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2022 / david bax / movies / TCM Fest / tcm fest 2022

April 27, 2022

TCM Classic Film Festival 2022: Part Three, by David Bax

TCM Classic Film Festival 2022 Part Three William Dieterle’s (again!) Portrait of Jennie has the distinction of being quite possibly the weirdest-ass movie I’ve ever seen at a TCM Classic Film Festival. Granted, the bar’s not set all that high...

movie journal / scott nye

December 28, 2020

Scott’s Movie Journal #5

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (George C. Wolfe, 2020) (first view) Wolfe – a highly-accomplished and renowned theatre director – brings his stage background to bear in helping fill each minor role with real life, not letting the film scapegoat anybody....

alexander miller / criterion predictions / movies

December 28, 2019

Criterion Prediction #222: It’s a Wonderful Life, by Alexander Miller

Title: It’s a Wonderful Life Year: 1946 Director: Frank Capra Cast: Jimmy Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell, Beulah Bondi, Henry Travers Synopsis: George Bailey (Stewart) recollects his life’s many touchstones thanks to an unlikely angel when he contemplates...

alexander miller / criterion predictions / movies

December 28, 2017

Criterion Prediction #120: The Shop Around the Corner, by Alexander Miller

Title: The Shop Around the Corner Year: 1940 Director: Ernst Lubitsch Cast: Margaret Sullivan, James Stewart, Sara Haden, Frank Morgan, Felix Bressart Synopsis: Klara (Sullivan) and Alfred (Stewart) work together in a gift shop. In person, they can’t stand one...

movies / musical notation / podcast / west anthony

September 12, 2017

Musical Notation: Bernard Herrmann & Alfred Hitchcock: VERTIGO

In this episode, West returns to the composer/director collaboration of Bernard Herrmann and Alfred Hitchcock to play music from their 1958 film Vertigo. Music in this episode includes: “Prelude And Rooftop” “Carlotta’s Portrait” “Farewell / The Tower” “The Nightmare” “Scene...

movies / sarah brinks / top 100 challenge

September 9, 2017

BP’s Top 100 Challenge #29: It’s a Wonderful Life, by Sarah Brinks

I decided to undertake a movie challenge in 2017. This seemed like a good way to see some classic movies that I have unfortunately never seen. The Battleship Pretension Top 100 list provided such a challenge. I have a tradition with...

top 50 actors

September 12, 2016

Top 25 Actors List

1. James Stewart 2. Philip Seymour Hoffman 3. Daniel Day-Lewis 4. Cary Grant 5. Marlon Brando 6. Robert De Niro 7. Jack Nicholson 8. Toshiro Mifune 9. Humphrey Bogart 10. Charlie Chaplin

sarah brinks / top 50 actors

September 11, 2016

1. James Stewart

James Stewart IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE, MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON, VERTIGO, REAR WINDOW, THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE, HARVEY, THE MAN FROM LARAMIE, THE NAKED SPUR Jimmy Stewart proves his worthiness to be on this list every Christmas....

Tagged: james stewart

TCM Classic Film Festival 2022: Part Three, by David Bax

Scott’s Movie Journal #5

Criterion Prediction #222: It’s a Wonderful Life, by Alexander Miller

Criterion Prediction #120: The Shop Around the Corner, by Alexander Miller

Musical Notation: Bernard Herrmann & Alfred Hitchcock: VERTIGO

BP’s Top 100 Challenge #29: It’s a Wonderful Life, by Sarah Brinks

1. James Stewart

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