Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe movie Dracula (1958) is a British Gothic horror picture. It is based on Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel of the same title. Terence Fisher directed it. The cast includes Christofer Lee (Count Dracula) and Peter Cushing (Doctor Van Helsing). It is the first vampire movie ever to be shot in Read more
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe movie The Lady from Shanghai (1947) is an American film noir. Orson Welles produced and directed it. The main stars are Rita Hayworth, Orson Welles, Everett Sloane and Glen Anders. The film initially received mixed reviews. Yet, over the years it became very famous. It tells the story of Read more
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe movie The French Connection is a 1971 American neo-noir action thriller film. Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, Fernando Rey and Marcel Bozzuffi are the protagonists. William Friedkin directed it. At the 44th Academy Awards, the film earned eight nominations and won five ones (Best Picture, Best Actor (Hackman), Best Director, Read more
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe movie Life of Brian is a 1979 British black comedy film. Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin, known as the Monty Pythons, star and wrote it. Graham Chapman directed it. The film’s themes of religious satire were – and to some extent Read more
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe movie West Side Story is a 1961 American musical, romantic drama film. It was directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins. The cast includes Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Rita Moreno, Russ Tamblyn and George Chakiris. The story was inspired by Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet. The film Read more
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe movie The Great Dictator is a 1940 American political satire (black comedy). It was written, directed and produced by Charlie Chaplin. Chaplin is also the main protagonist. The cast also includes Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie and Reginald Gardiner. Chaplin was the only Hollywood filmmaker who continued to Read more
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe movie The movie Some Like it Hot (1959) is a crime comedy. It was directed, produced and co-written by Billy Wilder. The cast includes Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, George Raft and Joe E. Brown. Wilder shot Some Like it Hot in black and white simply because Lemmon Read more
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe movie Citizen Kane is a 1941 American drama film directed by Orson Welles. The cast includes Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, William Alland, Dorothy Comingore and Agnes Moorehead. Citizen Kane was Welle’s first feature film. It is considered as the greatest film ever made. It was Read more
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe movie Purple Noon is a 1960 French crime thriller movie directed by Rene Clement. The original French title is Plein Soleil. The cast includes Alain Delon, Maurice Ronet and Marie Laforet. Handsome young American Tom Ripley (played by Delon) has been sent to Italy by Read more
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe movie The Third Man is a 1949 British film noir, written by Graham Greene and directed by Carol Reed. The cast includes Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles, Bernard Lee and Trevor Howard. The film won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography-Black and White (Robert Krasker). The film was Read more