Saturday, May 4, 2024

Zita Short

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Op-Ed: 100 Years…100 Passions – ‘The Sheik’ (#80)

I will be watching and reviewing all of the films included on AFI’s 100 Years…100 Passions list. The list contains the 100 greatest love stories in American cinema and I plan to...

Classic Review: ‘Rio Bravo’ Is Howard Hawks’s Typically Unpretentious Western

Director: Howard Hawks Writers: Jules Furthman and Leigh Brackett Stars: John Wayne, Dean Martin, Angie Dickinson, Ricky Nelson and Walter Brennan Synopsis: When gunslinger Joe Burdette (Claude Akins) kills a man in a saloon, Sheriff...

Op-Ed: AFI’s 100 Years…100 Passions – ‘An American in Paris’ (#39)

I will be watching and reviewing all of the films included on AFI’s 100 Years…100 Passions list. The list contains the 100 greatest love stories in American cinema and I plan to...

Classic Film Review: ‘The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance’ Is Still Depressingly Relevant

Director: John Ford Writers: James Warner Bellah and Willis Goldbeck Stars: John Wayne, James Stewart, Lee Marvin, Vera Miles, John Carradine, and Andy Devine Synopsis: Liberty Valance, a dangerous cowboy, threatens the residents of a...

Op-Ed: AFI’s 100 Years…100 Passions – ‘Working Girl’ (#91)

I will be watching and reviewing all of the films included on AFI’s 100 Years…100 Passions list. The list contains the 100 greatest love stories in American cinema and I plan to...

Classic Film Review: ‘The Birth of a Nation’ Left a Horrible Stain on Cinema History

The Birth of a Nation (1915) is a film that actively promotes a racist ideology that allowed whites to convince themselves that they were ‘disenfranchised’ victims of African-Americans. Its enormous popularity with...

Op-Ed: AFI’s 100 Years…100 Passions – ‘Barefoot in the Park’ (#96)

I will be watching and reviewing all of the films included on AFI’s 100 Years…100 Passions list. The list contains the 100 greatest love stories in American cinema and I plan to...

Classic Film Review: ‘Intolerance: Love’s Struggle Throughout the Ages’ Is Astonishingly Beautiful

Like many D.W. Griffith films, Intolerance: Love’s Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916) has the rhythm of a poem. Unlike The Birth of a Nation (1915), which sought to tell an epic tale...

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