We’re in the home stretch folks, one last month of these Cinematic Century articles, and just a few more favorite films to discuss. And, I have to admit, 2014 is probably the biggest curve-ball I’ve thrown in a while. Lately it feels like I’ve been talking about […]
Note: This article more or less ran as an installment of Film Library, because it seemed ridiculous to write a similarly structured article about the same movie twice. Only once before during this Cinematic Century project was I compelled to be a tad lazy, and more […]
I’m going to try and not bring this up every week, but it’s frankly amazing to look through these years and find the sheer number of classic films that were released in the same year. For a long time my weekly choices basically boiled down to a […]
The world is in a pretty chaotic state at the moment, in case you weren’t aware. There’s a common joke online, based on the idea that our reality is just an elaborate simulation, and that said simulation has to be breaking down, because it seems like every […]
The history of film is a fascinating thing. This project has really given me an appreciation for the odd ebb and flow of film, and the strange fact that some years seem absolutely overflowing with amazing stories, while others are a little dire. The last few weeks […]
Happy Halloween everyone! It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and you know what that means! I’m going to read a scary book and then ramble about the many adaptations of that book, hoping to see how good the adaptations are, and how powerful […]
Well folks, it’s time for another installment of Cinematic Century, and another brutal grudge match between two of my favorite directors of all time. It’s absolutely mind-blowing that both 1959 and 1960 would feature films directed by Alfred Hitchcock and Billy Wilder, let alone having those four […]
Earlier in this project I discussed a film that often gets saddled with the occasionally problematic title of “greatest film of all time.” Citizen Kane has been the go to pick for this title for decades, getting everything that comes along with that title, both good and bad. […]
Our tour through the surprising darkness lurking under 1950’s Hollywood’s idealized surface continues this week folks. I often see this decade somewhat written off as a collection of Hollywood’s laziest and most homogenized products, which may be true, but little glimmers of brilliance can be found if […]
Well folks, it’s happened again. We’ve come across another year on this trip through our Cinematic Century that is absolutely loaded with great films. There was a clear front-runner for me this year, and it’s the film we’ll be discussing today, but it’s pretty shocking to see […]
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