classic film
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: WHITE CHRISTMAS
White Christmas creates likable and equal characters. The relationship between the female characters is a focus of the story.
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: BEACH BLANKET BINGO
Beach Blanket Bingo is a fun, entertaining musical. However, when viewed critically, its gender roles and expectations are painfully dated.
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 ...
Classic Film Through a Feminist Lens: CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON
Creature from the Black Lagoon crafts horror and science fiction narrative with a Beauty and the Beast storyline. Does the movie hold up?
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 ...
Movie Review – FAST AND FURIOUS
Detective films were all the rage in the 1930s. The Thin Man, Bulldog Drummond, The Saint… the list goes on ...
TCM Classic Film Festival: THE SEA WOLF
This years Turner Classic Movies Film Festival started off with a bang in its showcase of a number of solid ...
TCM Classic Film Festival: DETOUR
The film noir movement is a true hallmark of mid-twentieth century popular culture. Films like The Maltese Falcon, Double Indemnity ...
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 ...
