At first glance, George Stevens’ Shane, while beautifully shot, might appear to be similar to countless other Westerns. A lone gunman looking to start a new life, rides into town and ends up reluctantly using his guns in defense of...

Though her career only spanned six years and eleven films, Grace Kelly is considered one of the most iconic, fashionable stars in cinematic history. Released in 1956, High Society is a remake of Philip Barry’s social satire The Philadelphia Story....

Perhaps best known for being the first film from the new Dreamworks Studio, The Peacemaker is rather brave, taking seventeen minutes before anything resembling a well known Hollywood star shows up, or for that matter, the English language. Opening with...

The 1975 Broadway debut of The Wiz—an African American retelling of the classic children’s novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum—was a huge hit. Starring seventeen-year-old Stephanie Mills as Dorothy, who was a tiny teenager with a...

Released in 1964, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg is a deceptively simple story of doomed romanticism told as a movie musical. By then, the movie musical was a genre on the wane, but director Jacques Demy tapped into the timeless appeal...

Via Vision’s Imprint label continues to release an array of limited-edition titles, with their on-going Tales of Adventure box sets. The fifth release explores sci-fi, with five mid 50s outer-space flicks, spanning various acting levels and budgets. Universal’s first sci-fi...