Watching the Marx Brothers’ 1935 comedy classic A Night at the Opera is always an enjoyable experience. Watching it on the big screen with a theater full of delighted film fans is a special treat. But, watching A Night At The Opera with Groucho Marx’s grandson is a little slice of heaven. I had the […]
2011
TCM Classic Film Festival: The Devil Is A Woman but Dietrich is a Goddess
In The Devil is a Woman Marlene Dietrich’s eyes are constantly moving: searching, darting, batting flirtatiously. By their fifth and final film collaboration, Dietrich and director Joseph von Sternberg had perfected the formula for exotic, onscreen seduction: just keep the camera on Dietrich. As Concha Perez, an enterprising destroyer of men’s souls, Dietrich is as […]
TCM Classic Film Festival: The Devil Is A Woman (Josef von Sternberg 1935)
Marlene Dietrich, a siren of the screen in early Hollywood. Dietrich was originally from Germany where she performed on the stage and in silent films in the 1920s. She was “discovered” by Josef Von Sternberg and cast in his film The Blue Angel (1930). The success of the film led to her contract with Paramount […]
Disney-Pixar Turns 25!
As hard as it may be to believe Pixar Animation turns 25 this year. The brilliant minds, who have made animated films accessible to both adults and children, show no sign of slowing their total domination of the animated film market, much to the joy of many filmgoers. It may not seem like a big […]
If You Can’t Beat Them, Join Them…The Movie Theatre and Video-On-Demand
-An Alternative Method for Theatre Chains to Keep Films Their Own, and Cater to the At-Home Audience.- There has been lots of talking, scoffing, and downright outrage as of late about the recent news that certain film studios will begin distributing their movies via at home service providers (DirecTV launches a VOD service this week) […]
