About 20 years ago I was in a kind of partnership with another film historian who told me that, no, there wasn’t a market for a book on pre-code movies. I can only wonder what he thinks today after ...
The most exciting time in Hollywood was arguably the ephemeral period before the stingy rules implemented by the industry. Before the adoption of the Hays Code, the guideline that major studios ...
Column: In the early ’30s, Hollywood’s ‘dictator craze’ offered a startling alternative to democracy
“The dictator craze,” they called it. In the worst of the Great Depression, a time of 25% unemployment, some called for an American-style dictatorship. Democracy wasn’t working very well, time for a ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — There are nearly two dozen independent theaters in Portland. While national movie theaters have shuttered locations nationwide, Portland's scene continues to shine. We are ...
Rachel Kiley is presumably a writer and definitely not a terminator. She can usually be found crying over queerbaiting in the Pitch Perfect franchise or on Twitter, if not both.
Four pre-Code movie musicals directed by Ernest Lubitsch. 1929 The Love Parade with Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald; 1930 Monte Carlo with Jack Buchanan and Jeanette MacDonald; 1931 The ...
Thomas Butt is a senior writer. An avid film connoisseur, Thomas actively logs his film consumption on Letterboxd and vows to connect with many more cinephiles through the platform. He is immensely ...
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