“When I was sent the script for Devil’s Knot, I was immediately struck by the complexity of this true story. Twenty years ago, three young boys were found murdered in a forest. The crime scene was appalling and – most mysteriously – there was no hard evidence. Who could have committed these horrors? With this […]
John Wayne: Marriage, Family, and Women on the Side
April 23, 2014 by
Celebrating our Site’s 11th Anniversary: No less than 12 of our site’s most widely read articles concern John Wayne, a remarkable fact, indicating the Duke’s popularity 35 years after his death!
Gone With the Wind: Popular, Racist, Kitsch, Influential?
February 4, 2014 by
I was the only Negro in the theater, and when Butterfly McQueen went into her act, I felt like crawling under the rug–Malcolm X.
Oscar: Best Actress–Great Nominated Performances
January 28, 2014 by
Best Actress: 10 great female performances in a lead role that were nominated but did not win….
National Film Registry 2010: 25 New Films
December 28, 2010 by
December 28, 2010–"Airplane!" the 1980 spoof of disaster movies; "All the President's Men," the Oscar-winning fact-based drama about the uncovering of the Watergate scandal; and "Let There Be Light," John Huston's controversial 1946 war documentary that was banned for several decades, are among the 25 films selected for the 2010 National Film Registry, according to the Library of Congress.
