Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
In 1932, Franklin Roosevelt (Edward Herrman) is elected U.S. President, but due to his polio, it is Eleanor (Jane Alexander) who becomes his eyes and ears during journeys across the…
The Boys in the Boat
In 1936, a poor engineering student (Callum Turner) joins the rowing team at the University of Washington; coach Al Ulbrickson (Joel Edgerton) is aiming for the impossible, the Olympics in…
My Man Godfrey: A Forgotten Man Gets His Chance
William Powell and Carole Lombard. Photo: Universal When William Powell, one of MGM’s top stars in the mid-1930s, read the script for My Man Godfrey, he knew that he would…
Mary Poppins Returns
Two decades after the events of the first film, a now grown up Michael (Ben Whishaw) and his three children risk losing their home; then, Mary Poppins (Emily Blunt) returns. 54…
It Happened One Night: Love in the Era of the Depression
Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert. Photo: Columbia The first film to sweep the five major categories at the Academy Awards certainly did not start out well. Director Frank Capra, who…
The Sting: Good-Hearted Grifters
Paul Newman and Robert Redford. Photo: Universal One of David S. Ward's first scripts introduced us to the world of confidence men. Not that they hadn't been seen on screen…
Bonnie and Clyde: Love on the Lam
Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway. Photo: Warner The term most commonly used to describe Bonnie and Clyde (1967) is probably "landmark film". It may seem a little odd to begin…
King Kong: An Affair to Remember
Photo: Universal The executives at Universal must have wondered if Peter Jackson had lost his mind. Directing a three-hour remake of an old, classic monster movie sounded like a stupid…
O Brother Where Art Thou: Men of Constant Sorrow
John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson and George Clooney. Photo: Universal In Preston Sturges’s classic film Sullivan’s Travels (1941), Joel McCrea’s character, a Hollywood movie director, sets out to experience “the…