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Reviewing the Classics| An Autumn Afternoon
Director Yasujiro Ozu may not be as well-known in the West as Akira Kurosawa – easily the most recognizable name…
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Reviewing the Classics| The Hidden Fortress
For Western audiences, Akira Kurosawa is probably the most accessible of Japanese filmmakers. Kurosawa hybridized traditional Japanese and Western story…
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Reviewing the Classics| The Searchers
I love a good western. It is the quintessential American genre. A portrait of ourselves at both our most noble…
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Reviewing the Classics| Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
I chose this film as my next classics piece long before the political climate of our country reached critical mass,…
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Reviewing the Classics| Make Way for Tomorrow
When Leo McCarey won an Academy Award for directing The Awful Truth, he began his acceptance speech with the following:…
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Reviewing the Classics| Playtime
Long before the onslaught of films chastising us for The Way We Live Now – including themes such as technophobia,…
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Reviewing the Classics| The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
I was in college when a dear friend said, “You have to watch this crazy French movie. It’s weird, but…
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Reviewing The Classics| The Day the Earth Stood Still
When director Robert Wise’s Sci-Fi drama, The Day the Earth Stood Still, debuted in 1951 it was met with mostly…
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