An old German charwoman falls in love with a young Moroccan guest worker in this heartbreaking tale of racism and class divisions from Rainer Werner Fassbinder. 2. Angel at My Table (1990) Before The ...
Disney's first live-action feature film The Song of the South (1946) was released, with three major segments of animation; it was based upon Joel Chandler Harris' Uncle Remus folk tales regarding ...
In director Harold Becker's Hitchcock-like, erotic, neo-noir, who-dun-it crime thriller - it told about an investigation by a NYC detective into a series of 'lonely-hearts' murders committed by a ...
In writer/director Peter Greenaway's cruel, over-the-top, truth-telling film - it was designed as a metaphoric and allegorical criticism showing contempt for the wasteful and barbaric upper-class ...
Greatest Opening Film Lines and Quotes: These are many of the best-known opening lines, fade-ins, and first words of dialogue heard throughout cinematic history - the initial opening words of films ...
Horror Films are unsettling films designed to frighten and panic, cause dread and alarm, and to invoke our hidden worst fears, often in a terrifying, shocking finale, while captivating and ...
Directed by co-writer Abram Room, this comedic, modern love-triangle silent film drama was considered a Soviet version of Ernst Lubitsch's Design For Living (1933), and had hints of Francois ...
The Deer Hunter (1978) is storywriter/producer/director Michael Cimino's epic about war and friendship - and only his second film (following Thunderbolt and Lightfoot ...
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) is producer/director Frank Capra's classic comedy-drama, and considered by many to be his greatest achievement in film (and reminiscent of his earlier film, Mr.
It's A Wonderful Life (1946), originally made for Liberty Films, is one of the most popular and heartwarming films ever made by director Frank Capra. Frank Capra regarded this film as his own personal ...
The Dawning of the 50s: The 50s decade was known for many things: post-war affluence and increased choice of leisure time activities, conformity, the Korean War, middle-class values, the rise of ...
Film Genres: Film genres are various forms or identifiable types, categories, classifications or groups of films. (Genre comes from the French word meaning "kind," "category," or "type"). Genres ...