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Category Archives: Older Films
A Matter of Life and Death/Stairway to Heaven (1946)
I took another trip to the 1940s, and to England, and to something like heaven. But really, I was taking another trip to the land of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger (see reviews of Black Narcissus and The Red Shoes), … Continue reading
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Tagged "I Know Where I'm Going", A Matter of Life and Death, A Streetcar Named Desire, Alfred Hitchcock, Black Narcissus, David Niven, Emeric Pressburger, Gandhi, It's a Wonderful Life, J.K. Rowling, Jack Cardiff, Kathleen Byron, Kim Hunter, Marius Goring, Michael Powell, Michael Sheen, Notorious, Raymond Massey, Richard Attenborough, Roger Livesey, Stairway to Heaven, Technicolor, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, The Red Shoes, The Seventh Seal, The Wizard of Oz, Things to Come
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Black Narcissus (1947)
I was familiar with the famous British writing and directing team of (Michael) Powell and (Emiric) Pressburger from film school. But until recently, my exposure to their work had been quite limited. I’m in the middle of remedying that. I … Continue reading
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Tagged A Star is Born, Best Cinematography, Black Narcissus, Deborah Kerr, Emeric Pressburger, Gone with the Wind, Himalayas, Jack Cardiff, Kathleen Byron, Michael Powell, New York Film Critics Best Actress, sexual hysteria, Technicolor, The Garden of Allah, The Red Shoes, The Yearling. David Farrer
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Two Semi-Classics: Anne of the Thousand Days and Anastasia
Being a history nut as well as a film person, I try to fill in the many gaps in my film experience with classic or semi-classic historical films. I recently had the opportunity to see 1969’s Anne of the Thousand … Continue reading
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Tagged Academy Award, Anastasia, Anne of the Thousand Days, Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna, Downton Abbey, Gaslight, Genevieve Bujold, Golden Globe Awards, Helen Haye, Helen Hayes, Ingrid Bergman, Maggie Smith, National Board of Review, Richard Burton, Roberto Rossellini, Romanov, Romanovs, Russia, Siam, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, The Ten Commandments, Vladovostok, Yul Brynner, Yuliy Borisovich Briner
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The Thin Man (1934)
At once primitive and shockingly modern is one way to describe the 1934 classic, The Thin Man. It seems creaky and hopelessly old-fashioned in the way it sets up its crime story. Then we get to the heart of the … Continue reading
One Way Passage: A Tour Through Yesterday
After recently watching a “minor” work of the great British team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, “I Know Where I’m Going”, my wife asked me how I enjoyed the 1945 film, most of which was set in the rugged … Continue reading
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Tagged "I Know Where I'm Going", Aline MacMahon, Box Office Poison, Dragon Seed, Emeric Pressburger, Ernst Lubitsch, Frank McHugh, Fred Astaire, Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, Katherine Hepburn, Kay Francis, Life with Father, Mae West, Marlene Dietrich, Michael Powell, One Way Passage, Pre-Code, Tay Garnett, The Postman Always Rings Twice, The Thin Man, Trouble in Paradise, William Powell
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The Two Great Film Anniversaries You Probably Didn’t Hear About
2015 is the one-hundred-year anniversary of two monumental events in the history of cinema. The fact you’re not hearing about them is two-fold: one is especially technical and most folks aren’t interested, and the other is being tragically choked out … Continue reading
