Friday, September 12, 2025

Classic Films in Focus: BUGSY MALONE (1976)

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Written and directed by Alan Parker,  Bugsy Malone  (1976) is certainly a cinematic oddity, with an all-kid ensemble spoofing the 1930s gang...
Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Classic Movie Monsters Inspire Sparkytopia Art

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As a parent and a classic movie fan, it's deeply gratifying when your love for something gets passed on to a new generation. That's ...
Sunday, August 17, 2025

Classic Films in Focus: MYSTERY STREET (1950)

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The visual and narrative style of  Mystery Street  (1950) will be familiar to anyone who watches modern police procedurals on television, es...
Saturday, August 16, 2025

Classic Films in Focus: DESPERATE JOURNEY (1942)

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If director Raoul Walsh's WWII action movie,  Desperate Journey  (1942), had been made a few decades later, it would have boasted a catc...
Tuesday, August 5, 2025

Classic Films in Focus: BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK (1955)

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There's more than one bad day being referenced in the title, but  Bad Day at Black Rock  (1955) mostly focuses on the deadly 24 hours sp...
Tuesday, July 29, 2025

50 Favorite Films from the 21st Century

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The recent list of 100 best films of the 21st century in The New York Times  inspired me to think about my own list of favorite movies since...
Thursday, May 8, 2025

Classic Films in Focus: NIGHT HAS A THOUSAND EYES (1948)

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I hadn't heard of Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948) before The Criterion Channel included it in a trio of noir films directed by John Fa...