Category: Film
A selected film-by-film history of Warner Bros. Pictures: The Maltese Falcon (1941).
The early history of Warner Bros could have so easily turned into a Humphrey Bogart tribute with so many significant and […]
A selected film-by-film history of Warner Bros. Pictures: Dodge City (1939).
I was always going to run into some trouble choosing a late 1930s Warner Bros. film to include in this […]
Here is what we know about Willem Dafoe ahead of his role as Van Gogh.
For the past thirty years or so, maybe a little more, he has been in my opinion one of the […]
A selected film-by-film history of Warner Bros. Pictures: Jezebel (1938).
One of Warner studio’s most celebrated actresses in the 1930s was a defiant and feisty young woman named Bette Davis. […]
A selected film-by-film history of Warner Bros. Pictures: 42nd Street (1933).
Samantha Pinter-Thompson wrote a featured article a few years ago on musical theatre. One of the things she said that […]
Cinemas Greatest Scenes: The Wizard of Oz – ‘Over The Rainbow’ song sequence.
Film fairy tales often need a special quality and ingredient to help them stand the test of time, if they […]
Cinemas Greatest Scenes: The Death of Sergeant Elias.
When I first saw the movie poster for Platoon in 1986, with Sgt. Elias’ arms raised in the air, I was […]
Cinemas Greatest Scenes: The Grapes of Wrath – I’ll Be There speech.
John Ford’s own understanding and fondness of the American people and their history is no more evident than in his […]
Cinemas Greatest Scenes: Cinema Paradiso’s Kissing Montage.
Cinema Paradiso to my mind is one of the most heartwarming and nostalgic foreign language films ever produced. It begins […]
A selected film-by-film history of Warner Bros. Pictures: The Public Enemy (1931).
It was during the early years of the Great Depression, a time when Americans were cynical and jaded about their […]
