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In the 1930s people went to see films not just to be entertained or to escape the dreariness of their read more
In the 1930s people went to see films not just to be entertained or to escape the dreariness of their workaday lives but to gain an education, to see the world, to learn table manners and interior decoration, how to dress, kiss, to laugh and cry, how to react to tragedy and happiness, how to be brave, evil and good.
It struck me that the movies had spent more than half a century saying, "They lived happily ever after" and read more
It struck me that the movies had spent more than half a century saying, "They lived happily ever after" and the following quarter-century warning that they'll be lucky to make it through the weekend. Possibly now we are now entering a third era in which the movies will be sounding a note of cautious optimism: You know it just might work.
A film is a petrified fountain of thought.
A film is a petrified fountain of thought.
Life is a B Movie: it's stupid and it's strange, it's a directionless story, the dialogue is lame, but in read more
Life is a B Movie: it's stupid and it's strange, it's a directionless story, the dialogue is lame, but in the 'he said she said' sometimes there's some poetry, if you turn your back long enough and let it happen naturally.
Mr. Keating: Carpe Diem! Sieze the day!
Mr. Keating: Carpe Diem! Sieze the day!
So, where's the Cannes Film Festival being held this year?
So, where's the Cannes Film Festival being held this year?
Movies can and do have tremendous influence in shaping young lives in the realm of entertainment towards the ideals and read more
Movies can and do have tremendous influence in shaping young lives in the realm of entertainment towards the ideals and objectives of normal adulthood.
Most men hate to shop. That's why the men's department is usually on the first floor of a department store, read more
Most men hate to shop. That's why the men's department is usually on the first floor of a department store, two inches from the door.
Give the American people a good cause, and there's nothing they can't lick.
Give the American people a good cause, and there's nothing they can't lick.
