Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of A Fish Called Wanda originally ran as part of our top 50 comedies list. It’s rare when comedies win Academy Awards, but nobody deserved it more...
Film Movement Classics’ new four movie set of comedies starring Alastair Sim, which they’ve dubbed “Alastair Sim’s School for Laughter,” does not present the films in chronological order (though the essay by Ronald Bergen in the accompanying booklet does address...
With a name like The Titfield Thunderbolt, the director of A Fish Called Wanda (1988), and the same studio that made gems like The Ladykillers (1955) and Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949), there’s the understandable feeling that this film really...
Title: Birdman of Alcatraz Year: 1962 Director: John Frankenheimer Cast: Burt Lancaster, Thelma Ritter, Karl Malden Synopsis: Sentenced to a lifetime in solitary confinement, convicted murderer Robert Stroud (Lancaster) combats the seclusion and doldrums of isolation by caring for a...
