PROBABLY MY FAVORITE MACBETH PREFORMANCE AND AKIRA KUROSAWA FILM. THE STORY PLAYS OUT LIKE MACBETH ACCEPT ITS IN FUDEL JAPAN INSTEAD OF MEDEVIL SCOTLAND.MAKE OF THAT WHAT YOU WILL....HOWEVER THE SPECTACULAR FINALIE IN WHICH OUR ANTAGONIST IS TURNED INTO AN ARROW PINCUSHIN HIS LOOK OF TERROR IS REAL BECAUSE THE AAROWS ARE BLUNTED REAL ONES......SPECTACULAR SPECIAL EFFECT FOR ITS TIME
I watched this film for the first time yesterday, it was friday, I had bought some fish dishes from my local fish restaurant, I was planning to stay up late like every friday, so for some reason I decided I wanted to watch this old classic and from the very beginning I was incredibly delighted by this wonderful sensitive drama. Wild Strawberries is no doubt a cultural treasure, one of the best films...
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When I first heard The Fall, I thought the music was annoying and incomprehensible. Then that was what became fascinating. — Stewart Lee, English comedian
Everyone who works for The Fall,...
In the prologue to Henry V, the Chorus begins by begging the audience pardon for the play’s actors, who will imperfectly attempt to portray the glorious deeds of the English king in France. He asks with...
Actor and director Tony Dow, best known for his role as Wally Cleaver on LEAVE IT TO BEAVER (1957-1963), recently shared that he battled depression most of his life.
The 76-year-old told Fox News...
We can all pretend to be cynical and scheming, we might even believe it to be true. But when we’re suddenly faced with purity and innocence, the mask of cynicism falls away, and all that is best in...
David Lean’s The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) is not just a great film, it is a nearly perfect one. Even better, it was recognized as such from the start by virtually everyone. The critics lionized...
#3 in my Ranking of Stanley Kubrick films.
Okay,…This kid from New York has real...
An Ending And A Beginning In 1957 Hollywood star and sex symbol, Lana Turner had just split from her 4th husband Lex Barker after her daughter Cheryl had accused Barker of regularly molesting and raping...
Fred Dekker’s “Night of the Creeps” is both a full-fledged sci-fi/horror B-movie and a send-up of those types of movies.
It’s quite juvenile at times and, because it’s...
I'm no semiotician specializing in occultic esotericism, but the Turner Classic Movies schedule for January 20th does tend to cause one to raise an eyebrow. Notice a certain pattern?
6:00 AM Ode To...
Early Years Luciana Paluzzi was born in Rome on June 10, 1937. Her father was an Italian Naval officer, which influenced her to study Naval Engineering at the Scientific Academy of Milan, being the...
All the 1957 films I've seen, from best to worst.
Wild Strawberries Sweet Smell of Success The Seventh Seal Nights of Cabiria Throne of Blood Witness for the Prosecution The Bridge on the...
THE STORMY MAN (Umetsugu Inoue, Japan, 1957) 9
A shockingly giddy pleasure for start to finish as Elvis appears in a Nicholas Ray movie, only everybody is Japanese. At one and the same time completely...
CITY OF GOLD (Wolf Koenig and Colin Low, Canada, 1957) 8
Thirty years ahead of Ken Burns in terms of telling a story and recreating an era through still photos. It doesnt have the sweep of THE CIVIL...
THE SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS (Billy Wilder, USA, 1957, 7)
I stayed up late one night to watch SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS on TCM simply because it was unseen Wilder. I had, for good reason, low expectations, but...
This movie passed 1 of 3 tests. It was entered by Rodrigo Ortiz Vinholo on 2020-06-07 20:42:06. Rodrigo Ortiz Vinholo said:
There's Paula Trent, Edith and Tanna, plus the unnamed wife of the old widower...
Star Rating: 4 Stars
Cast: Max von Sydow, Gunnar Björnstrand, Bengt Ekerot
Release Date: Saturday, February 16, 1957
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
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