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How About 139 Worthwhile Movies? Part One

Posted on at by F.T. Rea

Why another list of old movies? With the Biograph Theatre’s 40th anniversary celebration on the horizon, my lofty hope is that a reader might be persuaded to take a chance on one or two on this list, titles they’ve previously … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Lists | Tagged A Clockwork Orange, A Day at the Races, Aguirre the Wrath of God, Alfie, All About Eve, Allan Jones, Amarcord, American Graffiti, Amy Irving, Anna Karina, Anne Baxter, Bang the Drum Slowly, Belle Du Jour, Bernardo Bertolucci, Bette Davis, Between the Lines, Biograph Theatre, Black Orpheus, Blazing Saddles, Blow Up, Bob Fosse, Bread and Chocolate, Breaker Morant, Breaking Away, Breathless, Breno Mello, Brian De Palma, Brooke Adams, Bruce Beresford, Bryan Brown, Burgess Meredith, Cabaret, Candy Clark, Carrie, Casablanca, Cat Ballou, Cat People, Catherine Deneuve, Charlie Chaplin, Chinatown, Christopher Walken, Cindy Williams, Citizen Kane, City Lights, Claude Rains, Cleavon Little, Daniel Stern, Das Boot, David Hemmings, Day for Night, Days of Heaven, Delphine Seyrig, Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Dinner at Eight, Dorothy Comingore, Dr. Strangelove…, Dwayne Hickman, Edward Dmytryk. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Edward Woodward, Elliot Silverstein. Cast: Jane Fonda, Faye Dunaway, Federico Fellini. Cast: Bruno Zanin, Fernando Rey, Florence Lee, François Truffaut, Francis Ford Coppola, Franco Brusati, Fred MacMurray, Gastone Moschin, Gene Hackman, Gene Wilder, George C. Scott, George Cukor, George Lucas, George Sanders, Gillo Pontecorvo, Harvey Korman, Helena Rojo, Herbert Grönemeyer, Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Jack Nicholson, Jack Warden, Jacqueline Bisset, Jacques Tourneur, Jürgen Prochnow, Jean Harlow, Jean Seberg, Jean Sorel, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jeff Goldblum, Joan Micklin-Silver. Cast: John Heard, Joel Grey, John Barrymore, John Cazale, John D. Hancock, John Huston, John Savage, John Schlesinger, John Travolta, José Ferrer, Joseph Cotten, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Karen Black, Katharine Hepburn, Kent Smith, Klaus Kinski, Klaus Wennemann, Lee Marvin, Lindsay Crouse, Lionel Barrymore, Liza Minnelli, Luis Buñuel, Madeline Kahn, Magali Noël, Malcolm McDowell, Marcel Camus, Marie Dressler, Marpressa Dawn, Maureen O'Sullivan, Mel Brooks, Meryl Streep, Michael Bates, Michael Caine, Michael Callan, Michael Cimino, Michael Curtiz, Michael York, Michel Piccoli, Michelangelo Antonioni, Micheline Lanctôt, Nino Manfredi, Orson Welles, Patrick Magee, Paul Frankeur, Paul Henreid, Peter Sellers, Peter Yates, Piper Laurie, Polanski, Richard Dreyfuss, Richard Gere, Robert De Niro, Ron Howard, Ruy Guerra, Sam Shepard, Sam Wood, Sarah Miles, Shelly Winters, Simone Simon, Sissy Spacek, Slim Pickens, Stanley Kubrick, Stefania Sandrelli, Sterling Hayden, Sutherland, Ted Kotcheff, Terrence Malick, The African Queen, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravtiz, The Battle of Algiers, The Caine Mutiny, The Conformist, The Conversation, The Day of the Locust, The Deer Hunter, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, The Marx Brothers, Un Chien Andalou, Valentina Cortese, Van Johnson, Vanessa Redgrave, Virginia Cherrill, Wallace Beery, Werner Herzog, William Atherton, Wolfgang Petersen | 4 Comments

Family Viewing Recommendation: Rango

Posted on at by Todd Hunter Starkweather

I have previously posted about the difficulty of finding quality films made with children as the target audience. However, I am a sucker for taking my children to the movies, so I inevitably sit through clunkers such as Gnomeo and Juliet … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged A Fistful of Dollars, Angelina Jolie, Bill Nighy, Byrd Theatre, CartoonNetwork, Chinatown, Clint Eastwood, Dead Man, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Gnomeo and Juliet, Gore Verbinski, Jackie Chan, Jim Jarmusch, Johnny Depp, Ned Beatty, Nickelodeon, Pirates of the Caribbean, Rango, Rio, Rodrick Rules, Russell Crowe, Sergio Leone, SpongeBob SquarePants, There Will Be Blood, Tom Kenney, Toy Story 3, Vigo Mortenson | 2 Comments

Five Film Favorites: The Cities of America

Posted on at by Peter Schilling

One of the great joys of watching movies is that sense of place to go along with story and character. For instance, the road is as much a part of Two Lane Blacktop as the plot… or lack of plot. … Continue reading →

Posted in Essays, Film, Lists | Tagged American Cities, Chinatown, Five Film Favorites, Hoop Dreams, On the Bowery, The Thin Blue Line, The Wire | 2 Comments

This Week’s Birthday: Faye Dunaway

Posted on at by Peter Schilling

Wow. Faye Dunaway. This is one of the most bizarre careers ever in Hollywood, and it confounds and astounds me. Look at her in Bonnie & Clyde, a whirlwind mass of neuroses, and the girl who makes that Sheriff Frank … Continue reading →

Posted in Birthdays, Film | Tagged Bonnie and Clyde, Chinatown, Faye Dunaway | Leave a comment

Five Film Favorites: Overwhelming First Viewings

Posted on at by F.T. Rea

Since it’s easy enough to find plenty of articles listing the authors’ best pictures of 2010, I won’t duplicate the exercise here. Instead, at the end of the year I’m thinking about how so many of us ponder what we … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Lists | Tagged 8½, Abel Gance, Albert Dieudonné, Anouk Aimée, Blow Up, Chinatown, Claudia Cardinale, David Hemmings, Delphine Seyrig, Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, Edmond Van Daële, Faye Dunaway, Federico Fellini, Fernando Rey, Five Film Favorites, Jack Nicholson, John Huston, Luis Buñuel, Marcello Mastroianni, Michelangelo Antonioni, Napoleon, Paul Frankeur, Roman Polanski, Sarah Miles, Vanessa Redgrave, Vladimir Roudenko | 1 Comment

Five Film Favorites: The 1970s, when Art Houses Ruled

Posted on at by F.T. Rea

Some film buffs like to convince anyone who will listen that the 1970s was the best decade for filmmakers. Does that mean it was the best decade for audiences, too? Maybe. By the ‘70s, many who had grown up watching … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Lists | Tagged Aguirre the Wrath of God, Bernardo Bertolucci, Brad Dourif, Chinatown, Cindy Williams, Cybill Sheppard, Day for Night, Del Negro, Delphine Seyrig, Diane Keaton, Faye Dunaway, Fernando Rey, Five Film Favorites, François Truffaut, Francis Ford Coppola, Gastone Moschin, Gene Hackman, Giancarlo Giannini, Harry Dean Stanton, Helena Rojo, Jack Nicholson, Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jeff Bridges, John Cazale, John Huston, Klaus Kinski, Last Picture Show, Lina Wertmüller, Luis Buñuel, Manhattan, Mariel Hemingway, Paul Frankeur, Peter Bogdonovich, Roman Polanski, Seven Beauties, Shirley Stoler, Stefania Sandrelli, The Conformist, The Conversation, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, Timothy Bottoms, Valentina Cortese, Werner Herzog, Wise Blood, Woody Allen | Leave a comment

Adding Color to the Darkness: 70s Noir

Posted on at by Peter Schilling

Last week, Terry Rea wrote a great column about my favorite film genre, noir. It goes without saying that no one who loves movies or film noir in particular would completely agree with his list of five favorites (though they’re … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, film studies, Reviews | Tagged Art Carney, Arthur Penn, Chinatown, film noir, Films from the 70s, Gene Hackman, Lily Tomlin, Night Moves, Paul Newman, Robert Altman, Robert Benton, Roman Polanski, Stuart Rosenberg, The Drowning Pool, The Late Show, The Long Goodbye | 3 Comments

Five Film Favorites: American Detective Movies

Posted on at by F.T. Rea

There are so many good films about clever detectives solving mysteries that I expect this week’s edition of my five favorites series will draw some comments from readers who want to chide the list-maker for leaving off one of their … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Lists | Tagged Blow Up, Chinatown, Cindy Williams, Conversation, Costa-Gavras, Curtis Hanson, Faye Dunaway, Five Film Favorites, Francis Ford Coppola, Gene Hackman, Humphrey Bogart, Jack Nicholson, John Cazale, John Huston, Kevin Spacey, Kim Basinger, L.A. Confidential, Maltese Falcon, Mary Astor, Maureen O'Sullivan, Myrna Loy, Peter Lorre, Roman Polanski, Russell Crowe, Thin Man, Third Man, W.S. Van Dyke, William Powell, Z | 1 Comment

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