classic film
Katharine Hepburn, a four-time Oscar winning actress, appeared in 52 feature films in a career spanning over 60 years. We take a look at her legacy.
Before the shut down of Film Struck at the end of this month, here are some of the films you need to check out before they are gone for good.
There are such a vast number of planes to appreciate Rear Window on and one…
With innocent characters and a basic plot, the beauty and simplicity of The Nightmare Before Christmas has helped it stand the test of time.
Harold Lloyd is among the great silent comedians, and his work, which also spans into talkies, should speak for itself.
Body and Soul still stands as a marvelous example of the potent capabilities of film noir – that remains untarnished
Joan Crawford & Bette Davis’ feud is one of classic Hollywood legend; we look at What Ever Happened To Baby Jane and how they became rivals.
Audrey Hepburn was one of the biggest icons Hollywood has known – here we guide you through her career, and highlight some of her best films.
Holiday Horrors provide a comforting alternative to the forced gaiety of the season – and Black Christmas is one of the best to watch.
Sexism in film has been a topic of discussion since the rise of feminism, and in particular, since Laura Mulvey’s 1970’s research into ‘the male gaze’ in cinema. Fortunately, modern films are slowly but surely making a conscious effort to break down stereotypical gender roles and tired one-dimensional characters, but when it comes to the classics, many of the limited and restricted archetypes we try to move away from today are showcased in these films. This year, Alfred Hitchc*ck’s mystery thriller Vertigo was voted the greatest film of all time by a BFI poll.
On a chilly night in November 1959, two desperate young drifters slaughtered a family outside Holcomb, Kansas for $40, a pair of binoculars, and a transistor radio. The macabre slayings and the manhunt, trial, and execution of the pair of “natural born killers” who committed the crimes gripped the nation. Celebrated writer Truman Capote published a bestselling book about the case called In Cold Blood that was turned into a gripping 1967 movie, which is one of the best of the later film noirs.
The old Hollywood Studio System produced many great works of art from the eternal fable of The Wizard of Oz to the harsh poetry of director John Ford’s westerns. Out of this creative environment came film noir, a style of movie-making that became very popular in the 1940’s and 1950’s. Noir filmmakers used shadowy black and white cinematography and inventive camera angles to make movies filled with crime, lust, betrayal, and the darkness in the human heart.
Amicus Studios had the reputation for being the rival studio to England’s famed horror factory Hammer studios throughout the 1960’s and 70’s. While that may be true in some respects, Amicus also had the goods to make some truly enjoyable horror anthologies that managed to be both entertaining and scary. As a devout fan of Hammer studios, it feels nearly traitorous to be praising their rival Amicus, but to ignore their body of work would just be flat out ignorant, as Amicus proved to be a formidable rivalry to the house of horrors that Hammer was known for.
When asked about who his favourite American directors were, Orson Welles replied: “I prefer the old masters; by which I mean: John Ford, John Ford and John Ford.
Miss Giddens (Deborah Kerr), the new governess for two orphaned children in Victorian England, arrives at their idyllic country estate in the beginning of the psychological horror film, The Innocents (1961). The naive young woman, who has a lived a solidly middle class existence as a vicar’s daughter, marvels at the stately home and spacious grounds. Everything, including her two young charges, seems innocent and perfect.