Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Classic Films in Focus: QUEEN OF BLOOD (1966)

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With its lurid title and eerie opening credits, Queen of Blood (1966) promises a delirious sci-fi phantasmagoria that, sadly, it never de...
Monday, February 19, 2018

Classic Films in Focus: FALLEN ANGEL (1945)

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Otto Preminger directs this top-notch noir tale of misplaced love and murder, which stars Dana Andrews as a small-time grifter who falls f...
Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Classic Films in Focus: ANOTHER MAN'S POISON (1951)

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Adapted from a stage play by Leslie Sands, Another Man's Poison (1951) offers a wickedly ironic title and a chance for Bette Davis to...
Tuesday, February 6, 2018

Classic Films in Focus: DODGE CITY (1939)

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Michael Curtiz directs Errol Flynn in Dodge City (1939), the first of the swashbuckling star's forays into Western territory, with fr...
Friday, February 2, 2018

Classic Films in Focus: MY FAVORITE WIFE (1940)

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My Favorite Wife (1940) reunites stars Irene Dunne and Cary Grant after their first pairing as a comedic couple in The Awful Truth (1937...
Thursday, February 1, 2018

Classic Films in Focus: EAST SIDE, WEST SIDE (1949)

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Adapted from the novel by Marcia Davenport, East Side, West Side (1949) is more melodrama than murder mystery, although there always seem...
Monday, January 29, 2018

Mrs. Miniver's English Rose

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Warning: This essay contains spoilers for the film.   The English rose features prominently in William Wyler's Oscar-winning 1942 ...