Classics

  • His Distinguished Classics: Critically Acclaimed Films from the Past (List Part 3)

    Strike (1925) Dir: Sergei Eisenstein
    The Asphalt Jungle (1950) Dir: John Huston
    Jean Renoir: The Golden Coach (1954) Dir: Jean Renoir
    Up the Down Staircase (1967) Dir: Robert Mulligan
    The Swimmer (1968) Dir: Frank Perry
    The Twelve Chairs (1970) Dir: Mel Brooks
    Parade (1974) Dir: Jacques Tati
    Stalker (1979) Dir: Andrei Tarkovsky

  • His Distinguished Classics: Critically Acclaimed Films from the Past

    You can watch these movies along with Angela and Bryan, and see if you agree or disagree. These are movies that have been critically acclaimed. All are available on some sort of streaming service (Amazon, Hulu or Netflix) or on Netflix DVD.

    His Distinguished Classics
    Seventh Heaven (1927) Director: Frank Borzage
    Port of Shadows (1938) Director: Marcel Carne
    The Silence (1963) Director: Ingmar Bergman
    Cheyenne Autumn (1964) Director: John Ford
    Papillon (1973) Director: Franklin Shaffner
    The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978) Director: Liu Chia-liang
    One from the Heart (1981) Director: Francis Ford Coppola
    Streamers (1983) Director: Robert Altman
    Hard Choices (1985) Director: Rick King
    A Tale of Winter (1992) Director: Eric Rohmer

  • DVD Review: The Exterminating Angel (1962)

    Angela: ★★★½
    Bryan: ★★★★

  • Wednesday Evening Film Series

    Spring/Summer 2011 Wednesday Evening Film Series
    When: 7 p.m. Wednesdays
    Where: Historic Elsinore Theatre, 170 High St. SE, Salem
    Information: http://www.elsinoretheatre.com
    Schedule:
    April 20: Gentleman Prefer Blondes     (1953)
    April 27: Speedy (1928)
    May 4: The Seven Samurai (1954)
    May 11: Sparrows (1926)
    May 18: Adam’s Rib (1949)
    May 25: The Navigator (1924)
    June 1: The Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
    June 15: Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
    June 22: Robin Hood (1922)
    June 29: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
    July 6: Shane (1953)
    July 13: Psycho (1960)
    July 20: It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)

  • The New List: Buried Treasures 2010-2011

    Hi RFS Fans! You can watch The List movies along with Angela and Bryan, and see if you agree or disagree (and please send us a line and let us know if you do!) Many of these are difficult to find and are on VHS, check your local library as well as cable stations (such as TCM) that show classics, or add to the Saved section of your Netflix. These are movies that are on various Greatest Of lists:
    Greed (1924) Director: Erich von Stroheim
    Two English Girls (1971) Director: François Truffaut
    Antonia: Portrait of a Woman (1974) Jill Godmilow
    The Reckless Moment (1949) Director: Max Ophüls
    Day in the Country or Partie de Campagne (1936) Director: Jean Renoir
    Streetwise (1984) Director: Martin Bell
    Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948) Director: Max Ophüls
    Kings of the Road (Im Lauf der Zeit) (1976) Director: Wim Wenders
    Napoleon (1927) Director: Abel Gance
    The Emigrants (1971) Director: Jan Troell
    The New Land (1972) Director: Jan Troell
    Hotel Terminus (1988) Director: Marcel Ophüls
    Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989) Director: Uli Edel
    Tristana (1970) Director: Luis Bunuel
    Entre Nous (1983) Director: Diane Kurys
    Providence (1977) Director: Alain Resnais