Then Playing — A Place in the Sun; Party Girl; Slacker
Reviews of films directed by George Stevens, Daisy von Scherler Mayer, and Richard Linklater Continue reading Then Playing — A Place in the Sun; Party Girl; Slacker
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Top Fifty Films of the 40s — Number Forty-Nine
#49 — Woman of the Year (George Stevens, 1942) Woman of the Year came out a mere four years after Katharine Hepburn’s career was at such a low ebb that she was famously included on a list of actors headed “Box Office Poison” that had been compiled by the Independent Theatre Owners of America. That’s especially notable because Woman of the Year was forceful proof of how completely Hepburn had turned around her fortunes. Not only was she now considered among the most bankable stars, her clout was so enormous after shepherding her own comeback vehicle, The Philadelphia Story, to smashing … Continue reading Top Fifty Films of the 40s — Number Forty-Nine
Top Fifty Films of the 50s — Number Thirty
#30 — Shane (George Stevens, 1953) No other film genre inspire hyperbolic statements about deconstructionist subversion like the western. That’s in part because the hefty log pile of westerns from the earliest decades of Hollywood are largely so staid and … Continue reading Top Fifty Films of the 50s — Number Thirty
Coffee for Two 