Maddy over at Maddy Loves Her Classic Films is hosting a blogathon in honour of one of my favourite actors, James Mason, and I’m taking part. Stay tuned!
Everyday Wonders: ‘Miracle in the Rain’ (1956)
This post is part of the Second Van Johnson blogathon, hosted by Love Letters To Old Hollywood. See the other posts here. “There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.” -‘Anthem’, Leonard Cohen In Miracle in the Rain, two strangers meet during a New York City downpour and fall in love. […]
A Very English Haunting: ‘Blithe Spirit’ (1945)
This post is part of the David Lean blogathon, hosted by Maddy Loves Her Classic Films. See the other posts here. When the ouija board made its commercial debut in the 1890s it was marketed as a parlour game. Charles Condomine takes a similarly playful approach to the supernatural in Blithe Spirit and unleashes havoc. […]
Death in the Snow: ‘Murder on the Orient Express’ (1974)
This post is part of the Winter in July blogathon, hosted by Moon in Gemini. See the other posts here. The phrase ‘all-star cast’ can seem hackneyed these days, done to death alongside trailers that begin “in a world” and posters with faces overlaid with text. Yet Sidney Lumet’s Murder on the Orient Express is […]
The Good Fight: ‘Foreign Correspondent’ (1940)
The post is part of the Second Annual Alfred Hitchcock blogathon, hosted by Maddy Loves Her Classic Films. See the other posts here. When it was released in August 1940, Foreign Correspondent was the most topical film Alfred Hitchcock had ever made. British troops had evacuated Dunkirk in May and early June. France and Norway […]
Blogathons Ahoy!
July is blogathon month on Retro Movie Buff. I enjoyed writing for Moon in Gemini’s Outer Space on Film blogathon so much, I’ve signed up to write for a few more. They are: the Second Annual Alfred Hitchcock blogathon, hosted by Maddy Loves Her Classic Films; the Winter in July blogathon, hosted by Moon in […]
To Boldly Spoof: ‘Galaxy Quest’ (1999)
This post is part of the Outer Space on Film Blogathon, hosted by Moon in Gemini. See the other posts here. Resistance is futile. Live long and prosper. By Grabthar’s hammer. The last of these is not like the others. Grabthar hails from Galaxy Quest, a cinematic love letter to Star Trek that boldly parodies […]
Blast Off: The Outer Space on Film Blogathon
Hailing frequencies open. Debbie Vega of Moon in Gemini is hosting the Outer Space on Film blogathon this weekend, April 13-15, and I’m joining in. See the full roster here.