 | The Uninvited [Read More ...]
Description: One of the spookiest ghost stories ever put to film, The Uninvited is also one of the few classic haunted-house movies to treat the subject with respect and seriousness. Ray Milland and Ruth Hussey play a brother and sister who leave the city to live in a beautiful old house dram... |
 | Brother Orchid [Read More ...]
Review: Brother Orchid:Edward G. Robinson is somewhat cast against type in this film. It has been years since I have seen this movie; it's never been one that has received much exposure via television. It's a real treat to see Robinson take a turn at comedy; something he didn't do often ... |
 | Birth of a Nation (Silent) [Read More ...]
Description: A pivotal moment in film history. After The Birth of a Nation, nothing was the same: not the way audiences watched movies, not the way filmmakers created them. D.W. Griffith's jumbo-size saga of the Civil War expanded the boundaries of storytelling on the screen, conveying a rich... |
 | Man From Laramie [Read More ...]
Description: Only John Ford excelled Anthony Mann as a purveyor of eye-filling Western imagery, and Mann's best films are second to no one's when it comes to the fusion of dynamic action, rugged landscapes, and fierce psychological intensity. The Man from Laramie is the last of five rema... |
 | Man From Laramie [Read More ...]
Description: Combining elements of King Lear with Anthony Mann's favorite themes of splintered families and filial betrayal, The Man from Laramie was James Stewart's final collaboration with Mann and one of their best. Lanky Stewart plays his usual brooding loner, a former army scout searchin... |
 | Birth of a Nation (1915) (Silent) [Read More ...]
Description: A pivotal moment in film history. After The Birth of a Nation, nothing was the same: not the way audiences watched movies, not the way filmmakers created them. D.W. Griffith's jumbo-size saga of the Civil War expanded the boundaries of storytelling on the screen, conveying a rich... |
