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Unless the world learns the lessons these pictures teach, night will fall, but by God's grace we who live will learn. In 1945, army cameramen documented the liberation of Nazi concentration camps across Germany and areas of Poland that were annexed by the Germans during World War II. Their mission read more

The record-breaking frigid temperatures are behind us, but the freezing and drizzling precipitation is here.  Music helps to bring the sunshine to the grey days and I find lots of sunshine in movie music.  Here are three indelible movie themes that never fail to make me feel the warm sun o read more

BATTEN DOWN THE HATCHES…BLACK MAN AHEAD! Why did director George A. Romero do this. Was it some type of allegorical political statement? Was it something more akin to, sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. I’ll have to do more research on that score. All I know for now, for this piece is, Romero read more

Today, as it is Valentine’s Day, we celebrate love. Our love of each others, our love for our family, friends, wife/husband, boyfriend/girlfriend. But the cinephiles also celebrate their love for film and love in films. To do so, Second Sight Cinema is hosting the You Must Remember this… read more

Nomads of the North (1920) A James Oliver Curwood Mountie Silent! 2/14/2016 0 Comments   This is the first silent film Mountie review on Phantom Empires,  I'm pleased to report.  There are apparently qui read more

Nomads of the North (1920) A James Oliver Curwood Mountie Silent! 2/14/2016 0 Comments   This is the first silent film Mountie review on Phantom Empires,  I'm pleased to report.  There are apparently qui read more

Happy Valentine’s Day! As a gift to you, I made some classic movie-themed e-cards inspired by the Tumblr meme valentines that have been taking over the internet over the past year or so. Feel free to download and share with the movie fans who hold your heart. Charlie Chaplin’s “Li read more

I spent Valentine’s Day with the devil on a train to Hell. No, that’s not a euphemism for a relationship gone sour. It’s the plot of HELL-BOUND TRAIN, a newly restored silent rarity that screened today at Film Forum in New York City. Sunday’s double feature was the first in the downtown Manhattan read more

Director Tim Burton’s beautiful Big Fish was shut out of all Oscar nominations in 2004 but for original score (which it didn’t win). The director’s work is often dismissed as creative, but too weird, or lovely, but lacking in feeling. The same critiques, by the way, the Coen brothers and Wes Anders read more

Lesley Gaspar of Second Sight Cinema is hosting a Valentine's Day treat for us all, the A Kiss is Just a Kiss blogathon devoted to our favourite film kisses.  Click HERE for the contributions. John Ford's Rio Grande, released by Republic Pictures in 1950 was the first onscreen teaming of read more

Director Tim Burton’s beautiful Big Fish was shut out of all Oscar nominations in 2004 but for original score (which it didn’t win). The director’s work is often dismissed as creative, but too weird, or lovely, but lacking in feeling. The same critiques, by the way, the Coen brothers and Wes Anders read more

O Brasil e o Oscar – ou a traumática falta dele O Brasil pode ter muitas coisas de que se orgulhar: linda natureza, animado carnaval, povo simpático, biodiversidade incrível, cinco títulos de Copas do Mundo. Mesmo assim, o povo ainda amarga uma questão: não temos nenhum Oscar. read more

A kiss is just a kiss. True, but it depends on whether you are the kisser or the kissee or - as are we movie-goers, an observer. Now, kisser and kissee could be steamy and passionate... Or, they could be innocent and chaste. As a kisser (or kissee) I shall keep my preferences to my s read more

While many silent film stars struggled, or chose to retire at the dawn of the talkies, a stream of stage stars descended on Hollywood to pick up the slack. These performers had to tone down their act and stop projecting to the back row, but they were  for the most part confident speaking, and s read more

“Walter Brennan became an archetype, not a stereotype,” which explains author Carl Rollyson’s title “A Real American Character.” Brennan was best known for playing old coots, seguing from starring as a loveable drunks in To Have and Have Not (1944) to becoming America&# read more

A Yank in Libya (1942) 2/8/2016 0 Comments   "I say,  Mr. Malone,  in this country, Allah is more important than a headline" Synopsis: A YANK IN LIBYA begins with a chase. A wise-cracking, hard read more

A Yank in Libya (1942) 2/8/2016 0 Comments   "I say,  Mr. Malone,  in this country, Allah is more important than a headline" Synopsis: A YANK IN LIBYA begins with a chase. A wise-cracking, hard read more

There are times when eating is simply about fueling up the body for whatever is to come next. Then there are those other times… Juzo Itami’s Tampopo is a film that never forgets the sensual side of food and eating. The movie takes its name from that of its heroine, who runs a roadside ra read more

“Walter Brennan became an archetype, not a stereotype,” which explains author Carl Rollyson’s title “A Real American Character.” Brennan was best known for playing old coots, seguing from starring as a loveable drunks in To Have and Have Not (1944) to becoming America&# read more

  Gloria Talbott was a popular actress during the 1950’s and 60’s with over a hundred film and television credits during her career.   Gloria Talbott was born February 7, 1931 in Glendale in Los Angeles County, California, a city co-founded by one of her grandfathers. Her sist read more