On this day 100 years ago, one of cinema’s finest actors was born, the great William Holden! He’s easily among my top 5 favorite actors of all-time (maybe even top 3 or 2!); no matter the quality of the movie he’s in, he always turns out a good performance. For his centenary, I’m focusing on…
While there are many stars that have appeared in at least three or four movies that have been praised as being among cinema’s greatest, William Holden is one of the small few who starred in more than a handful of movies that have been deemed the best of all time, and I don’t think that’s much of…
Agatha Christie is a literary giant, having written many of the most beloved crime stories through her novels and plays. Much of her work has been adapted for other forms of media too, such as television, radio, and even video games. And of course, there have been many film adaptations of her work, and one of the…
Billy Wilder’s film noir Double Indemnity is one of the most well-regarded movies of all time, especially in its genre. And like many movies, its story originated from a book. The novel was written by James M. Cain, an author who’s written a handful of crime fiction classics. Among his bibliography are The Postman Always Rings Twice and Mildred…
For the massive Criterion Blogathon, I knew I couldn’t highlight just one of the many great films found in their library. As we’re in the midst of Noirvember, I thought why not do a bit of an overview of the traditional noir films found in the Criterion Collection? In this post, I’ll be looking at films featured in both…
This month was much more evenly spread across the decades compared to previous months, as I happened to watch at least one film per decade (starting from the 1920s). My Billy Wilder class wrapped up at the beginning of the month; in May I watched a number of his films outside of class for the…
This post will be another brief one because apparently, I’m always busy on the first day of the month! But I did watch A LOT of movies this month (nearly 60!), the most I’ve ever watched in a 31-day period. Almost half of those movies were re-watches though because there are a lot of movies I…
April is usually a busy month for me, as it’s full of projects leading up to the end of the semester. So I didn’t watch as many films as I did in previous months this year, but I still managed to watch at least one new film a day. But I expect next month to…
March was a great month for me, as it usually is because it’s my birthday month. I watched a lot of movies that I found quite enjoyable, even ones that aren’t considered “great” (such as The Towering Inferno, I really liked it, though a lot of that might be due to the all-star cast). Then…
For the second and final part of my 2012 film odyssey, I’ll just be noting filmographies of actors (all from the classic Hollywood era) and directors I delved into in the past year. Films are listed in the order in which I watched them, and titles in italics are personal favorites.