Shanghai Express (1932)
A film like this that deals openly with the subject of prostitution and pokes fun at conventional morality would be impossible to make in Hollywood after the Hays Code began to be rigidly enforced in 1934.
Category: Drama
Visages d’enfants (1925) Faces of Children
Film review by Dan Willard. Visages d’enfants (Faces of Children) feels more modern than other films from the same era thanks to its realism and naturalistic acting.
The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933)
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.
La Roue (1923)
Film Review by Dan Willard. Despite its groundbreaking and influential technical achievements, La roue is an overlong and rather maudlin melodrama.
Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
Rabbit-Proof Fence brings to light another shameful chapter in the history of the migration of European settlers to the New World.
The Terence Davies Trilogy (1976-1983)
Film review by Dan Willard. The first three films by Terence Davies, the British director known for The House of Mirth (2000) and Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988).
Unseen Forces (1920)
Film review by Dan Willard. Unseen Forces is the story of a woman with psychic powers and her troubled romance with the son of a wealthy New York businessman.
All About Eve (1950)
Film review by Dan Willard. Joseph Mankiewicz’s All About Eve features an excellent screenplay and top performances but his disregard for the visual aspect of the film leaves something to be desired.
Gypsy Anne (1920)
Film review by Dan Willard. Considered the first truly Norwegian film, Gipsy Anne is the story of an orphan girl who grows up on a farm and is courted by her stepbrother and the farmhand who discovered her when she was an infant.
The Juniper Tree (1990)
Film review by Dan Willard. Based on a fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, The Juniper Tree, shot in Iceland, was the feature film debut for its star Björk and director Nietzchka Keene.
