The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on August 25, 2021

WORLD CINEMA: Late Spring (1949) On August 25, 2021 By CarolIn Uncategorized For this month’s WORLD CINEMA, we go to Japan with one of Yasujiro Ozu’s greatest films, Late Spring (1949). A beautiful, sweet, simple tale with some of the greatest emotional   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on August 14, 2021

Max Steiner and Now, Voyager (1942) On August 14, 2021 By CarolIn Uncategorized When you have Casablanca and Gone With the Wind under your belt, it seems strange that anybody would pick any other film score as their favorite. And yet, here it is: Now, V   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on July 25, 2021

WORLD CINEMA: People on Sunday On July 25, 2021 By CarolIn Uncategorized The absolute star power behind the little-known, 73-minute German delight People on Sunday (Menschen am Sonntag) is astonishing. Billy Wilder, check, Fred Zinnemann, check, Edgar G   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on July 15, 2021

Re-recommending summer movies! On July 15, 2021 By CarolIn Uncategorized Summer’s here! (I need to stop doing that) I’m not going to recommend any more classic summer movies because I’ve talked about enough of them, so instead I’ll just re-recommend   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on June 25, 2021

WORLD CINEMA: Victim (1961) On June 25, 2021 By CarolIn Uncategorized Pride celebrations continue here at the Garden and this month’s WORLD CINEMA is all about Victim (1961, dir. Basil Dearden), the iconic British thriller highly believed to be pa   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on June 10, 2021

PRIDE MONTH: John Ireland and Montgomery Clift in Red River (1948) On June 10, 2021 By CarolIn Uncategorized June is Pride Month and, like always, celebrations abound here at the Garden. And while I’ve already talked about some of the big ones, li   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on May 27, 2021

WORLD CINEMA: Purple Noon (1960) On May 27, 2021 By CarolIn Uncategorized We’re back in France (and Italy)! This time, with the first film adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s novel The Talented Mr Ripley, Plein Soleil or Purple Noon (1960, dir. René Clém   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on May 18, 2021

Hidden Classics Blogathon – Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) On May 18, 2021May 18, 2021 By CarolIn Uncategorized The Spring Blogathon at the Classic Movie Blog Association is here and this year, our lovely hosts decided to go with Hidden Classics – m   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on May 12, 2021

Katharine Hepburn on The Dick Cavett Show, October 1973 On May 12, 2021 By CarolIn Uncategorized I’m not saying Katharine Hepburn’s once in a lifetime appearance on The Dick Cavett Show is one of my favorite things that’s ever happened   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on April 25, 2021

WORLD CINEMA: Les Enfants du Paradis (1945) On April 25, 2021 By CarolIn Uncategorized (I’m going to say it again, folks…) It’s Oscar season! Aaaaand, today’s the big day! Oscars 2021 are here, woop! So, to celebrate, this month’s WORLD CINEMA goes   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on April 14, 2021

Six silly Oscar jokes – 30s and 40s edition On April 14, 2021 By CarolIn Uncategorized It’s Oscar season! This year’s Academy Awards ceremony will be held on 25th April and, once again, it will be host-less. And while I’m used to it by now, I do l   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on March 26, 2021

WORLD CINEMA: The Blue Angel (1930) On March 26, 2021March 26, 2021 By CarolIn Uncategorized The film that gave us Marlene! Germany’s first feature-length talkie and the first collaboration between director Josef von Sternberg and Marlene Dietrich, Der   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on March 16, 2021

Suspense (1913) and Lois Weber, America’s first female director On March 16, 2021 By CarolIn Uncategorized As everybody knows, March is Women’s History Month and with Best Director nominees Chloe Zhao and Emerald Fennell making history yesterday a   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on February 23, 2021

WORLD CINEMA: Summer with Monika (1953) On February 23, 2021 By CarolIn Uncategorized For my second installment of the WORLD CINEMA series, how about we have a stroll through Sweden’s working class towns with Ingmar Bergman’s Summer with Mon   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on February 13, 2021

Binge-worthy YouTube movie channels On February 13, 2021 By CarolIn Uncategorized I spend a ridiculous amount of time doing nothing. And part of that consists of watching videos on YouTube about movies and television and because the theme here at the Ga   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on January 27, 2021

WORLD CINEMA: La Strada (1954) On January 27, 2021 By CarolIn Uncategorized It’s January 2021 and the world is stranger by the minute. COVID took center stage in 2020 with politics right behind it, but one of the best things that happened last yea   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on January 15, 2021

I answer your questions! On January 15, 2021 By CarolIn Uncategorized That was fun! I had a blast answering your questions, thank you again for submitting them! Dina asked: ‘Why is there still sexism in Hollywood to a certain degree?’   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on January 6, 2021

Ask Me Anything! On January 6, 2021 By CarolIn Uncategorized It’s 2021 (!), my sixth blogging year (!!) and it’s about time I did an AskMeAnything! Woop Woop! You can post your questions in the comment section under this post and I will answ   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on December 31, 2020

Good riddance to 2020 and happy 2021! On December 31, 2020 By CarolIn Uncategorized So… do, do we talk about 2020 or shall we just skip it? Nah, let’s just forget about this whole thing, shall we? Here’s to (hopefully) an immen   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on December 24, 2020

FAVORITE ANGRY MAN #1: Juror 8 (Henry Fonda) On December 24, 2020 By CarolIn Uncategorized He is number 28 on the American Film Institute’s list of the greatest heroes in film history, but he finishes off our year-long 12 Angry Men countdown at nu   read more