This evening, TCM is featuring three films labeled “code breakers,” movies whose provocative, mature themes and scripts contributed to the breakdown of the Production Code Administration’s influence in Hollywood. I’ve made my feelings about the Production Code clear in the past; censorship may seem to be a necessary evil to some, but in my eyes,…
I thought I’d pick things up a bit this week and talk about Holiday with Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn. As a quick review, I loved this movie. It’s fun. It’s charming. It’s Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn. I really don’t need to say much more than that, do I? I’d like to look into…
A message from Brandie: As of today’s post, True Classics has reached the one-hundredth post milestone. Yay! Let’s raise a glass to that. When Carrie and I had the idea to start a classic movie blog, I don’t think either one of us thought we would be able to maintain it for long. At the…
Most critics–most modern critics, that is–rank Vertigo (1958) as Alfred Hitchcock’s directorial masterpiece. Influential movie critic Roger Ebert called the film “one of the two or three best films Hitchcock ever made.” Subsequent directors ranging from Martin Scorsese to Brian DePalma have reported being influenced by the film. And AFI has listed it in the…
A reminder: TCM has scheduled a tribute tonight to the late actress Patricia Neal, who passed away last month at the age of 84. Make sure you catch a fantastic lineup of films featuring some of Neal’s most indelible screen performances, beginning with her Private Screenings interview with host Robert Osborne at 8PM EST. The…
It should come as no surprise that the three of us grew up loving animated films in general, and Walt Disney feature films in particular. We grew up in the time of the “clamshell” video cases, and I remember a veritable forest of them populating the shelves of my parents’ entertainment center. In fact, they’re…
Welcome to the introductory post for our Feminist Fridays series! Keep in mind that many of the comments contained herein are tongue-in-cheek in nature and are not intended to offend or inflame those who may take them otherwise. Also, these posts are not intended to be scholarly or academic or otherwise “learned” reviews, but are…
You may have seen my recommendation of The Snake Pit for the Olivia de Havilland edition of the SUtS series. I recommended it, but had not yet seen the film. Part of the joy of the project was getting to see films I hadn’t watched or reviewed, yet, and this was one of them. I…
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