Thom says: “Adapted from the Ann Patchett international best-seller this film is a powerful drama with tragic implications. A world famous opera diva (always great Moore) is hired to perform for a wealthy South American industrialist when in the midst
Michael says: “Not the first, but perhaps the most famous (despite the 1980’s pop song) of the Bogie and Bacall films, I have a vague recollection that I may have seen all or part of THE BIG SLEEP over twenty
Michael says: “It was the 17th film Bergman directed, but it was his breakout. Based on his play, ‘Transitions’ THE SEVENTH SEAL follows a knight, Antonious Block, returning from the Crusades with his squire, to find his homeland ravaged by
Thom says: “Out-of-hand I see all Criterion releases that come out if previously not watched by me. Most of their releases are anywhere from good to extraordinary (although very occasionally they are poor) and this one is an outright masterpiece.
Chris says: “I don’t know why it took me so long to watch this. Sure, you can adequately summarize it in one or two sentences, but how it gets from point A to point B conveys Sidney Lumet’s mastery of
Michael says: “Based on a novel by Larry McMurtry, and adapted by the author and director Peter Bogdanovich, THE LAST PICTURE SHOW is a sad, and nostalgic look at a dying Texas town in 1951. The film follows best friends,
Philip says: “There exist a handful of films I watch so many times with such intensity I imagine the next scene a moment before it arrives on the screen. Such is my experience with JULIA, the 1977 adaptation of the
Philip says: “In 1961, U.K. director Basil Dearden did something remarkable. He made a big budget film starring Dirk Bogarde and Sylvia Sims about homosexuality. The title of the film was VICTIM. Ironically instead of portraying the lead character as
Philip says: “George Stevens’ adaptation of An American Tragedy became the 1951 Oscar winning film, A PLACE IN THE SUN. Starring Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, and Shelley Winters, Stevens’ film follows the modest rise and fall of a nephew to a
Philip says: “REBECCA is a classic on so many levels. It was Hitch’s first American film made in 1940 for David O. Selznick. Second, it was an eerie Gothic thriller based on the famous Daphne du Maurier novel. Third it stars
