Alfred Clark began working for the Edison Manufacturing Company in 1895 and is the first film-maker known to have used the stop-motion technique and very probably the first to have filmed an historical reconstruction.
A wealthy young atheist finds God, love, and loses his sense of class distinction in one the Edison company’s final productions.
The unanticipated success of 1968’s Planet of the Apes began the longest running English-language film series other than James Bond and helped pave the way for the Hollywood of today where it seems every other movie released is part of a film franchise. Film review by Dan Willard.
Film review by Dan Willard. Made with the cooperation of and used as a recruitment film by the U.S. Marine Corps, Halls of Montezuma is nevertheless an anti-war film.
Film review by Dan Willard. The Honeymoon Killers is in a way a response to the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde in that it seeks to de-glamorize crime.
Film review by Dan Willard. Black Legion is based on the real life murder of Charles Poole which revealed a large secret hate group that terrorized minorities in the Midwest during the 1930s.
Film Review by Dan Willard. Four years before he made Lost Horizon Frank Capra questioned the perceived superiority of the Western way of life in The Bitter Tea of General Yen.
Film review by Dan Willard. The best little Western you’ve never seen! Despite the generic title it’s a quality B Western from Republic Pictures.
Film review by Dan Willard. One of Robert Altman’s most reviled films is actually a deliciously scathing satire of American society.
Film review by Dan Willard. Effective thriller set on a British freighter bound for New York on the eve of Britain’s declaration of war on Germany in 1939.
