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Tag Archives: The Godfather
An Unfortunate Remake: High and Low (1963) / Highest 2 Lowest (2025)
Remakes have a reputation of being inferior to the original. That’s not always true; there are many good-to-great films that are remakes. Some of the best include: The Maltese Falcon ((1941), a remake of the 1931 film of the same … Continue reading →
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Tagged A Star is Born, American Fiction, Anthony Ramos, Ben-Hur, David King, Denzel Washington, Diddy, Do the Right Thing, Fanfare d'Amour, film, Gondo, High and Low, Highest 2 Lowest, His Girl Friday, Hitchcock, Infernal Affairs, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Japan, Jay-Z, Jeffrey Wright, Liam Neeson, Love Affair, Manhattan, Mariah Carey, Marlon Brando, movies, Oceans 11, Psycho, Rashoman, Rosie Perez, Samuel L. Jackson, Satan Met a Lady, Sean Combs, Seven Samourai, Some Like it Hot, Spike Lee, The Blob, The Departed, The Fly, The Front Page, The Godfather, The Maltese Falcon, The Man Who Knew Too Much, The Ten Commandments, The Thomas Crown Affair, Throne of Blood, Tom Cruise, Toshiro Mifune, True Grit, Westworld, Whitney Houston, Yojimbo, Yutaka Sada
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The Oscar “Consolation Prize” Awards: Making Up for Past Mistakes
Film awards season is upon us officially with the Golden Globe awards, and while the various minor award-giving groups seem to be multiplying like shmoos, there is just one Great Prize—the Academy Awards. There is an annual cottage industry working … Continue reading →
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Tagged A Complete Unknown, A Midsummer Night's Dream, A Single Man, A Streetcar Named Desire, Academy Awards, Alan Arkin, Anthony Hopkins, Apocalypse Now, Arthur, awards, Ball of Fire, Barbara Stanwyck, Beginners, Ben Johnson, Best Actor, Best Actreee, Best Actress, Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Bette Davis, BUtterfield 8, Call Me By Your Name, Casey Affleck, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Chicago, Chocolat, Christopher Plummer, City Slickers, Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Cleopatra, Cocoon, Colin Firth, Coquette, Cyrano de Bergerac, Dangerous, Daniel Day-Lewis, Don Ameche, Elizabeth Taylor, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Fargp, Fences, film, Gangs of New York, George Burns, George Clooney, Golden Globes, Gone with the Wind, Goodbye Mr. Chips, Grace Moore, Henry Fonda, Hold Back the Dawn, It Happened One Night, Jack Palance, James Steward, Jerry Maguire, Jimmy Stewart, Joan Fontaine, John Gielgud, John Houseman, John Mills, Jose Ferrer, Juliet Binoche, Kate Winslet, La Vie en Rose, Laurence Olivier, Life is Beautiful, Little Children, Little Miss Sunshine, Louis B. Mayer, Manchester by the Sea, Marion Cotillard, Marlon Brando, Marty Supreme, Mary Pickford, Meryl Streep, Michael Clayton, Moulin Rouge!, movies, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Nicole Kidman, Norma Shearer, Of Human Bondage, Olivia De Havilland, On Golden Pond, On the Waterfront, One Night of Love, Oscar, Oscars, Raging Bull, Raintree County, Rebecca, Renee Zellweger, Robert De Niro, Robert Donat, Robert Duvall, Ryan’s Daughter, Sophie's Choice, Suddenly Last Summer, Sunset Boulevard, Suspicion, Syriana, Tender Mercies, The Artist, The Barretts of Wimpole Street, The Broadway Melody, The Cider House Rules, The Descendants, The English Patient, The Father, The Godfather, The Grapes of Wrath, The Great Santini, The Hours, The King's Speech, The King's Speechj, The Last Picture Show, The Little Foxes, The Paper Chase, The Philadelpia, The Pianist, The Reader, The Silence of the Lambs, The Social Network, The Sunshine Boys, Timothy Chalamet, Titanic, Up in the Air, Viola Davis, Vivien Leigh, William Holden
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From Prohibiting to Demanding: The Newest Unnecessary and Anti-Art Regulations from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Most folks with even a cursory knowledge of American film history knows about the Hayes Code. In brief: the Hayes Code was implemented by the film industry in the early 1930s primarily to avoid government censorship and to attempt to … Continue reading →
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Tagged A Streetcar Named Desire, Academy Award, Baby Face, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Freaks, Hayes Code, It Happened One Night, Jaws, Mae West, Oscar, Scarface, Schindler's List, SNL, The Bad Seed, The Godfather, The Goodbye Girl, The Letter
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