What’s often called the defining film of a generation (and, indeed, a century), makes the leap to a new kind of definition today – high definition – with the Blue-ray release of the 1941 masterpiece, Citizen Kane with Orson Well. For more than half a century Kane has headed the polls as he greatest film [...]
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WAS CITIZEN KANE THE GREATEST MOVIE EVER MADE?
September 14, 2011WERE YOU A FAN OF SYDNEY LUMET?
April 10, 2011Sydney Lumet, one of the greatest film directors in the last half of the 20th century has just died at his home in Manhattan. Lumet was known best for award-winning films such as 12 Angry Men, Dog-day afternoon; Network, Fail Safe, The Verdict, The Pawnbroker, Serpico, Murder on the Orient Express. The Lumet films that [...]
WAS ELIZABETH TAYLOR THE LAST OF THE GREATS?
March 24, 2011Elizabeth Taylor may have been the last Star, the last creation of the dream factory who will be remembered as much for her divorces, diamonds and dry-outs as for her films Elizabeth Taylor made more than 50 films, won two Oscars, was a grandmother at 39 and was married eight times to seven men. A [...]
