What is art other than just finding creative ways to tell a story? Every individual that has been compelled to create something has done so in order to convey a particular message, whether it is capturing something external in the world that surrounds them, or a more subtle meaning embedded within their minds. We are…

You’d be hard-pressed to find someone who has experienced Harvey and not come out of with some degree of appreciation for this joyful little comedy, or at least a certain fondness for its outright peculiarities. Henry Koster’s adaptation of the play by Mary Chase is an iconic and cherished work of the Golden Age of…

There are few filmmakers who embody the sentiment of being the future of cinema more significantly than Céline Sciamma, who has continuously proven her incredible gifts as a storyteller and visual artist through a small but masterful body of work. Each one of her films feels like it is delicately handcrafted from her extraordinary vision,…

What if, after we die, instead of going to whatever afterlife supposedly awaits us on the other side, we are put on trial, and forced to defend the choices we may throughout our lives. Should we succeed, we’ll be able to move onto the next plane of existence. If we fail, we’re sent straight back…

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…