Movies
Safe At Home Blu-Ray Round-Up
With the world turned topsy-turvy over COVID-19, now might be the best time to catch up with some of the latest Blu-ray releases of classic and foreign films. Here are ten capsule reviews of new […]
Cary Grant
Movies
Existentialism and the First 20 Minutes of ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS
Director Howard Hawks‘ contemporaries defined him as a “man’s man,” both in his attitude, demeanor and the ethos his characters displayed over his six decade long career span. Much of his tough guy attitude was […]
Movies
B-Roll: Howard Hawks’ CEILING ZERO (1936)
B Roll is a weekly column that digs into the deeper cuts and lesser-known films from legendary directors–the good, the bad, and the awesome. This week, Our Nathanael Hood uncovers chemistry in the clouds with […]
Photographic Evidence
QUIET ON THE SET! GUNGA DIN (1939) and the Hollywood Mirage
Quiet on the Set! is a unique behind-the-scenes look into the making of films big and small from Hollywood’s golden age. The picture-perfect profile of Douglas Fairbanks Jr. was silhouetted by the crimson flames that […]
Reviews
Eleanor and Kay and Carole and Cary: Must Watch Warner Archive Instant
We love Warner Archive Instant and so should you! This week our Must Watch Warner Archive picks has our Creative Director Wade Sheeler fan-boying on Tiki culture with Honolulu (1939), Senior Editor Jill Blake swooning over […]
Books
God Bless Public Television: Joan Kramer and David Heeley’s IN THE COMPANY OF LEGENDS
God bless public television. The public funded, by-the-bootstraps programming of the ’80s and ’90s, produced a seemingly endless wonderland of high-caliber, star-studded productions that, oh-so-cleverly, had education, not mere entertainments, at its core. From that […]