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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

‘Taxi Driver’ at 35

Posted on at by F.T. Rea

The viewer sees Travis Bickle, the loner, coping with his diffused rage as he drives a taxi cab in New York City. His life is utterly bleak. Travis, as the narrator, reads from a diary he keeps in a school … Continue reading →

Posted in Events, Film, James River Film Festival | Tagged Albert Brooks, Cybill Shepherd, Harvey Keitel, Jodie Foster, Martin Scorsese, Peter Boyle, Robert De Niro, Travis Bickle | 1 Comment

Five Film Favorites: Science Fiction

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This category is somewhat troublesome for me. You see, unlike many film buffs, I’m not all that much of a science fiction fan. Used to be, when I was a kid. Then, somewhere along the line I began to realize … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Lists | Tagged A Clockwork Orange, April Kent, Brazil, Cyril Cusack, Ernest Borgnine, Escape from New York, Fahrenheit 451, Five Film Favorites, François Truffaut, Grant Williams, Incredible Shrinking Man, Jack Arnold, John Carpenter, Jonathan Pryce, Julie Christie, Katherine Helmond, Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Malcolm McDowell, Michael Bates, Oskar Werner, Patrick Magee, Randy Stewart, Robert De Niro, Stanley Kubrick, Terry Gilliam | 4 Comments

Five Film Favorites: American Politics

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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 | 4 Comments

Five Film Favorites: War/Anti-War

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As a setting for a compelling story, the extremes of war have been useful to the tellers of tales for centuries. After plenty of short films set during various wars had been made in the early years of … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Lists | Tagged Adolphe Menjou, Adrien Brody, Alan Bates, Amédée, Attack, Birth of a Nation, Brigitte Fossey, Burt Lancaster, Christopher Walken, D.W. Griffith, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, Eddie Albert, Fernando Rey, Five Film Favorites, Forbidden Games, Geneviève Bujold, George C. Scott, Georges Poujouly, Giancarlo Giannini, Jack Palance, James Caviezel, James Garner, Jeanne Moreau, John Cazale, John Frankenheimer, John Sturges, King of Hearts, Kirk Douglas, Lee Marvin, Lina Wertmüller, Michael Cimino, Paths of Glory, Paul Scofield, Peter Sellers, Philippe de Broca, Pierre Brasseur, Ralph Meeker, René Clément, Richard Attenborough, Robert Aldrich, Robert De Niro, Sean Penn, Seven Beauties, Shirley Stoler, Stanley Kubrick, Sterling Hayden, Steve McQueen, Terrence Malick, The Deer Hunter, The Great Escape, Thin Red Line, Train | 4 Comments

When the Man Comes Around

Posted on at by Peter Schilling

Machete is one mean bastard. A former member of Mexico’s elite Federales, he’s handy with gun, with boot, with fist and forearm, and, of course, with the giant knife from which he’s taken his name. I might add that it … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Reviews | Tagged blaxploitation, Cheech Marin, Danny Trejo, Don Johnson, Grindhouse, Immigration, Jeff Fahey, Jessica Alba, Lindsay Lohan, Machete, Manchurian Candidate, Mexico, Quentin Tarantino, Robert De Niro, Robert Rodriguez, Steven Seagal | Leave a comment

Five Film Favorites: Sports Movies

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There are plenty of movies about sports. Alas, although there are few gems, most of the movies in this category aren’t particularly good. Hard to say why there are so many bad pictures about sports. But there are a lot … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Lists | Tagged Anthony Perkins, Bang the Drum Slowly, Barbara Hershey, Barry Levinson, Baseball, Bull Durham, David Anspaugh, Dennis Hopper, Five Film Favorites, Gene Hackman, Glenn Close, Hoosiers, James Caan, John Hancock, John Houseman, Ken Burns, Kevin Costner, Kim Basinger, Maud Adams, Michael Moriarty, Natural, Norman Jewison, Robert De Niro, Robert Redford, Rollerball, Ron Shelton, Susan Sarandon, Tall Story, Tim Robbins, Vincent Gardenia | 1 Comment

Tag Archives: Robert De Niro

How About 139 Worthwhile Movies? Part One

‘Taxi Driver’ at 35

Five Film Favorites: Science Fiction

Five Film Favorites: American Politics

Five Film Favorites: War/Anti-War

When the Man Comes Around

Five Film Favorites: Sports Movies

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