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Honor Among Thieves: Farewell, Friend (1968)
To view Farewell, Friend click here. FilmStruck is currently streaming 11 films featuring Alain Delon as part of their “Icons: Alain Delon” theme and for the next 4 weeks I’ll be spotlighting a few of...
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Keep on Buckin’… the System: Crumb (1994)
Terry Zwigoff’s Crumb enters FilmStruck at roughly 8:00pm ET today. Near the end of the 1994 documentary Crumb, directed by Terry Zwigoff, we see Robert Crumb and his wife, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, in...
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You’re Never Too Old to Discover Danny Kaye
To view Hans Christian Andersen click here. I have a confession to make, and this is just between us, ok? Up until a few months ago, I had never seen a Danny Kaye film. Not a single one. And before...
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Art School Confidential (2006)
To view Art School Confidential click here. Director Terry Zwigoff got his start with a short documentary about an obscure country-blues musician that was titled Louie Blue (1985). In 1994 he hit the...
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Let’s Party with Peter and Blake
To view The Party click here. One of the most surprising and gratifying movie screenings I experienced in recent years was The Pink Panther (1963) in full Technirama at the 2012 TCM Classic Film...
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The Brilliance of Early David Lean: The Passionate Friends (1949)
To view The Passionate Friends click here. A few months ago, here on Streamline, I wrote about David Lean’s film adaptation of Noël Coward’s Blithe Spirit in 1945 (you can read it here), and how it is...
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Frieda (1947): One of the Best Films You Probably Haven’t Seen
To view Frieda click here. It’s funny how little things can make us happy, and I’m pretty giddy that we have a wealth of cinematic riches available on FilmStruck right now highlighting the very...
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Crime & Punishment: Le Cercle Rouge (1970)
FilmStruck is currently streaming 11 films featuring Alain Delon as part of their “Icons: Alain Delon” theme and for the next 4 weeks I’ll be spotlighting a few of my favorite titles in this...
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Yes He Can: Jean Gabin and the French Cancan (1955)
To view French Cancan click here. Jean Gabin, the great French actor and star, had worked with Jean Renoir three times before called upon to play the role of impresario Henri Danglard in Renoir’s...
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A Lonely Climb to Happiness in The Apartment (1960)
To view The Apartment click here. Sometimes the saddest stories are the most beautiful. Life is never easy or clear cut, and we all know that there’s often sorrow found on the road to happiness. In...
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Guess Who Killed The Woman in Question (1950)
To view The Woman in Question click here. My mother loved mysteries. Loved them. It was her favorite genre (science fiction and adventure were a close second and third) and whenever I discover a new...
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A Forgotten Film to Remember: Obsession (1949)
To view Obsession click here. I know what you are thinking. Obsession (1976), the Hitchcock-inspired horror film by Brian DePalma about reincarnation, may not be his most respected work, but it is...
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Wrapped Around Her Finger: Elena and Her Men (1956)
To view Elena and Her Men click here. In its time Elena and Her Men (1956) was something of a disaster for Jean Renoir, a succession of problems (contested rights, fevers, bad accents) for which he...
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The Slipper and the Rose (1976): A Different Kind of Cinderella Story
To view The Slipper and the Rose click here. For some movies, finding a receptive audience is all a matter of timing, Upon its initial release, The Slipper and the Rose (1976), a sterling...
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Three’s a Crowd: Daisy Kenyon (1947)
To view Daisy Kenyon click here. Daisy Kenyon (1947) is a rarity. It’s a romantic Hollywood movie made for adults that refuses to sentimentalize its subject and treats all its characters respectfully...
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Dinner with The Exterminating Angel (1962)
To view The Exterminating Angel click here. What does it all mean? Does it matter? There’s a dinner party but before the guests have even arrived, the servants start taking the night off. First it’s...
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A Mother’s Sacrifice in Stella Dallas (’37)
To view Stella Dallas click here. Children rarely understand the sacrifices their parents make for them. Nor should they. The difficult decisions and problems that parents often have to deal with...
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Who Has The Last Laugh (1924)?
To view The Last Laugh click here. Nowadays when I talk with my friends about F.W. Murnau (1888 – 1931) they are usually familiar with Nosferatu (1922) or Sunrise (1927). Between those two classics is...
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Ralph Barton and Charlie Chaplin in the Jazz Age
Charlie Chaplin—an icon of cinema—flirted with the fine arts. He sketched on occasion, and he could converse about art and music in social situations, but his strongest connection to the world of art...
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Another Day in the Country: Picnic on the Grass (1959)
To view Picnic on the Grass, click here. For Jean Renoir Picnic on the Grass was both a return and a departure. It was filmed in and around the country estate of Les Collettes, his late father’s land,...
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