Classic Cinema
Classic Film Through a Feminist Lens: FOOTLIGHT PARADE
In contrast to the progressive Gold Diggers of 1933, Footlight Parade shows us the socially rigid conservatism of the 1930s.
Classic Film Through A Feminist Lens: THE PARENT TRAP
The Parent Trap stands as an interesting installment in Disney’s string of successful films in the early 1960s.
Classic Film Through a Feminist Lens: PEEPING TOM
Peeping Tom is an uncomfortable horror film examining not only perspective and point-of-view, but also gender.
Classic Film Through a Feminist Lens: ROME ADVENTURE
Rome Adventure follows former librarian Prudence Bell as she travels to Rome to hopefully live life, and have experiences.
Classic Film Through a Feminist Lens: GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES
The relationship between Marilyn Monroe and feminism can best be described as problematic. Monroe, whose name and glamor have spanned the decades, played a ...
Female Gaze: GILDA, Glenn Ford and the End of World War II
Questions of feminism in classic Hollywood cinema are a tricky, tricky beast. In fact, it’s easy to lean on how ...
TCM Classic Film Festival: Harold Lloyd – A Visual Pioneer
Hollywood history is filled with names and places which have begun to fade into obscurity. Sadly, huge percentages of these ...
The Geeky Film Student: Top 10 Dance Numbers
The film musical continues to be popular genre in Hollywood. Since the advent of motion pictures with synchronized sound, the ...
THE LAST TYCOON Recap: (S01E02) Nobody Recasts Like Monroe
The Last Tycoon opens in a flashback. It’s 1934, two years before the action of the episode. Monroe Stahr (Matt Bomer) ...
THE LAST TYCOON Recap: (S01E01) Pilot
The Last Tycoon opens with a 1930s era newsreel. The story spotlights actress Minna Davis (Jessica De Gouw). A well-loved performer, ...
James Bond Actor Roger Moore Dead at 89
The acting community lost one of its legends today. Roger Moore, known to most as the longest running actor to ...
Classic Film Through a Feminist Lens: DON’T BOTHER TO KNOCK
Marilyn Monroe spent most of her short career playing a specific type of character. A darling of 1950s cinema, Monroe typically ...
Classic Film Through a Feminist Lens: GILDA
The sub-genre of film noir is quite complicated, especially when viewed through a gendered lens. Gilda, is iconic within the ...
The Geeky Film Student Top 10: Best Picture Losers
Every year, one movie is declared the Best Picture of the Year during the Academy Awards. However, at the same time there ...
Classic Film Through a Feminist Lens: DANCE, GIRL, DANCE
Backstage musicals were all the rage in the 1930s and 1940s. It was impossible to throw a rock without hitting ...
