Film historian Maureen Lee Lenker returns with the latest edition of her column, Dame in the Game: an in-depth look at groundbreaking women in film. Though she is little known today, Lois Weber was one […]
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, […]
So what actually happens in John Ford’s She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)? A cavalry troop leaves a lonely fort in the Old West, heads towards a destination, returns to the fort, goes back out […]
Mary of Scotland (1936), released by RKO, is an interesting historical drama with a touch of romance directed by John Ford. In 1936, Ford was hardly a novice; he had directed over eighty productions, […]
There is shockingly little information available on John Ford’s Men Without Women (1930). The few summaries of the film available on most websites regurgitate the same plot points and pieces of IMDB trivia. Even Joseph […]
Before Steve Soderbergh was his own DP and editor, he worked with some of the best of these talents in Hollywood. For his adaptation of Elmore Leonard, he chose Academy Award winning editor Anne V. […]
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