Make Way for Tomorrow (1937): Why it’s Forgotten & Why it Matters
Having summoned four of their grown children, Barkley and Lucy Cooper break some difficult news: the elderly couple have been hit hard by the…
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Why I Love… Deborah Kerr
Even before I knew her name, even before I knew the name of any film personality, I had been a fan of Deborah Kerr. Very early…
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Examining ‘Chinatown’
What did you do in Chinatown? As little as possible. Town derived this classic exchange, as well as the title of the film itself,…
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Shane – Exploring a Hero
A man rides into a quiet little valley, possessing nothing but a six-shooter and a mysterious past. His name, we are told, is Shane….
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Why I Love Cinema
I love cinema. I always have, and I believe I always will. At a very young age, I fell under the spell of a…
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5 Movies About Marriage
Hollywood loves romance. But marriage, as our English compadres would say, is another kettle of fish entirely.
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Exploring Gump and the Popular Movie
With Halloween well on its way (out now actually), I had, of course, intended to write about a horror movie. From my title though,…
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Bette Davis: An Actress to Admire
She lived and died before I was born, but for the longest time, Bette has been, and I believe, will always remain, a great…
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Favourite Film Stars: Cary Grant
Hitchcock thought of James Stewart as a cinematic image of the best possible version of his own self; he saw in Jimmy his greatest…
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Favourite Film Stars: Charlie Chaplin
I was, at first, a little reluctant to write a piece on Chaplin’s talents as an actor. We do, after all, see him as…
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