At the perfect intersection between romance, melodrama and fantasy resides Portrait of Jennie, a film that combines all three genres in a particularly beautiful way that has rarely been witnessed, and has allowed it to flourish into one of the more cherished dramas of the 1940s. Director William Dieterle was certainly not a stranger to…

The films of Luis García Berlanga covered a wide range of different topics and genres, and looked into a variety of ideas that presented us with some distinct masterworks of Spanish cinema. However, one component that they all shared is that they were produced under the guise of being the director’s exploration of the society…

When it comes to living the good life, very few know better than Alice Tate (Mia Farrow), who has spent the last two decades as a spoiled New York City housewife and mother, spending her days gallivanting through the Upper West Side and shopping at any boutique that takes her fancy, and undergoing any range…

There is a major new sensation that is about to take Broadway by storm – a brand new musical review entitled Swinging the Muses is about to open. The production is the brainchild of Danny Miller (Larry Parks), a young and promising playwright and actor, who is about to make his debut on stage with…

In the canon of great moments in cinema, it doesn’t get more iconic than the image of James Stewart and Kim Novak, atop an impossibly high building, caught in an embrace that functions as both an expression of passion and a cautionary prevention from falling to their death. This is taken from the incredible Vertigo,…

At the turn of the twentieth century, a young girl named Mary (Kate Maberly) is orphaned when her wealthy Indian colonialist parents are killed in an earthquake. Her last remaining relative is Lord Craven (John Lynch), an aloof nobleman who is still mourning the death of his wife years before. Mary is placed in the…

Olya (Olga Yukina) is a mild-mannered girl living in a big Russian city. She spends her time gallivanting with her motley crew of friends, finding new ways to cause mischief and pass the time. When she’s caught sneaking into the cinema (which was at the time forbidden to anyone under the age of sixteen), she…

“It’s pretty, but its a bit difficult to understand. Somehow it makes me think of all kinds of things, but I’m not sure exactly what” These are the first words the viewer is presented with the beginning of Malpertuis, the audacious fantasy film crafted by Belgian horror auteur Harry Kümel, and one of the most…

I often wonder how the original authors of fairytales would react when presented with the different ways their stories have been interpreted over the years. One writer, in particular, I wonder about is Hans Christian Andersen, who is responsible for some of the most legendary stories of folklore and fantasy ever written, with his work…