Side By Side — From Film to Digital
Keanu Reeves -- yes, Keanu Reeves -- hosts a fascinating documentary about the impact of the switch from film to digital images in movies, tonight on PBS, and anyone who loves movies should take a...
View Article“It Happened One Night”— A Tribute to this 5-Oscar Classic
One of the most insightful people I know about movies is my friend Michal Oleszczyk, and he has written a marvelous essay about one of my favorite movies, "It Happened One Night." The screwball...
View ArticleThe History of the Movie Trailer
Many thanks to my friend Michael Mirasol for sharing this great look at the history of movie trailers. ...Read the full post here »
View ArticleMichael Mirasol: Movie Robots
My friend Michael Mirasol has put together a wonderful supercut of movie robots in honor of this week's release of the new Transformers movie. How many can you identify? ...Read the full post here »
View ArticleTuesdays in September on Turner Classic Movies: The Jewish Experience on Film
This month, TCM has an excellent series of films about the Jewish experience, every Tuesday. TCM proudly presents The Projected Image: The Jewish Experience on Film, a weekly showcase of movies...
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Limited Time Offer from Amazon: Warners Best, 100 Films for About $2 Each
This is an amazing deal. For a limited time, Amazon is offering a collection of 100 Warner Brothers classics at 75 percent off. Best of Warner Bros 100 Film CollectionRead the full post here »
View ArticleWhat Makes Scary Movies Scary
Vox has a very good essay on what makes scary movies so scary, illustrated by thirteen classic scenes that demonstrate different techniques: introducing the monster, building suspense, silence and...
View ArticleHoliday Gift Guide 2014 — For Movie Lovers and Their Families
Happy holidays to one and all! Whatever you are celebrating at this time of year, these films will race your pulse, warm your heart, and delight any friends and family members lucky enough to receive...
View ArticleWhen The Movie Plays With the Studio Logo
I got a big kick out of the post by Matt Singer from Screen Crush about movies that begin before the beginning by amending the studio's opening logo. Most recently, of course "The LEGO Movie" did the...
View ArticleKickstarter: Fund a Movie About the Fabulous 90-Year Career of Rose Marie
I couldn't resist this one -- Rose Marie was a superstar when her age was in single digits and her show business career tells the story of entertainment in the 20th century. I hope this film gets...
View ArticleThe BBC’s Tribute to American Films
The BBC has assembled a thrilling tribute to the films they consider America's best. ... Read the full post here » The post The BBC’s Tribute to American Films appeared first on Movie Mom.
View ArticleInterview: Aisha Harris on Slate’s Black Film Canon — The 50 Greatest Films...
Aisha Harris and Dan Kois got ideas from a range of filmmakers, critics, and historians to prepare Slate's list of the "50 Greatest Films by Black Directors," a response to the many "canonical" lists...
View ArticleHappy 30th Anniversary to “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”
30 years ago today, Ferris Bueller took the day off and in our hearts we all went with him. While kids at school were listening to Ben Stein drone on about tariffs and voo-doo economics, three kids...
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Free for Father’s Day: My Ebook about the Greatest Movie Dads
In honor of Father's Day, my eBook, 50 Must-See Movies: Fathers is FREE through Father's Day, June 19, 2016. Read the full post here » The post Free for Father’s Day: My Ebook about the Greatest Movie...
View ArticleRanking Summer Blockbusters: Will We Break the Record This Year?
PrettyFamous has a graph showing which summer blockbusters made the most money. What will 2016 show? ...Read the full post here »The post Ranking Summer Blockbusters: Will We Break the Record This...
View ArticleWerner Herzog and “Lo and Behold”
Werner Herzog is not only one of the most brilliant directors in the history of world cinema; he is also unique in the span of his films, equally impressive in narrative features and documentaries....
View ArticleList: Tarzan Goes to the Movies
This week's new "Tarzan" movie should inspire families to check out the many, many earlier versions of this classic story. In 2012, Neely Tucker of The Washington Post wrote a wonderful tribute to...
View ArticleHappy 100th Birthday Olivia de Havilland!
Happy 100th birthday to one of the greatest and most versatile stars of the golden age of Hollywood, Olivia de Havilland! She and her fellow-Oscar-winning sister, Joan Fontaine, were born in Tokyo, the...
View ArticleTiffany Vazquez Joins TCM
Turner Classic Movies has brought in a new host to join Robert Osborne and Ben Mankiewicz. The first woman host is Tiffany Vazquez, and she first came to the attention of the classic-movie network as...
View ArticleNew on Demand: The Man Who Saved Ben Hur
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqWKCzvqy2I Documentarian Joe Forte loved the stories his second cousin told about the golden era of Hollywood -- so he decided to interview him on film. Now available...
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