Jan Kadar’s Lies My Father Told Me is a touching coming-of-age tale is set in the Jewish ghetto of Montreal circa the 1920.
Oscar Actors: Hawke, Ethan
August 5, 2014 by
So far, Ethan Hawke has been nominated for one Oscar in the Supporting Actor category, for Training Day, for which his co-star, Denzel Washington, won his secon Oscar.
Oscar Movies: Libel (1959)–Dirk Bogarde in Courtroom Melodrama
August 4, 2014 by
Dirk Bogarde stars as abaronet and former prisoner of war, who’s accused of being an imposter. He finds it difficult to prove his identity in this courtroom drama, directed by Anthony Asquith, and written by Anatole de Grunwald and Karl Tunberg, based on the play by Edward Wooll. The excellent cast also includes Olivia De […]
Oscar Movies: Letters from Marusia (1975)
August 4, 2014 by
Jeanne Eagles received a Best Actress nomination for playing the lead in the early talkie, “The Letter,” the first film version of the Somerset Maugham play of the same name, directed by .
Oscar Movies: Let’s Make Love (1960): Marilyn and Yves Montand
August 4, 2014 by
Though the material is slight, the film features Cukor’s dominant themes: The magic of showbiz. He gives stronger visual attention to the theatrical setting in Greenwich Village than to the characters, and vividly conveys the chaos of rehearsal, the confusion of activities in the midst of putting on a show, the excitement of performing.
