Casablanca is a Huge Classic
With the world in turmoil, Hollywood turned to producing escapist films that would provide audiences with a brief respite from the realities of their existence. This led to a boom in movies about glamorous people in glamorous places, including…
532Psycho was a Hitchcock Masterpiece
In the world of cinema, there’s one man who can be credited with practically creating the modern horror genre as we know it today. Alfred Hitchcock is an acclaimed director whose films are still considered to be some of the most terrifying in…
515To Kill A Mockingbird (1962)
To Kill a Mockingbird is an American classic that most people read in high school. This novel by Harper Lee was adapted into a movie in 1962. Both the film and the book are set primarily in the Southern town of Maycomb, Alabama during the Great…
537The Legend Director Stanley Kubrick
When you look at the filmography of Stanley Kubrick, some themes start to appear. He has several films about the corruption of society and individuals, characters trapped in impossible situations, and people who feel out of place in the world.…
484A Look at The Maltese Falcon
The Maltese Falcon is a classic film that has been referenced in pop culture for decades. The movie, about an object with mysterious powers, was first released in 1941. It’s no surprise that the story of this fabled artifact has resurfaced…
553Film Noir Movies - Double Indemnity
Double Indemnity is a film noir released in 1944 and directed by Billy Wilder. The movie is set in the insurance industry and centers on a man who tries to kill his partner so that he can claim the double indemnity clause on his life insurance…
524The Third Man a Masterpiece of Film Noir
The world is full of darkness, and that’s especially true when you live in a city as sinister as Vienna. The Third Man is one of the most famous examples of film noir, and it takes place in exactly that kind of atmosphere. This classic…
475A Movie Vixen - Barbara Stanwyck
Barbara Stanwyck was an actress who could play a vixen as easily as she could play the victim. She had a face that could be sexy and hard, empathetic and cruel, all at the same moment. She wasn’t afraid of playing characters who were…
504Edward G Robinson - Film Noir Star
Edward G. Robinson is known primarily for playing gangster characters, but he also played several film noir leads during his career. His first film noir was the classic Double Indemnity in 1944. This began a period in which he starred in many of…
501Lauren Bacall Film Noir Movie Star
Lauren Bacall was a movie star even before she was a movie star—which is to say, from the moment she arrived in Hollywood in 1944. This New York City-raised blonde had all the makings of a successful actress: She could sing, dance, and act.…
502Sterling Hayden - Legendary Movie Star
An undersized, under-educated, under-loved, and under-employed young man named Sterling Relyea first gained notice by giving an interview about himself to the New York Herald Tribune in 1943. The article described him as “a movie star” and…
437Rita Hayworth was a Hollywood Goddess
Rita Hayworth was one of the great sex symbols of Hollywood’s Golden Age. She appeared in a string of successful movies from the 1940s onwards and is still known as one of the most beautiful actresses to ever have come out of that era.…
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Titanic wins the most Academy Awards
West Side Story and The Oscars
Big Movies and Oscar Winners
Ben Hur - the Academy Awards
Lord of the Rings and its Oscars