Fred Zinnemann’s The Member of the Wedding mystifies me. I’ve seen the film three times, yet I still feel no closer to understanding this deceptively dense, painfully poignant story of confused, wounded adolescence. In my […]
1972’s Boxcar Bertha is an American International film, produced by Roger Corman, directed by Martin Scorsese–his second feature in fact. There’s a lot going on there in that collection of words. Corman, Scorsese, AIP. Based […]
One of the things I like to write about most is the journey of introducing my daughter to classic films, especially my personal favorites. From the time she was about three, Ellie knew Gene Kelly, […]
Jill Blake and Wade Sheeler sit down to discuss, debate and tear their hair out over the most exciting TCM Classic Film Festival EVER! It’s time once again for THE RETRO SET PICKS! Well, it’s […]
Alfred Hitchcock’s final film made in Britain, Jamaica Inn, gets a bad wrap. It was listed in the notorious 1970s book, “The 50 Worst Films of All Time.” It was Hitchcock’s least favorite of all […]
Andy Ross believes Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte may not have the campy thrills of Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? but it’s still one hell of a ride! Viewers watching CBS on the night of December 16, 1962 were in for a […]
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