In the 1940’s and 1950’s, Danny Kaye was a huge movie star. Largely forgotten today, he made only three movies throughout the 1960’s, though he did star in his own variety show from 1963-67. Essentially retiring early, Kaye made only…
Arizona, 1944, Colfax Army Air Force Base. Josiah Newman, MD (Gregory Peck) needs help, space, and time. As head of the hospital’s psyche ward he has six weeks to either cure, ship back, or ship out his ever-growing number of…
A passion project for Frank and Eleanor Perry, Ladybug Ladybug imagined the dread of a singular day when the faculty and students at a rural grade school are led to believe that a nuclear attack is imminent. The students are…
Frank and Eleanor Perry’s adaptation of Sue Kaufman’s novel, Diary of a Mad Housewife was released to critical in 1970 and fifty years later it still resonates. Starring in her first film, Carrie Snodgrass won a Golden Globe for Best…
Released in 1971 (the same year as Dirty Harry and Play Misty for Me), the gothic melodrama The Beguiled was a disappointment at the box office. Based on the novel A Painted Devil by Thomas P. Cullinan, The Beguiled is…
Released in 1983, Trading Places has the feel of a 1930’s screwball comedy. Set in Philadelphia during the holidays, this modern reworking of Mark Twain’s Prince and the Pauper concerns two men of vastly different backgrounds who switch places. Louis…
A dozen years before Franklin Delano Roosevelt became the 32nd president of the United States, he would be faced with the biggest challenge of his personal life. One day in the summer of 1921, FDR had spent the day swimming…
Clint Eastwood made his directorial debut in 1971 with Play Misty For Me. Shot in just 21 days, Eastwood stars as Dave Garber, a popular late night disc jockey for a small station in Caramel, California. One night, a regular…
Based on the book by Alan Dershowitz, Reversal of Fortune tells the story of social climber Claus Von Bulow (Jeremy Irons), who was convicted on two counts of attempting to murder his wife Sunny (Glenn Close) with an overdose of…
One of the first films to depict the life of an urban black family in the 1970’s, Claudine is boosted by a strong script and excellent acting. Written by Lester Pine and Tina Pine, it’s directed by John Berry, blacklisted…