The delightful 1945 romantic fantasy The Enchanted Cottage was first recommended to me by one of my favorite grad school professors (hi, Dr. Riley!). There were only three of us in this particular class, and we were flung together for three long hours every Wednesday afternoon, so a sense of easy camaraderie developed. There were many times…
Well, failed attempts at emulating Styx aside, there’s really no more appropriate way to express my gratitude … Thank you, Best for Film, for choosing my Psycho ‘ku as a runner-up. Check out all of the fabulous entries chosen as winners and runners-up for the “Hollywood Haiku” competition! And because I couldn’t resist—
This week’s film, 1995’s Pocahontas, is probably one of the most controversial additions to the Disney animated canon. The first to be based on actual people, the film has received a lot of scorn over the years for its wild historical inaccuracies, particularly in its depiction of the supposed romance between English colonist John Smith and…
Let me preface this post by saying that this movie—1959’s North by Northwest, one of my very favorite films from the erstwhile Master of Suspense—has been on my mind ever since Caroline over at Garbo Laughs announced her Queer Blogathon (which, incidentally, is next month—and if you haven’t already signed up to participate, you definitely should!).…
That means “thank you” in lamb-speak. Carrie, Nikki, and I were absolutely thrilled to learn today that True Classics has received a LAMMY nomination in the category of “Best Classic Movie Blog!” And we are doubly thrilled to be in the quite excellent company of such bloggers as the ever-captivating Ivan from Thrilling Days of…
The Lion King (1994) remains one of the most critically-acclaimed and beloved films ever produced by Walt Disney’s animation studios. To this day, it is also the highest-grossing non-computer animated feature in history, and the most successful film to emerge from the Disney Renaissance period of the 1990s. And does it deserve its numerous accolades…
Just sit here and smile and they’ll see—we’re a good boy. Mother knows best, son. This is an entry for the Best For Film Hollywood Haikus blogging competition.Enter now.
The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954) is based on a 1931 short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald called “Babylon Revisited.” Fitzgerald’s often-anthologized story, with its dark themes of disillusionment and self-imposed alienation, is a seminal work of American modernism. However, it loses something in its translation to the screen. As with many literary adaptations…
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