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West Side Story: The Jets, the Sharks, and the Making of a Classic
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
West Side Story
The Jets, the Sharks, and the Making of a Classic
by Richard Barrios
TCM & Running Press
Hardcover ISBN: 9780762469482
232 pages
June 2020
Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's
When West Side Story was released in 1961, moviegoers had never seen anything quite like read more
Elsa Lanchester, a monstra boa
Critica Retro Posted by Lê on Nov 30, -0001
Elsa Lanchester, a monstra boa A extensa galeria de personagens memoráveis da Universal Studios, criada e reunida em um século de filmes, não poderia ser mais variada. Voltando para as décadas de 1920 e 1930, vemos que o sucesso era garantido quando o estúdio fazia algum filme com montro read more
Ida Lupino: A Biography by William Donati
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Ida Lupino: A Biographyby William DonatiPaperback ISBN: 9780813196480January 2023University Press of Kentucky360 pagesAmazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's“Emotionally, Ida was a jumble of contradictions, infused with the polarity often present in intensely creative indivi read more
A Life of Endless Summers: The Bruce Brown Story
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
"A life well-lived goes on and on."
If ever a documentary filled me with hope and broke my heart at the same time, it's this one. A Life of Endless Summers: The Bruce Brown Story is a poignant film about a visionary filmmaker who followed the beat of his own drum and inspired generations of oth read more
A Cruz dos Anos / Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
Critica Retro Posted by Lê on Nov 30, -0001
A Cruz dos Anos / Make Way for Tomorrow (1937) Eu tenho uma confissão a fazer: eu quase nunca choro em casamentos vendo filmes. Em geral eu consigo separar a experiência fílmica das minhas emoções, e assim sou capaz de analisar um filme criticamente. Mas eu também tenho um calcanhar de read more
A Primavera de uma Solteirona (1969) / The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)
Critica Retro Posted by Lê on Nov 30, -0001
A Primavera de uma Solteirona (1969) / The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) Edimburgo, 1932. Uma mulher sai de sua casa numa bicicleta. A mulher é a senhorita Jean Brodie (Maggie Smith), uma professora de uma escola só para garotas. Ela está em seu melhor momento, ela sabe disso e diz read more
Colorization: One Hundred Years of Black Films in a White World by Wil Haygood
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
ColorizationOne Hundred Years of Black Films in a White Worldby Wil HaygoodKnopf464 pagesOctober 2021Hardcover ISBN: 9780525656876Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's“If Black Americans were to fight back against what cinema had now done to them, they would need their own filmmaker read more
A Peek at the Heroes & Villains: The Art of the Disney Costume Exhibit at MoPop
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Nov 30, -0001
I attended an inspiring preview of the Walt Disney Archives’ Heroes and Villains: The Art of the Disney Costume exhibit yesterday at the Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle. While the collection focuses on pieces from films made within the past few decades, I was pleasantly surprised to f read more
The Night of the Hunter - A Biography of a Film
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
The Night of the Hunter: A Biography of a Film
by Jeffrey Couchman
02/2009
9780810125421
Northwestern University Press
Charles Laughton's The Night of the Hunter (1954), an adaptation of Davis Grubb's 1953 novel, is many things: a fractured fairy tale, an American gothic story, a twisted song, an read more
A Third, a Second and a First
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
A Third
June 15th, 2010 marked the Third Blogiversary for Out of the Past ~ A Classic Film Blog. I really wanted to do something big. A giveaway, a contest, a competition, blogathon, something, but life got in the way and so the blogiversary quietly passed me by. However, I want to take the op read more
A família de Tarzan
Critica Retro Posted by Lê on Nov 30, -0001
A família de Tarzan Direto das selvas para o mundo todo através de quadrinhos, filmes e séries, o personagem Tarzan alcançou fama mundial. Pouco importava se no cinema da década de 1930 os efeitos especiais fossem bizarros e os animais muito esquisitos; não houve menino que não sonhou read more
The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953): A Review by Kyle Edwards
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953) is an early-1950s British comedy which tells a story similar to many real occurrences throughout the world. After Britain's large, nationalized railroad company "British Railways" decides to cease operations over a rural branch line, a small group of concerned locals read more
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror Review
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
On a chilly evening on the eve of Halloween, scores of people made their way towards Symphony Hall in Boston for a truly spectacular event. F.W. Murnau’s classic horror movie Nosferatu (1922) would be projected on a gigantic screen that hung above the orchestra pit. A new score, created by eig read more
A pergunta que não quer calar: Cidadão Kane ou Casablanca?
Critica Retro Posted by Lê on Nov 30, -0001
A pergunta que não quer calar: Cidadão Kane ou Casablanca? É inevitável topar com listas dos melhores filmes já feitos ou mesmo ter uma vontade louca de fazer sua própria lista, por mais complicado que isso seja. Dois filmes feitos na década de 1940 são fortes candidatos ao título de read more
Cantando na Chuva: a cobertura de um clássico na imprensa brasileira
Critica Retro Posted by Lê on Nov 30, -0001
Cantando na Chuva: a cobertura de um clássico na imprensa brasileira Singin’ in the Rain: the coverage of a classic in the Brazilian press “Cantando na Chuva” estreou em 27 de março de 1952 nos EUA. O filme estreou no Brasil, segundo o IMDb, três meses depois, em 30 read more
#SymphonyofHorror The Boston Pops and the Berklee College of Music team up to give Nosferatu (1922) a new score
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
What: Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror #SymphonyofHorror
Where: Symphony Hall in Boston, MA
Who: Keith Lockhart, The Boston Pops and eight student composers from Berklee College of Music
When: October 30th, 2015 at 8 PM (blood drive from 2-7 PM)
How: Tickets available at Bostonpops.org. $37-$4 read more
Black Film History: A Reading List
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Whether you want to expand your knowledge or diversify your summer reading challenge selections, here are a variety of classic film books about black film history to consider.
I didn't include any buy links. I encourage you to Google these titles (or click on my reviews if I listed them) if you w read more
Michael Douglas: A Biography by Marc Eliot
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Michael Douglas: A Biography
by Marc Eliot
Hardcover, 352 pages
9780307952363
Crown Archetype (Random House)
September 2012
Find the book on:
Powells
Indiebound
Barnes & Noble
Amazon
Thank you to my husband Carlos for submitting this book review of Marc Eliot's latest biography on actor Micha read more
“A Gata e o Rato” e a paródia de Casablanca / Moonlighting and the Casablanca parody
Critica Retro Posted by Lê on Nov 30, -0001
“A Gata e o Rato” e a paródia de Casablanca / Moonlighting and the Casablanca parody Nos anos 80 e 90, era comum que as séries de TV, em especial sitcoms, tivessem “episódios de antologia”. Estes episódios não faziam a trama avançar e podiam até ser ignorados pelo read more
Variações sobre um mesmo tema: A Bela e a Fera (1946, 1991 e além)
Critica Retro Posted by Lê on Nov 30, -0001
Variações sobre um mesmo tema: A Bela e a Fera (1946, 1991 e além) Variations on the same theme: Beauty and the Beast (1946, 1991 and beyond) Tale as old as time True as it can be Barely even friendship Then somebody bends Unexpectedly Just a little change Small to say the least Both read more