Tag Archives: Spencer Tracy

Movie Going: The Drive-In

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Jere Kittle

I’ve been considering movies from the perspective of the personal experience – not the one where we respond individually to film as art. And not the one where our analysis of a film is guided by our personal approach to … Continue reading →

Posted in Essays, Film | Tagged Dean Martin, drive-in theater, Ernest Hemingway, Hiroshi Sugimoto, hot dogs, John Sturges, Matt Helm, Spencer Tracy, The Old Man and the Sea, The Wrecking Crew, Titanic | 4 Comments

Five Film Favorites: The 1930s

Posted on November 11, 2010 by F.T. Rea

Last week Peter Schilling seemed to suggest that the 1970s was the best decade for filmmakers, which unleashed a wave of great films. It’s not an observation I will quibble with now. Movie-wise, the ‘70s was good to me… During … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Lists | Tagged Aldolphe Menjou, Alice Brady, Carole Lombard, Chico Marx, Duck Soup, Five Film Favorites, Ginger Rogers, Gregory La Cava, Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Heather Angel, Informer, Jack Conway, Jean Harlow, John Ford, Katharine Hepburn, Leo McCarey, Libeled Lady, My Man Godfrey, Myrna Loy, Preston Foster, Spencer Tracy, Stage Door, Victor McLaglen, William Powell | Leave a comment

Five Film Favorites: American Politics

Posted on October 21, 2010 by F.T. Rea

With the midterm elections just 12 days away, the scent of politics is in the air. Can’t you smell the tea brewing? Yes, this is the year of the Tea Party Effect. No doubt, some of this year’s unusual politicians … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Lists | Tagged Alan Rickman, All the King’s Men, American Politics, Anne Heche, Barry Levinson, Bob Roberts, Broderick Crawford, Candidate, Dianne Foster, Dustin Hoffman, Five Film Favorites, Giancarlo Esposito, Jeffrey Hunter, John Ford, John Ireland, Last Hurrah, Melvin Douglas, Mercedes McCambridge, Michael Ritchie, Peter Boyle, Robert De Niro, Robert Redford, Robert Rossen, Spencer Tracy, Tim Robbins, Wag the Dog | 2 Comments

Five Film Favorites: Courtroom Trials

Posted on September 16, 2010 by F.T. Rea

Although most legal problems are solved in routine ways that wouldn’t serve as fodder for an interesting movie plot, well-made suspenseful dramas set in the courtroom make for some of the best feature films. The credits usually play out over … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Lists | Tagged 12 Angry Men, Anatomy of a Murder, Ben Gazzara, Billy Wilder, Breaker Morant, Brock Peters, Caine Mutiny, Five Film Favorites, Fredric March, Gene Kelly, Gregory Peck, Henry Fonda, Inherit the Wind, Jack Klugman, James Stewart, Lee J. Cobb, Lee Remick, M, Marlene Dietrich, Otto Preminger, Ox Bow Incident, Paths of Glory, Robert Duvall, Robert Mulligan, Sidney Lumet, Spencer Tracy, Stanley Kramer, To Kill Mockingbird, Tyrone Power, Witness for the Prosecution | 3 Comments

10 FILMS I WISH I’D WATCHED WITH MY DAD

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Michael Jones

This idea grew out of conversations with Peter Schilling and James Parrish during the 17th James River Film Festival in March 2010. My father had passed the summer previous, and I remembered all the classic movies we’d watched together (from … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Lists | Tagged Abraham Polonsky, Anjelica Huston, Ava Gardner, Baretta, Battle of Algiers, Ben Stiller, Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr, Films I Wished I Watched With My Dad, Force of Evil, François Truffaut, Gary Sinese, Gene Hackman, Gillo Pontecorvo, Gwyneth Paltrow, Herbert Biberman, James Agee, James River Film Festival, John Garfield, John Huston, John Malkovich, Judgement at Nuremberg, Judy Garland, Lolita, Luke Wilson, Maltese Falcon, Marlene Dietrich, Matewan, Maximilian Schell, Montgomery Clift, Night of the Iguana, Norma Rae, Open City, Postman Always Rings Twice, Rebel Without A Cause, Richard Burton, Richard Widmark, Robert Blake, Roberto Rossellini, Royal Tenenbaums, Salt of the Earth, Sam Shepard, Spencer Tracy, Stanley Kramer, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Sue Lyons, Tennessee Williams, The Waltons, Treasure of the Sierra Madre, True West, Wes Anderson, Wild Strawberries, Will Geer | 3 Comments

Tag Archives: Spencer Tracy

Movie Going: The Drive-In

Five Film Favorites: The 1930s

Five Film Favorites: American Politics

Five Film Favorites: Courtroom Trials

10 FILMS I WISH I’D WATCHED WITH MY DAD

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