Charles Chaplin’s last American film, Limelight is probably his most personal work. Released in 1952, it was a very difficult time in Chaplin’s life both personally, and professionally. There were plenty of people in Hollywood who felt him un-American, and…
While Spellbound deserves its place as a Hitchcock classic, it’s far from his best work. Adapted from the 1927 novel The House of Dr. Edwardes, by 1945 the idea of psychoanalysis was catching on, and Freud’s ideas had really taken…
Many who’ve been through high school had a teacher who affected them in a way no other one could; a teacher who makes a real honest-to-goodness impact on a student’s life. Perhaps that explains the enduring popularity of Dead Poets…