Movies
Finding Out Who’s THE MAN IN THE MOON
The Man in the Moon (1991), the final film directed by Robert Mulligan, is a coming of age drama that rivals even The Notebook, a love story that sets the stage for the trials and tribulations […]
Month: July 2017
Movies
A Very PRETTY POISON
When I told a few friends of mine that I was going to be watching the 1968 film Pretty Poison, a film that I hadn’t seen before, a number of them were surprised I didn’t […]
Movies
Unscrewing the Screwball: SMART WOMAN and THE RICHEST GIRL IN THE WORLD
Unscrewing the Screwball: What comes to mind when we think of Great Depression-era Hollywood escapism? Chorus lines of Busby Berkeley showgirls? Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers? Rough and tumble Warner Bros gangster flicks? All good […]
Movies
Nicholas Ray Characters Are All ON DANGEROUS GROUND
Nicholas Ray is not an easy director. Almost all of his work requires the viewer to be introspective while simultaneously digging deep beneath superficial layers to discover irony, paranoia and self-loathing. Whether it’s the misunderstood […]
Opinion
Dame in the Game: Gloria Grahame
Gloria Grahame may not seem to fit alongside the women we typically feature in this column — she didn’t found her own company, become a director, break any particular barriers, or do significant philanthropic work. […]
Movies
THE THIRD MAN Team Delivers OUR MAN IN HAVANA
1959’s Our Man in Havana was the third collaboration between director Carol Reed and novelist Graham Greene—their best known work being 1949’s The Third Man. The movie begins with a title card: “This film is […]
Movies
B-Roll: John Ford Lost and Found BUCKING BROADWAY
In all of film history, there are few greater tragedies than the fact that only a handful of the 60-70 silent films directed by John Ford still survive to this day. Ford, one of American […]
Movies
FilmStruck First Friday: Stream LOVE AND DEATH
The first Friday of every month, we here at The Retro Set offer up a pick from FilmStruck that we think is worth your while, whether it’s a classic, a hard to find gem or […]
Movies
Technology Run Amok: Demon Seed
Looking back to the world of 1977 as presented by Demon Seed (written by Robert Jaffe and Roger O. Hirson from a novel by Dean R. Koontz, directed by Donald Cammell), the strange fear that […]