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BB pal Vann Hall turned me on to Europa Film Treasures, featuring, as he says, “tons of historical footage in a well-annotated website. (And downloadable with the right tools!) Seen above, a still from Jön az öcsém (1919), directed by Michael Curtiz of Casablanca fame; and John MacFadyen (1970), a Scottish animation featuring credits painted [...]
Thanks to Europa Film Treasures, you can spend hours looking back through an archive of European film. Theses films range from “comedy to science fiction, from westerns to animation, from erotic to ethnological movies.” And all films come with a fair amount of background information. And yes, of course, you can stream these films online [...]
A new box set from Genius Entertainment that assembles all 80 of the Hal Roach produced “Our Gang” sound shorts – under their re-release title, “The Little Rascals” — provokes some thoughts on the unstructured artistry of Robert A. McGowan, the director in charge of the series during its most productive years. Also, a [...]
Film News: North African event emphasizes internationalism -- I think we've been very successful in discovering new talent from world cinema," says Marrakech Intl. Film Festival co-VP Faical Laraichi. "At a time when the planet is wracked by cultural divides and North-South or East-West tensions, I think it's increasingly important to emphasize that we belong to one world."
Without a doubt, the hands-down best movie related magazine on the market is Empire. Every month they bring news, reviews, interviews and many more things ending in ‘-ews’. This month they have released their list of the 500 greatest movies of all time, as voted for by both the general public, directors such as Quentin Tarantino, and ‘industry insiders’ i.e. everyone on the Empire payroll. They are...
NEW YORK, NY.- The Museum of Modern Art presents To Save and Project: The Sixth MoMA International Festival of Film Preservation, its annual festival of preserved and restored films from international film archives and studios around the world, from October 24 through November 16, 2008. Spanning 90 years of film history, from 1891 to 1984, the festival includes over 25 films,
Starring : Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid Directed by : Michael Curtiz Casablanca is a film that has really walked far away from time and has sort of made its own place in history. There have been so many references of the movie in recent years that it will surely be really hard for people to forget the movie. Looking at the reactions of the initial audiences they were more drawn to...
If you are of a certain age like me you can't see too many Westerns. And Warner Home Video has decided to accommodate us by releasing 10 on DVD for the first time, including two that have never been on home video in any format.
BEST remembered for swashbuckling epics such as "The Adventures of Robin Hood," Australian-born star Errol Flynn also graced eight popular sagebrush sagas at the peak of his stardom. "Virginia City" (1940), the centerpiece of the four titles...
Phillip Noyce has come onboard to develop a remake of the classic swashbuckler "Captain Blood" for Warner Bros. with an eye toward directing. Errol Flynn starred in the 1935 original, directed by Michael Curtiz, as a doctor wrongly sentenced to slavery in the Caribbean, where he and his comrades become avenging pirates..
Happy 4th of July everyone (in advance)! This is my very favorite holiday. Very heavy on Hitchcock tomorrow over at Turner Classic Movies, which is fine by me. My recommendations are below, all times are Pacific. Patriots will want to check out James Cagney as George M. Cohan in Michael Curtiz’s Yankee Doodle [...]
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) Director: Michael Curtiz By Marilyn Ferdinand My mother thanks you, my father thanks you, my sister thanks you, and I thank you. So ended the popular vaudeville act of The Four Cohans, who entertained audiences...
As long as I'm on an anniversary kick ... On July 1st, 1940, Michael Curtiz's second-greatest swashbuckler opened for business. ( The Adventures of Robin Hood would be the first greatest, but Mike shares that one with the erudite William Keighley). And yes, The Sea Hawk has almost nothing* to do with animation, but it was a film that mesmerized me when I was nine years old, and captivates me still,...
