Tuesday, May 13, 2025

Classic Reviews

Classic Palme D’Or Review: ‘The Mission’ Pits Faith Against an Empire (1986)

For generations, men and women have traveled the globe to explore their faith and spread their ideologies. Battles in the name of God take many forms. An introspective exploration of the soul...

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...

Classic Review: ‘A.I.: Artificial Intelligence’ 20 years later

I think we can all agree that A.I.: Artificial Intelligence is a divisive film. Some people love it, and some people love to hate it. In my years of hearing reactions to...

Classic Movie Review: The Nostalgic Charm of ‘Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House’

Advertising executive Jim Blandings (Cary Grant) is tired of cramped Manhattan living so he and his wife Muriel (Myrna Loy) buy a historic Connecticut property in the 1948 comedy Mr. Blandings Builds...

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...

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...

Classic Film: ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ Defines the American Action Film, Forty Years After Its Release

As a team of explorers wanders through a jungle, the sun peaks through the branches. The obscured lighting builds an instant fascination as the men move silently through the jungle. A hive...

Classic Film Review: ‘Slacker’ remains a perfect example of great low-budget filmmaking

Looking back on the career of Richard Linklater, a fair amount of his success and influence likely comes from the cult popularity of Dazed and Confused. But that film--which was an early...

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