Defiant Success

Naturally it takes several films of a director's filmography to get interested in their work. There are also those very few times wher...

The most famous director of Japanese cinema is Akira Kurosawa. I partly agree with that because Kurosawa is the one Japanese director I...

This is just an odd habit of mine. If there's a prominent director whose work I haven't seen yet, I will find a notable film of th...

When an actor performs their swan song, it's usually rare for it to match that of their more famous work. When it does, it's pract...

Film noirs from the 1950s pretty much broke all of the ethical rules. Why not since everyone was so paranoid about communism and nuclear w...

Marilyn Monroe is always regarded as the  sex symbol. But like many stars of Hollywood's Golden Age, her real image was very unlike he...

Many people are aware of Alfred Hitchcock being nominated five Oscars and losing each time. What some people probably don't know is th...

Allow me to explain.  Rianna  and  Natalie  are  hosting a blogathon  where the goal is to re-cast a film made between 1965 and today with a...

Amid a summer full of big budget movies, it's nice to balance it all out with an independent film or two. (I try to do the opposite wh...

When there's anticipation for a film, the results are either sink or swim. However, if it's in the hands of a trusted director, th...