Category: Masterpiece
Masterpiece Memo: Inside Llewyn Davis
The Cannes Film Festival may be coming to an end this year, but some of the films that came out this year will likely…
Masterpiece Memo: L'Avventura
Some films deserve far more words than what I pour out here. Easy on the eye, but tougher on the soul. Michelangelo Antonioni’s beautifully absorbing…
Masterpiece Memo: Bonnie and Clyde
Or, the film that flipped the bird at Hollywood movie-making and changed everything. Next year is the fiftieth anniversary of a little film that drop…
Masterpiece Memo: The Empire Strikes Back
I have a vivid memory as a child browsing the collection of Star Wars figures in a store, and the new set on display. Part…
Masterpiece Memo: The Grapes of Wrath
Great films continue to speak to the human condition for decades long after they are initially released, and none begs the connotation, “Now more than…
Masterpiece Memo: Modern Times
Modern Times is one of four or five movies I have seen many, many times, that when I do sit down and watch it again…
Masterpiece Memo – Lawrence of Arabia
Mention Hollywood epics and one of the first films that comes to mind is Lawrence of Arabia. AFI named it Number One on its “EPICS”…
Masterpiece Memo: Back to the Future
I simply could not resist again pouring my nostalgic words out about a film I have written about before. And you would have to go…
Masterpiece Memo: 2001: A Space Odyssey
So much theory has been written about 2001: A Space Odyssey. For this review, I’m siding with Mr. Kubrick who, when asked to explain the…
Masterpiece Memo: Singin' in the Rain
In a sporadic series of classic cinema reviews from the hearts, minds, and souls of our readers, contributors, ultimately movie lovers, Al Robinson starts the…
