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Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 14, 2013
Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back
Directed by Irvin Kershner
1980/USA
Lucasfilm
Repeat viewing
#663 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die
IMDb users say 8.8/10; I say 8.0/10 Yoda: No. Try not. Do… or do not. There is no try. I watched it, I was entertained, and s read more
Ruggles of Red Gap (1935) (1)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 14, 2013
Ruggles of Red Gap Directed by Leo McCarey 1935/USA Paramount Pictures Repeat viewing This seldom mentioned treasure is one of the reasons I keep watching these old movies! It has a perfect cast, a wonderful script, and is expertly directed by Leo McCarey. The time is the Gay 90′s. Th read more
Mark of the Vampire (1935) (1)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 14, 2013
Mark of the Vampire Directed by Tod Browning 1935/USA Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer First viewing This is a sound re-make of the famous lost silent horror picture, London After Midnight, which starred Lon Chaney. It also shares a lot of themes with Tod Browning’s 1931 Dracula. The film read more
Happiness (1935)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 13, 2013
Happiness (“Schastye”) Directed by Aleksandr Medvedkin 1935/USSR Vostokfilm First viewing Surreal silent Soviet propaganda comedy, quite a combo! In Tsarist Russia, a sad sack peasant named Loser is sent by his wife on a quest to find happiness and told not to come back empty-handed. I read more
Ben-Hur (1959)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 12, 2013
Ben-Hur
Directed by William Wyler
1959/USA
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
First viewing
#349 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Messala: [ironically] Return? This big-budget epic delivers in all the blockbuster categories. It is approximately 27 A.D. Judah Ben-Hur (Charlton Heston) is a prince read more
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 11, 2013
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Directed by Henry Hathaway
1935/USA
Paramount Pictures
First viewing In this unexpected gem, Col. Tom Stone (Sir. Guy Standing) commands a regiment of the Bengal Lancers that is patrolling the northeast border of British India fighting skirmishes with rebels who h read more
Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 10, 2013
Man on the Flying Trapeze Directed by Clyde Bruckman 1935/USA Paramount Pictures First viewing Ambrose Wolfinger: Yes it is, very hard. It’s almost impossible. No trapeze here. A day in the life of Ambrose Wolfinger (W.C. Fields) begins with two singing burglars in his basement. We read more
An Inn in Tokyo (1935)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 10, 2013
An Inn in Tokyo (“Tôkyô no yado”) Directed by Yasujirô Ozu 1935/Japan Shôchiku Eiga First viewing Kihachi is unemployed and is raising his two young sons. The little family is so poor that it relies on the boys catching stray dogs and bringing them in for rabies shots for a read more
Triumph of the Will (1935)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 9, 2013
Triumph of the Will (“Triumph des Willens”)
Directed by Leni Riefenstahl
1935/Germany
Leni Riefenstahl-Produktion/Reichspropagandaleitung der NSDAP
Repeat viewing
#82 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die This is a propaganda film documenting the 1934 Nazi Party rally read more
The Informer (1935)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 9, 2013
The Informer Directed by John Ford 1935/USA RKO Radio Pictures Repeat viewing Gypo Nolan (Victor McLaghlen) is a big lug who is down on his luck. He got bounced from his local IRA unit for failing to kill a prisoner. He is broke and his girl has turned to prostitution. One fine night he read more
David Copperfield (1935)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 8, 2013
David Copperfield
Directed by George Cukor
1935/USA
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Repeat viewing An MGM adaptation of the Dickens novel, this film follows the life of David Copperfield from his posthumous birth to a childlike widow, to the cruel treatment by his stepfather, friendship with the Micawber read more
Les Misérables (1935)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 8, 2013
Les Misérables Directed by Richard Boleslawski 1935/USA 20th Century Pictures First viewing Hollywood adaptation of the Victor Hugo novel starring Fredric March as Jean Valjean and Charles Laughton as Inspector Javert with Cedric Hardwicke as the Bishop, Rochelle Hudson as Cosette and Francis read more
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 7, 2013
Being John Malkovich
Directed by Spike Jonze
1999/USA
Gramercy Pictures/Propaganda Films/Single Cell Pictures
First viewing
#961 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die
IMDb users say 7.8/10; I say 7.0/10 Maxine: You’re right, my darling, it’s so much more. It’s playing w read more
Top Hat (1935)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 7, 2013
Top Hat
Directed by Mark Sandrich
1935/USA
RKO Radio Pictures
Repeat viewing
#93 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Jerry Travers: She loves me. Jerry Travers (Fred Astaire) is a famous song and dance man who is scheduled to star in a show produced by Horace Hardwick (Edward Ev read more
Captain Blood (1935) (2)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 6, 2013
Captain Blood Directed by Michael Curtiz 1935/USA Warner Bros Repeat viewing #88 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Captain Peter Blood (Errol Flynn) is living peacefully as a physician when he is called on to tend a wounded rebel. For his trouble, he is convicted of treason and transported read more
Rio Grande (1950)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 5, 2013
Rio Grande Directed by John Ford 1950/USA Republic Pictures/Argosy Pictures Repeat viewing #227 of 1001 Films You Must See Before You Die Colonel Kirby York (John Wayne) commands a cavalry troop fighting Apaches. His son Jeff, who has just flunked out of West Point and enlisted as a soldier, read more
A Tale of Two Cities (1935)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 4, 2013
A Tale of Two Cities
Directed by Jack Conway
1935/USA
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Repeat viewing This is a fairly faithful adaptation of the Dickens novel. The evil Marquis St. Evremonde (Basil Rathbone) denounced Dr. Manette and had him imprisoned without trial in the Bastille for 18 years. read more
Mad Love (1935) (2)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 4, 2013
Mad Love Directed by Karl Freund 1935/USA Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Repeat viewing Brilliant surgeon Dr. Gogol (Peter Lorre) has become obsessed with love for grand guignol actress Yvonne Orlac (Frances Drake). Her husband is great concert pianist Stephen Orlac (Colin Clive). When Steven&# read more
Favorite Films of 1934
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 3, 2013
I watched 53 films that were released in 1934. A complete list can be found here: http://www.imdb.com/list/fmXidXs5FOE/?publish=save. These were my ten favorites. Note: I was unable to get a copy of The Merry Widow (1934), directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Jeanette MacDonald and Maurice read more
Three Songs About Lenin (1934)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 3, 2013
Three Songs About Lenin (“Tri pesni o Lenine”) Directed by Dziga Vertov 1934/USSR Mezhrabpomfilm Second viewing This is a documentary, or rather a tribute, prepared on the tenth anniversary of Lenin’s death. The film is structured around three anonymous songs from th read more