BCB After Dark Reviews Santa Fe Trail as a Terrible, Racist Western
A review of Santa Fe Trail, a 1940 film set in Kansas during Bleeding Kansas and the Civil War, found wanting.
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Tag: classic film
Movie Reviews9.8/10
Seven Samurai at 72: Akira Kurosawa’s 207-Minute Epic Still Earns Every Frame
Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai (1954) turns 207 minutes into one of cinema's greatest films, with Toshiro Mifune and Takashi Shimura leading the charge.
Movie Reviews7.7/10
Breakfast at Tiffany’s: A Beautiful, Uneven Classic at 7.7
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961): Audrey Hepburn, Blake Edwards, Capote's novella, Moon River, and why the film is really about money.
Movie Reviews9.8/10
Cary Grant Is the Wrong Man, and That’s the Point
Hitchcock's North by Northwest turns a mistaken identity into 137 minutes of pure chase — Cary Grant, a crop duster, and the spy who never existed.
Movie Reviews8.2/10
Once Upon a Time in the West: Leone’s Patient, Brutal Masterpiece
Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West: Henry Fonda as the villain, Claudia Cardinale, the casting that never happened, and why it still stands.
Movie Reviews10/10
Citizen Kane at 85: A Mystery That Refuses to Solve Itself
Orson Welles was 25 when RKO gave him final cut. Citizen Kane, his 1941 mystery about a dying word and a reporter who never solves it, still holds up.
Movie Reviews8.1/10
Dr. Strangelove at 62: Kubrick’s War Room Still Runs the Machine
Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove at 95 minutes: Peter Sellers in three roles, Sterling Hayden's Ripper, and a war room comedy that still cuts.
Movie Reviews10/10
Hitchcock Made the Neighbors the Villain and the Window the Confession
Rear Window: Hitchcock traps James Stewart in one room with a murder across the courtyard. Cast, Oscar nods, and why it still earns a 10/10.
Brad Pitt Still Thinks He Fell Short in ‘A River Runs Through It’ — Audiences Disagree
Brad Pitt says his performance in A River Runs Through It had a major flaw. Critics disagree. The film remains a classic.
Movie Reviews8.4/10
Raiders of the Lost Ark: A Machine Built to Entertain
A review of Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981): Spielberg, Ford, Marion Ravenwood, the truck chase, John Williams' march, and where the film still holds up.
Barbara Eden, 95, Speaks Calmly After Being Stricken by a New Medicine Just Before Festival Appearance
Barbara Eden, 95, declares herself 'okay' after sudden illness forced a melancholy cancelation of her festival appearance.