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Charles Chaplin’s ‘City Lights’ (1931)
Chaplin’s on-screen mixture of humor, acrobatics and pathos has an almost magical ability to put a smile in one’s heart. […]
Film History
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This Quarter in Film History: Shoot-Out at the Fantasy Factory
High Noon has often been interpreted as an anti-McCarthy era story of mass cowardice when confronted by evil. It is a moot point now because the story has multiple meanings as a personal epiphany. […]
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Mike Nichols’ ‘The Graduate’ (1967)
After seeing ‘The Graduate’, I realized that movies could be an art form. […]
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This Quarter in Film History: Warning Shot
‘The Manchurian Candidate’ reveals how the two sides of extremism can destroy centrist politics. […]
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Carol Reed’s ‘The Third Man’ (1949)
‘The Third Man’ cleverly uses its Viennese locations to deepen the intrigue; the city itself becomes a character in the film. […]
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This Quarter in Film History: Body and Soul
Body and Soul has remained one of the least dated, most influential films since its release 60 years ago. […]
Features
Ingmar Bergman’s: ‘PERSONA’ (1966)
Persona is Bergman’s meditation on identity, the nature of art, loneliness and the inability of man to ever truly communicate with another. […]
This Quarter in Film History
This Quarter in Film History: Prêt-à-PORTER
Though not well known, Edwin S. Porter should be regarded as the father of film editing because the basic principles of the craft did not exist before he directed and edited ‘The Life of an American Fireman’. […]
This Quarter in Film History
This Quarter in Film History: Triumph of the Shill
Though Leni Riefenstahl always denied she was a Nazi propagandist. Two recent biographies have unearthed damning evidence that she was a narcissist Nazi diva who legitimized the Nazi ideals of force and physical beauty through the power of her images. […]
This Quarter in Film History
This Quarter in Film History: Vintage ‘Grapes’ Ages Well
The John Ford film proved just as inspirational, and true to the “This Land Is Your Land” philosophy of Guthrie. It is still considered one of the great works of art in international cinema. […]
