Exclusive Interview: Walter Mirisch on The Great Escape
The producer of some of the greatest films of all time discusses his classic...
Blu-Ray Review: Funny Girl
“Funny Girl is Barbra Streisand’s Jackie Chan movie.”
Blu-ray Review: Gate of Hell
Witney Seibold
The Criterion Collection unearths the once-hailed Japanese classic Gate of Hell in all its...
Shelf Space News: The Great Escape and Funny Girl Blu-rays Announced
Two classic films, The Great Escape and Funny Girl, will arrive in high-definition on...
Blu-Ray Review: Sansho the Bailiff
“Kenji Mizoguchi’s elegant direction and rich melodrama keeps the film vital nearly 60 years...
Blu-Ray Review: On the Waterfront
One of the most important films in motion picture history gets the treatment it...
Free Film School #86: This Is @#$%ing Ikiru
Witney Seibold
Professor Witney Seibold devotes an entire column to Akira Kurosawa's 1954 masterpiece, which you...
Free Film School #84: POV
Witney Seibold
Professor Witney Seibold points out how 'Point of View' shots aren't just interesting visually,...
Free Film School #80: The Theory of Movie Musicals (Part 2)
Witney Seibold
Professor Witney Seibold walks you through the history of the movie musical, from 1927...
Free Film School #79: The Theory of Movie Musicals (Part 1)
Witney Seibold
In the first part of a two-part lecture on movie musicals, Professor Witney Seibold...
John Travolta Wants to Remake White Christmas
And he wants his Grease and 'I Think You Might Like It' co-star Olivia...
The Myth of Macho: Die Hard
Ariel Schudson defends the action film's status as a true American classic, worthy of...
Free Film School #77: What the @#$% is Noir?
Witney Seibold
Professor Witney Seibold ponders the influence, the origins, and the virtues of film noir...
Free Film School #75: Hot Film-on-Film Action
Witney Seibold
Professor Witney Seibold examines the often inaccurate way movies portray themselves in movies.
Terror Cult: German Expressionism
Devon Ashby
Devon Ashby introduces you to the very first horror genre, from which all your...
Free Film School #73: Boffo Variety!
Witney Seibold
Professor Witney Seibold gives a lesson about the history and dubious cultural influence of...
B-Movies Extended: Eight Spies Who Are Better Than Bond
William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold
Bibbs and Witney call out James Bond's espionage skills and highlight other movie spies...
Blu-Ray Review: Die Nibelungen
Witney Seibold
Fritz Lang's epic 4 1/2-hour epic from 1924 is one of the best fantasy...
Blu-Ray Review: Sunset Boulevard
Paramount's restoration of the classic Hollywood drama is impressive, but are the special features...
A Sequel to Casablanca?!
A decades-old script by one of the original writers is being considered as a...