Movies from the silent era up to the 1960s. Wednesday, March 21, 2018. In the early 1950s a film appeared that took a revolutionary approach to narrative.

Thoughts on older movies, especially those from the 1930s to 1950s. This is my contribution to the Ingrid Bergman blogathon being organised by Virginie at The Wonderful World of Cinema. Please visit to read the other postings. Ingrid Bergman starred in three Hitchcock films, all made during the 1940s. Are both recognised as classics, but the third,.

Thursday, August 13, 2015. cops, what with the beatings of people and all. This movie shows that this sort of problem has existed for ages. Trust me I know from experience. But actually did play a femme fatale in some films. So the cycle goes on and on! Wednesday, August 12, 2015. Monday, August 10, 2015.

Monday, August 25, 2014. Cate Blanchett, Brad Pitt, Adriana Barraza, Rinko Kikuchi. My husband rarely watches my 1001 Movies. But he wound up watching Babel. Amazing quality, however, as when it was over, we turned to look at one another and vocalized our almost identical reactions.

Saturday, 15 August 2015. Let me start with the positives. As you can already tell this movie has a lot going for it, but then we get to the plot. The melodrama gets very thick, the acting is heavy handed in the silent tradition, but though it annoyed me at the time I see it now.

A collection of year-by-year lists, a few questionable jokes, and highly-opinionated preferences regarding the very best in English-speaking filmdom. Saturday, 7 January 2017.