The Lady Eve

Essays

Oct 15, 2001 Preston Sturges’s beloved comedy provides insights into the way Hollywood formulas work on us.

Sep 17, 2001 Jirí Menzel’s war comedy is an absurdist symphony of self-absorption and impotence.

Aug 20, 2001 Carl Dreyer considers the work of art’s soul in this excerpt from Dreyer in Double Reflection.

Jul 9, 2001 Director Bruce Robinson reminisces about the days that inspired his uproarious black comedy.

Billy Liar

Essays

Jul 9, 2001 John Schlesinger’s beloved dramedy subverts the conventions of British kitchen-sink realism.

Jun 18, 2001 Pent-up, unfulfilled sexuality spills onto the screen in Douglas Sirk’s sumptuous melodrama.

May 7, 2001 test

Spartacus

Essays

Apr 23, 2001 Of all the actors to try their hand at producing, Kirk Douglas may have been the most audacious. Spartacus illustrates his taste for unorthodox material, and the story behind the making of the movie reveals a great deal about Douglas’...

Apr 23, 2001 In 1955, Jules Dassin, an American director in exile in Paris, made this flat-out perfect piece of cinema. The film came as a redemption for Dassin: a one-time promising young director cranking out B-movies under an MGM contract ("They were...

Jan 29, 2001 Invisible monsters suck out your brains! And that’s just for starters.

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