Films about well known artists are a dime a dozen, but few are as unique as Thirty-Two Short Films About Glenn Gould, a semi-documentary about the Canadian pianist Glenn Gouid, an iconoclastic genius. Regarded as a master of Bach, the…
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…
Fresh off her success in William Wyler’s Roman Holiday, Audrey Hepburn joined Humphrey Bogart, William Holden and director Billy Wilder for 1954′s Sabrina. Adapted from Samuel A. Taylor’s play Sabrina Fair, by Taylor himself with Ernest Lehman, the film plays…
Desperate for money to get out of town and join her young daughter, Princess (Season Hubley) walks the streets. Hollywood Boulevard is full of danger. None worse than Ramrod (Wings Hauser) a merciless dressed in cowboy duds and not afraid…
Rushed into production to capitalize on the success of the first film, Wayne’s World 2 has a built-in audience, given its start as a skit on Saturday Night Live. While Wayne’s World 2 wasn’t as big a hit as the…
An exploration of grief and suicidal ideation through the lens of horror, The Woman in the Yard doesn’t cover much new ground and becomes tedious at times. The story is a bit thin and would have worked better as an…