Douglas Sirk’s Magnificent Obsession is sheer, bold ridiculousness in eye-popping Technicolor…

A Second Wind within a theme of fatalism.

Elia Kazan’s Splendor in the Grass just might be the first Hollywood film to argue that virginity is the surest ticket to emotional instability

Miracle on 34th Street is a timeless Christmas classic, a much-loved black and white film about the existence of Santa Claus and Christmas miracles.

If it took losing his family to the ovens of Auschwitz (including his mother) in order for Billy Wilder to see humanity so clearly…

From the outset, it is impossible to believe that this is a film from 1934, as the characters and situations appear timeless, almost without regard for context.

Celebrate or Die!

Die! Die! Die, my Darling.

This is usually classified as an “escape” film, but it is much more telling to classify it as a movie about problem solving.

Wayne huffs and puffs about the Irish countryside, piss-drunk and full of rage over not being able to throw Maureen O’Hara down on the bed and have his swaggering way with her.