In-depth reviews of my favorite movies of all time.
It's no secret to anyone who has perused my Daily Movie Reviews section that I am rather fond of romantic comedies. And I should make it clear that I don't just like the old classics; …
"Young people prancing around in the country" is right up there with "left handed forms of human endeavor" on my list of all time favorite movie subject matters. You name it, I heart it: People on …
“Take a close look at the world, keep on doing so, and in the end it will lay bare for you all its cruelty and its ugliness.” This was how French film critic Andre Bazin …
The Maltese Falcon was hardly the first private eye film (indeed, the Dashiell Hammett story it was based on had been filmed twice before the 1941 version I am discussing today). However, due to its …
Johnny Guitar is like no other movie you've ever seen. Yes, it is a melodrama, but its overblown dialog ends up making All That Heaven Allows sound like My Night at Maudes. Yes, it is a …
John Ford is, along with Howard Hawks, one of the quintessential Hollywood western directors. When one thinks of classical American westerns, John Ford films like Stagecoach and The Searchers immediately spring to mind. It is …
From the very beginning cinema has been fascinated with the character of the gangster. These onscreen rebels who live outside normal society have undergone many permutations over the years, from hoodlum to organized criminal. However, …
It's a common misconception to think of all silent films as primitive, sped-up affairs with histrionic acting and a lot of makeup. Now, not that there's anything wrong with the primitive sped-up silent films with …
So, even though I'm in film school now and people are making me write about movies, I still like writing about movies in my free time. Thus, I'm switching from the monthly "Internet Meme Monday" feature …
There are many directors I admire greatly, but none as much as Eric Rohmer. With his death yesterday morning, cinema lost a true master whose unique voice has never been (and most likely will never be) …