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Month: April 2014

Events

TCM Classic Film Festival Roundup: Days Three and Four

Apr 30, 2014 Drew Morton 0

It’s that time of year again!  This past weekend marked the 5th Annual TCM Classic Film Festival, which has grown steadily in scope and attendance since 2010.  2014 marked an expansion into additional theater venues– […]

Opinion

Monster Mash: The Unfair Dichotomy Between Classic Cinema and CGI

Apr 28, 2014 Kyle Turner 1

By Kyle Turner Every time someone says, “They don’t make movies like they used to”, I either cringe or die inside or both. Of course they don’t. If they did, director Gareth Edwards, who was […]

Movies

The Very Necessary “EVIL”

Apr 25, 2014 Drew Morton 1

By Drew Morton In the construction of my noir canon, I set myself two ground rules at the start: I would cover only the classical period from 1941 to 1958 and I would limit the […]

Opinion

Blaze of Glory: Are We Too PC for BLAZING SADDLES?

Apr 24, 2014 Kyle Turner 1

By Kyle Turner Over the last couple of years, my friends have accused me of becoming more, shall we say, politically correct. Over dinner one night, my best friend told me, “You’re the most politically […]

Movies

Double Indemnity: 70th Anniversary Blu-Ray Review

Apr 23, 2014 Drew Morton 1

[dropcap]W[/dropcap]hat makes Billy Wilder’s Double Indemnity the greatest film noir? First, and this is veering away from the text of the film itself for just a moment, Double Indemnity is significant for the very reason that it was amongst […]

Opinion

Celluloid Dreams: Why We Love Buster Keaton’s Sherlock Jr.

Apr 22, 2014 Kyle Turner 1

Enough people have written extensively on Buster Keaton’s 1924 masterpiece Sherlock Jr., not to mention Andrew Horton’s book on the film, and certainly there have been a plethora of those who have written on the […]

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