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Cinema 1927: You Must Remember This….Events, Trends, Movies, Stars
Cineliteracy: What You Need to Know about 1927 as Movie Year….
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Cinema 1927: You Must Remember This….Events, Trends, Movies, Stars
Cineliteracy: What You Need to Know about 1927 as Movie Year….
Reviews
Flowers of St. Francis: Rossellini’s Masterpiece, Co-Written with Fellini, Starring Aldo Fabrizi
The movie was not intended to be a biopic, but rather a portrait of some specific aspects of St. Francis’s personality, like his whimsy nature as “The Jester of God.”
Bridge to the Sun, A (1961): Etienne Périer’s WWII Interracial Melodrma, Starring Carroll Baker, James Shigeta
The response was mixed to negative, with critics faulting the lack of solid drama and authentically compelling characters, resulting in a flat and obvious picture.
Perfect Neighbor, The: Geeta Gandbhir’s Feature Tops Critics Choice Documentary Awards
Mr. Scorsese, Ocean With David Attenborough and Orwell: 2+2=5 each earned two awards
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957): Frank Tashlin’s Satire, Starring Jayne Mansfield, Tony Randall
Co-starring Tony Randall, with Betsy Drake, Joan Blondell, John Williams, Henry Jones, Lili Gentle, and Mickey Hargitay, and cameo by Groucho Marx.
National Lampoon’s Animal House (1978): Memorable Scenes–Food Fight-
November 12, 2025 By EmanuelLevy
Animal House is known for its gross humor, classic soundtrack, teacher-bashing, and chasing girls. But it was one scene that typified its anti-authoritarian playfulness and sparked imitators: the great food fight. The Dean has tasked the Omega fraternity to find ways to remove the Deltas from campus, but that doesn’t stop the crude Bluto (John […]