The Man and His Wings: William A. Wellman and the Making of the First Best Picture
i69 (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
Indo-Americans have asked American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to enroll more members from Bollywood and other film industries of India. Acclaimed Indo-American statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that India had the largest film industry in the world and thus it deserved more ...
Ain't it Cool News (Free subscription) | 09/15/2009
Ahoy, squirts! here with the next installment of A Movie A Week. [For those who new to the column, A Movie A Week is just that, a dedicated way for me explore vintage cinema every week. I’ll review a movie every Monday and each one will be connected to the one before it via a common thread, either an actor, director, writer, producer or some other crew member. Each film, pulled from my DVD shelf...
Ain't it Cool News (Free subscription) | 08/31/2009
Ahoy, squirts! here with the next installment of A Movie A Week. [For those who new to the column, A Movie A Week is just that, a dedicated way for me explore vintage cinema every week. I’ll review a movie every Monday and each one will be connected to the one before it via a common thread, either an actor, director, writer, producer or some other crew member. Each film, pulled from my DVD shelf...
Fin de Cinema (Free subscription) | 08/06/2009
Los Angeles Plays Itself - dir. Thom Anderson Likely to never see an official release due to the surplus of copyrighted film footage used within the film, Thom Anderson's fascinating Los Angeles Plays Itself is simply one of the best examples of films about film to emerge this decade. Consisting of a surplus of movie clips, with examples as varied as Double Indemnity , Zabriskie Point , the original...
Fin de Cinema (Free subscription) | 08/05/2009
Warner Bros. added a few notables to their Archive Collection for August. As of yesterday, you can now get your dirty hands on Robert Day's not-so-classic epic She , co-produced by Hammer Films and starring Ursula Andress in the title role of She, Who Must Be Obeyed; Hammer staples Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee are also in it. As of the 4th, you can also pick up James Foley's Reckless from 1984...
Film School Rejects (Free subscription) | 07/05/2009
Every Sunday, Film School Rejects presents a movie that was made before you were born and tells you why you should like it. This week, Old Ass Movies presents: Beau Geste (1939) I can't imagine that when P.C. Wren wrote his adventure novel way back in 1924 that he could imagine the war movies of today. In fact, I'm guessing people of the day couldn't even imagine the sort of fire power that would go...
The blog Film (Free subscription) | 06/24/2009
This week we're exposing the best – and the worst – film clips of branded goods being smuggled into the frame. Subliminal soft drink, anyone? Exposition used to be the screenwriter's dirty secret, hidden at all costs with cast complicity; nonchalantly mouthed mid-scene while watering the plants. Things got easier when product placement came along to distract everyone with the pleasures...
DVD Times (Free subscription) | 06/09/2009
DVD Video Review: Warners's third Forbidden Hollywood Collection is also a William A. Wellman box set, containing six features and two documentaries about the director. Review by Gary Couzens.
Cinedelica (Free subscription) | 05/21/2009
The early 1930s was the era of the gangster movie - and that era, along with all that followed, is being celebrated with the Gangsters season at the BFI in July. From the original era, you can enjoy the likes...
DVD Talk (Free subscription) | 04/13/2009
Our reviewers have been busy this week, filling the DVD Talk Review Database more great entries. Some new reviews...
Fin de Cinema (Free subscription) | 04/07/2009
Universal has added four more titles to their Blacklot Series, all set for 7 July: Arthur Lubin's Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves , with Maria Montez; William A. Wellman's Beau Geste , with Gary Cooper, Ray Milland and Susan Hayward; David Miller's Lonely Are the Brave , with Kirk Douglas, Gena Rowlands and Walter Matthau; and Henry Hathaway's The Trail of the Lonesome Pine , with Sylvia Sidney, Fred...
MovingPictureBlog (Free subscription) | 01/16/2009
Turner Classic Movies has tossed out its previously announced Jan. 23 lineup of films to program a seven-movie retrospective honoring the late Ricardo Montalban . Sorry, Star Trek fans: The Wrath of Khan isn't on the list. On the other hand, two notable flicks by William A. Wellman -- Battleground (co-starring Van Johnson ) and Across the Wide Missouri -- will be available for viewing. To see why...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 11/21/2008
Carole Lombard, the beautiful, fearless screwball of her time, gets a retrospective.
Dr. X's Free Associations (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
with Mae Clarke (The Public Enemy). Left-click to enlarge. Both Cagney and Clarke said that this famous shot was actually the result of a practical joke played on the film crew. Although it was not originally intended for use in the film, Director William A. Wellman decided to include it in the final cut. Youtube Clip
ABC TV (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
Magic Town12:30am Wednesday, 06 Aug 2008 Pollster Stewart finds a perfect, average American town, which ruins itself when people are told of his discovery. CAST: James Stewart, Jane Wyman, Kent Smith, Ned Sparks DIR: William A Wellman (1947)
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