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o/t: the Medicine in the Movies Blogathon
Noirish Posted by John Grant on May 25, 2017
Charlene of Charlene’s (Mostly) Classic Movie Reviews announced this some little while ago, but I learned about it just yesterday. Charlene has most kindly allowed a very late enrollment from me, so expect my post on the blistering quasi-noirish medical-sf “classic” She Devil (1957) to read more
#TheResistance at the movies: how we can destroy the Mr Potters of the world
Critica Retro Posted by Lê on Apr 28, 2017
#TheResistance at the movies: how we can destroy the Mr Potters of the world Nas três últimas edições de The Great Villain blogathon, eu escolhi focar em vilões divertidos – ou ao menos admiráveis. Assim, escrevi sobre dois vilões interpretados por Peter Lorre, os vilões da Disney read more
#TheResistance at the movies: Horas de Tormenta (1943) / Watch on the Rhine (1943)
Critica Retro Posted by Lê on Jan 26, 2017
#TheResistance at the movies: Horas de Tormenta (1943) / Watch on the Rhine (1943) “Horas de Tormenta” é mais conhecido por ser o filme que fez Paul Lukas ganhar um Oscar de Melhor ator quando Humphrey Bogart também concorria ao prêmio por sua interpretação de Rick Blaine em read more
Debbie Reynolds made me love the movies
Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on Jan 1, 2017
Debbie Reynolds made me love the movies
I grew up going to the movies. I’m old enough to remember a time when movies didn’t have ratings. When I was young, it was completely acceptable for a group of grade-school-age kids to go the movies without any adult supervision. Often on the read more
Indiana In The Movies (Part Two)
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Dec 12, 2016
Here's a list of famous film performers and directors who were born in Indiana. I have to point out that many of these folks spent relatively little time actually living in the state (Carole Lombard, who is pictured above, Steve McQueen, and Howard Hawks fit this category). I'm sure this will only r read more
Indiana In The Movies (Part One)
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Dec 11, 2016
Today is the 200th anniversary of Indiana officially becoming an American state. To coincide with this momentous occasion, I've decided to take a look at how Indiana has fared in the movies. In all honesty....there isn't really much to go over.
A few movies have been based in Indiana, but not nearl read more
Risos, culpa e tabu: personagens travestidos no cinema / Laughter, guilt and taboo: A brief history of dressing in drag at the movies
Critica Retro Posted by Lê on Oct 31, 2016
Risos, culpa e tabu: personagens travestidos no cinema / Laughter, guilt and taboo: A brief history of dressing in drag at the movies Ah, cinema! Uma fonte histórica maravilhosa, um espelho poderoso de como a sociedade pensava e se comportava décadas atrás. Claro, nenhum pensamento é unânime, read more
What Have We Not Learned from the Movies??
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Oct 17, 2016
Speakeasy and Silver Screenings are hosting the What I Learned from the Movies blogathon, a grand event that gives us film fans a chance to gush about why movies are more to us than simple escapist fare. For my sister and me, classic films have taught us so much that, frankly, it would be easie read more
THINGS I LEARNED FROM THE MOVIES BLOGATHON: The Domestic Arts as Practiced in The Egg and I
Caftan Woman Posted by on Oct 14, 2016
Kristina of Speakeasy and Ruth of Silver Screenings are hosting the clever blogathon Things I Learned from the Movies which runs from October 14 to 17. A cornucopia of movie fans/bloggers are on board with some fun and interesting reading. Day 1 recap. Day 2 recap. Day 3 recap. &nb read more
THINGS I LEARNED FROM THE MOVIES BLOGATHON: The Domestic Arts as Practiced in The Egg and I
Caftan Woman Posted by Caftan Woman on Oct 14, 2016
Kristina of Speakeasy and Ruth of Silver Screenings are hosting the clever blogathon Things I Learned from the Movies which runs from October 14 to 17. A cornucopia of movie fans/bloggers are on board with some fun and interesting reading.
Author Betty MacDonald's (Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle series) read more
Book Review-- A Thousand Cuts: The Bizarre Underground World of Collectors and Dealers Who Saved the Movies
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 19, 2016
A Thousand Cuts: The Bizarre Underground World of Collectors and Dealers Who Saved the Movies
Dennis Bartok and Jeff Joseph
University Press of Mississippi, 2016
It's remarkable that 35mm film has lasted as a medium for more than one hundred years when you think of all the entertainment formats tha read more
Book Review--I Blame Dennis Hopper: And Other Stories From a Life Lived In and Out of the Movies
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Dec 10, 2015
I Blame Dennis Hopper: And Other Stories From a Life Lived In and Out of the Movies
Illeana Douglas
Flatiron Books, 2015
When I picked up I Blame Dennis Hopper, my plan was to read it for fun and not write a review for once. But I couldn't do that. It's a hilarious book, impossible to put down. Peo read more
Quote of the Week: Orson Welles on the Movies
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Nov 1, 2015
The trouble with movies today...is that all of us are too much in love with them and there's no damn cure for it.
-Orson Welles, 1981
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The Movies That Haven’t Aged Well Blogathon: Rent (2005)
Serendipitous Anachronisms Posted by Summer Reeves on Jul 31, 2015
The Movies That Haven’t Aged Well Blogathon: Rent (2005)
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Book Giveaway: “King of the Movies: Francis X. Bushman” (Facebook Contest #2 )
Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Annmarie Gatti on Feb 19, 2015
Francis X. Bushman Biography Giveaway! Entry Task for our 2nd Facebook Contest this Month. Time for the last of our two fabulous Classic Movie Book Giveaways this month on Facebook, courtesy of Bear Manor Media! This time, we’ll be giving away a copy of King of the Movies: Francis X. Bushman! (cli read more
Book Giveaway: “King of the Movies: Francis X. Bushman” (Twitter Contest Week of February 16)
Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Annmarie Gatti on Feb 16, 2015
Francis X. Bushman Biography Giveaway! Entry Task for this week’s Twitter Contest. Time for our next Classic Movie Book Giveaway, courtesy of Bear Manor Media! This week, we’ll be giving away a copy of King of the Movies: Francis X. Bushman — the third of our four Classic Book Giveaways read more
Mickey Rooney at Disney: “There’s Always Magic at the Movies”
Margaret Perry Posted by Margaret Perry on Sep 24, 2014
“I SWEAR I saw a dragon!“ Even animated Rooney liked the ladies read more
Paging Dr. Gillespie - Disability in the Movies
Classic Reel Girl Posted by BG Voita on Jul 22, 2014
When it comes to dissecting messages in movies, I must say that the disability experience holds a special place in my heart because my masters thesis focused on this lens of literary analysis. The disability experience has been neglected over the years. Much has been written regarding how women have read more
Message in the Movies: Jealousy and Forgiveness
Classic Reel Girl Posted by BG Voita on Jun 22, 2014
One thing I love to do while watching movies is
to catch messages, especially those I do not agree with or ones that society no
longer finds acceptable (or thinks they no longer do). To the trained
eye, a singular scene or line of dialogue reveals the social mores of
the film's time period read more
Let's Go to the Movies: The Navigator (1924)
Caftan Woman Posted by Caftan Woman on Jun 9, 2014
What's better than a Sunday afternoon at the movies? How about Silent Sundays at the Revue Cinema. Throughout the year, Silent Sundays gives Toronto movie fans the chance to enjoy silent era shorts and features at the saved-from-the-brink charming Revue Cinema on Roncesvalles Avenue in west en read more