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5 yaps
By Christopher Lloyd »
Aug 30, 2010 »
Category:Reeling Backward » 1 Comment »
James Cameron’s suspenseful follow-up to Ridley Scott’s atmospheric horror-film-in-space remains the perfect summer movie.
Tags: Aliens, Bill Paxton, carrie henn, classic film, james cameron, lance henrikson, Michael Biehn, paul reiser, Reeling Backward, sigourney weaver
4 yaps
By Christopher Lloyd »
Aug 16, 2010 »
Category:Reeling Backward » 1 Comment »
Though a worthy effort, the 1935 version of “Les Misérables” is a ghostly shadow of a great story, whispered over a tremendous distance.
Tags: cedric hardwicke, charles laughton, classic film, florence eldridge, fredric march, Les Miserables, Reeling Backward, richard boleslawski, rochelle hudson, victor hugo
4 yaps
By Christopher Lloyd »
Aug 2, 2010 »
Category:Reeling Backward » 1 Comment »
Visually sumptuous, Jean Cocteau’s “Beauty and the Beast” clearly influenced the Disney animated version.
Tags: 1946, beauty and the beast, classic film, film criticism, foreign film, jean cocteau, Jean marais, josette day, marcel andre, Reeling Backward
4 yaps
By Christopher Lloyd »
Jul 26, 2010 »
Category:Reeling Backward » 1 Comment »
Before “The Third Man,” Carol Reed directed this film noir-ish thriller starring James Mason as an IRA chief on the run.
Tags: carol reed, classic film, f.j. mccormick, f.l. green, james mason, kathleen ryan, odd man out, r.c. sherriff, Reeling Backward, w.g. fay
4 yaps
By Christopher Lloyd »
Jul 19, 2010 »
Category:Reeling Backward » 2 comments
Steven Spielberg’s first feature film launched the career of arguably the most successful modern director.
Tags: ben johnson, classic film, film criticism, goldie hawn, hal barwood, matthew robbins, michael sacks, Reeling Backward, steven spielberg, the sugarland express, william atherton
3.5 yaps
By Christopher Lloyd »
Jul 12, 2010 »
Category:Reeling Backward » No Comments »
This stolid Korean War drama about Navy pilots lends insight into the changing cinematic depiction of war after 1945.
Tags: andre marton, classic film, dewey martin, frank lovejoy, james michener, keenan wynn, louis calhern, men of the fighting lady, Reeling Backward, van johnson, walter pidgeon
4.5 yaps
By Christopher Lloyd »
Jul 5, 2010 »
Category:Reeling Backward » 2 comments
This 1964 adaptation of the award-winning play crackles with smart dialogue performed by two actors at their peak.
Tags: becket, classic film, edward anhalt, jean anouilh, john gielgud, pamela brown, peter glenville, peter o'toole, Reeling Backward, richard burton
4 yaps
By Christopher Lloyd »
Jun 28, 2010 »
Category:Reeling Backward » No Comments »
Werner Herzog’s hallucinatory film about a Spanish expedition in search of gold remains a mesmerizing tone poem.
Tags: aguirre the wrath of god, classic film, foreign film, klaus kinski, Reeling Backward, Werner Herzog
4.5 yaps
By Christopher Lloyd »
Jun 21, 2010 »
Category:Reeling Backward » 2 comments
He went on to make two more unmemorable movies, but most consider “Limelight” to be Charlie Chaplin’s swan song.
Tags: Buster Keaton, charles chaplin, claire bloom, classic film, film criticism, limelight, Reeling Backward, silent film
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