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The Delightfully Perfect Blithe Spirit (1945)

May 20, 2017 Jill Blake 2

  There are countless great movies, but so few are truly perfect. Some of the movies that I consider worthy of the “perfect” designation include Alfred Hitchcock’s Notorious (1946), William Wyler’s The Best Years of […]

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Discovering Men Are Not Gods (1936)

Apr 15, 2017 Jill Blake 0

  One of the exciting thrills of being a film fan is that there are always new-to-me movies to be discovered. Throughout my journey as a cinephile, I’ve become a fan of actress Miriam Hopkins. […]

Movies

The Haunting Romance of THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR (1947)

Oct 24, 2014 The Retro Set 0

I’ve always found Rex Harrison to be slightly terrifying. Ever since that deliciously sinister moment in Midnight Lace when he … never mind. Spoilers. Suffice to say, it put Rex on my permanent shit list. […]

Opinion

History Fail: Hollywood’s Period Problem

Jan 16, 2014 The Retro Set 12

A word of explanation: this started off as a simple review of the recent Blu-ray release of Sydney Pollack’s The Way We Were. That seminal ’70s sobber has enjoyed a terrific transfer from Twilight Time–one […]

Movies

Summer Under the Stars: Unfaithfully Yours (1948)

Aug 31, 2013 Brandie Ashe 3

The early 1940s in Hollywood were the unofficial Age of Sturges.  Writer/director/producer/general wunderkind Preston Sturges made eight films in the period between 1940 and 1943, and several of these pictures—chiefly among them Sullivan’s Travels, The Lady Eve (both […]

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