- Oct 20, 2017
Film Recommendation: Casablanca (1942)
The endlessly quotable Casablanca stars Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman as star-crossed lovers in the midst of the Second World War....
- Sep 15, 2017
Film Recommendation: The Red Shoes (1948)
Lauded by film buffs (including director Martin Scorsese) as one of the most perfect movies ever made, The Red Shoes uses grand,...
- Sep 8, 2017
Film Review: Ben-Hur (2016)
Ben-Hur, the most recent big-screen adaptation of Lew Wallace’s novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of Christ, stars Jack Huston (of the Huston...
- Feb 24, 2017
Movie References: La La Land and Casablanca
The swooping, breath-taking, masterfully presented musical La La Land plays homage to many classic Hollywood films, but perhaps none more...
- Dec 23, 2016
TV Review: The Hollow Crown: Henry IV Part 2 (2012)
Shortly after the defeat of Harry Percy’s rebellion against King Henry IV (Jeremy Irons), Henry IV Part 2 finds Prince Hal (Tom...
- Dec 16, 2016
TV Review: The Hollow Crown: Henry IV Part 1 (2012)
Following Richard II in Shakespeare’s Henriad tetralogy, which is adapted by the BBC in the four-part The Hollow Crown mini-series, Henry...
- Dec 10, 2016
TV Review: The Hollow Crown: Richard II (2012)
Part one of the four-part The Hollow Crown, the BBC’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s Henriad tetralogy, Richard II charts the last two years...
- Nov 18, 2016
Film Review: Modern Times (1936)
A zippy, clever, and meaningful comedy classic, Modern Times depicts Charlie Chaplin’s Little Tramp persona caught up in the industrial...
- Mar 18, 2016
Film Review: The Maltese Falcon (1941)
In 1940s, black-and-white classic The Maltese Falcon, protagonist Samuel Spade (Humphrey Bogart) is a sardonic private investigator...
