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Tag Archives: Hitchcock
Two Films from the Fifties: Niagara and Les Girls
Note: It’s been a long time since I’ve had time to write for this space. The pandemic hit hard, as I was just getting accustomed to handling four college courses (two were new). Once we went online, I had to … Continue reading
Posted in Film Reviews, Older Films
Tagged A Star is Born, An American in Paris, cyd charisse, Debbie Reynolds, Don Wilson, gene kelly, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, George Cukor, Grace Kelly, Hello Dolly, Henry Hathaway, Hitchcock, How the West Was Won, it's always fair weather, Jack Cole, James Mason, Jean Peters, Joseph Cotton, Joseph MAcDonald, Kay Kendall, Les Girls, Leslie Caron, Lurene Tuttle, Marilyn Monroe, Max Showalter, MGM, Mitzi Gaynor, My Fair Lady, Niagara, Rashomon, Rex Harrison, Richard Allan. How to Marry a Millionaire, Robert Burks, singin' in the rain, South Pacific, Taina Elg, Technicolor, The Lives of a Bengal Lancer, The Women, True Grit, Vera Ellen
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Two Prototypes: What Price Hollywood? (1932) and Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)
Prototype: a first, typical or preliminary model of something. I’ve seen a boatload of old and foreign films recently but haven’t had the time to write about them. Yet when I notice a similarity between two films that don’t seem … Continue reading
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Tagged A Star is Born, Bill Murray, Cat People, Citizen Kane, Clint Morgan, Constance Bennett, Dali, David O. Selznick, Double Indemnity, film noir, George Cukor, German Expressionist, Hitchcock, IMDB, Lowell Sherman, M, Neil Hamilton, Nicholas Musuraca, Out of the Past, Peter Lorre, prototype, Spellbound, Stranger on the Third Floor, The Maltese Falcon, Val Lewton, What Price Hollywood?
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The Salesman (Iranian, 2016)
For MSM, “my Persian son” The Salesman is the newest film from Iranian writer/director Asghar Farhadi, creator and Oscar winner (for Best Foreign Film) for 2011’s A Separation. As with A Separation, The Saleman is a meticulously crafted, well-acted film … Continue reading
Arrival
When I experienced Arrival, I couldn’t help but think of the last line of “The Hollow Men” by T.S. Eliot: “Not with a bang but a whimper.” While the plot—worldwide alien visitation and the struggle to communicate—sounds like many another … Continue reading
Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation
Somewhere in the middle of loud action, threatening dinosaurs and pixilated activities in films ranging from the sublime to the ridiculous, Tom Cruise managed to release the latest film in the Mission Impossible series. Rogue Nation is one of the … Continue reading
