July 2015

Best of Enemies: The Birth of Political Punditry

Jul 31, 2015 Wade Sheeler 0

For Your Consideration rounds-up and reviews new films that may hold Oscar contention. Best of Enemies, a new documentary, opens today nationwide.

Won’t You Please Help Me?: In Defense of The Beatles’ HELP!

Jul 29, 2015 Jill Blake 4

In 1964, those four famous lads from Liverpool, The Beatles, made their feature film debut with the classic masterpiece A Hard Day’s Night, directed by Richard Lester. The not-so-fictional-yet-fictional account of the day in the […]

Beach Party Summer – HOW TO STUFF A WILD BIKINI (1965)

Jul 29, 2015 Danny Reid 0

This is the eighth in The Retro Set’s weekly summer series taking a look at beach party movies of yore from guest writer Danny Reid. How to Stuff a Wild Bikini: Stuff It “Dig that wild […]

B-Roll: Fritz Lang’s RANCHO NOTORIOUS (1952)

Jul 28, 2015 Nathanael Hood 0

Few would suspect that Fritz Lang, the European émigré who made a name for himself with sweeping epics and cynical, nihilistic thrillers, would have a soft spot for Westerns, that most American of genres. But […]

“Pronoun Trouble”: Bugs, Daffy, and the “Hunting Trilogy”

Jul 27, 2015 Brandie Ashe 0

Today, July 27th, marks the official seventy-fifth birthday of one of the most iconic cartoon characters of all time, the inimitable Bugs Bunny. To celebrate, the Retro Set looks back at a trio of classic Bugs […]

Must Watch Warner Archive: BULLETS OR BALLOTS (1936)

Jul 23, 2015 The Retro Set 2

We love Warner Archive Instant and so should you! This week our Must Watch Warner Archive pick delivers a helluva punch from Edward G. Robinson in the underrated crime drama Bullets or Ballots (1936). Don’t have […]