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“Metropolis”: A Film Teeming With Symbolism
In 1927, there was a critical examination going on among intellectuals and film-makers that looked at the relationship between working classes and the people who were felt to control the so-called “means of production.” Communist theory of the day used that relationship to great effect,...
Posted by Sean | Mar 3rd, 2009
“The Battleship Potemkin” Sails Throug...
1925’s silent movie classic, The Battleship Potemkin, which was director Sergei Eisenstein’s second film-making effort, stands the test of time as a cinematic tour de force, though its original...
Posted by Sean | Feb 28th, 2009
“Only Angels Have Wings” Soars In The ...
Cary Grant and Derring-Do Make a Natural Pair
The 1930s was a time of great pioneering in aviation, and also one of its most dangerous. What seems routine today — flying in stormy weather or high...
Posted by Sean | Feb 28th, 2009
“My Man Godfrey” Will Serve You Well
A Movie About a Butler, Love, and Screwball Comedy
In the 1936 movie classic My Man Godfrey, we find William Powell (of the Nick and Nora Charles Thin Man movies) and a radiant, yet slightly wacky, Carole...
Posted by Sean | Feb 28th, 2009
Carl Dreyer’s “The Passion of Joan of ...
It’s Easy to Become Passionate About “The Passion of Joan of Arc”
Once in a while, a film comes along which is so brilliant and insightful it needs no vocals — or even dialogue...
Posted by Sean | Feb 28th, 2009
Jimmy Stewart’s “Rear Window”
An Essential and Stylish Movie Classic
Made in 1954, director Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window, starring Jimmy Stewart and the always beautiful Grace Kelly, set the standard for classic movie thrillers...
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