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B-Roll: Fritz Lang’s MAN HUNT (1941)

Apr 1, 2015 Nathanael Hood 0

Fritz Lang, that great Teutonic genius, is usually characterized by critics and historians as having not one, but two careers. The general consensus seems to suggest that his prewar period working in the German film […]

Miklós Rózsa
Opinion

Miklós Rózsa: Legitimizing Movies with His Craft

Nov 24, 2014 Jill Blake 0

Chances are you’ve heard one of Miklós Rózsa’s famed musical scores. After all, he is a three-time Academy Award winning composer for his work on the films Spellbound (1945), A Double Life (1947), and Ben […]

Going Hollywood (1933) Directed by Raoul Walsh Shown seated at table: Bing Crosby, Marion Davies
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Must Watch Warner Archive Instant: 10.09.2014

Oct 9, 2014 The Retro Set 1

Need help figuring out what to watch this week on Warner Archive Instant? The Retro Set has you covered with our must watch Warner Archive picks! Each week, we select a small handful of must watch titles […]

GINGER AND FRED (1986) Must Watch Warner Archive: 10.03.14
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Must Watch Warner Archive: 10.03.14

Oct 3, 2014 The Retro Set 0

Need help figuring out what to watch this week on Warner Archive Instant? The Black Maria has you covered. Each week, we pick a small handful of must watch titles from the Warner Archive Instant […]

Opinion

The Birth of an Actress: Marilyn Monroe in Don’t Bother to Knock

Jun 1, 2014 The Retro Set 1

In honor of Marilyn Monroe’s birthday today, The Retro Set takes a look back at one of her most under-appreciated performances: Don’t Bother to Knock from 1952. Perhaps one of the many reasons I have such […]

Books

My Kind of Movie: Baroque Noir and His Kind of Woman (1951)

May 28, 2014 Drew Morton 0

In his book Hollywood Genres, film scholar Thomas Schatz mobilizes an evolutionary model to describe film genres. For simplicity sake, Schatz posits that a genre essentially moves from classical to baroque in its style and conventions […]

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