Reading Time: 2 minutesThe movie Elevator to the Gallows or Lift to the Scaffold is a 1958 French thriller movie directed by Louis Malle. The original French title is Ascenseur pour l’ echafaud. The cast includes Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Jean Wall and Lino Ventura. The film is a low-budget black-and-white production and Read more
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe movie North by Northwest is a 1959 thriller movie directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The cast includes Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint and James Mason. The film, which is a typical Hitchcock film of the 1950s, is listed among the greatest films of all time. The Read more
Reading Time: < 1 minuteKuala Lumpur There are several tall buildings in the modern capital of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur. However, three are among the most iconic ones: Merdeka 118 (2023, 678.9 m) Petronas Twin Towers (1998, 451.9 m) Kuala Lumpur Tower (1996, 412 m). Merdeka 118 is the newest building. Read more
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe movie Casablanca is a 1942 movie directed by Michael Curtiz. The cast includes Academy Award winners Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, as well as Paul Henreid and Claude Rains. The film is one of the most enduring romantic stories in movie history. At the same time we witness how Read more
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe movie Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Loved the Bomb is a 1964 movie directed by Stanley Kubrick. The cast includes Peter Sellers (he plays three different roles), George C. Scott and Sterling Hayden. It enjoys a very high IMDB score of 8.4. The film Read more
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe movie Charlie Chaplin was the first international movie star, inasmuch as everybody in the world needed no translation to understand the humor and the humanitarian feelings of his silent movies. This was especially true of his instantly recognizable figure, the Little Tramp. Modern Times (1936, IMDB score 8.5,from 255,000 Read more
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe movie The science fiction movie 2001: A Space Odyssey , released in1968, was directed by Stanley Kubrick. The cast includes Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood and William Sylvester. Although at that time it was not possible to have computer-generated special effects, Kubrick managed to create some of the best special Read more
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe movie The dramatic movie The Seventh Seal was released in 1957. It was directed by Ingmar Bergman. The cast includes Max von Sydow, who has until recently participated in many blockbuster movies, Gunnar Björnstrand and Bengt Ekerot. The movie marks the turning point in Bergman’s career at which Read more
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe movie The adventure, crime movie The Sting directed by George Roy Hill, was released in 1973. It has a top-of-the-line cast: Paul Newman and Robert Redford are supported by Robert Shaw, Charles Durning and Eileen Brennan. It is a masterpiece. The atmosphere is excellent. The scenario is marvelous, with Read more