Blu-ray Review: Some Like It Hot (Criterion Collection)
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The Front Page (1931) (Blu-ray)
The first of three film versions of the Ben Hecht/Charles MacArthur play, 1931’s The Front Page presents a sharp, insightful look at journalism of the day. Watching the film more than eighty years after its initial release, it’s both sad and amazing how much the depiction of sensationalism and corruption resonates today. Reporter Hildy Johnson […]
Blu-ray Review: Some Like It Hot
Marilyn Monroe had a keen understanding of how to use her face, body and voice to make her sex appeal permeate through the screen. In Billy Wilder’s 1959 comedy Some Like It Hot, Monroe was at the height of her allure, draping herself over Tony Curtis’ deceitful character, kissing him with a soft, but deliberate […]