Lifestyle In my last two posts, we've looked at how Disney reflected the 1930s and the 1940s. As the studio emerged from World War II and into a new decade, it faced a changing nation. In their insightful...
All the 1959 films I've seen, from best to worst.
I count SHADOWS as a 1959 film, despite what TMDb says, because what I saw was the canonical film, the “second version” after the first version...
Ed Driscoll In Camelot and the Cultural Revolution, James Piereson wrote that the enormous gap between the stated ideology of Lee Harvey Oswald, President Kennedy's communist assassin, and the efforts...
Ben-HurMovies Ben-Hur is easily one of the most celebrated films in cinematic history. But did you know there’s more to this biblical epic than meets the eye?]]>
★★★½ Watched 04 Nov, 2018
THE DAY SHALL DAWN (Kardar, East Pakistan, 1959, 7)
The obvious canonical touchstone is PATHER PANCHALI, but Kardar makes that film look...
Invisible Invaders (1959) by Brett Stevens on July 6, 2015
Movies like this clarify the “golden age” of movies: things were simpler, audiences less demanding and, thanks to common...
The term “greatest film ever made” gets thrown around a bit too cavalierly but few films are more deserving of inclusion in the debate than North by Northwest
This movie passed 2 of 3 tests. It was entered by Nellie on 2013-04-16 00:00:32. Nellie said:
Carla and Alice talk about Walter.
A young man longs to be an artist and fit in with the beatniks. An early Roger Corman film with a great performance by Dick Miller. Lower budget, and lighter in tone than you might expect. Good stuff.
My first attempt to really watch this anthology show, not completely finished yet, but I get a really clear picture what makes this show so popular in the public imagination. There are in my opinion 4 elements that make this show stand out. First there is often times high quality of storytelling found in many of the episodes, this may change from episode to episode, some are little masterpieces on...
How do you make such a powerful movie where Jesus is a central part of it but you never or hardly hear him speak. I guess I haven't seen many like it. This movie focuses on a Jewish Nobel Juda Ben -Hur and the wrongs done to he and his family by the Roman Consulate he thought his dear friend. I won't spoil how powerful this movie becomes once it focuses on Jesus. It's a long sit down and watch but...
not as good as the book but not bad for a movie older than half a century. it deviates from the book some with most of its character but is still very enjoyable. following prof. Linddenbrock and his accomplice axel as they and others journey down at rout into the earths interior left by Arne Saknusem. inside they find a world unimaginable
This movie passed 1 of 3 tests. It was entered by Trina B on 2013-06-02 08:15:28. Trina B said:
This 1950's misogynist masterpiece almost passes the Bechdel test. There are two named characters. One...
This movie passed 0 of 3 tests. It was entered by Dwij on 2016-04-15 08:48:46. Dwij said:
There is only one named female character, the protagonist's wife Aparna.
This movie passed 3 of 3 tests. It was entered by jm on 2012-03-14 04:15:54
This movie passed 3 of 3 tests. It was entered by qwerty on 2023-02-25 22:02:42. qwerty said:
Comedy in which Brigitte Bardot becomes a spy for the French resistance during WWII and is given a mission...
This movie passed 1 of 3 tests. It was entered by Rodrigo Ortiz Vinholo on 2015-12-31 01:24:49. Rodrigo Ortiz Vinholo said:
There's Etsuko and Sylvia.
The only time they do talk, it's one-sided....
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The epic story of a wealthy man who becomes a slave and ultimately seeks justice returns to the big screen in the 2016 remake of Ben-Hur. The story of Ben-Hur is a timeless one. It is a story about love,...