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To recognize and honor the fact that two National Film Board of Canada produced animated shorts were up for the Oscar this year I figure this Short Film Saturday Should honor one of the great animated films ever produced, an NFB production from 1988 entitled The Cat Came Back. It too was nominated f read more

Now here we are, almost at the big moment. The Oscars air this Sunday and the question on every silent film fans lips is “Will it or won’t it?” This year is such a silent film bonanza, we have the silent related Hugo as a back up to the actually silent The Artist. Just a gentle re read more

Now here we are, almost at the big moment. The Oscars air this Sunday and the question on every silent film fans lips is “Will it or won’t it?” This year is such a silent film bonanza, we have the silent related Hugo as a back up to the actually silent The Artist. Just a gentle re read more

Gaspard Mannesse and Raphael Fejtö in Au Revoir les enfants (Orion) To be clear this article is not meant in any way shape or form to disparage the Academy. This list is aimed at the film enthusiast who may, as I used to, get a bit too worked up about who won or lost. Granted you will link your opin read more

Victim  by John Coldstream  Palgrave Macmillan  2011  Victim (1961) is an unusual movie, because it succeeds on such vastly different levels. It is simultaneously a thriller, social statement and cultural force of change. Though its makers insisted that it was a movie about read more

Not only is Art Deco style a theme at this year's TCM Classic Film Festival, but it is a huge trend right now in fashion for Spring 2012.  I will share many examples throughout the month, but knew that these Ralph Lauren designs from the pages of Vogue would need to be first.  After all, I read more

Not too long ago, I interviewed for a job, and when asked about my personal interests, I indicated that, among other things, I am an avid film buff and writer about film.  Because film, like the weather, is a safe conversation topic (unlike, say, politics or religion), the hiring manager stayed wi read more

If you find yourself a bit bored this Presidents' Day weekend -- and, unlike Carole Lombard, you have no photographer around to take portraits of you looking fabulous -- here's something to help pass the time away if you're a classic movie fan. Every now and then, one of the many blogs that celebrat read more

This post serves two purposes in essence: one it serves to highlight a great young talent in animation (Gints Zilbalodis) and second to steer you towards a great Twitter account. I would not have seen this if I didn’t follow @ShortOfTheWeek, which is a great resource if you want to discover sh read more

So, first thing this morning, my computer informs me it has VERY IMPORTANT updates to install and would like to install them NOW. I said, no, no… I have a Friday Film Roundup post to write and politely asked it to just hold its horses. Then, when the post was near completed, poof! The compute read more

So, first thing this morning, my computer informs me it has VERY IMPORTANT updates to install and would like to install them NOW. I said, no, no… I have a Friday Film Roundup post to write and politely asked it to just hold its horses. Then, when the post was near completed, poof! The compute read more

I often wonder if a contributing factor to the demise of a celebrity relationship is the pressure of media scrutiny. It’s not that the media is to blame for any conflict; it’s because the media tends to influence the public into picking sides, which leads me to wonder if each person in a strugglin read more

About MeBlogger, Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog and more. Please add my Google profile to your circles. In our cramped condo, I have two bookcases filled with books. Two shelves in particular are devoted to classic film books and they are already filled to capacity. If I could have the ent read more

I thought it would be fun to fill out Frankly, My Dear. survey from Rianna's fun blog. I decided to post my answers to her survey here on N and CF. If you would also like to fill out the survey, click on the link to Frankly, My Dear. blog listed below: Frankly My Dear Blogspot Survey. 1. Favori read more

Originally authored by Rianna over at Frankly, My Dear, I've decided to take the time to make this meme. It gives me a break from trying to figure how to watch all the Oscar nominated picture of the year... 1. Favorite Disney. This is a tricky question, because I really love classic Disney films. B read more

Caftan Woman's number one movie rule:   "All film noir are crime drama, but not all crime drama are film noir." The French have a word for it. Not only does "noir" perfectly evoke the fatalistic driven plots and dense cinematography of Hollywood crime pictures of the World War 2 and post-W read more

I have been bombarded by things nostalgic this week. It began last Sunday, during the Super Bowl (which I watched with an astounding 111 million of my fellow Americans), where many of the commercials had an undeniable ‘80s vibe, particularly the Ferris Bueller’s Day Off-inspired commercial for read more

On occasion on these posts I think it would make sense to feature a filmmaker who excels in the short film form. Therefore, I figure who better to start with than Guy Maddin. This is not to say Maddin’s feature work isn’t brilliant, it certainly is. I have not yet seen all of it but I s read more

No one is more excited than I am for this year's TCM Classic Film Festival April 12-15 in Hollywood.  When they announced last fall that its theme would be Style in the Movies, I nearly fell out of my chair.  This, my friends, is what GlamAmor is allllllllll about.  The festival will read more

Whoa, yet another week down. Tick tick tick. The confusing Toronto weather (Hello there Spring!) doesn’t help matters at all. Did I just not leave the house for four months? No, no – it’s just global warming. And still I dream of a 7 foot snow which apparently isn’t going to read more