Flora Robson movies on TCM: Birthday Tribute to the veteran actress include the swashbuckler The Sea Hawk and the romantic period drama Saratoga Trunk.
International Cinema
Marcello Mastroianni movies on TCM: Centenary tribute honoring the international superstar will feature four titles, including Fellini’s 8½ and Antonioni’s La Notte.
Political Films: Corrupt Senators, Stasi Spies
5 minutes readPolitical films: TCM’s sociopolitically charged series continues with six titles, including Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove and Vittorio De Sica’s Bicycle Thieves.
Jean-Paul Belmondo Movies on TCM: 1960s ‘Cool’ Personified
8 minutes readJean-Paul Belmondo movies: TCM’s ‘Summer Under the Stars’ series will present 13 titles including De Sica’s Two Women and Truffaut’s Mississippi Mermaid.
Margaretta Scott (Actress) Movies
5 minutes readMargaretta Scott (actress): Her seven-decade show business career ranged from Shakespeare and H.G. Wells to All Creatures Great and Small.
National Society of Film Critics Awards go mostly to arthouse titles and talent, among them newcomer Celine Song’s romantic drama Past Lives.
Ted Ray: ‘The Greatest Standup Comedian’ Discussed
11 minutes readTed Ray remembered: Author Anthony Slide delves into the life and times of the now largely forgotten music hall, radio, and sometime movie comic whom he labels ‘the greatest standup …
Even though Sandra Hüller failed to take home the Best Actress Award at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, her two Official Competition movies bagged the Palme d’Or and the Grand …
2023 Cannes Film Festival winners: Molly Manning Walker’s directorial feature debut How to Have Sex was named the Un Certain Regard sidebar’s Best Film. Mia McKenna-Bruce stars.
Cannes Festival 2023: Palme d’Or Non-Contender Is The Big Story
14 minutes readCannes Film Festival 2023 has announced 19 eclectic titles in competition for the Palme d’Or, but the big story has been – and will likely remain – a high-profile U.S. …
Alice Guy Blaché: First Woman Director Q+A
13 minutes readAlice Guy Blaché: The world’s first woman director is remembered in this Q&A with film historian Anthony Slide, who also discusses the republication of her book of memoirs.
5 Nazi Movies: ‘Third Reich’ Cinema Extolled ‘Aryan’ Virtues
15 minutes read5 Nazi movies: Joseph Goebbels’ ‘Third Reich’ cinema – a crucial and extremely popular propaganda tool – promoted the White Nationalist German ethos in a variety of cinematic genres.
10 examples of theocracy in movies and TV – from Quo Vadis to His Dark Materials – showcase the authoritarian communion between religion and government.
Venice Film Festival Awards 2020: Is Frances McDormand on her way to a third Best Actress Oscar for her work in Chloé Zhao’s Golden Lion winner Nomadland?
Belfast Movie: Kenneth Branagh Shooting ‘Most Personal Film’
3 minutes readBelfast movie: Kenneth Branagh is shooting his ‘most personal film,’ set in tumultuous 1960s Northern Ireland. Judi Dench and Jamie Dornan among stars.