Category: Film
Life in the fast lane: Death of James Dean.
James Dean became a racing enthusiast late in his short life. He harboured dreams of racing in the Indianapolis 500, […]
Cinemas Greatest Scenes: A League of Their Own – “There’s no crying in baseball!”
A League of Their Own (1992) is a delightful film about the All American Girls Professional Baseball League of the […]
A selected film-by-film history of Warner Bros. Pictures: Casablanca (1942).
There is nothing new that I can honestly add in the praise of Casablanca, arguably one of the greatest films ever made. […]
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 […]
