Category Archives: 1950s

Retro Week In Cinema: April 25-May 01, 2013

Posted on May 2, 2013 | Leave a comment

sunset blvd.

Love, deceit, celebrity, death, what’s it matter as long as the picture is great?

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Posted in 1950s, 2000s, Billy Wilder, Germany, Retro Week In Cinema, Seth Gordon, United States Of America, Vincente Minnelli, William Wyler

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Retro Week In Cinema: March 21-27, 2013

Posted on March 28, 2013 | 2 Comments

the african queen

Being stuck on a boat with Katharine Hepburn doesn’t sound like a bad time at all!

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Posted in 1940s, 1950s, 1990s, 2000s, Cameron Crowe, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, John Huston, Lewis Milestone, Omar Naim, Retro Week In Cinema, Sofia Coppola, United Kingdom, United States Of America

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This Week In Cinema: January 20-26, 2013

Posted on January 27, 2013 | 2 Comments

the queen of versailles

If I had the money to build a 90,000 square foot mansion, I’d build myself a cozy four bedroom house (with a theater room being my one excess of course) and save the rest, but I’m just crazy I guess!

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Posted in 1950s, 2000s, 2010s, Bill Condon, Denmark, France, Gaspar Noé, Germany, Japan, Jörg Wagner, Lauren Greenfield, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peter Jackson, Stefan Prehn, This Week In Cinema, United Kingdom, United States Of America, Yasujirô Ozu

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This Week In Cinema: March 18-24, 2012

Posted on March 26, 2012 | 2 Comments

Whether its Japan in the 40s or Rwanda in the 90s, injustice isn’t going anywhere!

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Posted in 1950s, 1990s, 2000s, Irvin Kershner, Italy, Japan, Masaki Kobayashi, South Africa, Terry George, This Week In Cinema, United Kingdom, United States Of America

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This Week In Cinema: February 26-March 03, 2012

Posted on March 5, 2012 | Leave a comment

Bugs Bunny and music go together like pecan pie and awesomeness!

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Posted in 1920s, 1940s, 1950s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Carlos Brooks, China, Chuck Jones, Don Bluth, Doug Liman, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Jason Reitman, John Huston, Kaige Chen, Leslie Iwerks, Luc Besson, Mark Mylod, Otto Messmer, Robert Clampett, This Week In Cinema, United Kingdom, United States Of America, William T. Hurtz

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This Week In Cinema: February 19-25, 2012

Posted on February 27, 2012 | Leave a comment

Peace is a great concept, but the idea of peace in my time is inconceivable!

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Posted in 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 2000s, Alexander Payne, Brad Anderson, Canada, Chuck Jones, Dave Fleischer, Friz Freleng, Hugh Harman, John Hubley, Marv Newland, Robert Clampett, Sally Cruikshank, Shamus Culhane, Spain, This Week In Cinema, United States Of America

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This Week In Cinema: February 12-18, 2012

Posted on February 20, 2012 | 2 Comments

If I were a magician there’s a lot of things I would make appear out of my hat before I’d even think of a rabbit!

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Posted in 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Alan Zaslove, Angus MacLane, Ben Sharpsteen, Burr Steers, Canada, Chuck Jones, Cordell Barker, Daisuke Nishio, Denys Arcand, Doug Sweetland, France, James Mottern, Japan, Larry Charles, Mitsuo Hashimoto, Richard Condie, Tad Stones, Tex Avery, This Week In Cinema, Toby Shelton, United States Of America

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Music Music Music! Marathon: Singin’ In The Rain (1952)

Posted on February 18, 2012 | 6 Comments

As close to the perfect musical as one can get methinks!

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Posted in 1950s, 400+ Word Reviews, Gene Kelly, Music Music Music! Marathon, Stanley Donen, United States Of America

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This Week In Cinema: February 05-11, 2012

Posted on February 13, 2012 | 2 Comments

If there’s one thing that never gets old it’s Nazis, and I mean they never get old!

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Posted in 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Dave Fleischer, Don Bluth, Duwayne Dunham, France, Francis Ford Coppola, Germany, Harold Ramis, Jack Kinney, Jacques Cluzaud, Jacques Perrin, Joel Schumacher, Robert Clampett, Spain, Switzerland, Tamra Davis, Ted Parmelee, Tex Avery, This Week In Cinema, United States Of America, Walt Disney, Willard Bowsky

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Music Music Music! Marathon: Guys And Dolls (1955)

Posted on January 27, 2012 | Leave a comment

The second film in the marathon has two screen icons and serious absence of heart!

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Posted in 1950s, 400+ Word Reviews, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Music Music Music! Marathon, United States Of America

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