The Happiest Millionaire
Adapted from My Philadelphia Father by Cordelia Biddle, The Happiest Millionaire (1967) follows the misadventures of Fred MacMurray and Greer Garson as they navigate their daughter Cordelia’s (played by Lesley… Read more »
Adapted from My Philadelphia Father by Cordelia Biddle, The Happiest Millionaire (1967) follows the misadventures of Fred MacMurray and Greer Garson as they navigate their daughter Cordelia’s (played by Lesley… Read more »
The Viking Queen (1967) is a fantasy film by Hammer Studios and directed by Don Chaffey of Jason and the Argonauts (1963) fame. This film tells the muddled story of… Read more »
Not Wanted (1949) was the last film that Elmer Clifton contributed to. After a short period Clifton, a maestro at the “slave girl” exploitation shocker of the thirties, was taken… Read more »
Martha (1974) is one of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s most disturbing cinematic creations. Made for West German television, Martha is a startling look at the possessive nature of marriage told in… Read more »
The value of Girlfriends (1978) comes from the fact that it’s a film about women’s friendships. This is rare in mainstream cinema, and for decades Girlfriends has existed only on… Read more »
Arthur Hornblow Jr. produces this American-British co production with all the trappings of Hollywood prestige that he brought to his earlier screwball comedies. Hornblow Jr.’s films always tend to be… Read more »
When Roland Joffé made The Mission (1986) he was at the height of his power having won tremendous acclaim for his film The Killing Fields (1984). On the basis of… Read more »
There are no midgets in the United States Air Force. – General Lawrence Dell (Burt Lancaster) Twilight’s Last Gleaming (1977) was middle-aged, white liberal Hollywood’s reckoning with the United States’… Read more »
I was pretty excited when I saw that the Criterion Channel would be streaming Buffalo Soldiers (1997) as part of their Black Westerns series. I can remember when this movie… Read more »
Vincent Price excels as Matthew Hopkins, the self-proclaimed Witchfinder General. Hopkins is a man who exploits the superstitions and faith of East Anglia in order to fulfill his own appetites… Read more »