Cass Timberlane (1947): George Sidney’s Marital Melodrama, Starring Spencer Tracy, Lana Turner and Zachary Scott

George Sidney, perhaps better known for his musicals, directed this soap opera pretending to be a serious romantic drama, probing issues of love and trust. Cass Timberlane Theatrical poster Grade: C+ Starring Spencer Tracy, Lana Turner and Zachary Scott, the film was based on Sinclair Lewis’s 1945 novel “Cass Timberlane: A Novel of Husbands and Wives,” […]

Cinema 2020s: Top 25 Actors of the 21st Century per N.Y. Times

Top 25 Actors of the 21st Century per N.Y. Times

Room Next Door, The: Almodovar’s Film about Death and Female Friendship

“The older I’ve gotten, the more I have experienced things like pain that I didn’t use to experience in my youth, so I have begun to approach the topic from a dramatic vantage point.

If I Had Legs, I’d Kick You: Highlights (Sundance Film Fest 2025) 

This story about parenting is told with the intensity of Uncut Gems, which is not surprising as Safdie serves as one of the producers. This story about parenting is told with the intensity of Uncut Gems, which is not surprising as Safdie serves as one of the producers. If I Had Legs, I’d Kick You […]

A Letter to David: Tom Shoval’s Love Letter and Painful Reminder that Friend David Cunio is Still a Hostage

Tom Shoval made the film A Letter to David as a way to ensure that his friend David Cunio was not just a face on a kidnapped poster after the Hamas-led massacre on Israel on October 7, 2023.