Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Brian Susbielles

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Op-ed: When The Studios Had Their Own Super League

If you're a fan of sports, then you heard of the rise and fall (2 days) of The Super League, when twelve of the richest soccer clubs in Europe banded together to...

Op-ed: Actors Of The French Resistance

World War II was the battle that everyone had to roll up their sleeves and take part in everything. Actors, writers, directors, and others from the film industry went into uniform to...

Dietrich And Sternberg: A Partnership Made Of Shadows

In the early days of sound, studios were still experimenting with what worked and which actors had the voice that translated well. At the same time, Hollywood was luring in top talent...

New Criterion Releases: May 2021

In the month of May, as we dash through spring into summer, five more movies are now being introduced into the Criterion Hall of Fame. Okay, I'm being very snooty with that,...

A Fuller Life: Hollywood’s Great Carpetbagger

Samuel Fuller was born to be outside the studio system. His films, the low-budget B-pictures that studios added to their inexpensive productions for a cheap buck, have turned out to be some of...

Op-ed: Jean Renoir – The Colored Years

After producing his magnum opus, The Rules Of The Game, Jean Renoir, and his later wife, Dido Freire, fled from France to Hollywood to escape the Nazis. While he became a naturalized American citizen, Renoir...

Op-ed: Noted Posthumous Oscar Winners

With his recent Oscar nomination for Best Actor, Chadwick Boseman becomes the latest to receive posthumous recognition and could be on his way to winning. If he wins, Boseman would be the...

New Criterion Collection Releases: April 2021

As we move into the Spring, it is time for a fresh new set of films from the Criterion Collection. For the month of April, two movies from Jean-Luc Godard and Anthony...

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