on March 15, 2015

Celeste (Rashida Jones) and Jesse (Andy Samberg) were high school sweethearts who began as best friends and married after graduation. But flash forward six years, and they’ve decided to get a divorce. Despite the end of their marriage, they hope to maintain their friendship. They don’t s   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on March 14, 2015

Lee Warren (Eric Portman) is married to a woman named Vivien (Greta Gynt). Lee recently had to take an extended business trip to America and was unable to take Vivien with him. He was sure their marriage would survive the separation. For three weeks, things were peachy. They wrote to...   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on March 13, 2015

Smiley Johnson (Joe Cook) has a unique job: he manages the Greater John T. Rainey Circus, which performs twice a day, rain or shine. He works for Mary Rainey (Joan Peers), who inherited the circus from her father. While such a unique profession has its share of fun and excitement,...   read more